The East Wing demolition was 'jarring.' But a White House history buff sees a silver lining Stewart McLaurin knew it was coming The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’ The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2025
Latex giant Ansell bullish despite Trump's tariff moves Tariffs and a national security probe into PPE aren't fazing Ansell or its investors, with an improved share price off the back of its AGM. AAP · Oct 29, 2025
White House pushed Navy celebration officials to launch live explosives over dummies as Trump ‘needed to see explosions’: report The event, attended by Trump and First Lady Melania, was to celebrate the Navy’s 250th birthday The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025
US Senate passes bill with Republican support to block Trump tariffs on Brazil Republicans break ranks as vote passes 52-48 in rare bipartisan rebuke of US president’s trade policies The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2025
Rent’s due and people will ‘starve’: Congress is racing towards the shutdown cliff NEWS ANALYSIS: Division within the GOP caucus over food stamps could give Democrats a key opening to ramp up the pressure on Republicans to make concessions and earn their votes to end the shutdown, John Bowden and Eric Garcia report The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Growing Number of Republicans Are Breaking Ranks Over Strikes in the Caribbean: 'We Expect to Get Our Questions Answered' Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma told C-SPAN that the White House "needs to give insight" to Congress Latin Times · Oct 28, 2025
Senate rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil The vote serves as a symbolic rebuke of Trump's trade policies. Axios · Oct 28, 2025
Trump’s tariffs cancel Christmas: New York town forced to cancel annual celebration because of rising costs The effects of the president’s sweeping global tariffs have meant that the Sinterklaas celebrations in Rhinebeck have been canceled for the first time in 26 years The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
North Korea test-fires cruise missiles as Trump arrives in South Korea Trump is due to arrive in the South Korean city of Gyeongju on Wednesday to join other heads of state and business leaders attending the Apec forum The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Who Has to Pay Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee? New Rule Won't Apply to Most International Students Trump's $100,000 H-1B fee will not apply to most international students already in the U.S., easing concerns over access to skilled worker visas. International Business Times UK · Oct 28, 2025
States sue Trump’s USDA to unleash SNAP funding as legal experts blast ‘immoral’ decision to block emergency dollars 25 states warn of imminent ‘crisis’ for millions if the federal government won’t tap into emergency funds The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
MacKenzie Scott gives $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy MacKenzie Scott has donated $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Trump's Appeal of His New York Convictions Highlights the Absurdity of Alvin Bragg's Convoluted Case The Manhattan district attorney converted a hush payment into 34 felonies via a chain of legal reasoning with several conspicuously weak links. Reason · Oct 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from medical debt The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt
Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025 At least nine killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza after Netanyahu orders ‘powerful’ attacks Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by handing over the wrong remains of dead hostages
Axios · Oct 28, 2025 How Trump's strikes on "narco-terrorists" have escalated off Venezuela and beyond The campaign has a growing death toll, and very few publicly available details.
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 Man deported to Laos despite court ordering blocking his removal, attorneys say U.S. immigration officials have deported a man to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal
The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2025 Shutdown stretches into 28th day as Senate again fails to pass spending legislation As funding for food aid program is about to be exhausted, Congress fails for 13th time to advance Republican bill
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 Police report omits a federal agent's shooting at a DC driver. The man's lawyers suspect a cover-up A federal agent fired shots at an unarmed Black man during a recent traffic stop while patrolling the nation’s capital for President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge
We Got This Covered · Oct 28, 2025 ‘Trump’s personal and partisan army’: Trump’s brazen effort to politicize the U.S. military just went from bad to worse Trump is trying to take over the army.
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 How Hurricane Melissa could turn US soldiers’ attention from bombing ‘drug boats’ to humanitarian aid Many of the troops aboard 8 Navy warships are trained to assist in natural disasters
The Mary Sue · Oct 28, 2025 ‘He’s losing money from South Korea’: In a turn of events, Trump reveals plans to bring back South Korean immigrants who ‘got out’ following ICE raids It is no secret that United States President Donald Trump has a strong aversion to “illegal aliens.” However, his intense feelings are primarily directed at those individuals who do not provide him with any personal advantage or fulfil his needs.
Fortune · Oct 28, 2025 Saudi power chair: Tariffs weaken the global energy transition and hurt humanity The world must embrace renewable energy, natural gas, nuclear, and more to truly power the world into the energy transition, Mohammad Abunayyan said.
Tom’s Hardware · Oct 28, 2025 US and Japan move to loosen China’s rare earths grip — nations partner to build alternative pathways to power, resource independence Announced on October 28 in Tokyo, the agreement commits both governments to securing mineral flows and accelerating the deployment of advanced nuclear power.