Ribbon-cutting at Mount Vernon

A man looks at a memorial is seen at the location of last week’s shooting of two members of the National Guard December 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. Two National Guard troops, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, were shot on November 26 near the White House in what authorities described as a targeted attack by an Afghan migrant who had previously worked with the US military in Afghanistan, a case now being treated as a terrorism investigation. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – DECEMBER 7: Jayden Daniels #5 of the Washington Commanders looks to pass during an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, arrives for a classified briefing with lawmakers at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. The nearly two dozen strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific have come under bipartisan scrutiny, but recent reports that a September strike included a second one to kill two survivors clinging to wreckage at sea have prompted accusations of possible war crimes. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images