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US Politics News 20 September 2025 - 10 November 2025

London Stock Exchange at Record Highs – Inside the Historic Market’s Brexit Battle and 2025 Revival

FTSE 100 Today (10 November 2025): London Blue‑Chips Rally Toward Record as US Shutdown Deal Nears; Diageo Soars on New CEO

Updated: 10:39 GMT, 10 November 2025 The FTSE 100 climbed nearly 1% in early London trading on Monday, edging back toward its record close after weekend progress in Washington on a bill to end the 40‑day US government shutdown lifted global risk appetite. Drinks giant Diageo led the index higher after naming former Tesco chief Sir Dave Lewis as its next CEO, while energy majors firmed alongside Brent crude. As of 10:30–10:40 GMT the FTSE 100 traded around 9,775, up roughly 0.9%, close to last week’s all‑time closing high of 9,777.08. Reuters+1 Market snapshot (intraday) What’s driving today’s move US
10 November 2025
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No, the IRS Isn’t Sending Stimulus Checks in November 2025—But Trump Just Floated a $2,000 ‘Tariff Dividend’

No, the IRS Isn’t Sending Stimulus Checks in November 2025—But Trump Just Floated a $2,000 ‘Tariff Dividend’

What changed today (Nov. 9, 2025) On Sunday morning, President Trump wrote that a “dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” framing it as a payout funded by tariff revenues. This is a political proposal, not a program with money going out today. Any such payment would need enabling legislation; none has passed. The Guardian That post builds on earlier talk of tariff-funded rebates (and separate “DOGE” savings ideas), none of which have cleared Congress. Even outlets highlighting the post note that congressional approval is the necessary step before Americans
9 November 2025
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GM Stock Skyrockets 7% as Earnings Beat, EV Strategy U-Turn Fuel Rally

GM Slashes 1,700 EV Jobs, Cites Trump Policy Shift – Investors Cheer Cost Cuts

GM Hits Brakes on EV Production, Axes Jobs in Michigan and Ohio General Motors confirmed sweeping layoffs this week across its electric vehicle operations in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, marking one of the auto industry’s starkest retreats from aggressive EV expansion. The company said it will eliminate approximately 1,700 jobs as it idles surplus production capacity. The heart of the cuts is at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck “Factory Zero” assembly plant – an all-EV factory that builds the Chevy Silverado EV and other electric pickups – which will scale down to a single daily shift starting in January reuters.com. About 1,200 workers
29 October 2025
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Trump’s $80B Nuclear Power Shock: The Future of Energy and AI

Trump’s $80B Nuclear Power Shock: The Future of Energy and AI

Details of the Nuclear Pact Under the deal, the U.S. will help finance and fast-track licensing for new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors on U.S. soil reuters.com washingtonpost.com. Westinghouse — owned 51% by Brookfield and 49% by Cameco — will build the plants. In return for arranging loans and permits, the government gets a piece of the upside (20% of earnings above $17.5B) reuters.com. If Westinghouse ultimately IPOs at >$30B value, the U.S. could end up with a 20% stake reuters.com. This structure is intended to give taxpayers a return on investment once projects are profitable. The deal grew out of Trump’s
29 October 2025
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Rare Earths Showdown: China’s ‘Bazooka’ Roils Markets, Trump Vows Tariffs

Rare Earths Showdown: China’s ‘Bazooka’ Roils Markets, Trump Vows Tariffs

Sources: Recent news reports and analyses (Washington Post, Reuters, AP, CNBC/FT reports, Fortune) plus industry data and tech media washingtonpost.com business-standard.com mexc.com economictimes.indiatimes.com reuters.com investopedia.com reuters.com, among others. Expert quotes and stock data are from these sources.
15 October 2025
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Cryptocurrency Market Update: October 2025 Rally Ends with Tariff-Driven Selloff

Crypto Carnage Erupts: Trump’s Surprise Tariff Tweet Sparks Historic $200B Sell-Off

Tariff Bombshell Sends Crypto into Tailspin On Friday evening, Oct. 10, President Trump posted on Truth Social that he would impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese imports starting Nov. 1. The tweet blindsided markets. Within minutes, a “risk-off” stampede hit global assets – and crypto fell hardest. Bitcoin plunged from about $122,000 to ~$114,000 in hours ts2.tech, ultimately bottoming near $104,782 (a 14% plunge) by Oct. 11 reuters.com. Ether fell over 12%, dipping under $3,500 reuters.com. Smaller “altcoins” got crushed as leveraged traders were liquidated en masse. The Wall Street Journal reported this surprise tariff tweet “triggered a cryptocurrency
14 October 2025
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Stocks Surge as Trump Eases China Tariff Threats – Fed Rate-Cut Hopes Ignite Rally

Stocks Surge as Trump Eases China Tariff Threats – Fed Rate-Cut Hopes Ignite Rally

U.S. stock futures roared higher Monday as traders seized on softer trade rhetoric. Trump had threatened on Friday “massive” new tariffs on China, briefly sparking the Nasdaq’s worst single-day drop in months investopedia.com. He warned of 100% levies and cutting a summit with China’s Xi Jinping, which sent Friday’s S&P 500 down 2.7% and Nasdaq down 3.6% investopedia.com. But over the weekend Trump posted on Truth Social that “it will all be fine” with China and the U.S. did not want to “hurt” its economy investopedia.com. This reprieve calmed markets. Dow futures added +1.0%, S&P futures +1.3%, Nasdaq +1.9% by
13 October 2025
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Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

Market Meltdown: Trump’s 100% Tariff Threat Wipes Out $2 Trillion – Stocks & Crypto in Chaos

Trade War 2.0 Sparks Market Chaos On Friday Oct. 10 markets “melted up” for the week – then suddenly crashed after Trump’s announcement. Traders described a classic “sell first, ask questions later” reaction ts2.tech. The president’s unheralded post on Truth Social threatened to hike tariffs on all Chinese imports (reportedly to 100% starting Nov. 1) and rescind a planned Xi-Trump meeting. Within hours, U.S. indices erased recent gains: the tech-heavy Nasdaq saw its worst day since April, and even defensive sectors barely held ground ts2.tech. In dollar terms, Wall Street lost on the order of $2 trillion in market capitalization
12 October 2025
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Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Soars After U.S. Govt Deal – Critical Minerals Boom Brewing?

US Government Buys Stake in Alaska Miner to Unlock Critical Minerals – Sparks “Copper Rush” Controversy

U.S. Stakes a Claim in Alaska’s Mineral Riches In an unprecedented step for U.S. industrial policy, the federal government announced it will become a shareholder in a private mining company to advance a domestic source of critical minerals. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum revealed that the U.S. government is acquiring about 10% of Trilogy Metals Inc., a small Canadian firm, to help fund its mining projects in Alaska’s remote Ambler Mining District reuters.com. The deal – a $35.6 million investment – is meant to jump-start exploration of rich copper and cobalt deposits on U.S. soil. “The Department [of] War, the United States
7 October 2025
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Trump’s Shock Attack on Offshore Wind – Permit Reversal Threatens Massive Massachusetts Wind Farm

Trump’s Shock Attack on Offshore Wind – Permit Reversal Threatens Massive Massachusetts Wind Farm

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to block a fully permitted offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast by seeking to revoke its key federal permit abcnews.go.com. The project – known as SouthCoast Wind – calls for 141 turbines about 23 miles south of Nantucket to power roughly 840,000 homes across New England abcnews.go.com. Approved in January 2025 after years of review, its construction was poised to begin – until Trump’s team abruptly intervened. This unprecedented attempt to “take back” the wind farm’s permit marks the latest salvo in a broader campaign by Trump to hobble offshore wind development abcnews.go.com.
20 September 2025
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Trump’s Shocking $100,000 H‑1B Visa Fee Plan Sparks Tech Industry Uproar and Talent Exodus Fears

Trump’s Shocking $100,000 H‑1B Visa Fee Plan Sparks Tech Industry Uproar and Talent Exodus Fears

Trump’s $100K H‑1B Visa Fee: What Is Being Proposed? In September 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation overhauling the H‑1B visa program by imposing an unprecedented $100,000 fee for each H‑1B visa bloomberg.com whitehouse.gov. Under the new directive, any employer petitioning for an H‑1B work visa must pay $100,000 per year of the visa’s duration – effectively up to $300,000 for a typical 3-year H-1B term reuters.com. This enormous fee would be on top of existing application costs, which until now were only a few thousand dollars in total reuters.com. According to the proclamation, H-1B petitions will be denied if
20 September 2025
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