CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp and Vice President JD Vance speak during CPAC in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Members of the M23 movement monitor the area next to residents during a special cleaning exercise and public meeting following the takeover of the city at the Place de l'Independance in Bukavu, Congo, on Feb. 20, 2025. The Rwandan-backed M23 movement has made huge gains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu, prompting warnings to the UN's security council and stoking fears of a regional conflict. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
