Officers from Metro Transit Police and Homeland Security Investigations search a vehicle near the White House on August 14, 2025. The driver was detained for a license violation following President Trump’s announcement of a federal takeover of the D.C. police.(Photo by Ken Cedeno/Reuters)
A driver looks on as a Department of Homeland Security agent and a local police officer man a traffic checkpoint on 14th Street in Washington on August 13, 2025.(Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
A National Guard military police officer carries zip ties for use as restraints while monitoring travelers at Union Station near the U.S. Capitol on August 14, 2025.(Phoot by J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
President Donald Trump salutes while walking with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Russian President Vladimir Putin approaches U.S. President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference after meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. The event was held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.(Photo by Jeenah Moon/Reuters)
U.S. Army National Guard Humvees park near the Washington Monument on August 13, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to assist with crime prevention in the nation’s capital. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Actors Austin Butler and Matthew McConaughey attend a special screening of their film “Caught Stealing” at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, on August 13, 2025.(Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment)
A white ibis with one foot flies over Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida, on August 7, 2025.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser listens during a news conference addressing President Trump’s plan for a federal takeover of the city’s police and deployment of the National Guard on August 11, 2025.(Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Two grasshoppers on the Shark Valley Hiking Trail in Florida’s Everglades National Park on August 12, 2025. A lawsuit over the environmental impact of the proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center has halted its construction near this unique ecosystem.(Photo by Cristóbal Herrera/EPA)
An alligator rests near the Shark Valley Hiking Trail in Everglades National Park, Florida, on August 12, 2025.(Photo by Cristóbal Herrera/EPA)
A child observes Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers patrolling the National Mall in Washington on August 13, 2025.(Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
A rainbow forms over Rate Field as the grounds crew removes water from the tarp before a baseball game in Chicago on August 12, 2025.(Photo by Talia Sprague/AP Photo)
A Fulton County Sheriff’s deputy intervenes as Palestinian activist Jawahir Kamil confronts U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA) over the Hamas-Israel conflict at a town hall in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 14, 2025.(Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA)
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 14, 2025, ahead of the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.(Photo by Nathaniel Wilder/Reuters)
New York police detain protesters during a rally outside the New York Times building on August 12, 2025. Demonstrators accused the paper of complicity in covering Israel’s attacks on Gaza and protested the killings of journalists there.(Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A woman pets a dog as civilians socialize on the National Mall near parked National Guard Humvees and the Washington Monument on August 12, 2025.(Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
A dog named Prince competes in the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Santa Rosa, California, on August 8, 2025.(Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)
A man passes graffiti reading “We keep us safe” and “Power to the people” on a Washington, D.C. pedestrian bridge on August 12, 2025, following the announcement of the police department’s federal takeover.(Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
