They are expecting President Trump to do for their loved ones what he did for the hostages held by Hamas.
Specifically, they hope he will set in motion a plan that leads to their release.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/world/asia/trump-cambodia-thailand-peace.html
President Trump’s bid to be awarded as much as $230 million by his own Department of Justice as compensation for the various federal probes into his conduct would likely face few legal obstacles if successful.
The president confirmed Tuesday that his personal legal team was seeking a settlement, a request that could prompt his…
https://thehill.com/homenews/5572539-legal-experts-question-trump-settlement/
**President Donald Trump Departs U.S. for Asia Tour, Including Meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping**
*By Katherine Mosack | OAN Staff*
*10:47 AM, Saturday, October 25, 2025*
President Donald Trump has departed the United States to tour three Asian nations and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The president boarded Air Force One on Friday night and is expected to arrive in Malaysia on Sunday morning.
His first stop will be the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur. Trump attended the summit once during his first term, and this year’s event comes at a critical time as Malaysia and the U.S. work to address a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
Following the summit, Trump is scheduled to meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and participate in a joint signing ceremony alongside Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. Earlier this year, Trump threatened to withhold trade deals from Thailand and Cambodia until they resolved their skirmish.
“I told the leader of Malaysia, who is a very good man, I think I owe you a trip,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, giving credit to Ibrahim for his collaborative efforts with the U.S. to halt the fighting.
In addition, a meeting with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil may also take place on Sunday. The Brazilian leader reportedly wishes to discuss the U.S. cutting a 40% tariff on Brazilian imports and may address Trump about recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off the South American coast. While Lula has mentioned plans for a meeting, the White House has not publicly confirmed it.
After Malaysia, Trump will visit Japan and South Korea to discuss at least $900 billion in investments for U.S. factories and projects. These investments are part of an agreement to reduce Trump’s tariffs from 25% down to 15%.
In Japan, Trump will meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female prime minister and a protégé of the late Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office. “I look forward to meeting her,” Trump said, highlighting her connection to Abe as “a good sign.”
Trump will also be hosted by Japanese Emperor Naruhito and will meet with U.S. troops stationed in Japan, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
One of the most highly anticipated stops is a meeting with President Xi Jinping, expected around the time of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit while Trump is in South Korea.
“We have a lot to talk about with President Xi, and he has a lot to talk about with us,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House. “I think we’ll have a good meeting.”
The meeting is aimed at de-escalating the ongoing trade war. Recently, Beijing imposed new export restrictions on rare earth minerals vital for military applications and threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs. Earlier this week, Trump expressed optimism about reaching a “fantastic deal” with Xi.
Trump may also raise the issue of Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper founder held in solitary confinement in China since last month, although no such discussion is officially planned.
Speculation has also emerged about a possible reunion with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Gong-young indicated this month that a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) could be arranged. “They have a lot of nuclear weapons, but not a lot of telephone service,” Trump quipped, suggesting that setting up a visit might be difficult.
The president is expected back in Washington by October 30th. His signature will be required to sign any legislation aimed at reopening the government, which has now been shut down for 25 days.
When asked about the shutdown, Trump said he was unsure if the government funding lapse would be resolved by his return. “America is shut down and the President is skipping town,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated on Friday night. “While Americans are struggling to make ends meet, federal workers are going without pay, and millions of families are bracing for soaring health care costs, the president is leaving the country. Instead of doing his job, President Trump is abandoning it.”
Onboard his flight to Malaysia, Trump told reporters he would be “willing to” meet with Democrats leading the shutdown once he returns, noting that he would have done so earlier if arrangements had been made. “I said come on over, just put the government back. All they have to do is say yes, then it’s over. And then we go into negotiations,” he said.
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https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-begins-week-long-asia-tour-to-meet-xi-jinping-amid-government-shutdown/
**JB Pritzker Threatens ICE Agents with Arrest; Stephen Miller Responds on Potential Legal Consequences**
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, on October 12th, suggested that state prosecutors might investigate the conduct of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Speaking to FOX 32 Chicago, Pritzker stated, “The tables will turn one day. These people should recognize that maybe they’re not gonna get prosecuted today, although we’re looking at doing that, but they may get prosecuted after the Trump administration because the statute of limitations would not have run out.”
In response, President Trump’s aide Stephen Miller addressed the issue during a discussion with Will Cain, explaining how arresting a sitting governor like Pritzker could work under federal law.
### Pritzker’s Proposed Commission to Track ICE Agents
Governor Pritzker is reportedly setting up a commission aimed at tracking the activities of ICE agents. His goal is to either prosecute these agents or at least intimidate them by creating a public record of their conduct. According to reports, the commission will “set up a public record of the conduct of federal agents” and will “consider policy recommendations to prevent future harm to these individuals and communities.”
The communities Pritzker refers to include illegal aliens, criminal illegal aliens, and foreigners who did not enter the country legally. His plans might also affect the left-wing activists who obstruct justice on their behalf.
### Stephen Miller Explains the Legal Authority to Arrest State Officials
During the conversation, Will Cain asked Miller about the federal authority under which a sitting governor like Pritzker could be arrested. Miller responded, emphasizing that his explanation applies not only to Pritzker but to any state or local official who unlawfully interferes with federal law enforcement duties.
He explained, “If you engage in a criminal conspiracy to obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws or to unlawfully order your own police officers or officials to interfere with ICE officers or even to arrest ICE officers, you’re engaged in criminal activity.”
Miller outlined various offenses that could come into play, including obstruction of justice, harboring illegal aliens, and impeding immigration law enforcement. He also mentioned the possibility of seditious conspiracy charges depending on the conduct.
### Federal Immunity for ICE Agents
Miller reassured ICE officers of their legal protections, noting that ICE agents have federal immunity while performing their duties. “Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony,” he stated.
He emphasized, “No city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties.”
The Department of Justice, Miller noted, has made clear that any official crossing the line into obstruction or criminal conspiracy against ICE officers will face justice.
### Additional Remarks
Miller also hinted that attention should be given to Letitia James, who is reportedly tracking ICE activities, suggesting that charges may be warranted.
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This exchange highlights the ongoing tensions between state officials who oppose federal immigration enforcement and federal authorities defending ICE’s role. As this legal and political battle continues, it raises important questions about the balance of power and the enforcement of immigration laws in the United States.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/stephen-miller-lists-potential-criminal-charges-against-jb-pritzker/
Editor-in-Chief Dylan Housman recently asked Democratic California Representative Ro Khanna how he balances identifying as an economic populist while representing a large part of Silicon Valley—the epicenter of Big Tech and home to some of the wealthiest Americans.
Khanna expressed pride in his district’s economic achievements and emphasized that his primary goal is to promote “economic success” for all Americans.
The congressman also criticized President Donald Trump’s policies, such as tariffs, describing them as outdated. He proceeded to outline his own proposals aimed at fostering economic growth and fairness.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/25/ro-khanna-populism-economy-silicon-valley-big-tech-wealth-americans/
La vicepresidenta de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, informó este sábado en su cuenta de Telegram que el presidente Nicolás Maduro presentó el viernes un recurso ante el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) para solicitar el retiro de la nacionalidad venezolana al opositor Leopoldo López.
El argumento detrás de esta solicitud es que López habría llamado a una invasión extranjera contra Venezuela. Rodríguez señaló que la petición de Maduro se basa en la presunta comisión de “traición a la patria” y violaciones al artículo 130 de la Constitución, así como a la Ley Orgánica Libertador Simón Bolívar.
Cabe destacar que, según el artículo 35 de la Constitución de Venezuela, la nacionalidad venezolana por nacimiento solamente puede ser revocada mediante sentencia judicial.
En el documento presentado, Maduro acusa a López, quien reside en España desde octubre de 2020, de “promover un bloqueo económico criminal y llamar a una invasión militar extranjera”, entre otros señalamientos.
Recientemente, en medio de las crecientes tensiones entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela por los ataques a embarcaciones en el Caribe y el Pacífico —que, según Washington, transportaban drogas— y por una posible acción militar estadounidense en territorio venezolano, López afirmó en una entrevista con CNN que “hay una necesidad de ejercer presión por la fuerza (…) y quien tiene la capacidad son los Estados Unidos”.
El líder opositor también aseguró que Maduro “pretende quedarse en el poder” bajo la misma lógica de la “fuerza del fusil, del plomo, de la sangre, de la persecución”.
Por su parte, Rodríguez explicó que, sin precisar los lapsos para su ejecución, la Cancillería y el Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (SAIME) activarán de inmediato los procedimientos administrativos para anular el pasaporte de López, como respuesta a la solicitud.
Además, la vicepresidenta indicó que “el Estado venezolano cuenta con los recursos suficientes para garantizar la integridad territorial y la soberanía frente a cualquier intento de agresión externa”.
CNN se comunicó con Leopoldo López para obtener una reacción, pero hasta el momento no ha recibido respuesta. Tampoco ha reaccionado Voluntad Popular, el partido que fundó.
Leopoldo López estuvo detenido desde el 18 de febrero de 2014 hasta el 30 de abril de 2019, acusado de generar violencia mediante su discurso durante las protestas antigubernamentales de 2014. El opositor se declaró inocente y sostiene que su encarcelamiento tuvo motivaciones políticas.
Fue condenado a cerca de 14 años de prisión, de los cuales cumplió tres años y medio en la cárcel militar de Ramo Verde y casi dos años bajo arresto domiciliario. En 2019 escapó y se refugió en la residencia de la embajada de España en Caracas, donde permaneció hasta trasladarse a Madrid.
https://wtop.com/news/2025/10/maduro-pide-al-tsj-retirar-la-nacionalidad-venezolana-al-opositor-leopoldo-lopez-por-llamar-a-una-invasion-extranjera/
Trump Administration Officials Reaffirm Commitment to Protect Unborn Life at Geneva Consensus Declaration Anniversary
At the five-year anniversary event of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a coalition of 40 nations affirming that there is no international right to abortion, Trump administration officials reiterated their dedication to “protect unborn life at all stages.” The declaration aims to expand health and well-being for women while protecting the sovereign right of nations to support health, life, and family through national policy and legislation.
The Institute of Women’s Health hosted members of Congress, Trump administration officials, and global leaders to celebrate the milestone. A letter from President Donald Trump was read during the event, in which he pledged to “never waver in protecting the sanctity of every human life.”
“My administration is steadfastly devoted to restoring a culture that values the inherent dignity of every child and to upholding the eternal truth that every person is created in the holy image and likeness of God, with infinite worth and boundless potential,” President Trump wrote.
Jim O’Neill, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, expressed pride in the Trump administration’s decision to rejoin the Geneva Consensus Declaration in January after the Biden administration’s departure from the coalition of pro-life countries.
“The denial of fundamental truths can destroy nations from within,” O’Neill said. “At the root of the evils we face—murder in the womb, the blurring of lines between sexes, and radical social agendas—is a hatred of nature as it was designed for life, the way it was meant to be lived. This ideology does not just deny biology. It declares war against it.”
O’Neill emphasized the administration’s commitment to putting the declaration’s principles into action to protect life at all stages. “President Trump reinstituted the Mexico City Policy. Taxpayers will not be forced to fund entities that provide or promote abortion as foreign family planning,” he stated.
He added, “We’ve removed transgender flags from all federal buildings. Only one flag flies above our embassies, and that is the American flag. We’ve ended taxpayer funding for the mutilation of children and radical indoctrination. Children should not be subjected to life-altering, irreversible damage and sex-trait modification.”
O’Neill promised that the Trump administration will continue advancing the Geneva Consensus Declaration’s principles on the global stage.
“Taxpayer-funded organizations and bureaucrats have sadly long undermined sovereign nations by imposing radical social agendas around the world. The era of taxpayer-funded neocolonialist promotion of leftist ideologies has come to an end, and our work is just beginning,” he said.
Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau highlighted the State Department’s top priority of recognizing national sovereignty.
“I think it’s so important for us all to recognize that the international community has no right to tell anyone of our country what our policy should be on these issues of family and women’s health,” Landau said. “Each nation-state has the right to determine, within its own borders, the policy it decides to pursue on social and cultural issues, like those affecting the family.”
Landau expressed solidarity with the Geneva Consensus Declaration’s “focus on women’s health and its commitment to families as the core of our communities and our countries.”
“We’re created in the image of God. We have families. Families build out into communities, into nations, and ultimately the world. And so, the family is ultimately the manifestation of God’s grace,” he explained. “I think it’s so important that we are all recognizing the importance of the family. This is something, frankly, that declining birth rates in so many parts of the world pose a huge problem facing humankind, and so I respect and welcome focus on these issues.”
Committed to restoring the principle of national sovereignty as central to international relations, Landau said, “Just as President Trump says he wants to make America great again, he expects the leaders of your countries to want to make your countries great again—whether it be Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Cameroon, Egypt, or Paraguay.”
Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), a staunch pro-life advocate, expressed gratitude for the Trump administration’s respect for life in the womb.
“The Geneva Consensus Declaration, in my opinion, is an engraved invitation to each and every one of us to seriously recommit and rededicate ourselves to the best of our ability in our home countries, as well as in the international forum,” Smith said.
Smith also urged the Trump administration to intensify efforts to investigate the abortion pill and its negative side effects experienced by many women.
“In the developing world, when a woman starts hemorrhaging, it’s often a death sentence, and she’ll die quietly and horribly in her town or in her hamlet, and nobody will know,” he explained. “There’ll be no statistical gathering for these horrible effects, and that woman will die. I’m very concerned about how everyone looks the other way on the international stage about the abortion pill.”
Addressing United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Smith questioned, “Do you know how the pill works? It starves the baby to death. You and I, Mr. Secretary-General, worked on global hunger. I believe deeply in mitigating world hunger, and yet we have a situation where we’re causing hunger to the point of starvation.”
The event underscored the Trump administration’s dedication to reaffirming national sovereignty, protecting life at all stages, supporting families, and opposing international imposition of social agendas that contradict these values.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/25/trump-admin-congress-celebrate-five-years-declaration-establishing-global-right-life/
After engaging in discussions with Mayor Daniel Lurie and tech industry leaders Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Marc Benioff of Salesforce, Trump made a notable about-face.
The conversations with these influential figures appear to have influenced his stance, highlighting the impact of collaboration between political leaders and tech innovators.
This shift underscores the growing importance of dialogue across sectors to address pressing challenges and drive progress.
https://newsone.com/6559548/donald-trump-changes-his-mind-about-sending-military-to-san-francisco-after-mayor-and-tech-billionaires-play-nice/
Bill Maher has some strong feelings about President Donald Trump’s latest project—and no, it’s not another social media platform.
On Friday’s episode of *Real Time with Bill Maher*, the HBO host took aim at Trump’s controversial $300 million renovation of the White House, calling it a troubling sign of permanence.
“The symbolism is he’s not leaving,” Maher told his panel. “Who puts in a giant ballroom if you’re leaving?”
Earlier that day, demolition began on the East Wing—the portion of the White House long used for guest arrivals and official events. Trump has said the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom will be funded privately by himself, several major tech companies, and “many generous patriots.”
While Maher admitted the move “bothers” him, the conversation heated up when former RNC chairman Michael Steele pushed back on the comedian’s casual take about the White House being “just a building.”
“We watched this week the destruction of a symbol of this government,” Steele lamented. “Of our democracy, of our pluralistic society.”
“You’re talking about the White House?” Maher shot back. “Oh, it’s a building, Mike.”
Steele disagreed. “Okay, Bill, it’s a building maybe to you, but to a lot of Americans it’s not,” he said, sharing a personal connection. Growing up in Washington, D.C., Steele called the White House his “childhood.”
“I’m going to tell you as a young kid growing up in D.C., when my daddy took me by ‘that building,’ it meant something to me as a 10-year-old,” he recalled. “It meant something to me to grow up in a town where everybody in this country came and protested and cried and screamed and laughed. So that building, to me, was my childhood.”
Steele also slammed Trump for tearing down the East Wing “without accountability.”
Maher acknowledged, “He should have gotten the permits, but that’s how he does things. I agree, but it is just a building, first of all.”
The host pointed out that past presidents have made their own changes to the White House. “That part of the building wasn’t always there,” Maher noted. “Nixon put in a bowling alley. Obama made the tennis court a basketball court. I can’t get this mad about everything, Mike. I just can’t.”
Former Biden White House communications director Kate Bedingfield joined the debate, arguing that the East Wing demolition is part of a larger pattern.
“If this was the only impulsive, reckless, you know, driven by his own desire for self-aggrandizement, then I would give you it’s just a building,” she said. “But it’s not. It’s part of a manner of governing that is tearing at some of the foundations, the institutional foundations in this country. And that’s scary.”
Maher ultimately agreed that Trump’s actions and attitude go beyond architecture.
“What could President Trump not do?” he asked. “He’s drunk with power.”
You can watch a clip of the panel’s “Overtime” segment above.
https://decider.com/2025/10/25/bill-maher-trump-white-house-renovation/
Today is Saturday, October 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left in the year.
**Today in History**
– **1929:** Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for oil field leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista oil fields in California. As a result of the “Teapot Dome Scandal,” Fall became the first U.S. Cabinet member to be imprisoned for crimes committed while in office.
– **1760:** Britain’s King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.
– **1859:** Radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry. He was convicted and later hanged.
– **1962:** During an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba. Stevenson then presented the council with photographic evidence of the bases—a key moment in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
– **1983:** A U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.
– **1986:** In Game 6 of the World Series, the New York Mets rallied for three runs with two outs in the 10th inning, defeating the Boston Red Sox 6-5 and forcing a seventh game. The tiebreaking run scored on Boston first baseman Bill Buckner’s error on Mookie Wilson’s slow grounder. The Mets went on to win Game 7 and the Series.
– **1999:** Golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet lost cabin pressure, flew hundreds of miles off course on autopilot, and crashed in a field in South Dakota. Stewart was 42.
– **2002:** Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota along with his wife, daughter, and five others, a week and a half before the election.
– **2022:** Rishi Sunak became Britain’s first prime minister of color after being chosen to lead the governing Conservative Party.
– **2023:** Robert Card opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar and grill in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people and leaving 13 others wounded. Card was found dead by suicide two days after the attack, marking the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history.
**Today’s Birthdays**
– Actor Marion Ross is 96.
– Author Anne Tyler is 84.
– Rock singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 81.
– Political strategist James Carville is 81.
– Basketball Hall of Famer Dave Cowens is 77.
– Olympic gold medal wrestler Dan Gable is 77.
– Olympic gold medal hockey player Mike Eruzione is 71.
– Actor Nancy Cartwright (TV: “The Simpsons”) is 68.
– Rock drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 64.
– Actor-comedian-TV host Samantha Bee is 56.
– Country singer Chely (SHEL’-ee) Wright is 55.
– Violinist Midori is 54.
– Baseball Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez is 54.
– Actor Craig Robinson is 54.
– Author Zadie Smith is 50.
– Actor Mehcad (muh-KAD’) Brooks is 45.
– Pop singer Katy Perry is 41.
– Singer Ciara is 40.
– Golfer Xander Schauffele is 32.
– MLB All-Star Juan Soto is 27.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/today-in-history-albert-b-fall-convicted-of-accepting-bribes/
