Trump & Co Watch November 2025
'Huge victory' in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard (LINK) 7 November 2025
U.S. Supreme Court justice temporarily pauses order requiring Trump administration to fully fund SNAP by end of Friday (LINK) 7 November 2025
Trump Media slump after reporting wider quarterly loss as sales decline (LINK) 7 November 2025
Trump pardons man convicted for being agent of Chinese Government to intimidate a New Jersey family (LINK) 6 November 2025
— Michael McMahon, a former New York police officer, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April after being convicted in 2023 for acting as an unregistered agent of China, interstate stalking, and conspiracy.
U.S. Government shutdown prompts FAA to float flight cancellations as Senate talks continue (LINK) 6 November 2025
U.S. layoffs hit highest point in over two decades: October was the worst month for layoffs in 22 years (LINK) 6 November 2025
— Prior to the report, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the American economy was nearing a "golden age" under the Trump administration, and said that 2026 "would be a great year".
US federal government shutdown: US Army tells 37,000 soldiers in Germany to go to food bank (LINK) 5 November 2025
NPR: Kristi Noem denies ICE detaining US citizens: she is wrong: many U.S. citizens have been detained or arrested (LINK) 5 November 2025
Politico: Democrats didn’t just rebound. They dominated. (LINK) 5 November 2025
— In Virginia, whose odd-year state elections are often seen as a bellwether ahead of midterms and presidential elections, Democrats flipped at least 13 seats in the House of Delegates. In the top races — the governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the New York mayoral — all Democrats cleared 50 percent support.
U.S. Supreme Court questions legality of Trump’s tariffs (LINK) 5 November 2025
Swiss economic forecast for improvement despite tariffs (LINK) 5 November 2025
— The indicator has once again reached the level of July, i.e. the level prior to the US tariff increase on Swiss imports. "Overall, expectations have never been so positive since the beginning of the year. The Swiss economy is regaining momentum," said KOF. The recovery is particularly evident in the industrial sector.
Trump holds trade talks with Switzerland — (LINK)
— United States President Donald Trump has met with high-ranking representatives of Switzerland to discuss trade issues. Trump announced the talks on his Truth Social platform. It was initially unclear where and in what setting the meeting took place and who took part. The Swiss authorities did not initially provide any information on this either. At the beginning of August, Trump announced punitive tariffs of 39% on numerous Swiss products – one of the highest rates worldwide that the US has imposed on its trading partners.
The US economy added 42,000 private-sector jobs last month, more than expected (LINK) 5 November 2025
Takeaways from Trump's rocky Supreme Court arguments over global tariffs (LINK) 5 November 2025
— CNN: The Supreme Court appeared deeply concerned Wednesday with President Donald Trump's reliance on a vague federal law to impose global tariffs.
Takeaways from Tuesday's elections: Democrats win across the spectrum as voters reject Trump (LINK) 4 November 2025
Democrats set historic records on election night. Here are six of the firsts they accomplished: (LINK) 4 November 2025
- — First woman elected as Virginia governor: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operative and member of Congress
- — First Muslim woman elected to statewide office in the US: Virginia state senator Ghazala Hashmi became the first Muslim American woman elected to statewide office anywhere in the country when she won Virginia’s lieutenant governor election
- — First Muslim mayor of New York: 34-year-old progressive Zohran Mamdani
- — First city or town to vote to divest from Israel: Somerville, Massachusetts
- — First state to counter Republicans mid-cycle redistricting
- — First woman elected mayor of Detroit: Detroit city council president Mary Sheffield
Federal judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at press briefings (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports (LINK) 4 November 2025
New Republic: The business press is in denial about Trump's UAE bribe: As Microsoft sends AI chips to the United Arab Emirates, reporters are failing to explain exactly how it was made possible (LINK) 4 November 2025
— What these stories fail to mention is that the easing of previous restrictions came just two weeks after the UAE purchased $2 billion in stablecoin from World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family owns a large share. The purchase was, apparently, the largest crypto transaction in human history.
CNN Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’ (LINK) 3 November 2025
Trump says he won't sell Tomahawks to Kyiv for now after Putin threats (LINK) 3 November 2025
After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights people-smuggling charges (LINK) 3 November 2025
Trump tariffs head to Supreme Court on 5 November in case eagerly awaited around the world: facing off against small businesses and a group of states (LINK) 3 November 2025
CNN Analysis: Tuesday's U.S. local elections may leave America more divided than ever (LINK) 3 November 2025
Trump says China's Xi told him he won't move on Taiwan during his term (LINK) 2 November 2025
60 Minutes Trump interview at Mar-a-Lago: President says he doubts US will go to war with Venezuela: "I wouldn't be inclined to say that I would do that... I'm not gonna tell you what I'm gonna do with Venezuela, if I was gonna do it or if I wasn't going to do it." (LINK) 2 November 2025
— Since early September, US strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have resulted in the deaths of at least 64 people, according to CBS News. "We're going to test nuclear weapons like other countries do." He added: "Russia's testing, and China's testing, but they don't talk about it. I don't want to be the only country that doesn't test." Russia and China have not announced tests since 1990 and 1996 respectively.
FBI fires top official amid Kash Patel’s outrage over reports of agency jet use to visit girlfriend: agency fires official who oversees fleet on 31 October (LINK) 2 November 2025
— Bloomberg Law, which broke the story, said that three unnamed sources had expressed astonishment at the sacking given that Patel’s flight schedules were fully public and trackable on websites. A day after her performance, Patel himself had reposted photos showing him together with his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, on his X account.
Trump threatens to send US military into Nigeria, alleging mass killing of Christians (LINK) 1 November 2025
APEC leaders wrap up summit after Trump and Xi reach truce in trade war (LINK) 1 November 2025