President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meet the family of Andrew Wolfe at the Oval Office on Dec. 4, 2025. @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social President Donald Trump on Dec. 4 hosted the family of Andrew Wolfe, one of the West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington. Wolfe was shot and critically injured
A rapid response community observer holds their phone as a vehicle carrying federal agents drives by during an immigration raid on a home in the South Minneapolis area on Dec. 4, 2025. Tim Evans/Reuters The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday announced a string of arrests made as part of an immigration enforcement operation
First lady Melania Trump claps after lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, on Dec. 4, 2025, near the White House in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo WASHINGTON—First lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree on a chilly Thursday night in the nation’s capital. At the annual tree lighting on the Ellipse, just
Construction is underway on a ballroom being added to the East Wing of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 17, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has hired a new lead architect for his $300 million White House ballroom renovation, according to a White House official on Thursday. Shalom Baranes, who has
Then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (L) and House Speaker Mike Johnson listen during remarks at a Capitol menorah lighting ceremony on Dec. 12, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Rank-and-file lawmakers have voiced frustration over the lack of progress on finding a way to keep health care affordable for Obamacare users while reducing overall health costs for
A still from footage of a strike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific on Oct. 29, 2025. @SecWar/X The Pentagon announced that it had conducted a lethal strike on Dec. 4 on a drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific. The U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Caribbean
New York Attorney General Letitia James at a press conference in New York City, on Oct. 21, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James on Dec. 4 responded to media reports citing anonymous sources that a federal grand jury failed to indict her. She described in a statement the Justice Department’s