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Experts predict hundreds if not thousands of flights could be canceled at dozens of major airports - key US politics stories from 6 November 2025As the record-breaking federal government shutdown stretches toward day 38, US airspace is about to get a little less busy. The same cannot be said for US airports.Donald Trump's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said flights are being reduced to maintain air traffic control safety during the federal government shutdown, now the longest recorded and with no sign of a resolution between Republicans and Democrats to end the federal budget standoff. Continue reading...

United, Southwest and Delta have announced they will be reducing flights amid continuing government shutdown

Firm released names of the three victims on the plane and investigators confirmed plane's left wing caught fireThe death toll in the explosion that saw a UPS cargo plane lose an engine and burst into flames, has risen to 13, Craig Greenberg, the Louisville mayor, has confirmed as UPS released the names of the three victims on the plane.On my way to the Teamsters' vigil, I learned of a 13th person that died as a result of the UPS flight 2976 plane crash. My heart is with the families, friends and colleagues of all who were lost in this week's tragedy. We will get through this together," Greenberg wrote in a social media post. Continue reading...

Resolution fails 49-51 with only two Republican senators voting in favor as president increases military buildupThe US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela, allowing the president to remain unchecked in his ability to expand his military campaign against the country.The 49-51 vote against passing the resolution, mostly along party lines, came a month after a previous effort to stop strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in international waters similarly failed, 48-51. Continue reading...

Ruling comes in response to a challenge to administration's offer to only partly fund US food benefits amid shutdownA federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to find the money to fully fund food stamps for 42 million low-income Americans in November by Friday, in a rebuke to the government's plan to only provide reduced aid during the shutdown.US district judge John J McConnell Jr criticized the administration's plan to partly fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits in November, saying it had failed to comply with an order he issued on Saturday requiring the government to ensure Americans received full or partial benefits no later than Wednesday. Continue reading...

Decision by high court's conservative majority is Trump administration's latest win on emergency docketThe supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump's administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.The decision by the high court's conservative majority is Trump's latest win on the high court's emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on new or renewed passports. Continue reading...

Facility, slated to open in March in Nashville, will use data-enabled technology' to track down migrant childrenUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to open a new call center to help law enforcement agencies track down unaccompanied migrant children.According to a homeland security department Request for Information (RFI) notice released this week, ICE stated there was an immediate need to establish and maintain" a call center equipped with data-enabled technology". Continue reading...

FAA is reducing 10% of flights at the following airports to lessen pressure on air traffic controllers amid shutdownThe Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the US to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing federal government shutdown and ensure that flying remains safe.The cuts will start to take effect on Friday. Travelers should check with their airlines to see if their flight has been cut. Here is a list of airports affected: Continue reading...

Shares fall as users urged to stop using bikes immediately and warned assembly poses risk of falls and injuriesThe US Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday that Peloton Interactive was recalling about 833,000 units of its Original Bike+ Model PL02 after reports that the seat post assembly could break during use, posing a risk of falls and injuries.The consumer safety regulator said the fitness products maker had received three reports of the seat post breaking and detaching during use, including two incidents that resulted in injuries from falls. Continue reading...

The former House speaker, who recently announced her retirement, has had a contentious relationship with the president

Palestinians are being born amid the rubble. They need not only immediate relief but long-term justiceWhat future is there for Palestinians in Gaza? The announcement of the ceasefire brought profound relief, shaded by an equally deep sense of trepidation. Almost a month later, the picture looks bleaker. The Israeli offensive abated, Hamas has returned the surviving hostages and the remains of some of those who have died, and Israel has released some Palestinian detainees and the remains of others.But more than 200 Palestinians, including children, have reportedly died in strikes that Israel says are in response to Hamas attacks. Thousands of bodies are still believed to be trapped beneath the ruins - debris which, it is estimated, would take a fleet of more than a hundred lorries seven years to shift. Aid is flowing again, but remains wholly inadequate, with NGOs warning that Israel's new registration system is obstructing delivery. Israeli demolitions continue in the half of Gaza that its forces still hold. Unicef warned this week that the education system - in so far as it survives after two years of war and the destruction of more than 90% of school and university buildings - is on the brink of collapse. New babies are born literally in the rubble, to mothers who have neither homes nor working hospitals.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

Former speaker, 85, hailed as a legendary' leader who helped usher in new generation of women in politicsDemocrats praised Nancy Pelosi as a heroic, trailblazing" member of the US House of Representatives, an icon" and the greatest speaker in American history", following her announcement that after 20 terms in Congress she plans to retire.The 85-year-old, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House and one of the most influential leaders in the party, said on Thursday that she would not be seeking re-election in 2026. Continue reading...

Judge says agents' practices amid immigration crackdown violate constitutional rights of protesters and journalistsA judge said on Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights.The preliminary injunction came in response to a lawsuit alleging federal agents have used excessive force in their immigration crackdown in the Chicago area. Continue reading...

The racist abuse that Zohran Mamdani is still facing proves how normalized bigotry is. We need to keep calling it outPack your bags and flee, infidels: New York City has fallen to a cabal of socialist jihadists. With Zohran Mamdani to become the city's first Muslim mayor, many are celebrating the democratic socialist's historic win. Billionaires, Islamophobes and Republicans, however, are in the throes of hysteria. But what's new? The New York mayoral race has been marred by bigotry so unhinged it's almost impossible to parody.Far-right activist and unofficial Trump adviser Laura Loomer posted on X, for example, that there will be another 9/11 in NYC" under Mamdani. New York City councilmember Vickie Paladino called the 34-year-old a known jihadist terrorist". Actor Debra Messing, meanwhile, has been having a Mamdani-induced meltdown on Instagram, posting story after story about how the puppy-eyed politician is a threat to civilization. She recently posted: In Judaism and Christianity, we are commanded to speak the truth. In Islam, they are commanded to lie if it means spreading Islam ... Now, take a look at Mamdani ... He's revealing their goal: mass conversion." Continue reading...

Robert Garcia, top Democrat on House oversight panel, makes formal request in letter published Thursday

Wednesday's On your Marx, get set, Zo!' edition of the New York Post is a hot property - with one copy selling for $355The New York Post's On your Marx, get set, Zo!" front page published just hours after democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York mayor's race is proving a viral hit, with one vendor on eBay selling a print copy for $355 soon after it was listed for auction.The Post's 5 November front page, with The Red Apple" headline featuring Mamdani holding up a Soviet-style hammer and sickle, is also being sold by the newspaper as a $75 metal print. Ironically - given the rightwing Rupert Murdoch-owned publication's staunch opposition to the mayor-elect, it's proving a hit with Mamdani supporters. Continue reading...

The Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder returns to the national team for the first time since March as injuries and recoveries rule out regularsGio Reyna and Joe Scally will make their US men's national team returns in the upcoming international window, while Christian Pulisic is among several regulars set to miss out. But while the Milan midfielder has just recovered from an injury suffered during his most recent time with the national team, Weston McKennie's absence is a bit more surprising.Reyna and Scally, both of Borussia Monchengladbach, are among a 25-player squad named by manager Mauricio Pochettino for two friendlies: against Paraguay on 15 November at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, and against Uruguay at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on 18 November. Continue reading...

Nancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, has announced she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping down from House leadership. She made the announcement in a video that reflects on her successful political career. The decision marks the close of a 20-term congressional career in which Pelosi rose to the apex of American politics. A force on Capitol Hill for decades, she was a central figure in the major legislative accomplishments of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's presidencies

The proposed withholding of Medicaid and Medicare to restrict gender-affirming care follows the same logic as attacks on abortion careIn United States v Skrmetti, a supreme court decision issued this summer, the rightwing justices made it legal for states to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors, in a ruling whose reasoning strained logic, claiming that state laws banning the treatment did not discriminate on the basis of sex. The ruling upheld laws in 27 states, all of them passed since 2021, which banned the treatment outright; according to the Human Rights Campaign, about 40% of trans minors live in states where treatment for them is against the law. Now, the Trump administration seems to be looking to cut off access to care for the other 60% of those kids.In a proposed rule leaked to NPR, the administration plans to ban gender-affirming care for minors from being covered by Medicaid or by the Children's Health Insurance Program, or Chip. In a second, more sweeping proposed rule, the Trump administration looks to ban hospitals, clinics and providers from receiving any Medicaid or Medicare reimbursements at all if their practice provides transition-related pediatric care. Continue reading...

Trump looks increasingly out of touch and his disapproval rating is at an all-time high - which partly explains Tuesday's election results

US leaders have long shown some responsibility to help poor people meet basic nutritional needs. That era appears overIn October, millions rallied across America to remind Donald Trump that this nation obeys no kings. Last week, however, a scene worthy of Versailles unfolded: While Trump built his $300m ballroom, the US prepared to face widespread hunger.With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) funding scheduled to run dry due to the government shutdown, the Trump administration not only refused to prevent the crisis - it fought in court to deprive 42 million Snap recipients of their grocery money. Thankfully, a federal judge ruled against the government and ordered that Snap payments proceed. On Monday, the administration said it would fund just half of recipients' typical benefits. And 2.4 million people soon risk losing their benefits nonetheless, as the $186bn Snap cuts in Trump's benighted budget bill begin taking effect.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of the Nation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Continue reading...

Forget the medium and focus on the New York City mayor-elect's message - centrists can't compete with rent freezes, free buses and support for PalestineWhile there are many reasons for Zohran Mamdani's success, the New York City mayor-elect's meteoric rise was in no small part down to his campaign's blazing social media game. Across TikTok, Instagram and X, his ads have racked up tens of millions of views, turning his charismatic potential into an electoral earthquake that has shaken the foundations of the Democratic party. Many politicians on both sides of the Atlantic will be asking: what is his secret formula?For me, the answer is clear. Since I was only 14, I've been an online leftwing commentator, building a platform of more than 700,000 followers on Instagram with no money or institutional backing. On social media, radicalism isn't a potential liability - it's your strongest selling point. This is a reality that the most adept politicians - from Mamdani to Donald Trump - understand very well. Above all else, what matters online is your authenticity and commitment to standing by the things you believe in, no matter how many outraged headlines they may produce.Rohan Sathyamoorthy is a 20-year-old writer from south-west London Continue reading...

The structure, variously known as the border fence or border wall, is not continuous and only covers sections of the almost 2,000-mile boundary between the two countries. It consists of a series of obstructions designed to discourage illegal entry into the US Continue reading...

As world leaders gather in Brazil for climate talks, data suggests current plans would lead to devastating heating. Plus, Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayor-elect, introduces his all-female transition team

South Sudanese people with temporary protected status now have 60 days to leaveThe US is ending temporary deportation protection for South Sudanese nationals, which for more than a decade allowed people from the east African country to stay in the US after escaping conflict.In a notice published on Wednesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said conditions in South Sudan no longer met the statutory requirements for temporary protected status. The agency said South Sudanese nationals with status through the programme had 60 days to leave the US or face deportation. Continue reading...

Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritariansMy friends, the world is changing," Zohran Mamdani told supporters in the run-up to the New York City mayoral election. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it." Today, Mamdani becomes one of those people.People are so fed up with the status quo that they opt for anything but continuity. But Democrats and most democratic parties worldwide have shied away from offering real alternatives. This has pushed voters into the arms of the extreme right, even fascist forces. Mamdani set out to break their monopoly over visions for a different future - and won a resounding and historic victory. The last time this many voters turned out to vote for a mayor in New York City was in 1969.Isabella Weber is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of a forthcoming book on antifascist economics Continue reading...

Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services runningAs the US federal shutdown enters its second month, government workers are accusing the Trump administration of being out of control" and bullying people who are simply trying to do their best".The shutdown surpassed 35 days this week, beating the previous record set under Donald Trump's first presidential term. About 700,000 federal employees are furloughed without pay, and about 700,000 additional federal workers have been working without pay through the shutdown. Continue reading...

The mayor-elect built the greatest field operation by any political campaign in the city's history - by getting New Yorkers to talk to eachother. Can Democrats learn from his success?A week before Zohran Mamdani astounded the world by his out-of-nowhere, odds-defying, convention-shattering victory in the New York City mayoral election, members of his vast army of youthful volunteers were amply aware of what was at stake.A group of 16 had assembled in the Bohemian Hispanic neighborhood of Bushwick in Brooklyn for one last push to heave the Democratic candidate over the line. Continue reading...

Whatever he manages to accomplish as mayor, much of potentially national significance can be learned from his candidacy aloneThe thing that should surprise us most about Zohran Mamdani's election is that it wasn't a surprise. Well before the result was called on Tuesday night, weeks of reliable surveys had already suggested his victory in New York's mayoral race, by a nine point margin over former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, would be a foregone conclusion - an extraordinary finish for a man unknown to the vast majority of New Yorkers when he launched his run just over a year ago. The campaign that followed was one of the greatest in American history.True as it may be that both Cuomo and incumbent mayor Eric Adams were deeply flawed candidates marred by scandal, it was by no means inevitable that Mamdani would be the leading candidate against them - as recently as February he was polling at 1% in the Democratic primary, well-behind a slew of challengers with more name recognition, more experience and deeper roots in city politics. They were defeated by an ever-growing army of volunteers - 90,000 by the summer - led substantially by organizers from the Democratic Socialists of America. Early in the campaign, it was a given to many commentators that an openly leftist campaign for the mayorship of the world's financial capital would face impossible headwinds. In Tuesday night's victory speech, Mamdani opened with a quote from Eugene Debs. Per exit polling from CNN, one out of four New Yorkers who went to the polls described themselves as socialists.Osita Nwanevu is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

Ugandans react with joy after Kampala-born Mamdani's victory during a trying time for democracy in east AfricaUgandans reacted with joy and hope to the news that Kampala-born Zohran Mamdani had been elected mayor of New York City, amid a stormy democratic and rights environment in east Africa.Mamdani, who was born in Uganda 34 years ago to a family of Indian origin, on Tuesday defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the city's first Muslim mayor and the first of south Asian heritage. Continue reading...

The New York mayor-elect sells a political message further to the left than any American politician has dared to in recent memoryThe morning after Zohran Mamdani's startling mayoral victory in New York, the most arresting visual image was not of the mayor-elect celebrating in an applause-filled room, but the breakdown of voting patterns across the city. Street by street, practically building by building, you could index New Yorkers' support for Mamdani or Andrew Cuomo to the probable amount of rent they were paying. A middle-income precinct on the Upper West Side, for example, showed up as a small island of Mamdani voters in a sea of Cuomo-voting wealthier neighbourhoods. Solid lower-income support for Mamdani in modest midtown gave way to the incredible banking wealth of Tribeca and its majority support of Cuomo.Allowing for large anomalies - Staten Island, a middle- to lower-income part of the city, voted heavily for Cuomo, as did lower-income Hassidic neighbourhoods in Brooklyn and Queens - the message of the huge turnout for Mamdani in the US's most expensive city seemed to be one of affordability; even of a referendum on capitalism as we know it. And so the most pressing question became: was it a crank result from an unrepresentative city, or the beginning of a new political wave? Continue reading...

With unprecedented access to one of the top US college programs, director Sean Mullin uncovers raw stories of love and lossAt the United States Military Academy at West Point, rugby has the best winning record of any men's sports program. Brothers on Three, a new documentary about the team out this week, begins with scenes of wild joy from Houston, Texas in 2022, when the Black Knights beat St Mary's, from California, to win their first US college title.And yet director Sean Mullin's film is shot through with loss. Continue reading...

Sean Duffy says cuts at 40 locations to reduce stress on air traffic controllers will start Friday if solution not foundThe transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and the FAA administrator, Bryan Bedford, said on Wednesday the federal government would be reducing airline traffic by 10% at 40 high volume markets" beginning on Friday if the government shutdown does not end by then.The announcement did not specify which 40 airports would see the reduction and said that a complete list would be announced on Thursday with cuts likely at the nation's 30 busiest airports, including those serving New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Dallas. The reduction will affect cargo, private and passenger traffic. Continue reading...

Conservative justices expressed skepticism of the strength of the Trump administration's position - key US politics stories from 5 November 2025The conservative majority of United States supreme court justices has been widely criticized for granting Donald Trump an increasing amount of leeway to wield his presidential power. On Wednesday, the court questioned one avenue of the president's authority: his ability to impose sweeping global tariffs.Justices heard oral arguments on the legality of the tariffs, with conservative justices expressing skepticism of the strength of the Trump administration's position. Continue reading...

Devastated' family demands answers after two-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lotMasked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.The child's grandmother said the incident had left the whole family shaken. I am devastated by what has happened to my son and demand an explanation," she said at a press conference on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Lawmakers outraged that president gilding White House as Snap food stamps in jeopardy amid longest US shutdownA new sign was spotted adorning the White House this week, prompting backlash from lawmakers who have noted that Donald Trump is quite literally gilding the White House during a government shutdown.Trump has been remaking the White House in his own image with the recent dramatic demolition of the East Wing and active construction of a new ballroom, doing so with plenty of gold. Written in cursive gold script, a sign identifying the Oval Office is now affixed beside the office's door. Continue reading...

Ayob Nasser, 19, accused of participating in planning of potential attack on LGBTQ+ bars in suburban DetroitInvestigators say a third Michigan man is now facing charges in a plot to stage a terror attack on Halloween. He traveled to an amusement park in the midwest to scout the location, they said.Ayob Nasser, 19, was arrested on Wednesday. He is accused of participating in the planning of a possible attack on LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit that was inspired by the Islamic State, federal authorities have said. Continue reading...

NTSB agents arrive in Louisville to investigate what caused engine to fall off UPS cargo plane and left wing to catch fireThe death toll from the UPS cargo plane that exploded into a fireball in Louisville on Tuesday night has risen to 12, said Craig Greenberg, the city's mayor. At least 15 people were reported injured and several individuals" were still unaccounted for, Greenberg said in a social media post.A federal investigator announced earlier Wednesday a UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and an engine fell off shortly after takeoff from the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport, causing the plane to crash and explode into a fireball. Continue reading...

President shares more than 30 Truth Social posts in less than two hours - including series of bizarre AI-generated videosDonald Trump appeared to be sharing everything on his mind all at once on Wednesday as he posted more than 30 Truth Social posts in less than two hours.The posts, of which there were 33 between 4.17pm and 6.40pm ET, came a day after Democrats won in a series of elections across the United States in New York, California, Virginia, and New Jersey. Continue reading...

Mamdani performed well citywide, drawing support from a wide range of racial, ethnic, and economic groupsZohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral race on Tuesday following a historic campaign, building upon the broad coalition that had propelled him to victory in the democratic primary earlier this year.The 34-year-old democratic socialist ran New York's most ambitious mayoral campaign in years, attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters with bold promises to make the largest US city affordable. Continue reading...

South Carolina firebrand running for governor allegedly abused agents working without pay during shutdownThe US representative Nancy Mace, a Republican firebrand running for South Carolina governor, is drawing scrutiny after a police report described her berating airport police and TSA agents as she was being escorted to a gate last week.The profane incident at the Charleston international airport threatens to derail her run as she said she would sue the airport authority for defamation and false reporting. Continue reading...