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2025 in politics: A recap of this year's top stories

On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president indoors due to cold, returning as a second nonconsecutive two-term president, pardoning roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants and renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
On Aug. 6, the administration launched a tariffs agenda with 25% taxes on Canada and Mexico, and an August 15 report noted tariffs on Brazil and reciprocal deals with other countries.
Earlier this year, a group-chat leak showed Cabinet members discussing classified plans; on October 15, the CIA was confirmed to conduct covert Venezuela operations, and on October 8, Trump announced a peace framework between Israel and Hamas.
The government shutdown began on October 1 and ended after 43 days on November 12, without extending enhanced ACA subsidies, raising concerns about SNAP access.
On Nov. 4 the House and Senate passed a bill forcing the DOJ to release Jeffrey Epstein files, and Trump signed it on Nov. 19; files came out on Dec. 19 and Dec. 23.

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