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A politically motivated assassination shocked the world. president Donald TrumpReturning to the White House reshaped the country. White smoke billowed from the chimneys of the Sistine Chapel as the papal conclave elected the first American pope. A blue jeans ad grabbed the headlines. Rock icons Ozzy Osbourne and Ace Frehley have died.
As 2025 draws to a close, fox country Looking back on a year that exceeded expectations and redefined history “Who can forget 2025?” It airs Wednesdays at 8pm ET on Fox News Channel and is streamed on the Fox Nation platform.
Special edition Following in the footsteps of previous years, Fox talent is brought in — Joe Concha, Abby Hornacek, Griff Jenkins, David Asman and more — to discuss the events that defined the midpoint of the decade.
“We’ve never had an American pope,” Hornacek said on the show. Historic milestones follow Pope Leo XIVHe was appointed the new pope on May 8 following the death of Pope Francis at the end of April.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after voting for a presidential runoff in Tehran, Iran (far left) on July 5, 2024; Sydney Sweeney walks in downtown New York (center left) on December 11, 2023; President Donald Trump leaves after speaking at the APEC Business Leaders Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on October 29 (center right); 6 Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful during the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on March 8 (far right). (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images; Raymond Hall/GC Images; Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images; Elisabetta Trevisan/Vatican Media/Getty Images)
“The Chicagoan” brings a Midwestern feel to the Vatican, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the Catholic Church and one of the most unexpected developments of the year.
A lot has changed in the political realm as well. Trump made history when he returned to the White House on January 20 as the second chief executive to serve non-consecutive terms and changed the trajectory of the country with a series of executive actions on day one and beyond.
As Fox News contributor David Weber noted In special circumstances, A major, history-changing development occurred under the Trump administration in June, when U.S. forces attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities in what was codenamed Operation Midnight Hammer.
President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance look on at a rally on Inauguration Day of Trump’s second presidential term in Washington, DC, January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)
“(It) absolutely sets back Iran’s nuclear program by several years,” Weber said. The incident preceded a series of other foreign policy developments – a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a push to end the Russia-Ukraine war and a crackdown on alleged Venezuelan drug ships.
Culture, politics and entertainment sometimes merge. Fox Business’s Cheryl Casone brought up Sydney Sweeney’s infamous American Eagle jeans ad, which outraged progressives for allegedly being racist in a wordplay on “jeans” and “genes.”
“Produced by Sydney Sweeney jeans great again,” Casone said.
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add to mixture taylor swift Travis Kelce’s engagement, the release of Swift’s Life of a Showgirl album, the Labubu craze, and a steady stream of viral trends helped define 2025.
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