Ariana Grande receives Video of the Year Award for “Brighter days ahead” at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





YungBlud performs during a tribute for Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





A child walks past two members of the National Guard from Mississippi posted in the Metro weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and ordered an increased presence of federal law enforcement, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025. (Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters)





U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he arrives prior to the Men's Singles Final match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Day Fifteen of the 2025 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 07, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)





Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





National Guard members walk past the Lincoln Memorial while patrolling the National Mall, on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement continue to patrol the Nation's Capital, weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard and law enforcement to patrol the nation's capital to assist in crime prevention with more than 2,200 National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington, D.C., a mission that experts estimate is costing over $1 million a day when factoring in pay, housing, travel, food, fuel and other logistics, according to comparisons with the 2020 mobilization of 5,000 Guard members that cost more than $2 million daily. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)





Members of the National Guard walk down the National Mall weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and ordered an increased presence of federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. (Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters)





Surfing dog Faith surfs a wave during the Helen Woodward Animal Center Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon at the Del Mar Dog Beach in Del Mar, California on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo)





This long exposure photograph shows the Garnet fire burning in the Sierra National Forest, Calif., on Monday, September 8, 2025. (Photo by Noah Berger/AP Photo)





Sabrina Carpenter’s performance of Tears advocated for trans rights, with trans dancers and drag queens holding signs that read “In trans we trust”, “Dolls, dolls, dolls”, and “If you hate, you’ll never get laid”, among others during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for MTV)





The Corn Moon rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center as the Tribute in Light is tested ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City on September 8, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty images)





The singer Lady Gaga is seen arriving at “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on September 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)





Jerry O’Connell and his daughters, Dolly and Charlie, have a good scream with twisted jesters at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights on September 5, 2025. (Photo by Hamilton Pytluk)





(L-R) Lara Raj, Yoonchae Jung, Daniela Avanzini, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel and Sophia Laforteza of Katseye attend Pandora's Talisman Collection Launch on September 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images)





Models walk the runway during the Ralph Lauren Spring 2026 Collection show on September 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP Photo)





Katseye receives the MTV Push Performance of the Year award for Touch at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





Tate McRae performs at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





Sabrina Carpenter performs at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





Doja Cat performs at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)





Megan Moroney poses with the Best Country award at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Kylie Cooper/Reuters)