Overview

• Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with the committee honoring her pro‑democracy work.
• The committee’s chair noted nominations closed on January 31 and defended the process, saying recent Gaza diplomacy was not eligible this year.
• The White House criticized the decision, saying the Nobel Committee placed “politics over peace” after President Trump did not win.
• Trump will travel Sunday to Israel and then Egypt to promote the Gaza ceasefire and hostage‑release plan he says his administration helped secure.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russia’s Vladimir Putin publicly praised Trump’s peacemaking role, while analysts warned the truce’s durability and credit for the deal remain contested.