
People attend the Christmas Market and Winter Wonderland at Port Jervis, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 2025. (Mark Zou/The Epoch Times)

President Donald Trump puts on a hat given to him by the 1980 U.S. Olympic men’s ice hockey team as Trump honors the team in the Oval Office at the White House on Dec. 13, 2025. Trump honored the “Miracle on Ice” team, who defeated the Soviet Union and went on to win the 1980 Gold medal in Ice Hockey, by signing a bill to award the players congressional gold medals. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A worker places flowers left by the faithful outside a church on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2025. The annual celebration honors the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Tepeyac, Mexico, in December 1531 and has been marked by Mexican Catholics for centuries. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A flag flies in front of a farm near Belvidere, Ill., on Dec. 9, 2025. The Trump administration on Dec. 8 unveiled a $12 billion aid package to help struggling farmers. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

People gather for a candlelight vigil following a mass shooting the day before at Brown University that left two people dead and nine others injured, in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 14, 2025. A person of interest in the shooting was detained overnight at a hotel in a nearby community following a manhunt across the university and the greater Providence area. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stops for a picture with Agnes Gibboney, whose son was murdered in 2002 by a previously deported illegal immigrant, as she departs after testifying during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11, 2025. Noem said that the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker the day before targeted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s regime, which she accused of trafficking drugs to the United States. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

LAFD Chief Jaime E. Moore, Eniola Taiwo, and LAFD firefighters pose with their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Honors the Los Angeles Fire Department with Award of Excellence event in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2025. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

A blacklight reveals the colors of a Uranium deposit in San Bernardino County, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2025. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)

President Donald Trump participates in the coin toss before the start of the 126th Army-Navy Game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 13, 2025. The teams are competing for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, with Trump attending the rivalry for the second consecutive year. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Revelers gather wearing holiday character costumes during the SantaCon bar crawl in New York City on Dec. 13, 2025. (Jeremy Weine/Getty Images)

Water from the Snohomish River partially submerges some homes in Snohomish, Wash., on Dec. 12, 2025. Following days of heavy rain, many cities in Washington have seen rivers swell and spill over banks, causing widespread flooding and property damage. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Survivors and family members of gun violence and their advocates hold photographs of victims during a news conference on the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11, 2025. Members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation joined the news conference to push for more gun control legislation. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Gene Simmons, a founding member of the rock band KISS, walks through the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025. Simmons spoke at the Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing on “Balancing the Interests of Local Radio, Songwriters, and Performers in the Digital Age.” (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd-R), accompanied by Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles (L), Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (2nd-L), and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R), speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Dec. 8, 2025. The U.S. State Department is hosting the 35th Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Participants reflect on the headstones before them on Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 13, 2025. Thousands of participants gathered before sunrise for the annual holiday season event honoring fallen service members. (Allison Robbert/Getty Images)

Representatives of the Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting organization take part in the China Human Rights Fair at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 10, 2025. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)

Waymo robotaxis sit parked at a facility in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2025. Self-driving taxi company Waymo said it is voluntarily recalling software in its autonomous vehicles after Texas officials documented at least 19 incidents this school year in which the cars illegally passed stopped school buses, including while students were getting on or off. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

First lady Melania Trump visits with children of service members during a Toys for Tots Charity Drive at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 8, 2025. Trump delivered remarks to military families and helped children make Christmas cards and sort toys. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar (L) arrive to greet the media prior to meetings at the State Department in Washington on Dec. 10, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Fans watch players warm up from a pool before the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Jets at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Dec. 14, 2025. (Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

People look at a window decorated for Christmas in New York City on Dec. 11, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

People protest against ICE and Customs and Border Protection in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans, on Nov. 13, 2025. (Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images)

School shooting suspect Colt Gray attends court for a status hearing at the Barrow County Courthouse, in Winder, Ga., on Dec. 9, 2025. Colt, who was 14 years old at the time of the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, faces 55 counts in what was the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. (Mike Stewart-Pool/Getty Images)

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reads a Christmas book to students at Little Scholars in New York City on Dec. 11, 2025. Mamdani visited a school and met with educators to speak about the importance of his campaign promise of universal child care after meeting with business leaders to discuss how to fund the plan. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Beneigh McNeely (R), who remains displaced from her home by the Eaton Fire, dances at the Altadena Senior Center holiday party in Altadena, Calif., on Dec. 8, 2025. The Altadena Senior Center was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, but the group continues to meet at Altadena’s Satellite Senior Center location. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)









