President Donald Trump ramped up his pressure campaign to end the filibuster on Wednesday, telling Republican senators in a White House meeting that it’s “very important” for the GOP to “terminate the filibuster” and reopen the government.
In the past week, Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-crazed-democratic-lunatics-blocking-americas-comeback-filibuster-must-go?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=21&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump%3A+%E2%80%98Crazed+Democratic+Lunatics%E2%80%99+Blocking+America%E2%80%99s+Comeback+%E2%80%93+Filibuster+Must+Go%21">called</a> for the end of the filibuster <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wants-republicans-to-hit-stone-cold-crazy-dems-with-ultimate-trump-card-in-shutdown-fight">multiple times</a> as Democrats continue to block GOP efforts to pass a short-term spending bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Trump took another step in his call for the end of the filibuster in Wednesday’s meeting, making his plea directly to Republican senators.
Trump suggested that Republicans should end the filibuster as soon as “this afternoon.”
“I think it’s very important. We have to get the country open, and the way we’re going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster,” he said. “And it’s possible you’re not going to do that, and I’m going to go by your wishes. You’re smart people. We&#8217;re good friends, but it would be a tremendous mistake, it would be a tragic mistake, actually. It’s time.”
The filibuster allows senators to prolong debate on legislation; 60 votes are needed to end a filibuster and proceed to a vote on a bill. The minority party often uses the filibuster to block votes on bills pushed by the ruling party. Republicans have cautioned against ending the filibuster, saying that it would set a precedent that would also be used against the GOP in the future. Trump, however, argued that Democrats will nuke the filibuster the next time they have power.
“We have to do it first,” the president said. “We’ll end up with two, three years, and we’ll have this country so perfect. We will have passed more legislation than any Congress and any group of senators or group of congressmen. … It will be a beautiful machine. Otherwise, we’re just going to sit around and argue with these people all day long, and they’re highly unrealistic. Many of them are radical Left subversives, frankly.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> to GOP Senators: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s very important. We have to get the country open, and the way we&#8217;re going to do it&#8230; is to terminate the filibuster&#8230; It&#8217;s time, it&#8217;s time&#8230; We&#8217;ll end up with two, three years, and we&#8217;ll have this country so perfect.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Clrd60V7nS">pic.twitter.com/Clrd60V7nS</a>
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Trump added that keeping the filibuster alive would ultimately hurt Republicans.
“If [Democrats] take power, and it’s more likely that they take power if we don’t [end the filibuster] because we won’t be passing any legislation,” he said.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;If I thought that they weren&#8217;t going to pass the filibuster, I wouldn&#8217;t even bring it up. They&#8217;re going to pass it within the first hour&#8230; if [Democrats] take power&#8230; they&#8217;ll wreak havoc.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ogxZN6PkVT">pic.twitter.com/ogxZN6PkVT</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1986065444256510330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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After the media left the room and cameras were turned off, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly disagreed with Trump on this point, and the two engaged in a “spirited back-and-forth,” according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-government-shutdown-election-11-05-25?post-id=cmhm47vi100053b6oy3rv3tl7">CNN</a>.
During his remarks, the president argued that if Democrats refuse to agree to a simple bill to extend government funding for even a short period, they won’t negotiate any significant legislation.
“We should start tonight with the country is open, congratulations, and then we should pass voter ID. We should pass no mail-in voting. We should pass all the things that we want to pass to make elections secure and safe,” Trump continued. “Because California is a disaster, many of the states are disasters.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> to Republican Senators: &#8220;It&#8217;s time for Republicans to do what they have to do — and that&#8217;s terminate the filibuster.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BMUKPybb9a">pic.twitter.com/BMUKPybb9a</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1986065143478776187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump’s comments on Wednesday morning came hours after Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/trump-filibuster-republican-senators-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the president was preparing to ramp up pressure on Republican senators. One anonymous Trump adviser told Axios that the president planned on making GOP senators’ lives “a living hell.” Another anonymous adviser cited by Axios said that Trump is “really mad about this.”
As of last week, Republican Senate leadership remained “unchanged” in its support for the filibuster. The office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-leaders-stance-on-filibuster-remains-unchanged-as-trump-pushes-nuclear-option">The Daily Wire</a> last Friday that they continue to support the filibuster. Thune <a href="https://x.com/burgessev/status/1986092191383502925">told</a> reporters on Wednesday morning, “I know where math is on this issue in the Senate. It’s just not happening.”
When former President Joe Biden was in office with majorities in the House and Senate, some Democrats pushed for party leaders in the Senate to end the filibuster to pass leftist priorities, such as abortion protections, gun control, and packing the Supreme Court. Democrats’ efforts to eliminate the filibuster in 2021 were ultimately stopped by former moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

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At least nine people are dead, 11 are injured, and another 16 people are missing after a UPS plane crashed near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday evening.
The plane that went down was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, CBS Louisville affiliate WLKY <a href="https://www.wlky.com/article/plane-crash-explosion-louisville-airport/69255042">reported</a>. Companies like UPS and FedEx primarily fly those aircraft to transport cargo. UPS issued a <a href="https://about.ups.com/us/en/newsroom/statements/ups-statement-on-aircraft-accident.html">statement</a> confirming that the crash occurred at approximately 5:20 p.m., adding that three crew members were onboard. They are believed to be dead.
Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ups-plane-crash-louisville-airport?post-id=cmhl8u9nx00003b6n3dcwwb8e">said</a> at a news conference Tuesday evening that the death count could rise due to some of the wounded having “very significant” injuries. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg also said that the number of dead is expected to &#8220;continue to rise.&#8221;
Multiple businesses were hit by the plane when it crashed to the ground, including a recycling plant and an auto parts shop, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ups-plane-crash-louisville-airport">reported</a>. The crash resulted in a &#8220;secondary explosion&#8221; at the recycling plant, which contained tanks of propane and oil.
Videos posted on social media showed a massive explosion after the crash, with plumes of smoke rising into the air. Officials issued a shelter-in-place order for people within a five-mile radius of the airport after the crash. That shelter-in-place order remains in effect for those within a one-mile radius of the airport, forcing some schools in the area to cancel classes on Wednesday.
Since the plane was on a long trip to Hawaii, it was fully fueled. The fire following the crash quickly spread to nearby buildings.
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CCTV captures UPS flight UPS2976 crashing shortly after departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. <a href="https://t.co/9WyrcpSkdd">pic.twitter.com/9WyrcpSkdd</a>
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JUST IN: Crews are responding to a plane crash near the Louisville airport, and police say there are injuries.<a href="https://t.co/NIg5UOSVoo">https://t.co/NIg5UOSVoo</a> <a href="https://t.co/i2BLFYKEFx">pic.twitter.com/i2BLFYKEFx</a>
— WLKY (@WLKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/WLKY/status/1985838038866411644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The UPS plane was departing for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Other videos circulating on social media appear to show the left wing of the MD-11 catching fire as it cruises down the runway before takeoff. One of the plane&#8217;s engines was found on the ground mostly intact, which will likely help investigators determine what led to the crash.
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Video circulating now online shows the moments the UPS MD-11 crashed near the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Louisville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Louisville</a> airport.
It looks like there may have been an engine fire but the plane was likely past the point of no return and could not abort the take off in time.<a href="https://twitter.com/KHOU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KHOU</a> <a href="https://t.co/7yz1Wf3X7E">pic.twitter.com/7yz1Wf3X7E</a>
— Pat Cavlin (@pcavlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/pcavlin/status/1985845250842132668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Heartbreaking images coming out of Kentucky tonight,&#8221; said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. &#8220;Please join me in prayer for the Louisville community and flight crew impacted by this horrific crash. The @NTSB and @FAANews are mobilizing to get on the ground and will lead the investigation.&#8221;
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Heartbreaking images coming out of Kentucky tonight.
Here’s an update from <a href="https://twitter.com/FAANews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FAANews</a> 
&#8211; UPS cargo flight 2976 
&#8211; Crashed around 5:15 ET after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport en route to Honolulu 
&#8211; The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
Please… <a href="https://t.co/yE1Brhv8cQ">pic.twitter.com/yE1Brhv8cQ</a>
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDuffy/status/1985855125080965375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport serves as UPS&#8217;s worldwide air hub, with around <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/story/2024/07/16/inside-worldport-ups-overnight-shipping-hub-air-freight-logistics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">300 UPS flights</a> taking off and landing there every day.
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As California prepares to count ballots on Tuesday, President Donald Trump questioned the state&#8217;s election integrity and called the Proposition 50 vote &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and a &#8220;giant scam.&#8221;
Trump said that California&#8217;s mail-in ballot process is &#8220;RIGGED&#8221; and &#8220;under very serious legal and criminal review.&#8221; Tuesday&#8217;s Proposition 50 election in California puts the state legislature&#8217;s redrawn congressional maps before voters for approval. If passed, the new maps would add to Democrats&#8217; numbers in the U.S. House.
&#8220;The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All &#8216;Mail-In&#8217; Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are &#8216;Shut Out,&#8217; is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244">wrote</a> on Truth Social.
It&#8217;s unclear if Trump&#8217;s mention of a &#8220;legal and criminal review&#8221; is referring to a federal investigation into California&#8217;s mail-in ballots or something else. The Department of Justice sent election monitors to California and New Jersey to watch polling sites and &#8220;ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,&#8221; CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-election-monitors-california-new-jersey/">reported</a>.
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom called for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-californias-effort-to-fight-back-against-trump-with-redistricting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a special Proposition 50 election</a> in response to Texas passing a new congressional map that will likely give Republicans five more House seats. California Democrats called Texas&#8217;s move a &#8220;power grab orchestrated by President Trump.&#8221; The California Democratic Party said that Proposition 50 &#8220;would negate the five Republican seats drawn by Texas.&#8221;
Last month, California sent mail-in ballots to all 23 million registered voters for the Proposition 50 special election. As of Monday, 28% of California voters had cast a ballot, according to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-04/polls-open-for-californias-special-election-but-how-many-people-will-show">The Los Angeles Times</a>. The mail-in votes <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sacramento-county-ballot-envelope-holes-concerns-prop-50-election/">in Sacramento County</a> have faced <a href="https://x.com/tedcruz/status/1976745073300652466">scrutiny,</a> with some people <a href="https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1977423844936986993">claiming</a> that a &#8220;no&#8221; vote on Proposition 50 could be visible through a hole in the envelopes, allowing officials to see how people voted. Conservatives, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and the popular X account Libs of TikTok, criticized the mail-in ballots on social media.
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, appeared to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-14/california-ballot-design-unfounded-viral-conspiracy-theories-november-election-rigged">push back</a> against this claim, saying, &#8220;The small holes on ballot envelopes are an accessibility feature to allow sight-impaired voters to orient themselves to where they are required to sign the envelope.&#8221;
However, the Sacramento County Department of Voter Registration and Elections <a href="https://www.saccounty.gov/us/en/articles/2025-articles/response-to-special-election-ballot-envelope-posts.html#gsc.tab=0">acknowledged</a> that &#8220;there are at least eight ways to insert a ballot card into the return envelope, and only two of these might result in a bubble being visible in the hole.&#8221; But according to the department, &#8220;There is no way to determine how a voter voted through this small hole.&#8221;
Some California Republican officials also blasted the mail-in ballot theories pushed by some conservatives on social media. Los Angeles County Republican Party Chair Roxanne Hoge warned voters last month, <a href="https://x.com/RoxanneHoge/status/1976817550613999712">writing</a>, &#8220;C&#8217;mon people! If you&#8217;re worried about your vote showing through the hole, fold it the other way. Vote NO on 50!&#8221;
In another post, Hoge <a href="https://x.com/RoxanneHoge/status/1976892993790787845">wrote</a>, &#8220;Please don&#8217;t panic people about something that is easily addressed by turning their ballot around. We need every no vote and we need them now.&#8221;
The Republican Party of San Diego <a href="https://x.com/RPSDC/status/1982158321760297233">added</a>, &#8220;It&#8217;s simple. Republicans need to stop complaining and vote. We ask and ask and ask and yet turnout still lags. To win this one GOP turnout needs to be materially better than average. It&#8217;s very doable but won&#8217;t just happen. Work it.&#8221;
Trump and Republicans have also expressed concerns about mail-in ballots being sent to California&#8217;s large illegal immigrant population, who are ineligible to vote. California officials claim that the state has safeguards that prevent illegal immigrants from voting.
Recent polls <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article312761827.html">suggest</a> that Proposition 50 will likely pass, giving Democrats even more power in the deep-blue state.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, called President Donald Trump &#8220;a vile creature,&#8221; adding that he is &#8220;the worst thing on the face of the earth.&#8221;
Pelosi made the comments during a sit-down interview with <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/video/nancy-pelosi-california-trump-elex-michaelson-lead-jake-tapper">CNN</a> that aired on Monday. The hostile remarks come as political violence in the United States continues to rise, following two assassination attempts on President Trump in 2024 and the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in September.
&#8220;He&#8217;s just a vile creature, and the worst thing on the face of the earth, but anyway,&#8221; Pelosi said of Trump.
&#8220;You think he&#8217;s the worst thing on the face of the earth?&#8221; asked CNN journalist Elex Michaelson.
&#8220;I do, yeah,&#8221; Pelosi replied.
She defended her harsh words about Trump, arguing that he &#8220;does not honor the Constitution of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;In fact, he&#8217;s turned the Supreme Court into a rogue court. He&#8217;s abolished the House of Representatives. He&#8217;s chilled the press,&#8221; Pelosi added. &#8220;He&#8217;s scared people who are in our country legally.&#8221;
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Pelosi: Trump is &#8220;a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the Earth.&#8221;
CNN: &#8220;You think he&#8217;s the worst thing on the face of the Earth?&#8221;
Pelosi: &#8220;I do.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/5zziHbzIN0">pic.twitter.com/5zziHbzIN0</a>
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The 85-year-old congresswoman was not asked to explain how Trump has made the Supreme Court a &#8220;rogue court&#8221; or what she meant by arguing that the House of Representatives has been &#8220;abolished.&#8221; The CNN interview focused on California&#8217;s special election on Tuesday, when voters will cast their ballots on Proposition 50, which aims to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional maps to further favor Democrats.
Democrats are reportedly preparing for Pelosi to announce her retirement from Congress in the coming days. The 20-term congresswoman is expected to address her future plans after Tuesday&#8217;s election, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-brace-nancy-pelosi-possible-retirement-rcna241336">reported</a>. Asked about her future political plans, Pelosi said she&#8217;s more concerned about getting the Democratic Party back in power and fighting the &#8220;poison of the Trump administration.&#8221;
&#8220;For me, it&#8217;s just a question about one thing: winning the House for the Democrats, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing with Proposition 50. It&#8217;s the first step,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And then we go from there to winning. And the only reason I&#8217;m in Congress this term is to win the House for the Democrats, to protect us from the poison of the Trump administration.&#8221;
Republicans have recently addressed the rise in political violence coming from the Left and have urged their Democratic colleagues to tone down their rhetoric on Trump and conservatives. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, committee chair Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called out &#8220;left-wing extremism,&#8221; arguing that for the past 15 months, political violence “has been a constant fact of American life.”
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-problem-lies-on-the-left-michael-knowles-brings-the-heat-to-senate-political-violence-hearing">testified</a> during the hearing and blasted Democrats for attempting to include those on the Right as main drivers of political violence.
&#8220;This seems to me confusing and misbegotten as one cannot solve a problem if one does not know where the problem lies,&#8221; Knowles said, adding, &#8220;In light of the murder of my friend Charlie Kirk by a leftist assassin, I am gratified to see that at least some members of our federal legislature are now confronting the consistent and escalating pattern of left-wing terrorism in the country.&#8221;
Pelosi has also been affected by political violence, when her husband, Paul, was attacked by a hammer-wielding man in 2022. The attacker, David DePape, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-man-accused-of-attacking-paul-pelosi-with-a-hammer-says-he-wanted-to-end-corruption#:~:text=to%2Dend%2Dcorruption-,Man%20accused%20of%20attacking%20Paul%20Pelosi%20with%20a%20hammer%20testifies,the%20early%20hours%20of%20Oct.">espoused</a> right-wing conspiracy theories and testified that he wanted to interrogate Pelosi and get her to admit to corruption. President Trump called the attack on Paul Pelosi a &#8220;sad situation,&#8221; but also made light of the incident.
&#8220;Pelosi has a big wall wrapped around her house, but of course, it didn&#8217;t help too much with the problem she had, did it?&#8221; Trump said during a 2024 rally.

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Dick Cheney, who served two terms as vice president under former President George W. Bush, died at his home on Monday night, his family said. He was 84.
Cheney died due to complications from pneumonia and cardiovascular disease. The former vice president struggled with heart disease for decades and underwent a heart transplant in 2012. He died surrounded by his family.
Cheney had a decisive role in the White House, influencing foreign policy in the Bush administration at a level typically not seen among vice presidents. He also served as Secretary of Defense under former President George H.W. Bush.
“For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,” the Cheney family <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dick-cheney-dies-079591b529f048489650e7569bc675d2">said</a>. &#8220;Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.”
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Lynne, and his daughters, Liz and Mary.
Cheney&#8217;s career in politics spanned decades. He served in the Nixon administration and eventually made his way up to White House Chief of Staff under former President Gerald Ford. In 1978, he was elected to Congress, serving Wyoming&#8217;s lone district until 1989, when he was nominated by George H.W. Bush to become Secretary of Defense. As Defense Secretary, Cheney directed the U.S. invasion of Panama and Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi forces.
In 2000, Cheney joined George W. Bush on the Republican ticket in a controversial presidential election that reached the Supreme Court, before Bush and Cheney were ultimately declared the winners over Democrat Al Gore and his running mate, Joe Lieberman.
As vice president, Cheney played an instrumental role in pushing for the United States to declare a &#8220;war on terror&#8221; and invade Iraq following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. As American public perception turned against the Iraq War, Cheney held that it was the correct decision to send troops into Iraq in 2003 and topple the government of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
&#8220;It was the right thing to do then. I believed in it then, and I believe it now,&#8221; Cheney <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-HnTQVXoQ">said</a> during a CNN interview in  2015. &#8220;No apologies.&#8221;
Cheney was not shy about his criticism of the administrations that followed his time in the White House, blasting former President Barack Obama and later becoming a staunch anti-Trump voice. In 2015, Cheney described Obama as &#8220;a president whose policies are doing lasting damage to the United States of America.&#8221;
In recent years, Cheney feuded with President Donald Trump as his daughter, former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, became the face of anti-Trump Republicans. In 2022, Cheney appeared in an ad for his daughter, who was running in a primary against Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman.
&#8220;In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,&#8221; Cheney said in the ad. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters.”
Cheney&#8217;s anti-Trump positions continued into the 2024 election, when he announced last September that he would vote for then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris,” he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/dick-cheney-kamala-harris-president">said</a>.
Cheney, who suffered five heart attacks throughout his life — with his first heart attack at age 37 — expressed a profound gratitude that he was able to live as long as he did. Following his heart transplant in 2012, Cheney called the surgery &#8220;the kind of gift that&#8217;s unbelievable,&#8221; adding, &#8220;You wake up every morning with a smile on your face because you&#8217;ve got a new day you never expected to have.&#8221;

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Islamic terror suspects <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-thwart-potential-halloween-weekend-terrorist-attack-kash-patel-says">arrested</a> by the FBI in Michigan last week sought to target bars and nightclubs near Detroit on Halloween night, according to a criminal complaint filed on Saturday.
The 73-page <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/media/1416836/dl?inline">complaint</a>, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, accuses Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud, and a juvenile suspect, along with five co-conspirators, of seeking to carry out a terrorist attack for ISIS, hoping to copy the 2015 Paris terrorist attack that killed more than 130 people. The suspects codenamed the attack day &#8220;pumpkin,&#8221; leading investigators to believe that the planned attack would be carried out on Halloween, when bars and nightclubs would be full of partiers.
The suspects, who are all under 21, allegedly &#8220;sought guidance from the father of a local Islamic extremist ideologue&#8221; on when to conduct their attack. Ali lives in Dearborn, Michigan, which is known for its large Muslim population, and the criminal complaint states that Ali and Mahmoud met multiple times at night at parks in Dearborn. Ali and Mahmoud also shared ISIS-related materials through encrypted messaging and social media apps, according to the criminal complaint.
FBI Director Kash Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1985379689741881404">said</a> on Friday that the potential terrorist attack in Michigan was &#8220;thwarted&#8221; by federal agents. Patel added on Monday that the FBI &#8220;stopped a massacre before it could happen.&#8221;
&#8220;Two Michigan men planned an ISIS-inspired Halloween terror attack near Detroit- stockpiling weapons, scouting targets, and training at gun ranges,&#8221; Patel said. &#8220;This FBI acted fast, followed the evidence, and likely saved countless lives.&#8221;
The suspects allegedly scoped out sites of potential targets for their attack in September. According to the criminal complaint, the suspects drove past numerous bars and clubs in Ferndale, which is just north of Detroit, and is known as a go-to party spot for gay people.
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The FBI also said that the suspects practiced shooting firearms, including AR-15 style rifles, at a gun range in September and October. Federal authorities served search warrants at Ali&#8217;s and Mahmoud&#8217;s homes on October 31, where they recovered &#8220;three AR-15 style rifles, two shotguns, four handguns, more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition compatible with the three AR-15 style rifles, optical sights, two GoPro cameras, a flash suppressor, tactical vests, and other related firearms parts and accessories,&#8221; according to the complaint.
One of the co-conspirators, referred to as &#8220;Co-Conspirator 1&#8221; in the complaint, allegedly met with Ali and the juvenile suspect in June and July before he traveled out of the country. When Co-Conspirator 1 returned to the United States, Customs and Border Protection agents looked through his phone and found photos of the co-conspirator wearing tactical gear and holding weapons, the complaint stated. The CBP agents also allegedly found Google searches for ISIS and the Islamic State.
While Co-Conspirator 1 was overseas, he got on a group call with five other people, one of whom was an FBI Confidential Human Source. During the call, which the FBI source recorded, the participants discussed traveling to Syria to join ISIS, according to the complaint. A second co-conspirator then attempted to convince Ali and the juvenile suspect to join them and travel to Syria, but the two suspects allegedly said that they wanted to stay in the United States and do the &#8220;same thing as France,&#8221; which the FBI believes is a reference to the 2015 Paris terrorist attack.

Criminal Complaint – Eastern District of Michigan

Michigan Terror Suspects Plotted To Target Bars, Nightclubs During Halloween Celebrations, FBI Says

Michigan Terror Suspects Wanted To Target Bars, Nightclubs During Halloween Celebrations, FBI Says

Halloween

Michigan

Terrorism

terrorist attack

In the four years since Governor Glenn Youngkin’s pivotal 2021 victory, Virginia conservatives have scored massive wins against leftism on college campuses. But with voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, new footage shows that the remnants of diversity, equity, and inclusion may be quietly re-emerging at its flagship university.
In an undercover video obtained by The Daily Wire, a University of Virginia official is caught saying that the “DEI office has been changed in name,” only before laying out how DEI programs continue to be pushed at the university in other ways.
“The DEI office has been changed in name, and I think [it&#8217;s] probably going to be a little more taken down,” said Alex Winkowski, the assistant dean and director of fraternity and sorority life. “But like the Multicultural Student Services unit is still here. It wasn&#8217;t called DEI. I mean that&#8217;s why it wasn&#8217;t really touched for a while. People didn&#8217;t know where to look.”
“People think everything that’s DEI is called DEI, which is bonkers to me,” the assistant dean added. Asked if the Multicultural Student Center is a “safe haven” for DEI, Winkowski replied, “Oh, absolutely. Oh, yeah.”
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UNDERCOVER VIDEO: University of Virginia official caught admitting that DEI finds a &#8220;safe haven&#8221; on campus.
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The hidden-camera video was recorded in August, five months after UVA’s Board of Visitors <a href="https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/march/name-1042455-en.html">voted</a> to dissolve the university’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships.
The topic has been a hot-button issue at UVA in recent months. After the Trump administration began investigating colleges for pushing discriminatory programs and pressuring Virginia to end its DEI office, the university’s president, Jim Ryan, resigned. The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/uva-president-resigns-jim-ryan-trump.html">reportedly</a> demanded that Ryan resign to help settle an investigation into the university’s DEI practices. It’s still without a permanent replacement, months into the academic year.
In March, Governor Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares praised UVA’s Board of Visitors for voting to close the school’s DEI office and “end illegal discriminatory practices.” The university also entered into an <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-agreement-university-virginia-0">agreement</a> with the Department of Justice last month, vowing that it would “not engage in unlawful racial discrimination in its university programming, admissions, hiring, or other activities.” Virginia also promised to provide the DOJ with quarterly data on its programming through 2028, adding that the university’s president “will personally certify each quarter that UVA is in compliance with the agreement.”
According to Winkowski, however, UVA’s Multicultural Student Center offers a cover for DEI programs to continue at the school. The Multicultural Student Center offers students a space where they can study or meet with other students. The center aims to “build community and encourage connection across diverse experiences.” The Multicultural Center is one of many student centers offered by Multicultural Student Services, a department that is dedicated to promoting diversity among the student body. The other student centers include the LGBTQ Center, Latinx Student Center, Interfaith Student Center, and Asian American Student Center.
“The LGBTQ Center here is very, very supported by alumni, to the point where they looked at the alumni support here and scholarships and [found] that we give more money than Harvard does to LGBTQ students who go here,” Winkowski said.
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Winkowski has spent much of his time at UVA developing “LGBTQ-related programs,” according to his <a href="https://studentaffairs.virginia.edu/staff/alex-winkowski">bio</a> on the university’s website. Winkowski’s bio refers to him as “they.”
The University of Virginia told The Daily Wire that Winkowski’s comments “do not represent official University policies or positions.”
“Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Students for Fair Admissions case and the federal administration’s issuance of related guidance, the University developed its own guidance for UVA schools and units to make clear that UVA does not tolerate discrimination in any form and that all programs, events, and spaces must be not only open, but genuinely welcoming to all people, regardless of race or other characteristics,” said university spokesman Brian Coy. “As part of that effort, the University has renamed some spaces, programs, and events in an effort to make absolutely clear that they are open and welcoming to all people.”
Coy added that Winkowski’s statements are not related “in any way” to the school’s agreement with the DOJ, adding that UVA remains committed to upholding the agreement.
“This hidden camera video was taken well before the University entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to suspend multiple civil rights violations and the content captured does not relate in any way to that agreement,” the spokesman said. “The agreement in question suspends 5 Department of Justice investigations and commits the University to follow the DOJ’s guidance on U.S. civil rights laws, as long as they are consistent with judicial decisions. The University is committed to honoring that agreement.”
The Daily Wire also asked UVA how it ensures that faculty and staff are following the DOJ’s guidance and not attempting to push DEI goals under other names. UVA has not responded to that question.
Winkowski’s comments are yet another example of how university administrators and faculty continue to prioritize DEI despite the Trump administration opening investigations into dozens of schools for alleged discriminatory practices. Earlier this year, The Daily Wire obtained a video showing a Vanderbilt University administrator admitting that the school is actively pursuing DEI goals, which would be in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order on DEI.
“All the things that I would say are components of DEI work are part of what we do. Even if we don’t label everything as DEI work,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-video-vanderbilt-administrator-caught-saying-dei-remains-part-of-what-we-do">said</a> G.L. Black, Vanderbilt’s vice provost for student affairs and dean of students. After The Daily Wire published an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-video-vanderbilt-administrator-caught-saying-dei-remains-part-of-what-we-do">article</a> on Black’s comments, Vanderbilt released a statement saying that it hired the law firm Baker Donelson, which “will be tasked with reviewing the specific circumstances related to the recordings and identifying steps the university can take to ensure all employees fully understand the university’s policies and consistently act in accordance.”
A University of Tennessee department head was also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-tennessee-department-head-boasts-of-dei-flying-under-the-radar-in-red-state">caught on camera</a> boasting about DEI flying under the radar after the Trump administration’s crackdown. Casey A. Barrio Minton, professor and department head of counselor education, said that Tennessee’s “Access and Engagement” office, which used to be called the “Diversity and Inclusion” office, continues to push DEI.
In September, a controversy erupted at Texas A&amp;M when a video obtained by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-am-president-to-resign-after-leftist-politics-infiltrated-university-childrens-lit-course">The Daily Wire</a> showed an English professor pushing pro-LGBT talking points during a children’s literature course that devoted considerable attention to sex, gender, and “queerness.” Texas A&amp;M President Mark Welsh resigned after he was criticized for how he handled the controversy.

DEI/UVA

University Of Virginia Has Pledged To Purge DEI, But Undercover Video Shows It May Still Be Hiding On Campus

University of Virginia

Virginia

Students at Michigan State University hoping to become the educators of the next generation are forced to take a race-centered course that follows &#8220;the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter&#8221; movement and requires students to read from a book condemning &#8220;whiteness.&#8221;
Course materials obtained by the <a href="https://yaf.org/news/race-obsessed-course-forced-on-future-educators-at-michigan-state/">Young America&#8217;s Foundation</a> group on MSU&#8217;s campus and shared with The Daily Wire show that one class for future teachers pushes leftist theories on race. The introductory three-credit class, &#8220;<a href="https://reg.msu.edu/Courses/Search.aspx?CourseID=342088#Results">TE 101: Social Foundations of Justice and Equity in Education</a>,&#8221; is required for all Secondary Education majors at MSU and is typically taken before their junior year. TE 101&#8217;s course description states that it emphasizes &#8220;racial justice, equity, and social identity markers.&#8221;
The syllabus for TE 101 states that the class is &#8220;committed to the Guiding Principles of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards, and the principles of the Abolitionist Teaching Network.&#8221;
One Michigan State education major, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Daily Wire that 90-100% of the class is focused on race.
&#8220;This class is an indoctrination of modern racial ideology,&#8221; the student said.
Asked if sitting through hours of leftist ideology becomes discouraging, the student replied, &#8220;No, it actually makes me want to pursue this degree more. It makes me want to be able to teach children instead of these other people.&#8221;
&#8220;Because I feel like there is a lack of conservatives in education,&#8221; the student added. &#8220;We see how the other side has done with these students.&#8221;
The only book TE 101 students are required to read for the semester includes a section that condemns &#8220;whiteness&#8221; as a privilege that &#8220;will never allow true solidarity to take place.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Want-More-Than-Survive-Abolitionist/dp/0807069159">book</a>, &#8220;We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom,&#8221; by Bettina Love, &#8220;argues that the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color.&#8221; The author writes that for education reform to take place, leaders must &#8220;approach education with the imagination, determination, boldness, and urgency of an abolitionist.&#8221;
One excerpt from the book focuses on how &#8220;whiteness&#8221; cannot be included in the fight for education reform.
<blockquote>“Whiteness cannot enter spaces focused on abolitionist teaching. Whiteness is addicted to centering itself, addicted to attention, and making everyone feel guilty for working toward its elimination. Whiteness will never allow true solidarity to take place. Those who cling to their Whiteness cannot participate in abolitionist teaching because they are a distraction, are unproductive, and will undermine freedom at every step, sometimes in the name of social justice. Being an abolitionist means you are ready to lose something, you are ready to let go of your privilege, you are ready to be in solidarity with dark people by recognizing your Whiteness in dark spaces, recognizing how it can take up space if unchecked, using your Whiteness in White spaces to advocate for and with dark people. And you understand that your White privilege allows you to take risks that dark people cannot take in the fight for educational justice.”</blockquote>
Each of the three groups mentioned as being pivotal to the class has a history of advocating for radical leftist ideas. The course syllabus links to &#8220;<a href="https://www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/black-lives-matter/13-guiding-principles">Guiding Principles</a>&#8221; of the BLM movement, which include radical leftist ideas on race and gender. Among the 13 BLM movement principles listed on the website for &#8220;D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice&#8221; are commitments to be &#8220;queer affirming&#8221; and &#8220;trans affirming.&#8221; The &#8220;Guiding Principle&#8221; under transgender affirmation vows to &#8220;dismantle cis-gender privilege and uplift Black trans folk, especially Black trans women who continue to be disproportionately impacted by trans-antagonistic violence.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.learningforjustice.org/about">Learning for Justice</a>, the second group listed on the syllabus, is part of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which aims to be &#8220;a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.&#8221; The SPLC has been condemned for placing Christian and conservative organizations on its &#8220;Hate Map&#8221; that publicly tracks groups and individuals that it deems radical and hateful. Learning for Justice&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/LFJ-Social-Justice-Standards-September-2022-09292022.pdf">Social Justice Standards</a>&#8221; seek to teach children as young as five years old about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
The Abolitionist Teaching Network, another group that guides the MSU education class, encourages teachers to become activists.
&#8220;Abolitionist Teaching Network leverages teachers&#8217; and workers&#8217; power by offering resources for agitators and activists,&#8221; the group <a href="https://www.ewlhub.org/professional-development-resource-guide/abolitionist-teaching-network-">states</a>.
Another MSU education student who previously took TE 101 and spoke to The Daily Wire on condition of anonymity, said that the hyper-focus on race continues in courses beyond TE 101, especially in &#8220;<a href="https://reg.msu.edu/Courses/Search.aspx?CourseID=342088#Results">TE 102: Pedagogy and Politics of Justice and Equity in Education</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve had to write papers on different identities. You can choose race, gender, sexuality, income status. I think the goal is to have most students write about their whiteness,&#8221; the student said. &#8220;They teach that white people can&#8217;t see their identity. The core tenet of these classes feels like white people, especially white men, are the number one objection to what stands in the way of a better education system and a better society.&#8221;
The conservative student group, Young America&#8217;s Foundation, which first highlighted TE 101 at MSU, called the course&#8217;s content &#8220;divisive and discriminatory.&#8221;
&#8220;This kind of rhetoric only pushes Americans further apart, and is not only a waste of taxpayer money at a publicly funded university, but also a waste of students’ time,&#8221; Michigan State YAF added in a statement. &#8220;Do we really want our future educators teaching our children that an entire race is evil?&#8221;
Michigan State defended the class. A spokesperson for the university told The Daily Wire that the course &#8220;aligns with national teacher preparation standards, and its associated curriculum is reviewed through well-established academic governance processes at the department, college, and institutional level.&#8221; The spokesperson added that courses and curricula are approved by the department, which requires sign-off from the dean, and then approval by an independent curriculum committee.
Courses and curricula are also reviewed by the Office of Accreditation, Assessment, Curriculum, and Compliance and the University Curriculum Committee. After those reviews, the University Curriculum Committee votes for final approval.
&#8220;Michigan State University remains firmly committed to academic freedom, scholarly inquiry, and the preparation of educators who are well equipped to serve all students,&#8221; the MSU spokesperson added.
Since coming into office in January, President Donald Trump has signed executive orders seeking to crack down on DEI teachings at public universities. The Trump administration has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-dei-universities-investigated-f89dc9ec2a98897577ed0a6c446fae7b">launched</a> investigations into dozens of universities across the country over accusations that they pushed DEI programs on students and faculty, which led to racial discrimination.

Black Fist/Michigan State

‘Indoctrination’: MSU Forces Future Teachers To Take Class Rooted In Black Lives Matter

'Indoctrination': MSU Forces Future Teachers To Take Class Rooted In Black Lives Matter 'Principles'

American Universities

Education

Leftism

Michigan State University

Race

President Donald Trump said he discussed numerous issues with Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, including a potential trade deal and the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump and Xi spoke for about an hour and 40 minutes in South Korea, the last leg of Trump&#8217;s weeklong trip to Asia. During the summit, Trump was joined by multiple top White House officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
“Overall, I guess on the scale of from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12,” Trump said.
The president said that he and Xi have &#8220;come to conclusions on very many important points,&#8221; adding that a trade deal could be signed &#8220;pretty soon.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on his meeting with President Xi: &#8220;I thought it was an amazing meeting&#8230; a lot of decisions were made, too — there wasn&#8217;t too much left out there, and we&#8217;ve come to conclusion on many very important points.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/cr81Yojr24">pic.twitter.com/cr81Yojr24</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1983911291866538068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Here are the key points that Trump and Xi discussed:
<h3>Rare Earth Minerals</h3>
Trump secured an important win for the United States and the rest of the world on rare earth minerals, with Xi agreeing to pause export controls for one year. Trump said China&#8217;s pause could be “very routinely extended as time goes by.”
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&#8220;Now, every year we’ll renegotiate the deal, but I think the deal will go on for a long time, long beyond the year,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But all of the rare earth has been settled, and that’s for the world.”
&#8220;That roadblock is gone now,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;There&#8217;s no roadblock at all on rare earth. That will hopefully disappear from our vocabulary for a little while.&#8221;
<h3>Tariffs and Fentanyl</h3>
Trump said that tariffs on China will be slashed from 57% to 47% after Xi promised that his country would take more action to prevent fentanyl from being trafficked into the United States.
&#8220;On fentanyl, we agreed that he was going to work very hard to stop the flow,&#8221; Trump told reporters as he flew back to the United States on Air Force One. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very complex subject because it&#8217;s used for lots of different reasons, including anesthetics and things, but he&#8217;s going to work very hard on it.&#8221;
Trump added that he is hopeful that China will take &#8220;some real action.&#8221; After Xi promised to address the issue, Trump said that his 20% tariff on China that was imposed in response to fentanyl trafficking will be reduced to 10%, dropping the overall tariff rate on the communist country to 47%, &#8220;effective immediately.&#8221;
<h3>Trump Trip to China</h3>
President Trump said he will travel to China in April for continuing talks, while Xi will visit the United States &#8220;some time after that.&#8221; Trump said he expects a trade deal with China to happen &#8220;pretty soon.&#8221;
&#8220;The whole relationship is very important, and I think [the meeting] was very good,&#8221; Trump added.
<h3>Oil and Gas</h3>
While no deal was reached on China purchasing oil and gas from Alaska during the summit, Trump said he&#8217;s optimistic that an agreement will be signed in the future. The president added that Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will meet with Chinese officials to continue oil and gas negotiations.
<h3>Computer Chips</h3>
Xi promised to discuss the potential purchase of computer chips from U.S. tech companies, such as Nvidia, according to Trump.
&#8220;I said that&#8217;s really between you and Nvidia, but we&#8217;re sort of the arbitrator or the referee,&#8221; Trump said, adding that it would be &#8220;good for us&#8221; if China bought more chips from the United States.
<h3>Ukraine-Russia War</h3>
The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia &#8220;came up&#8221; during Trump&#8217;s meeting with Xi, and the two leaders &#8220;talked about it for a long time,&#8221; according to Trump. Xi has been friendly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and China has been accused of sending military equipment to Russia during the war.
&#8220;We&#8217;re both going to work together to see if we can get something done,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We agree that the sides are locked in fighting, and sometimes you have to let them fight, I guess. But he&#8217;s going to help us, and we&#8217;re going to work together on Ukraine.&#8221;
China also buys large amounts of oil from Russia, but Trump said that topic didn&#8217;t come up during the meeting.
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&#8220;Ukraine came up very strongly. We talked about it for a long time, and we&#8217;re both going to work together to see if we can get something done,&#8221; says <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on his meeting with President Xi.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to work together on Ukraine.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ygzOKy9Gvn">pic.twitter.com/ygzOKy9Gvn</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1983915198147612876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h3>Taiwan &#8216;Not Discussed&#8217;</h3>
Trump also said that Taiwan &#8220;never came up&#8221; during the meeting. Xi has long had his sights set on Taiwan, a vital island nation that currently manufactures around 90% of the world&#8217;s most advanced semiconductors.
&#8220;It was not discussed, actually,&#8221; he said.
<h3>Farm Products</h3>
Xi promised that China would purchase American soybeans, sorghum, and other farm products. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent added during an interview with Fox Business that China would buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans before the end of the year and 25 million metric tons over the next three years.
Listen to Trump&#8217;s remarks below:
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Donald Trump/Xi Jinping

Trump Calls Xi Summit A ’12’ Out Of 10 – Here’s What Went Down

China

Economy

rare earth minerals

Tariffs

trade

Xi Jinping

As CBS News undergoes major changes this week, with dozens of staffers getting laid off and new leadership taking over, the news outlet&#8217;s &#8220;Race and Culture&#8221; team was also &#8220;gutted,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/jeremymbarr/status/1983594090521620561">according</a> to The Guardian&#8217;s Jeremy Barr.
Barr reported that a CBS News staffer described the cuts as a &#8220;blood bath,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I’ve also heard that the Race and Culture unit was &#8216;gutted.'&#8221;
The &#8220;Race and Culture&#8221; unit was the subject of criticism last year after &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; anchor Tony Dokoupil was reprimanded by the team for going off script and asking tough questions during an interview with leftist activist Ta-Nehisi Coates.
During the <a href="https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/1840749848703770679">interview</a> in September 2024, Dokoupil pressed Coates on radical aspects of his book &#8220;The Message,&#8221; which condemns Israel as a racist country and evil occupier. Dokoupil asked Coates why his book left out &#8220;that Israel is surrounded by countries that want to eliminate it.&#8221;
&#8220;Why leave out that Israel deals with terror groups that want to eliminate it?” Dokoupil asked. Despite the &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; anchor&#8217;s tough questions, the interview remained respectful as Coates responded to Dokoupil&#8217;s inquiries. CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Race and Culture&#8221; unit, however, reprimanded Dokoupil for his &#8220;tone,&#8221; The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cbs-vetted-questions-for-ta-nehisi-coates-anchor-went-off-script">reported</a>.
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The &#8220;Race and Culture&#8221; unit &#8220;works with the executive producers of all platforms across the division to ensure the reporting has the proper context, tone and intention,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/team/alvin-patrick/">according</a> to CBS News. The team is led by long-time news, sports, and entertainment producer Alvin Patrick. Patrick and the &#8220;Race and Culture&#8221; team have worked on numerous race-centered segments at CBS News.
CBS News is also revamping its Saturday morning show, which has been on the air for 28 years, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/29/media/cbs-saturday-morning-canceled-michelle-miller-dana-jacobson-are-out-sources/">reported</a>. The show&#8217;s anchors, Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson, along with executive producer Brian Applegate, have all reportedly been told they are being let go. CBS News staffers were caught in the middle of mass layoffs at their parent company, Paramount Skydance. This week, Paramount Skydance informed around 1,000 employees, including roughly 100 CBS News staffers, that they were being laid off, according to <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/10/cbs-news-layoffs-saturday-morning-show-overhaul-paramount-1236601248/#:~:text=layoffs%20are%20impacting%20close%20to%20100%20CBS,job%20cuts%20is%20expected%20in%20the%20coming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a>.
Earlier this month, CBS News also named Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief. Weiss, a former New York Times opinion writer, was applauded by many on the Right when she resigned from the Times in 2020 and blasted the newspaper&#8217;s “illiberal environment” in her resignation letter. The cuts at CBS News were already in the works before Weiss was brought on as editor-in-chief.
CBS News&#8217; parent company, Paramount, merged with David Ellison&#8217;s Skydance Media earlier this year. With the merger, Ellison became the CEO of CBS News. Ellison, along with his father, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, has been praised by President Donald Trump.
&#8220;They’re friends of mine. They’re big supporters of mine,” Trump <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid">said</a> earlier this month.
“They will make the right decisions,” Trump said. “They’re going to revitalize CBS — hopefully, they’ll bring it back to its former glory.”

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The artificial intelligence platform, Character.AI, said on Wednesday that it would soon prohibit users under 18 from conversing with the platform&#8217;s AI-generated characters, often referred to as chatbots.
The announcement comes after multiple lawsuits were filed against Character.AI, alleging that the chatbots pushed children into sexual conversations and even led to one teen&#8217;s suicide.
Beginning on November 25, those under 18 will not have access to Character.AI&#8217;s chatbots, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/tech/character-ai-teens-under-18-app-changes">reported</a>. Until then, teens will be limited to two hours of chat time with the AI-generated characters.
&#8220;We do not take this step of removing open-ended Character chat lightly – but we do think that it’s the right thing to do given the questions that have been raised about how teens do, and should, interact with this new technology,&#8221; Character.AI said in a statement.
The company&#8217;s CEO, Karandeep Anand, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/technology/characterai-underage-users.html">told</a> The New York Times, “We’re making a very bold step to say for teen users, chatbots are not the way for entertainment, but there are much better ways to serve them.”
Character.AI, headquartered in Silicon Valley, allows users to create videos and stories and &#8220;chat with millions of AI characters,&#8221; and users can also customize their own characters.
The most concerning lawsuit against the AI company was filed by the family of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III from Orlando, Florida. Setzer&#8217;s family said that the boy started using Character.AI and grew attached to a chatbot named Dany, with conversations turning romantic and sexual, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html">reported</a>. Setzer, who was an excellent student, started receiving bad grades and became more secluded, preferring to spend time alone on his phone, his family said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like you&#8217;re having a sexting conversation back and forth, except it&#8217;s with an AI bot, but the AI bot is very human-like. It&#8217;s responding just like a person would,&#8221; Setzer&#8217;s mother, Megan Garcia, said, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-mother-lawsuit-character-ai-sons-death/">CBS News</a>. &#8220;In a child&#8217;s mind, that is just like a conversation that they&#8217;re having with another child or with a person.&#8221;
The teenager eventually confided in the chatbot that he had thoughts of suicide. In his last conversation with Dany, Setzer expressed his love for the chatbot before saying that he would come home to her.
“Please come home to me as soon as possible, my love,” Dany replied, according to The New York Times.
“What if I told you I could come home right now?” Setzer asked.
“… please do, my sweet king,” Dany replied.
Shortly after the conversation, Setzer entered a bathroom in his home with his stepfather&#8217;s .45 caliber handgun.
&#8220;He thought by ending his life here, he would be able to go into a virtual reality or &#8216;her world&#8217; as he calls it, her reality, if he left his reality with his family here,&#8221; said Garcia. &#8220;When the gunshot went off, I ran to the bathroom … I held him as my husband tried to get help.&#8221;
After Setzer&#8217;s family filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, three other families followed, alleging that their children were harmed by the chatbots, either by sexual conversations or discussions that led to suicide. Character.AI said that its “hearts go out to the families that have filed these lawsuits,” adding, “We care very deeply about the safety of our users.”
Big Tech company Meta also faced scrutiny over its AI chatbot being allowed to hold sensual conversations with children. Earlier this year, a Reuters investigation uncovered internal Meta documents that revealed the chatbot was programmed to allow sexual conversations with children as young as eight years old. Internal Meta documents said it would be acceptable for a chatbot to tell a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of you is a masterpiece – a treasure I cherish deeply.”
A bipartisan group of senators called for an investigation into Meta over the revelations, and the Big Tech company said that it made changes to fix the inappropriate standards for its chatbot.
Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. Call or text 988, the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline.

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General Motors is set to lay off more than 2,000 workers in Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the company announced on Wednesday, citing &#8220;slower&#8221; EV sales.
GM&#8217;s Detroit-area electric vehicle plant was hit the hardest, with roughly 1,200 employees being informed that they were no longer needed, The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2025/10/29/gm-cutting-hundreds-of-jobs-at-detroit-tennessee-ohio-ev-sites/86962834007/">reported</a>. The all-electric Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will shut down completely from November 24 until January 5, after which it will operate on a single shift. Around 2,000 employees will stay employed at the plant, and cuts will be based on seniority.
Another 550 employees will be cut at GM&#8217;s Ultium Cells battery plant near Youngstown, Ohio, with 850 more workers expected to be laid off temporarily. At another GM Ultium Cells battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, 700 workers will be temporarily laid off as well, according to The Detroit News.
&#8220;In response to slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, General Motors is realigning EV capacity,&#8221; the Michigan-based automaker said. &#8220;Despite these changes, GM remains committed to our U.S. manufacturing footprint, and we believe our investments and dedication to flexible operations will make GM more resilient and capable of leading through change. Impacted employees may be eligible for SUB pay and benefits in accordance with the National GM-UAW Agreement.&#8221;
Last week, GM said it would lay off around 200 salaried employees at its global tech campus in metro Detroit as part of a restructuring effort for its &#8220;design engineering teams,&#8221; CNBC reported.
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After President Donald Trump eliminated the Biden administration&#8217;s $7,500 EV tax credit and cut back on regulations for gas-powered vehicles, GM said that it would lose around $1.6 billion related to changes the company would have to make to its EV rollout, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/electric-vehicle-ev-slowdown-rcna237652">reported</a>.
“Following recent U.S. government policy changes, including the termination of certain consumer tax incentives for EV purchases and the reduction in the stringency of emissions regulations, we expect the adoption rate of EVs to slow,” GM said last month.
During the third quarter of this year, the automaker reported huge sales of EVs, doubling the numbers reported in the same quarter last year. The Q3 bump in EV sales, however, came before the tax credit was terminated on September 30, as part of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
The elimination of the EV tax credit and regulatory changes have also affected major EV companies, such as Tesla and Rivian, and other auto giants that have focused on producing more electric vehicles. Tesla sales dropped this year, and GM and Ford have <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-ceo-jim-farley-predicts-033138695.html">pumped the brakes</a> on EV production. Due to the Trump administration&#8217;s recent actions, Ford CEO Jim Farley predicted that &#8220;EV adoption will now only be about 5% of the U.S. market.&#8221;

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