Xinhua Headlines: U.S. in 2025 -- chaos and polarization

The past year ended with an ugly drama for Americans: thousands of pages of documents from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's case were finally made public, yet many appeared as little more than fields of blacked-out text, entire pages obscured by heavy redactions.

During the unprecedented government shutdown from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12 last year, both parties remained entrenched, prioritizing partisan positions over the public welfare and disregarding the substantial economic damage incurred during the impasse.