Friday, 28 November 2025

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom died after being shot in Washington DC, with another Guard member, Andrew Wolfe, reported to still be fighting for his life. Trump announced the death and subsequently used the incident to intensify anti-migration rhetoric.

Trump announced plans to permanently pause migration from 'third world countries' and end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens following the National Guard shooting. His administration also announced new immigration guidelines and halted visas for Afghans.

Trump announced plans to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, who was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments and was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Trump claimed on social media that Biden did not personally sign many of his executive orders due to use of an autopen machine, and announced plans to cancel most of Biden's executive orders on this basis. The claim was characterized as baseless by reporting.

Trump's administration announced plans to implement sweeping immigration reviews of refugee and asylum cases following the National Guard shooting, with officials pledging to re-examine the entry of Afghan refugees.

A Trump administration order to keep Michigan's JH Campbell coal-fired power plant open is costing taxpayers $113 million, with critics noting the plant emits high levels of toxic pollution.

Trump spoke by phone last week with Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, to discuss a possible meeting between the two, though nothing has been scheduled. The administration continues to increase military pressure on Venezuela.

RFK Jr. signed an order withdrawing an FDA rule that would have mandated testing for asbestos in talc-based cosmetics, effectively killing the proposal to require testing for the cancer-linked toxin.

Leaked files from Project 2025 revealed that some applicants for Trump administration roles reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremist figures as inspiration.

Washington DC announced plans to deploy the National Guard on joint patrols with local police, marking a shift in how the Guard are used in the US capital following the recent shooting of two National Guard members.