National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say | 8 Nov 2025 | A forensic analysis of a female former U.S. Capitol Police officer’s gait is a 94%-98% match to the unique stride of the long-sought Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, according to a Blaze News investigation confirmed by several intelligence sources. A source close to a congressional investigation of Jan. 6 additionally told Blaze News evidence has emerged recently that pointed toward law enforcement possibly being involved in the planting of the pipe bombs. A software algorithm that analyzes walking parameters including flexion (knee bend), hip extension, speed, step length, cadence, and variance rated Shauni Rae Kerkhoff, 31, of Alexandria, Va., as a 94% match to the bomb suspect shown on video from Jan. 5, 2021. The veteran analyst who ran the analysis for Blaze News said that based on visual observations the program can struggle with, he personally pegged the match at closer to 98%. Kerkhoff, who was a Capitol Police officer for four and a half years, left the department in mid-2021 for a security detail at the Central Intelligence Agency, sources told Blaze News.

House J6 subcommittee chair requests interviews with Kamala Harris’s security detail on DNC pipe bomb | 10 Nov 2025 | House Select Subcommittee on January 6 Chairman Barry Loudermilk on Monday sent a letter to the Secret Service requesting transcribed interviews with Secret Service agents who were at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) before and after the mysterious pipe bomb was discovered prior to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. The FBI has been stumped over the suspect who placed the pipe bomb, who still remains unidentified, even after it dropped several surveillance videos of the suspect… Loudermilk is seeking transcribed interviews with seven Secret Service agents who were at the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., before and after the pipe bomb was discovered, along with documents the Secret Service gave to the previous January 6 committee, and documents relating to a Secret Service cell phone upgrade, which resulted in cell phones being wiped.

‘Grand conspiracy’ probe seeks to prove cabal of ‘deep state’ Democrats led by Obama tried to destroy Trump | 10 Nov 2025 | A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in Miami has launched a probe into a ‘grand conspiracy’ by Democrats led by Barack Obama to destroy Trump’s political ambitions. Jason Reding Quinones, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, has subpoenaed at least 30 Obama officials involved with an investigation into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Times reported. The Miami probe follows up on a far right theory that Obama officials used the “hoax” investigation in an in attempt to jail Trump after the 2016 election. Quinones has now issued more than two dozen subpoenas, some to officials who took part in the Russia inquiry. So far, they include ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI agent Peter Strzok and ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page. In a rare move, the U.S. attorney has called a meeting Monday of dozens of career prosecutors in the major crimes unit.

BBC head Tim Davie resigns over doctored footage of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech in documentary | 9 Nov 2025 | The director-general of the BBC has resigned Sunday amid scandal after the British state broadcaster shared doctored footage of President Trump speaking on Jan. 6. Tim Davie, who has headed up the publicly-funded media outlet for five years, said he was taking “ultimate responsibility” for recent “mistakes” made in a statement published by the BBC. His resignation and that of the CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, come after it was revealed that the BBC’s flagship news program, Panorama, spliced together two clips of Trump speaking on Jan. 6, 2021, implying that he had directly told his supporters to storm the Capitol. The program, which aired a week before the 2024 presidential election, “completely misled” viewers… by editing together footage from the start of the speech with a separate quote nearly an hour later, according to the leaked dossier.

Senate reaches temporary truce to end record shutdown, but January battle looms | 11 Nov 2025 | Senators believe that after reaching a deal to end the longest shutdown on record, they won’t be in the same position early next year. The bipartisan package that advanced from the Senate late Monday night would, if passed by the House this week, reopen the government until Jan. 30. Lawmakers believe that extension would give them enough time to fund the government the old-fashioned way, making another shutdown a moot point. But that all depends on whether they can complete work on spending bills, find agreement with the House, and get them on President Donald Trump’s desk before the new deadline. There’s also the possibility that if the guarantee for a vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies does not go how Senate Democrats want, that could significantly hamper Congress’s ability to avert yet another shutdown.

Senate Democrats cave, open path to reopening government | 9 Nov 2025 | The Senate took a massive step forward on its way to reopening the government on Sunday, with a group of Senate Democrats caving and joining Republicans in their bid to pass a revamped plan to end the shutdown. Signs that the shutdown, which entered its 40th day, could be ending became more and more clear as the day went on, particularly with the unveiling of a bipartisan package of spending bills that lawmakers hope to attach to a modified bill to reopen the government. Eight Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to mark the first step in the GOP’s quest to end the shutdown… Among the defectors were Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, John Fetterman, D-Pa., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Jacky Rosen, D-N.M., Tim Kaine, D-Va., and the number two Democrat in the Senate, Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

Trump pledges to ‘abide’ by deal to end government shutdown – but vows to upend Obamacare subsidies | 10 Nov 2025 | President Trump said Monday that he will abide by the terms of a deal ending the ongoing 41-day government shutdown — but that Republicans will pursue a new plan to replace expiring health insurance subsidies that triggered the funding lapse. Trump said that the government would fully reopen “very quickly” amid mass-cancelation of flights. “I’ll abide by the deal. The deal is very good,” the president said when asked about a provision requiring him to re-hire federal workers fired during the shutdown. The deal assures Democrats of an open vote on extending more generous pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire Dec. 31. “We want a health care system where we pay the m-ney to the people instead of the insurance companies,” Trump said in the Oval Office.

Trump proposes radical healthcare shake-up that would bypass ‘BIG, BAD insurance companies’ and hand cash directly to millions of Americans | 8 Nov 2025 | President Donald Trump has proposed a radical new healthcare plan that would hand m-ney directly to Americans instead of to insurers. The president said he was recommending the proposals for Senate Republicans to consider as the longest government shutdown in history entered day 39 on Saturday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the government should stop sending federal funds to “m-ney-sucking insurance companies in order to save the bad healthcare provided by Obamacare.” Instead, it should go “directly to the people so that they can purchase their own, much better healthcare, and have m-ney left over,” he said. “In other words, take from the BIG, BAD insurance companies, give it to the people, and terminate per d-llar spent.” He added that he believes Obamacare is the “worst healthcare anywhere in the world.”

Trump promises $2,000 check for every American thanks to tariff revenue he’s collected –Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expected the U.S. will collect at least 500 billion in tariff revenue per year. | 9 Nov 2025 | Donald Trump has vowed to give a 2,000 check to every American, thanks to the tariff revenue his administration has collected. The president made the exciting announcement on Sunday morning — blasting those who hated on his tariff strategy as “fools.” He said that the dividend of at least 2,000 would be paid to everyone, bar “high income people,” although he did not state what the threshold for that would be. Trump cited “trillions of d-llars” of tariff income and said the m-ney would soon go to paying the country’s “enormous debt” of 37 trillion.

Zelensky associate and justice minister raided by anti-graft agency – MP | 10 Nov 2025 | Ukrainian anti-graft investigators have conducted multiple raids connected to Timur Mindich, a long-time associate of Vladimir Zelensky, according to opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak and local news outlets. The searches, carried out by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Monday, reportedly targeted properties owned by Mindich, as well as Justice Minister German Galushchenko — a former energy minister described by Ukrainian media as Mindich’s insider in the government — and also state-run nuclear operator Energoatom, Zhelezhnyak said on Monday. NABU confirmed taking action against Energoatom, stating that it was investigating a “high-level criminal organization” operating within Ukraine’s energy sector. The agency said the case stems from over 1,000 hours of surveillance and 15 months of investigative work but declined to name any suspects. The agency also released several images showing large quantities of cash, including a stack of 100-dollar bills packaged in plastic wrap, some of which had serial numbers and were marked “ATLANTA” and “KAN CITY.”

Biden responsible for Ukraine conflict – Orban | 8 Nov 2025 | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused former U.S. President [sic] Joe Biden’s administration of driving the Ukraine conflict by pushing EU member states to adopt a more confrontational line against Russia. Unlike most other countries in the bloc, Hungary has consistently opposed Brussels’s anti-Russian policies and has called for a more diplomatic approach to put an end to the hostilities. It has also refused to provide weapons to Kiev and opposed EU sanctions against Moscow. “Without the pressure coming from the U.S. government — I’m speaking about 2022 — the Europeans would not take that hard line that they have today on the war,” Orban told reporters after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. “That’s the fact of history,” the prime minister concluded.

Israeli lawyers doubted legality of Gaza attack – Reuters | 9 Nov 2025 | Israeli military lawyers were reportedly concerned about the growing body of evidence suggesting that the country’s actions in Gaza could amount to war crimes, according to U.S. intelligence gathered during the first year of the conflict, five former American officials told Reuters. Israel launched its military campaign in response to the Hamas-led raid on October 7, 2023, which [reputedly] killed around 1,200 people. The retaliatory strikes and ground operations have since killed over 68,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health authorities. A UN commission has accused Israel of committing acts amounting to genocide, as the country is the subject of two international proceedings — one before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and another at the International Criminal Court (ICC). According to a Reuters report published on Friday, the Israeli military itself had doubts “about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions.”

More than 300 ostriches shot dead by firing squad on Canadian farm after allegations of bird flu | 7 Nov 2025 | More than 300 ostriches were shot dead by a firing squad in Canada late Thursday — ending a months-long standoff that drew in US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and New York billionaire John Catsimatidis, who had begged officials to spare the birds. The mass killing unfolded at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, hours after the Supreme Court of Canada [Grade “A” sociopaths] refused to block a federal order to cull the flock following an avian flu outbreak, CBC reported. Canada apparently snubbed its neighbor to the south by refusing to spare the 330 giant birds to be used for research purposes.

Bloody chaos at UC Berkeley after Antifa storms TPUSA event | 11 Nov 2025 | Violent “Antifa thugs” stormed a sold-out event for Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA at the University of California, Berkeley, organizers said — with keffiyeh-clad protesters clashing with cops and attendees, leaving some covered in blood. Turning Point USA leaders quickly blamed the bloody violence on anti-fascist agitators as footage showed demonstrators trying to break through police barricades after the campus event for the group was kicking off late Monday. “Right now at our Turning Point USA campus tour stop at UC Berkeley…Antifa is breaking through police barricades and threatening our event attendees,” TPUSA chief of staff Mikey McCoy said on X. At least two people had already been arrested, including one for battery, before the event got underway, police said.

Joint Base Andrews reports no hospitalizations after suspicious package with white powder sickened multiple people | 7 Nov 2025 | Several people who fell ill after a suspicious package containing white powder was delivered to a U.S. military base have been cleared by medics, officials said. The sickened were taken to the base’s Malcolm Grove Medical Center after an individual opened the package at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday, sources familiar with the investigation told CNN. They were all “evaluated and treated by JBA medical personnel, determined to be in stable condition, and released yesterday,” officials said in an update Friday. “As a precaution, the building and connecting building were evacuated, and a cordon was established around the area,” the statement added.

Several people at Joint Base Andrews fall ill after suspicious package with white powder is opened – report | 7 Nov 2025 | A suspicious package containing white powder delivered to a U.S. military base in Maryland caused multiple people to fall ill and led to several being hospitalized, CNN reported Thursday. A building on the base was evacuated after an individual “opened a suspicious package,” CNN said, citing a statement from Joint Base Andrews, located outside Washington, D.C. “As a precaution, the building and connecting building were evacuated, and a cordon was established around the area,” the statement said. Several people were transported to the Malcolm Grove Medical Center on the base, CNN said. The package contained an unknown white powder, said CNN, citing two sources familiar with the investigation.

Supreme Court agrees to hear case over counting ballots that arrive late | 10 Nov 2025 | The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case addressing whether states may count ballots that arrive after Election Day. The Republican National Committee and Mississippi Libertarian Party challenged the state’s law permitting the counting of ballots postmarked by Election Day should they arrive within five days, Politico reported. The court agreed to hear the matter after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law in 2024.

ICE nabs Moldovan illegal immigrant, convicted murderer freed under Biden admin | 11 Nov 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the arrest of a Moldovan illegal immigrant and convicted killer who tortured and threw a victim out of a ninth-floor window. Victoria Sorocean was taken into custody in Los Angeles on Nov. 4 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after authorities learned she had been convicted of premeditated murder with exceptional cruelty in 2013, ICE told Fox News on Tuesday. According to DHS, Sorocean and an accomplice tortured their victim inside an apartment in Chisinau, Moldova, beating the person with a stick and electrical cable before throwing the victim out a ninth-floor window. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison but fled the country to avoid serving her sentence. Sorocean was first arrested by ICE on Jan. 10, 2020, under the Trump administration, but she later filed multiple legal appeals and asylum claims to delay removal, DHS said. Officials said she was ultimately released back into the U.S. in 2022 under the Biden administration.

Illegal immigrant allegedly killed 71-year-old in drunken hit-and-run after evading ICE for over a decade – reports| 10 Nov 2025 | An illegal immigrant who has defied deportation orders for more than 10 years has been charged with killing a 71-year-old Californian in a hit-and-run while allegedly driving drunk, according to reports. Mexican national Humberto Munoz Gatica, 57, was first arrested by ICE in 2011, but released the following year under the Obama administration, federal law enforcement sources told Fox News. He has now been accused of being the driver who knocked down and killed pedestrian Barry William Tutt in Dana Point on Friday, the Orange County Register reported. Gatica, of Laguna Niguel, was arrested the next day and booked into Orange County Jail on suspicion of DUI and charges related to the hit-and-run. Gatica has been living illegally in the U.S. since at least 2011, when he was arrested by ICE while accused of robbery, the federal law enforcement sources told Fox News.