Attendees at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference react to the Department of Justice's release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. | AP

The U.S. military said Thursday that it had conducted two more strikes against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. | AP

Video from the Mexico City Congress session showed legislators shoving, yelling and pulling each other’s hair on the podium at the front of the chamber. The dispute broke out during discussion of a proposal to eliminate the city’s transparency agency and replace it with a new oversight body. | AP

Arden Cho says “KPop Demon Hunters” brought the joy back to her Hollywood journey. She voices Rumi in the animated Netflix hit and is one of AP’s Breakthrough Entertainers of 2025. #ArdenCho #KPopDemonHunters | AP

President Donald Trump said in a White House speech Wednesday night that he was sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating that tariffs were funding the payments as he tried to reassure a worried public about the health of the economy. | AP