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11.45 a.m.

Tensions with the USA: major maneuvers in Venezuela

In view of the increasing US military presence in the Caribbean, the Venezuelan government has called up almost 200,000 troops for exercises as part of an armed forces action plan.

According to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, soldiers from all branches of the armed forces and members of paramilitary militias are taking part in the two-day maneuver. The aim is to improve the operational readiness of the armed forces.

The minister criticized the US presence in the Caribbean on Tuesday (local time) as a "vulgar operation against the sovereignty and peace" not only of Venezuela, but of the entire region. In this context, he spoke of an "imperialist threat". At the same time, the exercise was directed against drug trafficking and "terrorist groups", he said.

8.56 a.m.

California Governor Newsom: "Trump is only temporary"

At the World Climate Conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom called on people around the world not to be intimidated by US President Donald Trump. "Trump is only temporary. And I hope that people around the world will remember that," said the Democratic politician in Belém, Brazil.

Trump is reckless, chaotic and capricious. "But people have to fight back. You have to fight back against a tyrant. That's how you deal with a bully."

5.37am

After US attacks: Colombia stops intelligence cooperation

After the UK(see entry at 5.35 am), Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has suspended the exchange of intelligence information with the USA. This concerns the intelligence service of the armed forces, and other contacts with US security authorities are also to be suspended, as Petro explained on the X platform. The measure will apply "as long as the missile attacks on boats in the Caribbean continue". The joint fight against drugs must be "subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people".

Se da orden a todos los niveles de la inteligencia de la fuerza pública suspender envío de comunicaciones y otros tratos con agencias de seguridad estadounidenses. Tal medida se mantendrá mientras se mantenga el ataque con misiles a lanchas en el Caribe. La lucha contra las… https://t.co/IZRWiL4s6t

— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) November 11, 2025

The head of state was reacting to US attacks in the Caribbean in which, according to him, a Colombian fisherman was also killed. The man had been killed in an "extrajudicial execution", he criticized.

In recent weeks, US forces have repeatedly attacked speedboats of suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific on the orders of President Donald Trump. Dozens of people have already been killed in the process. The action has been widely criticized. In the view of UN human rights experts, the USA is violating international law.

Relations between Bogotá and Washington have recently deteriorated massively. The US government accuses Petro of lacking determination in the fight against the drug cartels and recently imposed sanctions against the president. Many successes in the Colombian fight against drugs are based on information from the US authorities or the services of other important partners, such as the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, the US military is continuing to increase its armed forces in the waters off Latin America. The largest aircraft carrier in the world, the "USS Gerald R. Ford", which the Pentagon withdrew from the Mediterranean some time ago, arrived in the US Southern Command area of operations, as the US Navy announced on Tuesday. The exact location was not disclosed. The area of operations extends across the Caribbean and also across waters bordering Central and South America.

5.35 a.m.

London apparently stops sharing intelligence with the USA

According to CNN and the Guardian, Great Britain has stopped sharing certain intelligence information with the USA because of the controversial procedure. The information in question concerns suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean. London did not want to become an accomplice to the US attacks, which it considers illegal, the broadcaster continued. The "New York Times" also reported on this, citing a senior Western government representative.

UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean

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— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM

CNN quoted unnamed sources familiar with the matter as saying that the UK wanted nothing to do with the US military strikes on the ships and considered the attacks to be illegal. According to the sources, London has not been transmitting any information to Washington for around a month.

According to the reports, the UK government has supported the US for years in tracking down ships suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean. The US Coast Guard has been able to stop the boats, arrest crew members and seize drugs.

5.15 a.m.

56,000 participants at the UN climate summit - USA missing

More than 56,000 delegates have registered to attend the World Climate Conference in Brazil in person - making the 30th such UN meeting one of the largest ever. This was reported by the climate journalists from "Carbon Brief", who analyzed preliminary delegate lists.

The USA is absent for the first time in 30 years. The Americans are therefore one of the very few countries not sending a delegation this time. According to the Carbon Brief, only Afghanistan, Myanmar and San Marino are missing.

According to preliminary figures, 193 countries plus the European Union have registered a delegation for the COP30 in the megacity of Belém. The largest delegation comes from the host country Brazil, with 3805 people registered. They are followed by: China, Nigeria, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At the most recent COPs, the final number of participants was at least 10,000 lower. In this case, the COP30 would not be the second, but the fourth largest conference. The largest UN climate conference by far was the one in Dubai in 2023, with more than 80,000 participants.

4.53 a.m.

Drug boat with over 13 tons of cocaine intercepted off Panama

Panama's security forces have intercepted a drug boat carrying around 13.5 tons of cocaine in the Pacific. During the operation near the island of San José, the ten passengers of the tugboat were arrested, according to the Senan authority responsible for air and sea operations. The discovery is considered the largest drug seizure off the coast of Panama since 2007, when 19 tons of cocaine were seized.

#PlanFirmeza | El Comandante Aeronaval Luis De Gracia, Director General, junto al H.S. Julio Villarreal, Fiscal Primero Superior de Droga de la @pgn_panama, ofrecieron declaraciones sobre la operación #Aeronaval que asestó un fuerte golpe al crimen organizado transnacional. pic.twitter.com/6OkXoSmQyt

— Servicio Nacional Aeronaval de Panamá (@aeronavalpanama) November 12, 2025

According to the information, the boat was traveling north on an unusual sea route - presumably with a destination in another Central American country or in Mexico. The crew had tried to evade and resist, the authorities said. The drugs were distributed in more than 11,500 packages.

Recently, there has been an increase in activities against drug smuggling off the coasts of Latin America by the US armed forces. In recent weeks, the US military has repeatedly attacked boats allegedly loaded with drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Dozens of people have been killed.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 4:35 a.m.

House of Representatives discusses government shutdown

The US House of Representatives is discussing a transitional budget today (6 p.m. CET) and thus a possible end to the partial government shutdown. If the House of Representatives agrees, President Donald Trump's signature is still required for the transitional budget to come into force. This would end the government shutdown for the time being. The so-called shutdown came about because the Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a budget.

This shutdown is the longest in US history: government employees have not been paid since October 1, thousands of flights have been canceled due to staff shortages and many Americans are no longer receiving food aid because no money is flowing without an agreed budget.

It is unclear exactly when the interim budget will be voted on in the US Congress. The whole thing could drag on until Thursday (Swiss time). The Republicans have a narrow majority in the House of Representatives - they have 219 representatives, the Democrats 213; 3 seats are currently vacant. Laws are passed with a simple majority.

At the weekend, there was a breakthrough in the trial of strength between Democrats and Republicans in the other chamber of the US Congress - the Senate. Some Democrats voted with the Republicans, clearing the way for a vote on the interim budget in a further step. The Senate passed the interim budget on Monday.

If the shutdown is ended, this is a temporary solution. The transitional budget would apply until the end of January. Theoretically, government business could then come to a standstill again if there is no agreement on a longer-term budget.

7:16 p.m.

California governor: "Trump is only temporary"

At the COP30 world climate conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom has called on people around the world not to be intimidated by US President Donald Trump. "Trump is only temporary. And I hope that people around the world will remember that," said the Democratic politician in Belém, Brazil. Trump is reckless, chaotic and capricious. "But people have to fight back. You have to fight back against a tyrant. That's how you deal with a tyrant."

Under Trump, the USA has withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement and is no longer taking part in the climate conference. Newsom appealed to countries around the world not to allow pressure from the Trump administration to divert them from their course on climate protection. California - like other US states and cities - wants to stick to its climate targets.

Newsom, who has been loudly presenting himself as an opponent of Trump for months, is considered a possible Democratic candidate for the next presidential election. As governor, he has governed the most populous and economically strongest state in the USA since 2019.

7.12 p.m.

US attacks on Caribbean boats: aircraft carrier in large region

The US military is increasing its presence in the waters off Latin America following numerous deadly attacks against boats allegedly carrying drugs. The largest aircraft carrier in the world, the "USS Gerald R. Ford", was withdrawn from the Mediterranean by the Pentagon some time ago and has now reached the region of the US Southern Command's area of operations, according to the US Navy.

The exact location was not disclosed. The large operational area of the U.S. Southern Command extends across the Caribbean Sea and waters bordering Central and South America. This means that it is unclear whether the aircraft carrier is located in the Caribbean or at another location in the area of operations.

The US justifies the military presence with the fight against transnational criminal organizations and the protection of the homeland against drugs. However, increasing tensions between the USA and Venezuela have led to speculation about the actual reason for the aircraft carrier's relocation to the region.

US President Donald Trump's administration accuses Venezuela's head of state Nicolás Maduro of being involved in drug smuggling to the US. Not only the authoritarian Venezuelan government sees the deployment of additional military units in the Caribbean as a threatening gesture, but also countries such as Colombia and Brazil.

Tuesday, November 11, 3:30 a.m.

End of shutdown more likely: US Senate approves budget

In the USA, an end to the longest budget shutdown in the country's history is on the horizon. After almost six weeks of deadlock, the US Senate has passed an interim budget for the period until the end of January. 60 senators voted in favor of a corresponding proposal late Monday evening (local time), while 40 voted against. This means that the longest shutdown in US history is about to come to an end.

However, the House of Representatives, the second chamber of the US Congress, must first give its approval before the budget can come into force and government employees can be paid again. US President Donald Trump must then put his signature to the whole thing. The transitional budget could then come into force this week. The budget freeze has been in force in the USA since October 1. Hundreds of thousands of US federal employees have not been paid since then. Many government services have been cut or reduced, including the Snap food assistance program, which is used by 42 million needy US citizens. You can find out more about what happens next here.

Tonight I am standing with @SenatorBaldwin to demand a vote so that more than 20 million Americans do not see their premiums doubled. https://t.co/z8sFiEfY3D

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 10, 2025

11:08 p.m.

US Supreme Court upholds same-sex marriage

The US Supreme Court has upheld the legalization of same-sex marriages. The court rejected the appeal by former registrar Kim Davis against a ruling by the lower court. Davis had refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The Supreme Court had approved same-sex marriages in 2015. However, Davis still turned away same-sex couples on the grounds that her religious beliefs prohibited her from complying with the court's landmark decision. She also ignored a judge's order to issue marriage certificates to homosexual couples. The documents were eventually issued without her name.

A couple she had refused to issue marriage certificates to sued Davis, who was ordered to pay 360,000 dollars in damages plus legal fees. In their argument against the judge's ruling, Davis' lawyers referred to statements made by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has called for a review of the landmark ruling. Of the other three justices who voted against it at the time, John Roberts and Samuel Alito are still alive. Roberts has not commented on the issue again, while Alito criticized the ruling but declared that it should not be overturned.

Conservative Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed to the Supreme Court to replace liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has stated that the court should correct mistakes and overturn decisions such as the nationwide approval of abortions. However, she has made it clear that she believes same-sex marriage falls into a different category than abortions. The president of the Human Rights Campaign, Kelley Robinson, praised the decision. "The Supreme Court made it clear today that refusing to respect the constitutional rights of others is not without consequences," she said.

10:33 p.m.

Syria's interim president at the White House

Transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa is the first Syrian head of state to be received at the White House. The visit was described in advance as "historic". Just a year ago, al-Sharaa was considered a wanted terrorist in the USA - and Syria was in the final weeks of a bloody civil war.

The US government has now announced that President Donald Trump wants to keep his promise and give Syria "a chance at greatness". The government therefore extended the suspension of certain sanctions by six months. However, they have not been lifted completely, according to a document from the Ministry of Finance. The easing was intended to promote Syria's reconstruction and stability.

An expected announcement by al-Sharaa that his country would join the US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia was not officially confirmed at first. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaybani, who was also received at the White House, described the meeting as constructive. It had been prepared for months.

The Foreign Ministry also said that both sides had agreed on the implementation of a roadmap for cooperation. The aim was to restore diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level, reopen joint institutions and strengthen political and economic cooperation.

20.58 hrs

US Senate meets on budget dispute

The US Senate has reconvened in the struggle over the budget. It is not possible to predict if and when a vote on a transitional budget will take place. It is possible that the debate will drag on into Tuesday night (local time).

Because Republicans and Democrats cannot agree on a joint budget, many government employees have not been paid since October. There was some movement late on Sunday evening: Some Democrats reached an agreement with Republicans, clearing the way for today's debate in the Senate. This step is necessary for the Senate to be able to vote on a budget at all. Although the Republicans, as the party of US President Donald Trump, have a majority in both chambers of Congress - the Senate and the House of Representatives - they are dependent on votes from the Democrats.

The so-called shutdown - i.e. the partial standstill of government business - has already lasted 41 days, longer than ever before in US history. The consequences are becoming increasingly visible: thousands of flights have been canceled and many families are not receiving food aid.

Several steps are necessary to end the shutdown: Following a possible resolution by the Senate, the approval of the House of Representatives and the signature of US President Donald Trump under a corresponding law are also required.

20:03

Trump proclaims "week of anti-communism"

US President Donald Trump declared a "week of anti-communism" on Monday and attacked his political opponents. In his statement published by the White House, Trump denounced communism as "one of the most destructive ideologies in history". "Today, new voices are repeating old lies and disguising them with terms like 'social justice' or 'democratic socialism'," he added.

The message of the new proponents of ideology remains the same, Trump explained: "Give up your freedoms, trust in the power of government and trade the hope of property for the empty comfort of surveillance."

In his statement, Trump appeared to be referring to the left-leaning Democrat Zohran Mamdani, who won the mayoral election in New York last week and sees himself as a "democratic socialist". The US President had referred to Mamdani as a "communist" in the past and declared after his election that US citizens were faced with a "choice between communism and common sense".

The "Week of Anti-Communism" that has now been heralded on Monday has a purely symbolic value. Such proclamations are used by US presidents to highlight issues important to them for a day or a week.

7 p.m.

US government requests further suspension of food aid

The US government wants to continue limiting the government food aid program Snap. It has once again turned to the Supreme Court to ensure that payments remain frozen. The government still wants lower court decisions to be suspended, explained Deputy Attorney General John Sauer.

In light of the budget dispute, President Donald Trump's US government is resisting court-ordered funding for Snap in full for the month of November. The Supreme Court allowed it to suspend payments. It was expected to decide by Tuesday evening (local time) whether the payments would remain frozen.

Sauer pointed out that the US Congress could possibly find a compromise soon and release funds for Snap. If passed, the administration's funding package would replenish funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) and ensure that states that have spent their own funds to keep the program running during the shutdown are reimbursed.

The government had initially announced that it would not fund any Snap assistance at all in November, citing the government shutdown. Two judges then ordered it to fund at least part of the aid. The government initially declared that it would cover half of the aid and then increased this to 65 percent.

18:29

Trump calls on air traffic controllers to work without pay

In view of flight cancellations due to the budget freeze in the USA, President Donald Trump has called on air traffic controllers to come to work without pay. All air traffic controllers must resume work "immediately", Trump declared in his online service Truth Social. Those who did not do so would have to expect pay cuts.

At the same time, the US President emphasized that he supports a "bonus of 10,000 dollars" (the equivalent of around 8,000 francs) for those who continue to work during the shutdown.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the US air traffic controllers' union called for an immediate end to the shutdown. "Enough is enough", said Nick Daniels at a media conference. At the same time, he welcomed an emerging agreement in Congress as a "right step in the right direction".

The longest shutdown in US history to date is causing massive disruption to air travel. Hundreds of flights have been canceled every day for days, and on Sunday there were over 2,700 nationwide. Tens of thousands of flights were delayed.

3.14 pm

Manipulated report: Trump threatens BBC with legal action

Donald Trump sent a letter to the British BBC today in which the US president threatens the news network with a lawsuit. The British have confirmed the facts.

What is it about? After the Telegraph first learned from a whistleblower that the BBC had manipulated a report on the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to portray Trump as a firebrand, two leading figures in London were forced to resign. The report was broadcast shortly before the 2024 US elections.

"Corrupt 'journalists'"BBC chief resigns after manipulating report - Trump cheers

Further details are not yet known. The BBC said it would respond to the President "in due course". Samir Shah, the Chair of BBC, is reportedly considering apologizing to the New Yorker in person.

1.24pm

Flight chaos continues

Due to the partial government shutdown in the USA and air traffic controller failures, numerous domestic and international flights have also been canceled for today, Monday.

A total of almost 1,500 connections within the USA as well as international departures and arrivals are to be canceled, according to the website "FlightAware". More than 8,600 flights are expected to be delayed.

According to the website, more than 4,500 national and international flights had already been canceled over the weekend. The background to this is the dispute between Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress over the budget. Yesterday evening was the first concrete step towards ending the partial government shutdown.

The Senate voted with Democratic votes in favor of discussing a transitional budget originating from the House of Representatives. However, this is only the first important hurdle in Congress towards ending the longest shutdown in US history.

As a result of the partial shutdown, regular government operations are largely paralyzed. Many federal employees are currently not receiving a salary, and air traffic controllers are also affected according to media reports.

US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy posted several times about the flight cancellations and explained yesterday, among other things, that 15 to 20 air traffic controllers are currently leaving work every day because they are not being paid. Normally this number is four per day.

08.44 am

Trump pardons Giuliani and 76 other people

US President Donald Trump (79) has pardoned several members of his 2020 election campaign team - including his long-time confidant and former lawyer Rudy Giuliani (81). This was announced by the White House yesterday.

A statement distributed by the White House lists 77 names that were published on the X platform, according to Trump's commissioner for pardons, Ed Martin.

The individuals concerned had been accused of being involved in a plot to change the electoral college lists of those states in which Trump was defeated in the 2020 presidential election.

The press release states that the pardons also apply to former members of the government, but not to Trump himself. They are intended to prevent possible future criminal proceedings.

Important pardon of Alternate Electors of 2020!! pic.twitter.com/iuDGv9fqyy

— Eagle Ed Martin (@EagleEdMartin) November 10, 2025

None of the pardoned individuals have yet been charged in federal proceedings. In addition, the document published on X is undated - it remains unclear when Trump signed it.

6:20 a.m.

Trump comments on rapprochement in the budget dispute

US President Donald Trump has commented on the rapprochement in the budget dispute: "It looks like we're getting very close to the end of the shutdown," he said in view of the agreement that was confirmed in a test vote.

However, the end of the shutdown is not yet completely certain: following final confirmation in the Senate, the US House of Representatives would still have to approve the compromise worked out between the parties. Trump would then have to sign it. These steps could take days.

4.57 pm

Possible end to shutdown: Senate clears first hurdle

For the first time since the start of the bitter budget dispute in the US, Republicans and Democrats have taken a concrete step towards ending the partial government shutdown. Late on Sunday evening (local time), the Senate voted with the Democrats in favor of discussing a transition budget originating from the House of Representatives. This means that the first important hurdle in Congress to end the longest shutdown in the history of the United States has been overcome.

However, the political crisis that has been ongoing since the beginning of October is by no means over. And even the deal now being sought - which requires further steps in the Senate and the House of Representatives - would ultimately only provide for a transitional budget until January 30, 2026. The dispute could therefore soon flare up again.

After a long struggle, the competing political camps in the Senate were able to agree on the key points of a compromise. Almost all Republicans, seven Democrats and one independent representative in the chamber of Congress have now voted in favor of approving the next procedural step needed to reach an agreement. Only one of the 53 Republicans voted no; at least 60 votes were needed in total. Dozens of Democrats held firm to their veto until the very end. For example, the influential minority leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, voted no.

America is in the midst of a Republican-made health care crisis—a crisis so severe, so urgent, and so devastating for American families that I cannot support a continuing resolution that fails to address it.

I am voting NO. pic.twitter.com/qfiMma6y5D

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 10, 2025

In the end, it was up to Republican Senator John Cornyn from Texas, who waited a long time and only cast his vote after a significant delay. With his vote, the vote reached the necessary 60-vote mark shortly before 23:00 (local time).

Monday, November 10, 2025, 4 a.m.

The end of the shutdown is approaching

There appears to be movement in the weeks-long deadlock over the adoption of a budget in the USA. According to Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and consistent US media reports, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have been able to agree on key points of a compromise. According to the media, the procedural vote on the compromise is to take place on Sunday evening (local time). Although this would be a political breakthrough, it would still not mean an end to the partial shutdown of government operations in the USA, which has been ongoing for almost six weeks.

With 53 of the 100 seats in the Senate, the Republicans have a narrow majority. However, at least 60 votes must be reached in the chamber of Congress for the procedural vote. According to US media, enough Democrats have shown themselves willing to support the compromise.

Kaine explained on Platform X that the deal includes a vote on reducing health insurance contributions, which the Democrats had insisted on. In addition, it should be ensured that federal employees laid off during the shutdown are reinstated and outstanding salaries are paid retrospectively.

My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care pic.twitter.com/1ITfj3mLoq

— Senator Tim Kaine (@SenTimKaine) November 10, 2025

Because Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been unable to agree on a budget, regular government operations have been largely paralyzed since the beginning of October. However, the Senate still has to agree on a corresponding package. The draft would then have to be approved again by the other chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives. Depending on the level of opposition in both parties, this process could take days.

19:56

BBC boss resigns after criticism of Trump broadcast

The BBC, the UK's world-famous public broadcaster, is in the midst of a deep leadership crisis. Head of broadcasting Tim Davie resigned this evening, as did Deborah Turness, who is responsible for BBC news. The background to this is, among other things, the editing of a speech by US President Donald Trump for the "Panorama" program.

The Telegraph newspaper recently reported on an internal memo in which concerns were raised about the impartiality of the BBC's reporting. Specifically, the issue with the Trump speech from January 6, 2021 is that the editing makes it appear as if the US President had said that he would go to the Capitol with his supporters and fight to the utmost.

On the day of this speech, supporters of Trump had violently stormed the seat of Congress in Washington. Congress had convened there to formally confirm Democrat Joe Biden's victory against Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Trump has been trying for years to reinterpret January 6, 2021. It was not a storm, but a "day of love", he repeatedly claimed during his election campaign.

According to the PA news agency, the BBC documentary "Trump: A Second Chance?" was broadcast weeks before the US election last year, which Trump won. An apology and clarification from the broadcaster had recently been expected.

Uprising by Trump supportersRepublicans want to play down the storming of the US Capitol

7.25 pm

Trump administration orders cuts to food aid

In the ongoing budget dispute, the government of US President Donald Trump has instructed the states to cut back on state aid payments for food purchases. "To the extent that states have already submitted full payments for November, this was not authorized. Appropriate steps must be reversed immediately," said a memo from the responsible authority, which reports to the US Department of Agriculture.

The background to this is a legal tug-of-war over how much money can be paid out for the so-called Snap program ("Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program") during the shutdown, which has now been going on for 40 days. Snap is federally funded but administered by the states. According to government figures, around 42 million people receive assistance through the program, which has been in existence since 1964 - primarily families with children, single parents and the elderly.

At the end of October, a federal judge temporarily ordered the Trump administration to pay out the benefits in full - even if emergency funds had to be used to do so. However, the Supreme Court initially suspended this order on Friday to give an appeals court more time to review the case. This left open whether and when the full benefits will actually be paid out again.

2.31 pm

Trump wants to pay citizens a 2,000 dollar "dividend"

US President Donald Trump wants to pay citizens a "dividend" of at least 2,000 dollars per head. The sum is currently equivalent to 1,729 euros. He announced this on the Truth Social platform. Only high-income citizens are to be excluded.

The president had already publicly floated the idea of a payout to US citizens months ago, but did not pursue it. Following the Democrats' recent victories in gubernatorial elections and the mayoral election in New York, however, criticism had also been voiced from within his own ranks that Trump was paying too little attention to his core electorate, to whom he had promised a reduction in the cost of living during the presidential election campaign.

A portrait of Zohran MamdaniNo one could stop this man on his way to the top of New York

Although Trump speaks of "almost no inflation" in the post, inflation is proving to be stubborn at 3.0 percent recently. There are also concerns about the consequences of the boom in artificial intelligence (AI), such as mass redundancies or higher electricity prices. In New York and other major cities, high housing costs are also an issue.

12.55 p.m.

Thousands of flights canceled - warning of domino effect

The partial shutdown of government business in the USA is increasingly hampering air travel. American airlines had canceled more than 2500 flights for the weekend by yesterday evening. This was triggered by the FAA's order to reduce air traffic in order to ease the burden on air traffic controllers, who are currently working without pay.

There were numerous disruptions at the airports in Atlanta and Chicago as well as in Charlotte (North Carolina) and Newark (New Jersey) throughout Saturday. Persistent staff shortages in radar centers and control towers contributed to flight cancellations and delays at several East Coast airports, including New York City and the surrounding area.

Observers warned that the situation could worsen and affect other industries if the cancellations continue to increase and extend into Thanksgiving week. This was particularly true for tourism and the transportation of goods.

The disruptions could affect the entire economy, from tourism to manufacturing, said Greg Raiff, CEO of Elevate Aviation Group.

"The shutdown will impact everything from cargo air travel, to travel to business meetings, to travel options for tourists," Raiff said. "Overnight taxes will also suffer. There will be a domino effect."

10.15 am

US army sends soldiers to the table in Germany

The longest budget dispute in the history of the USA is now also having an impact on American soldiers stationed in Germany. In Bavaria, particularly in the regions of Grafenwoehr, Vilseck, Hohenfels and Garmisch, around 37,000 soldiers are affected by the uncertainty as to whether they will continue to receive their pay.

According to Bild, the shutdown, which has been ongoing since October 1, has prompted the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria to publish a guide for affected soldiers on its website. Among other things, the guide contained information on German welfare organizations such as the Tafel Deutschland, which provides food for those in need.

In addition to the Tafel, the use of food sharing initiatives such as the app "Too Good To Go" was also recommended. However, these recommendations were removed from the website following a report by "Euronews", but can still be found in internet archives.

The financial uncertainty of the soldiers is underlined by the statement of the US Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, who declared that no more salary payments would be possible from November 15. Soldiers stationed in Germany will continue to receive their pay until the end of October, but the future remains uncertain.

While the American soldiers in Germany fear for their financial security, the German government has decided to temporarily take over the salaries of civilian employees of the US military in Germany. This measure is intended to mitigate the impact of the shutdown on the affected employees and provide them with financial stability.

9.55 am

China suspends USA export bans

Beijing has suspended the ban on exports to the USA of the metals gallium, antimony and germanium required for the manufacture of semiconductors. As the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced today, the restrictions on exports of the metals to the USA will be lifted until November 27, 2026.

The raw materials are essential for many modern technologies. The People's Republic had banned the export of the three metals to the USA in December 2024. The restrictions applied to so-called dual-use goods, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes.

The USA and other countries source the raw materials almost exclusively from China. In April, Beijing also cut exports of tungsten and seven other rare earths in response to the high tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.

Since taking office in January, Trump has imposed tariffs on almost all US trading partners. The trade dispute with China in particular escalated from April onwards and led to triple-digit tariff surcharges on each other's imports. The tariff dispute between the world's two largest economies caused great unrest on the markets.

There was a rapprochement in May: both sides reduced the April tariffs to ten percent and agreed to further negotiations. At the end of October, Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. The two heads of state agreed on a number of trade policy points.

As a result, both sides extended the reduction of reciprocal punitive tariffs to ten percent by one year. Beijing also agreed to suspend some export restrictions on rare earths.

7.53 a.m.

How Swiss delegations woo the US President

According to "SonntagsBlick", Swiss business representatives laid out various baits at their latest meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington.

These included the relocation of gold smelters to the USA, pharmaceutical investments, the promotion of infrastructure projects and increased purchases in the American aviation industry. The 79-year-old was also given a Rolex watch and an engraved gold bar.

A declaration of intent is to follow in the coming weeks; an agreement in the customs dispute is expected in January, according to the newspaper World Economic Forum WEF in Davos: a tariff at a comparable level to the 15 percent for the EU.

According to the Sonntagszeitung, the USA has made two new demands in the negotiations. Switzerland should at least partially adopt American sanctions in future and exercise greater control over investments by Chinese companies in strategic businesses. Both points have triggered cross-party criticism.

Sunday, November 9, 2025 - 7.26 am

"You're swatting a fly with another fly": SNL takes aim at Trump

Saturday Night Live 's "Cold Open" sketch last night focused on the meeting Donald Trump held with pharmaceutical industry representatives at the White House the day before yesterday.

Just like at the real meeting, one of the pharmaceutical representatives collapses. Andrew Dismukes plays Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says "Oh, no" and immediately runs out of the room like the real RFK Jr. In reality, the Secretary of Health and Human Services supposedly wanted to get a chair.

Then James Austin Johnson, alias Donald Trump, gets his moment. "I think I play it quite normally: I stand there and stare like a sociopath," says the actor, who wears his tie long like the US president. RFK Jr. ran out of the room as if someone had tried to inoculate him: "Brain worm, take the wheel."

He likes the big productions, says the fake Trump. The previous week he had demolished the East Wing of the White House, now a representative of the pharmaceutical industry was almost dying - "just for the thought of taking less for medication".

"There's a collapse in the White House: who knew it wasn't me?" the protagonist asks, making an obscene gesture, "Don't worry, Dr. Oz is on it." He has had a good week - "except for the elections" on November 4.

The media would see the defeat as a counter to Trump's policies, he continues. "They're the ones who are smeared: it's Stephen Miller's politics. I don't read that stuff," says the fake Trump. On Zohran Mamdani's victory, he says: "I'm divided, because I like winners, but I'm not very enthusiastic about Muslims."

Perhaps he would convert, as JD Vance's wife is planning to do: "Usha Vance - I hope I'm pronouncing the name wrong". Furthermore, the Supreme Court had allowed him to "stop giving food to poor people - you can clap for that".

No one needs to whine that Thanksgiving dinner is too expensive: "The good news is your families can't come because all the planes are gone. We call that: problem solves a problem. You're swatting a fly with another fly." Instead of food, why don't they have Ozempic?

And is his guest in the White House dead? "He's got his feet up: It's called cartoon death. Honestly, don't tell me if he's dead, I want to be surprised."

10:56 p.m.

A Trump stadium? White House shows favor for naming idea

The White House is taking a liking to the idea of naming a new sports stadium in the US capital Washington after President Donald Trump. "That would be a nice name, because it was President Trump who made it possible to rebuild the new stadium," spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told The Hill and the sports channel ESPN. A high-ranking White House official was also quoted by ESPN as saying: "This is what the president wants. And it's probably going to happen." ESPN had previously reported, citing people familiar with the situation, that Trump was pushing for the stadium to be named accordingly.

The new stadium will primarily serve as the home of the Washington Commanders football team. It is planned with around 65,000 seats and is to be built on the eastern outskirts of the city on the site of the dilapidated RFK Stadium. The costs are estimated at around 3.7 billion US dollars (around 3 billion Swiss francs). As part of the project, a comprehensive redesign of the district is also planned - with stores, apartments and green spaces.

The current stadium on the Anacostia River, around three kilometers from the Capitol, can no longer be used. The Commanders have not played there since 1996, but in the neighboring state of Maryland. On Sunday, Trump will watch the team's home game against the Detroit Lions there, according to the White House.

10.15 p.m.

Longest shutdown in history slows down air traffic massively

The partial shutdown of government business is having an increasing impact on air traffic. According to the website "FlightAware ", more than 1,000 flights within the USA, into the USA or out of the USA had already been canceled by the afternoon (local time). Almost 4,400 other connections were delayed.

According to NBC, Charlotte Douglas International Airport in the state of North Carolina was the worst affected. In second place was Newark Liberty International Airport in the state of New Jersey, through which many travelers come to New York.

Because Democrats and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a budget, regular government operations are largely paralyzed. Many federal employees are currently not receiving a salary. Programs to provide low-income households with food are under pressure. Processes at the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ground staff at airports are also affected. The FAA initially wants to reduce flight movements by around four percent, but this could rise to ten percent by the middle of the month.

9.48 pm

"This is pure vindictiveness": Chuck Schumer sharply criticizes Trump government

The chairman of the minority group in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, sharply criticizes the Trump administration for taking the issue of food aid to the Supreme Court. The court ruled on Friday evening that the White House can suspend food stamps for the time being.

"For this administration to go all the way to the Supreme Court just to avoid paying SNAP benefits to hungry children is pathological (...) it's pure vindictiveness," Schumer said, according to CNN.

While Democrats and Republicans continue to blame each other for the shutdown, Schumer argued that "this crisis is in the hands of the government".

5.23 p.m.

Many delays in air traffic despite countermeasures

Although the airlines have already canceled four percent of flights from the 40 largest airports, staffing problems at air traffic control are causing countless delays in the USA, as CNN reports.

For example, the control tower at Newark Liberty International Airport is understaffed. There are also staffing problems with air traffic controllers at the major airports in Atlanta, Houston, Detroit and Chicago. In addition, numerous air route traffic control centers, which manage incoming flights at higher altitudes, are understaffed.

The website FlightAware reports almost 1900 flights in the morning so far.

1 p.m.

"The oldest damn president": Joe Biden's first political appearance since September 2024

"Did you see the results on Tuesday?" says Joe Biden to cheers from the Democrats he is visiting in Omaha, Nebraska. The 82-year-old was back on the political stage after a long time.

"You know what it feels like to be outnumbered," he calls out to his fellow party members, who have not won in Nebraska since 1968. "But every election, you put up the signs and make your voices heard. The country desperately needs you."

Biden does not talk about his departure as a candidate in the last presidential race. He only says this much: "I have the dubious honor. I'm the youngest man ever elected to the US Senate, and I'm the oldest damn president".

Anyone who believes that Biden would respond to Trump's constant attacks on his person by attacking him is mistaken. But: "What we have to do is fix our mistakes, and we started that on Tuesday," says Biden.

The ex-president is currently undergoing radiotherapy for his cancer. He did not talk about his health at the event. It was his first political appearance since September 2024.

Joe Biden just finished giving remarks at an event for the Nebraska Democrat Party. He appears to start heading off stage when you can hear him being told to “stay on stage.” pic.twitter.com/5DtIMqgn3l

— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) November 8, 2025

10.50 am

Court confirms Trump's end to food aid for the time being

In the midst of the budget freeze in the US, the country's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the continuation of food aid ordered by a US court. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a so-called administrative stay yesterday, giving the court more time to hear the case.

Earlier this week, a US court had ordered US President Donald Trump's administration to provide full funding for food aid for November until the end of Friday.

The US Department of Justice then appealed the court's order to the Supreme Court yesterday. Only the US Congress can end the crisis, the Justice Department said.

Instead, a US court had "used the current budget impasse as permission to declare a federal bankruptcy and appoint itself a trustee tasked with picking winners and losers among those seeking a share of the limited remaining federal funds."

10:50 a.m.

What you need to know about food assistance

The Supreme Court's decision affects millions of U.S. citizens. Under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), about 42 million people in the U.S. with no or low income receive payment cards so they can buy fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy products.

This costs the state around nine billion dollars a month, which is affected by the current budget freeze. Snap aid therefore expired at the beginning of November.

A budget freeze has been in place in the USA since October 1, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees have not been paid since then due to the so-called shutdown. The budget freeze came into force after Republicans and Democrats in Congress were unable to agree on a transitional budget.

Since then, both sides have blamed each other for the paralysis of parts of the administration. The shutdown will only end once an interim budget has been passed. An agreement is still not in sight.

9.20 am

Trump wants "to hear no more about affordability"

Thanksgiving is on November 27 in the USA, but some people don't feel like celebrating in the run-up. The authorities warn that 20 percent of all flights are at risk of being canceled before the holiday due to the shutdown. The Supreme Court has also allowed Donald Trump to temporarily stop paying food aid to the needy - see above.

"Thanksgiving costs and the cost of living during Thanksgiving," says Trump. "Our energy costs are way down, our food prices are way down, everything is way down. And the press is not reporting it."

Trump: Our energy costs are way down. Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down. And the press does not report it… Thanksgiving meals 25% down. So I don't want to hear about the affordability. pic.twitter.com/hnyHp2wWRP

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 7, 2025

"You know, I call the Democrats crooks, they make up numbers." Compared to his predecessor Joe Biden, the cost of the party has fallen by 25 percent. "That's the biggest cost reduction in the history of this table, or whatever they do."

Fact checkTrump defends his domestic economic record - but is he right?

His conclusion: "I don't want to hear any more about affordability because of that."

Compared to Biden, gasoline is only half as expensive. "We literally have no inflation," Trump fibs. "So affordability is better with the Republicans." Poll numbers are good, he says, and factories will soon be opening and new jobs will become available. Trump even promises an "economic revolution".

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7 a.m.

Trump smells meat conspiracy

Donald Trump accuses several meat processing companies of illegal price fixing for beef. He has asked the Department of Justice to initiate an investigation immediately, the Republican announced on the Truth Social platform.

He did not provide any evidence for his accusations. The majority of the companies are foreign-owned and artificially inflate the price of beef. It was not clear from Trump's post exactly where the companies are based.

In a further post on Truth Social, the US President threatened that those responsible would pay a "high price" if these were criminal offenses.

The US President is currently under political pressure due to the rise in beef prices. For example, the price of minced beef has risen every month since the beginning of the year, according to data from the statistics authority.

Trump also confronted US cattle farmers, who were being unfairly blamed for the price increase, he wrote on Truth Social.

6.30 a.m.

Whites will be "killed and slaughtered": Trump threatens to boycott G20

US President Donald Trump is threatening South Africa with a US boycott of the G20 summit in Johannesburg this month. In a post on the Truth Social platform, the Republican accused the country of killing white farmers and illegally confiscating their land.

Trump did not provide any evidence and went on to write: "As long as these human rights violations continue, no representative of the US government will attend." Trump described it as a "disgrace" that the G20 summit is taking place in South Africa.

The group of leading industrialized and emerging economies (G20) includes 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union. The countries include the major Western democracies such as the USA, Germany and the UK, but also authoritarian states such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. The summit is scheduled for November 22 and 23.

Trump had already canceled his participation at the beginning of September. Instead, he wanted to send Vice President JD Vance. However, with Trump's new threat, it is now unclear whether this will happen at all.

There have long been political differences of opinion between the USA and South Africa. In May, Trump publicly humiliated South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa during his visit to the White House. The US President had already bombarded his guest with unsubstantiated accusations that South Africa was committing "genocide" against white farmers.

South Africa rejected the accusation. Experts contradict Trump's account of an alleged genocide in South Africa. The US President has repeatedly complained of discrimination against white minorities in South Africa, in particular the so-called Afrikaans, who are descendants of Dutch settlers. They led the racist apartheid regime in South Africa until the early 1990s, which systematically discriminated against the black majority.

Trump ended his post on Truth Social by saying that he was looking forward to his role as host of the next G20 summit in Miami, Florida. According to his earlier statements, one of his golf resorts is to be the venue for the summit.

The US President had assured at the time that no money would be made from this. The luxury Doral resort near Miami is located very close to an airport and is "the best location" for the summit in December 2026. The Washington Post had reported at the time that Trump had already planned to host a G7 summit there during his first term of office - but there had been criticism from many sides.

Saturday, November 8, 6 a.m.

USA lifts sanctions against Syria's president

A few days before the visit of Syrian interim president Ahmed Al-Sharaa to the White House, the USA lifts sanctions against him. The US State Department announced that Al-Sharaa would be removed from a list of terrorists sanctioned by the government.

Al-Sharaa has been on the list since 2013. Syria's Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab will also no longer be on the list in future, it added. According to the Foreign Ministry, the progress made by the Syrian leadership after the fall of long-term ruler Bashar al-Assad and many years of oppression was recognized.

As interim president, al-Sharaa is working to locate missing Americans, fight terrorism and drug trafficking and establish security in the region.

The day after tomorrow, Assad's successor is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House. Since Syria's independence in 1946, no president of the country has ever been received in Washington for a government visit.

The UN Security Council already lifted sanctions against Al-Sharaa and his interior minister on Thursday. A resolution introduced by the USA was adopted almost unanimously with 14 votes in favor, only China abstained.

The two members of the government were previously on the Security Council's international sanctions list due to previous links to the Islamist terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. The US delegation saw the vote as a signal for a new political beginning in Syria after Assad's fall last year.

23.02 hrs

Airlines cancel hundreds of US flights due to shutdown

Hundreds of flights within the USA have been canceled due to the cuts in air traffic ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the authority is gradually reducing the number of take-offs and landings at around 40 busy airports in order to reduce the pressure on unpaid air traffic controllers. According to flight data from the FlightAware portal, almost 1,000 flights were already canceled nationwide on Friday.

7.50 pm

Elite US university Cornell reaches agreement with Trump administration

The renowned US university Cornell is giving in to pressure from the government: The university in the state of New York has agreed to pay 60 million dollars and accept President Donald Trump's administration's interpretation of civil rights laws. In return, its state funding will be restored and the investigations against the elite university will be ended.

An agreement has been formally finalized with the @WhiteHouse, @TheJusticeDept, and @USEdGov. Read the full statement: https://t.co/xyfAlBkhN2 pic.twitter.com/BTSqKqP3cR

— Cornell University (@Cornell) November 7, 2025

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement on Friday, saying it preserves the university's academic freedom and preserves more than $250 million in research funding that the government had withheld in the wake of investigations into alleged civil rights violations. 30 million dollars will go directly to the US government, with another 30 million earmarked for research projects that support American farmers.

6.01 pm

US government does not want to pay out food aid

The US government of President Donald Trump is taking legal action against the ordered funding of the Snap food program for the month of November. It asked an appeals court on Friday to suspend all court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in an emergency fund. A federal judge on Thursday had given the government a deadline of Friday to make full payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap).

The legal battle over the program, which supports about one in eight Americans, is dragging on. Initially, the government announced that it would not fund any Snap aid at all in November, citing the current government shutdown as the reason. Then last week, two judges ordered the government to fund at least part of the aid. The government initially declared that it would cover half of the aid and then increased this to 65 percent.

In its motion on Friday, the Trump administration argued that the full snap funding order issued on Thursday violated the US Constitution. Courts have neither the right to authorize funds nor the right to spend them, the US Department of Justice wrote to the court.

3.18 pm

USA boycotts UN review of its human rights record

The USA is the second country after Israel to refuse a UN review of its human rights situation. As expected, the US chairs remained empty at the scheduled meeting of the responsible working group in Geneva.

The US government had also not submitted a report on the situation in the USA in advance. The working group of the UN Human Rights Council formally noted the "non-cooperation". This has no direct consequences. The working group invited the USA to rejoin the process at a later date.

US President Donald Trump's administration argues that the United Nations (UN) is only feigning concern for human rights while allowing known human rights violators to use the UN to protect themselves from investigation. This compromises the monitoring mechanism, they said when asked.

Since 2008, all 193 UN member states have had to undergo this review of the human rights situation approximately every five years. Countries report on their implementation of human rights standards, while other countries can ask questions, raise issues and make recommendations. Germany's last turn came in 2023. The procedure is called the UPR ("universal periodic review").

Israel was the only country to avoid a review once, in 2013, but resumed cooperation a few months later.

2.28 pm

South Americans rail against Trump's climate policy

Host Brazil and other South American countries have come down hard on US President Donald Trump's environmental policy ahead of this year's climate summit. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke of lies yesterday in Belém.

His colleagues from Colombia and Chile, Gustavo Petro and Gabriel Boric, joined in. Argentinian President Javier Milei, on the other hand, boycotted the meeting ahead of the COP30 world climate conference.

As Trump betrays people and the planet, I’m headed next week to the U.N.’s COP30 climate conference in Brazil. I’ll be joining our international partners to strengthen California’s climate commitments and showcase how our climate action is creating more jobs, cleaner air, and lower costs.

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— Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) 7. November 2025 um 00:18

After taking office once again, Trump withdrew the USA from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, whose signatories committed to keeping the global average temperature from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the average value in the mid-19th century.

However, according to calculations made by the UN Environment Program Unep at the beginning of the week, this mark cannot be maintained and will probably be exceeded within the next ten years.

Lula warned that the "window of opportunity we have to act" is closing fast. "Extremist forces are fabricating falsehoods to gain electoral advantage and keep future generations trapped in an outdated model that perpetuates social and economic inequality and environmental degradation," he said, without mentioning Trump by name.

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @AyeshaTandon @leohickman Cecilia Keating @rtmcswee @tomoprater #CBarchive

Read here: https://t.co/PrtTHkfSI8 pic.twitter.com/IlX6Dmms0m

— Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief) November 7, 2025

Petro, on the other hand, turned directly against Trump, saying his absence was one hundred percent wrong. "Trump is against humanity," said Petro, who is also at loggerheads with the US president on anti-drug policy. "We can see the collapse that can happen if the US doesn't decarbonize its economy."

Boric said Trump's claim that the climate crisis doesn't exist is a lie.

1:35 p.m.

Congressman in a war of words with Mike Johnson

The Speaker of the House of Representatives does not allow Congress to convene, although politicians - unlike federal employees - continue to receive their money during the shutdown.

Critics accuse Mike Johnson of wanting to prevent Adelita Grijalva from taking the oath of office: The Democrat would be the last missing vote to push through a petition to force the disclosure of the Epstein files.

Against this backdrop, a Democratic MP attended a press conference by Mike Johnson - and intervened: Chrissy Houlahan made serious accusations against the 53-year-old on the steps of the Capitol in Washington.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan called out Speaker Mike Johnson for lying to the American people: He preaches “transparency” while running a shutdown circus. Her message was simple tell the truth or stop pretending you’re leading. The GOP’s moral compass is spinning—and she called it out live.

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— NewsCurrentNow (@newscurrentnow.com) 6. November 2025 um 20:30

The House of Representatives must reconvene and Johnson must persuade both parties to get back to politics, Houlahan warns. The Capitol Police intervene, but back down because the 58-year-old identifies herself as a member of parliament. In the ensuing battle of words, the politicians accuse each other of being responsible for the shutdown.

Johnson is so disrespectful as Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D) urges him to "call leadership of both parties" to find a solution to the government shutdown.

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— Luca (@lucagalletti.bsky.social) 6. November 2025 um 15:50

11.15 am

US layoffs: Worst October in 22 years

Due to the shutdown, the US Bureau of Statistics is currently not providing any figures. The economy is therefore looking all the more closely at figures collected by private institutions - such as the statistics on redundancies provided by Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

And these figures are anything but good: in October, 175 percent more layoffs were announced than in the same month last year, reports CNN. A total of 153,074 redundancies are reported.

"This is the highest figure for October in more than 20 years and the highest for a single month in the fourth quarter since 2008. As in 2003, disruptive technology is changing the landscape," the report says, referring to AI.

10.38 am

Trump to Danish CEO: "Maybe you should give us part of the company, like I asked for"

Novo Nordisk is the most valuable company in Europe: The Danish pharmaceutical company, which makes billions with weight loss injections, is currently in a bidding war for the US startup Metsera and has apparently submitted a higher purchase offer than competitor Pfizer.

When Donald Trump and the Novo-Nordisk president are asked about the issue in the White House, the 79-year-old says to company boss Maziar Mike Doustdar: "Maybe you should give us part of the company, like I asked, give the United States a nice big share of the company."

Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 6. November 2025 um 20:02

Doustdar discreetly ignores this bold demand and emphasizes that the rules of the free market apply: if Pfizier wanted to buy Metsera, the competitor would have to dig deeper into its pockets.

Under Trump, the government has acquired stakes in companies such as Intel, U.S. Steel, Trilogy Metals, Lithium Americas and MP Materials.

10.09 am

"Attack" with sandwich: demonstrator acquitted

"You may recall that - shortly after Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington for no reason this summer - a protester was arrested for throwing a salami sandwich at a border patrol agent," late-night host Stephen Colbert introduces this story.

"I hope you're happy, Donald Trump," Colbert continues. "Your fascist takeover of the city has caused Americans to do the unthinkable: not eat a sandwich. I didn't think I'd live to see it."

The thrower, a man named Sean Dunn, faced misdemeanor charges - after a felony plant failed: the trial began on November 3 - Sandwich Day, of all days. "It smelled like onions and mustard and exploded over my chest," the victim of the sandwich attack is quoted as saying.

Sean Dunn the Hero Subway Thrower Found NOT Guilty by Washington Jury. Yet another defeat for tRump appointed fool, the Incompetent Jeanine Pirro! Sometimes you can't indict a "ham sandwich" or a Thrown Sub, @JudgeJeanine !! pic.twitter.com/Eb2wJy64Nt

— Ted McConnell (@53856Ted) November 6, 2025

"Are we making a statement here or are we writing some eroitic sandwich porn?" asks Colbert. The border guard goes on to say that he felt the impact of the sandwich through his bulletproof vest. The defense attorney countered to the jury that a sandwich is hardly a weapon - especially not if you are wearing a protective vest.

Sean Dunn, the man who became known as Washington, D.C.'s "Sandwich Guy," was found not guilty of assault by a Washington, D.C. jury Thursday — and onlookers erupted with mockery.

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— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 6. November 2025 um 22:30

They took a similar view - and acquitted Dunn.

9.16 am

Guest faints behind Trump - emergency in the White House leaves the president cold

The unidentified man was actually lucky: when a guest fainted at Donald Trump's press conference in the White House yesterday, a medical team was able to attend to the man, who is said to have represented a pharmaceutical company.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 6. November 2025 um 19:10

When the person lost consciousness, Dr. Mehmet Oz administered first aid while the press was asked to leave the room. Before that, however, some photos were taken showing how Donald Trump reacted at that moment - barely at all.

According to press spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, the patient has since recovered. The pictures of the passive Trump during the emergency are now doing the rounds on social networks - with little positive commentary about the US president.

📸 PHOTO OF THE DAY

Trump stands in the Oval Office while, behind him, Novo Nordisk executive Gordon Findlay lies on the floor upside down after losing consciousness. https://t.co/8t8Thy7Rze pic.twitter.com/1qmYe17nzD

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) November 6, 2025

8 a.m.

Venezuela attack? Senate rejects congressional say-so

US President Donald Trump does not need the approval of Congress for possible military action against Venezuela following a vote in the Senate.

The chamber rejected a bill to this effect yesterday by 51 votes to 49. The bill provided for any operations ordered by Trump against the South American country to be halted if they were not authorized by Congress.

The Republicans have a majority in both chambers of Congress - the Senate and the House of Representatives. In the vote, two Republicans joined the Democrats, who were nevertheless narrowly defeated.

The background to the decision is the massive deployment of US armed forces, with which Trump wants to combat drug smuggling from Latin America into the USA. In recent weeks, dozens of people are said to have died in attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

The USA speaks of smuggling "terrorists" and often makes a connection to Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro. The White House regards his government as a "terrorist drug cartel" with Maduro at its head.

The Washington Post reported that, contrary to the escalating rhetoric, there are no current plans and no stable legal basis to attack Venezuela directly.

The US newspaper cites statements made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in a confidential meeting with selected members of Congress.

5.22 a.m.

US military kills suspected drug dealers in the Caribbean again

The US military has killed three men in a new raid in the Caribbean on a boat allegedly carrying drugs. The attack took place in international waters, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced on Platform X. Anyone who wants to stay alive should not smuggle drugs, he continued. US President Donald Trump's administration now calls Hegseth Secretary of War, no longer Secretary of Defense.

As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops.

Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist… pic.twitter.com/gQF9LpSjqD

— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) November 7, 2025

For weeks, US forces have repeatedly attacked boats allegedly loaded with drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Dozens of people are said to have already been killed in the process - the US government speaks of drug-smuggling "terrorists". The action has been widely criticized. In the view of UN human rights experts, the US government is violating international law.

5.14 a.m.

China's exports fall by 1.1 percent

China's exports fell unexpectedly in October. According to the Beijing customs authority, exports fell by 1.1 percent year-on-year. Imports, on the other hand, increased slightly by one percent. Analysts had expected only slight growth in exports, but not a decline.

So far this year, China's exports have proven to be robust despite the trade dispute with the USA. Business with other regions in particular has supported exports. Experts now attribute the latest decline partly to a base effect, as exports had risen particularly strongly in October last year. Some economists also point out that companies may have brought forward deliveries in the previous months in order to avoid possible new tariffs.

Last week, US President Donald Trump and China's head of state Xi Jinping met and agreed on a slight easing of the trade dispute. The impact of this on trade is likely to become clear in the coming months. The US agreed to reduce its tariffs on Chinese goods by ten percent, while China held out the prospect of importing larger quantities of US soybeans, among other things.

4.03 p.m.

Orban visits Trump at the White House

US President Donald Trump is receiving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Washington today. Orban sees himself as Trump's closest ally in the EU. Orban visited Trump three times last year alone. The right-wing nationalist is also close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Orban wants to address the latest US sanctions against Russian oil companies at the White House, which he considers a "mistake". Hungary is still heavily dependent on energy imports from Russia. Trump's efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Ukraine war are also likely to be discussed.

Friday, November 7, 2025, 0.10 a.m.

Supreme Court strengthens Trump: only male or female on US passport

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to impose restrictions on the selection of gender in passports. Following the ruling, the government can enforce its measure that prevents transgender and non-binary people from selecting the gender that corresponds to their gender identity for their passport. It halted a lower court's order that the government must continue to allow citizens to choose either the gender marker female, male or X for their passport.

Most of the Supreme Court justices* are conservatives - appointed by conservative presidents. With the decision of the conservative majority, the Trump administration can introduce its measure even while a lawsuit against it is still pending.

After taking office again in January, Republican Trump issued an executive order stating that the US would only recognize "two genders, male and female" based on birth certificates and "biological classification", as he put it. As a result, the US State Department changed the regulations for issuing passports.

Trump pursues a rigid gender policy. For example, he argued that trans people who were assigned a male gender at birth should not be allowed to participate in female sports teams.

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