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This year's Oscar nominees address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for Challengers and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Challengers, and Wicked.

5 takeaways from the 2025 Oscar nominations

From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.

Asylum seekers wait for news on the CBP One appointments at El Chaparral crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on January 21, 2025.

President Trump's suspension of asylum marks a break from U.S. past

Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past."

The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025.

Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker's threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.

Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott present the nominees for Best Picture during the 97th Oscars Nominations Announcement at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Jan. 23, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

See the full list of 2025 Oscar nominations

Emilia Pérez raked in the most nominations Thursday morning, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked. The Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, March 2.

Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

Three Stanford graduate students built an AI tool that can find a location by looking at pictures. Civil rights advocates warn more advanced versions will further erode online privacy.

Blasts from military weapons may injure the brain through its blood vessels

When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they may be exposed to blast waves that damage blood vessels in the brain.

This scientist studies climate change. Then the Los Angeles fire destroyed his home

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

Same-sex couples pose for pictures at a marriage registration event at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, on Thursday.

Couples wed as landmark same-sex marriage law takes effect in Thailand

Hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot across Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legally recognize equal marriage.

Real estate sign left standing amidst smoldering ruins of Oct. 20, 1991 Oakland hills fire.

This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis

An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

Didier Betofe, from the Congo, Africa, and his 6-year-old son clean windshields and beg for money in the Mexican town of Ciudad Acuña across from Roma, Texas. Didier arrived in Ecuador and traveled north to Ciudad Acuña, where they have been living the past three months.

Postcards From The Border aims to challenge skewed portrayal of U.S.-Mexico border

Challenging perceptions of the US-Mexico border: A new Texas art project uses music, photos and storytelling to highlight the the rich cultural tapestry beyond headlines of migration and enforcement

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