Saturday, 8 November 2025

The Commerce Department is expected to add approximately 700 more items with steel content to tariff levy lists at the request of US firms, expanding the scope of steel import tariffs.

Federal Judge Karin Immergut issued a permanent ban on the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, ruling that the Trump administration failed to demonstrate that protesters were hampering federal policies. The judge stated she found no credible evidence that protests in the Oregon city were out of control.

Following a White House meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the US granted Hungary an exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas purchases. Trump also praised Orbán's hardline stance on immigration during the summit.

The Supreme Court blocked the administration's request for full Snap food aid payments following a White House request, after a federal appeals court had denied the administration's attempt to block an order to distribute November's full monthly food stamp benefits.

Senate Republicans are working during a historic government shutdown to advance a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, following calls from Trump at his Florida golf course. The measure remains unpopular among the public.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly arranged to purchase ten engineless Spirit Airlines planes that the airline did not own, with the goal of expanding deportation flights and for personal travel, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo condemned the Trump administration's use of her music in a Department of Homeland Security and White House video demanding undocumented immigrants self-deport, calling the content 'racist, hateful propaganda.'

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to major corporations and the ultrarich, according to reporting by the New York Times.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible collusion among major meatpackers as beef prices remain elevated. The Trump administration initiated the inquiry, which may satisfy ranchers but has uncertain prospects for enforcement.

The New York Times reported that the Trump administration sent migrant men to a prison in El Salvador, where independent forensic analysts found the testimony of interviewed detainees credible and consistent, with treatment meeting the UN's definition of torture.