{"id":169578,"date":"2025-10-27T06:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-administration-accused-of-attack-on-free-speech-after-british-journalist-detained-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T06:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:16:47","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-administration-accused-of-attack-on-free-speech-after-british-journalist-detained-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-administration-accused-of-attack-on-free-speech-after-british-journalist-detained-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: administration accused of attack on free speech after British journalist detained &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland security said Hamdi\u2019s visa had been revoked amid claims the move was apparent retaliation for his criticism of Israel. Key US politics stories from Sunday 26 October at a glance<br \/>The council of American-Islamic relations (Cair) has accused the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> of a \u201cblatant affront to free speech\u201d after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist, Sami Hamdi, on Sunday.<br \/>The Muslim civil rights organization claimed that Hamdi had been detained at San Fransisco airport for criticising Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza. Hamdi is one of several people who have been arrested and deported by ICE for expressing pro-Palestinian views.<br \/>The Department of Homeland Security said that Hamdi\u2019s visa had been revoked, and that he was in ICE custody \u201cpending removal\u201d.<br \/>British journalist Sami Hamdi was reportedly detained on Sunday morning by federal immigration authorities at San Francisco international airport, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) says that action is apparent retaliation for the Muslim political commentator\u2019s criticism of Israel while touring the US.<br \/>A statement from Cair said it was \u201ca blatant affront to free speech\u201d to detain Hamdi for criticizing Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza while he engaged on a speaking tour in the US. A Trump administration official added in a separate statement that Hamdi is facing deportation.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/ice-detains-british-muslim-journalist-laura-loomer\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>On the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the time, Mike Pence, and told him he would go down in history as a \u201cwimp\u201d if he certified the election result, a new book says.<br \/>Those details were revealed on Sunday when ABC News published a preview excerpt of an upcoming book by its political correspondent Jonathan Karl. The book, titled Retribution, cites Pence\u2019s notes from the 6 January 2021 phone call with Trump, who was purportedly trying to shame his vice-president into refusing to certify Joe Biden\u2019s victory weeks earlier in the White House.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/trump-pence-call-january-6-book\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Gavin Newsom, California\u2019s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once the 2026 midterm elections are over.<br \/>\u201cYeah, I\u2019d be lying otherwise,\u201d Newsom said in response to a question on whether he would give serious thought to a White House bid after the 2026 elections. \u201cI\u2019d just be lying. And I\u2019m not \u2013 I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/gavin-newsom-2028-presidential-race\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>US treasury secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Sunday that the US and China have finalized the details of a deal transferring TikTok\u2019s US version to new owners.<br \/>\u201cWe reached a final deal on TikTok,\u201d Bessent said on Sunday on CBS\u2019s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.<em><strong> <\/strong><\/em>Alluding to Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Bessent continued: \u201cWe reached [a deal] in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that transaction\u201d during a meeting scheduled for Thursday in Korea.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/26\/us-china-tiktok-deal-scott-bessent\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>By ordering that US military personnel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/11\/trump-shutdown-military-pay\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">receive paychecks<\/a> even though the government is shut down, Donald Trump is seeing to the needs of a politically untouchable constituency that has been caught up in the congressional logjam over federal spending.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/trump-military-pay-government-shutdown\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>US airports report over 20 air <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/air-traffic-controller-shortages-shutdown\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">traffic controller shortage incidents<\/a><\/strong> in one day<br \/><strong>Interested in New York\u2019s mayoral race?<\/strong> Read this feature on Jewish New York\u2019s reckoning with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/zohran-mamdani-jewish-voters-new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> and his outreach to the Jewish community<br \/>Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/trump-administration-news-updates-today-latest\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Saturday 25 October.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNc2lWdkRwUUVvMFdtR3VmcVpoNkZyTU91Tm52Z3Uyb2Y5UjFISmxKYkpjOEVUU2E5WkdJbjN4SXNhX002SWREd2xsRkp4c1Q5RHdHU0YyckdtYWwxY0tudnpvZ0s5a2dyQXlVQWg2a0h2NENWWWlCd2Rqbkhtb2owTWV1WVViTEw1cDlkNm5JRnpGSmJHa1lveU1R?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland security said Hamdi\u2019s visa had been revoked amid claims the move was apparent retaliation for his criticism of Israel. Key US politics stories from Sunday 26 October at a glanceThe council of American-Islamic relations (Cair) has accused the Trump administration of a \u201cblatant affront to free speech\u201d after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}