The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo on Friday, Oct. 9, with live coverage due to begin at 4:50 a.m. EDT. Attention has focused on U.S. President Donald Trump, who has openly campaigned for the award and told reporters this week it would be a "great discredit" if he does not win. The prize matters beyond the winner: last year's laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, handed her medal to Trump in January, though the Nobel Committee says a prize cannot be revoked, shared or transferred.