Top 5 Stories of 2025: 1/2/26

We’re saying goodbye to 2025 and counting down the Top 5 Stories of the Year. The White House Administration brokers multiple historic peace deals around the globe. In an effort to empower students and parents, the Department of Education begins dismantling. Following the death of Pope Francis, Robert Prevost is appointed as Pope Leo XIV, marking the first time an American citizen has been elected Bishop of Rome. The Department of Government Efficiency exposes massive fraud, particularly in its efforts to root out USAID spending. And it turns out that enforcing the law works, with record-low illegal entries at the southern border.