Monday, 10 November 2025

President Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, and dozens of others involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, including false electors. The pardons apply only to federal charges and do not shield recipients from ongoing state-level prosecutions.

The U.S. Senate advanced a funding bill to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history after 40 days. Eight Democrats and one independent voted with Republicans to advance the bill, which still requires House passage and Trump's signature.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks with Trump at the White House in the first meeting between a U.S. and Syrian leader since 1946. The U.S. subsequently declared a partial suspension of sanctions on Syria.

Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over editing of his January 6 speech in a documentary, alleging the edit was defamatory. The BBC chair apologized for the editing as an 'error in judgment,' while the broadcaster's director general and head of news resigned.

Trump announced plans for a '$2,000 tariff dividend' to provide payments to Americans from tariff revenues, framing the policy as a way to distribute gains from his tariff agenda.

SNAP workers expressed concerns about Trump administration policies affecting food assistance, stating the administration is 'using the country's poorest as pawns' in response to potential funding cuts to the nutrition program during the government shutdown.

Trump's EPA officials are set to approve a fifth PFAS 'forever chemical' as a pesticide ingredient this year, raising concerns among environmental groups about risks to food and water supplies.

Defense Secretary Hegseth claimed that six people were killed in two new U.S. attacks on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, describing the dead as 'narco-terrorists,' though no evidence was provided.

A whistleblower told House Democrats that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's associate, is seeking a commutation of her prison sentence and is receiving special treatment in prison.

The U.S. has sent $7.5 million to Equatorial Guinea to accept noncitizen deportees. The move raises concerns as Equatorial Guinea is one of the world's most repressive and corrupt countries with documented human rights abuses.