Overview
- A clemency order published by pardon prosecutor Ed Martin grants full pardons to Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and others tied to 2020 election cases, with the text specifying it does not apply to President Trump.
- Some of those pardoned had faced state-level scrutiny, including an April 2024 Arizona grand jury probe that identified at least 11 people linked to efforts to overturn the 2020 result.
- The Senate reached the 60-vote threshold to advance a temporary funding bill after a deal with a group of eight Democrats, with the measure set to fund agencies through late January pending final votes and the president’s signature.
- Trump said the United States no longer funds Ukraine directly and is being paid via NATO for arms, later estimating U.S. costs from the conflict at $350 billion and asserting the war would not escalate to a world conflict.
- Trump threatened legal action against the BBC over an alleged misrepresentation in a Panorama program, while also signaling tariff adjustments involving several countries and backing a Republican push to bar future shutdowns by legislation.