House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other members of the House Democratic Caucus speak during a press conference outside the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
French extreme swimmer Marion Joffle trains at the nautical stadium in Caen, France, on Dec. 18, 2025. She became “the youngest woman in the world to swim 1 kilometer or more in the Arctic” at age 23 on May 4, 2022, in the Svalbard archipelago. She is also the youngest woman in the world to swim more than 1 kilometer in Antarctica. The record was set on Feb. 24, 2024, near Port Lockroy close to Wiencke Island, when she was 24. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images
