Monday, November 25
Several people hospitalised in Phoenix, Arizona due to heat exhaustion while waiting for a Turning Point Action event at Dream City Church. Trump held an indoor event at the church amidst COVID-19 concerns. Recent polling shows Trump leading Biden in Arizona. The Phoenix National Weather Service recorded temperatures reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday for the first time this year.
US president Joe Biden was set to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris amidst Ukraine's tough battle with Russia. The US is Kyiv's main wartime supporter as it faces a severe Russian offensive in eastern regions. The offensive is seeking to exploit Kyiv's shortages of ammunition and troops along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line. The US will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, said US officials.
Boeing is facing uncertainty regarding the long-term direction of its space business, specifically the future use of its Starliner spacecraft. It's unclear if Starliner will be deployed beyond an additional half-dozen missions to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. A launch attempt carrying veteran NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore was preceded by weeks of uncertainty about the mission's timeline.
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the Middle East amid Israel's push into Rafah despite US warnings. The speech follows Trump's criminal conviction and pressure on Biden's support for Israel after a deadly strike on Rafah. The speech comes the day after Biden's election challenger Donald Trump became the first former US president to be convicted on criminal charges. The White House however said on Tuesday that while the Israeli strike was "devastating," it did not breach Biden's red lines for withholding weapons deliveries to the key US ally.
The jury in Donald Trump's hush money trial deliberated after hearing testimony. Details included American Media Inc.'s payment to Karen McDougal, the National Enquirer's involvement, and events surrounding the October 2016 agreement with Michael Cohen. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme to hide potentially embarrassing stories about him during his 2016 presidential election campaign.
