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...plus one of the National Guard members shot has died and the price of silver hits all-time high

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November 28th, 2025

What happened today šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø,

  • President Trump announced on social media that the U.S. will "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries" to allow the immigration system to recover, alongside terminating federal benefits for noncitizens, revoking millions of Biden-era admissions, denaturalizing certain migrants, and deporting those deemed non-assets, security risks, or incompatible with Western civilization…this follows the White House directive for a full reexamination of all green cards issued to people from 19 "countries of concern" which are Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela

  • One of the two National Guard members shot in an ambush near the White House, 20-year-old Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, has died from her injuries, while 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition and "fighting for his lifeā€ā€¦the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, faces upgraded charges of first-degree murder, with officials considering additional counts and the death penalty amid a terrorism investigation

  • President Trump said he is canceling all executive orders and documents signed by former President Biden using an autopen, claiming approximately 92% of Biden's 162 executive orders fall into this category and were executed unlawfully by aides without Biden's involvement…read more here

  • Companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in the U.S. so far in 2025, marking a 44% increase from the total in 2024

  • The price of silver has hit a new all-time high of over $56 an ounce

  • DOW up .61% / S&P up .54%

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has resigned just hours after Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office raided his home in connection with a major corruption investigation centered on the energy sector

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