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President Donald Trump has canceled plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan after bipartisan criticism of the decision. Trump said the sentence will still be carried out as scheduled, but without being streamed.
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Lawmakers from both parties welcome Trump's decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution
Following the news that Donald Trump has canceled a plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, more lawmakers have welcomed the decision.
“Good. So sick to have ever considered this,” wrote Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, on X.
Meanwhile, Republican Senator John Curtis of Iowa, said “this is the right move, both for the loved ones of the victims and for the country.”
Curtis urged the administration to reconsider broadcasting the execution last week, warning that “cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment”, and is “not an effective deterrent”.
The president expressed private misgivings about the Pentagon’s move to broadcast the execution by firing squad, according to an Axios report published earlier this week, citing four people who had spoken with Trump.
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Updated at 11.23 EDT
Key events
Andrew Roth
Reporting from Kyiv
The White House’s unilateral effort to negotiate an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has collapsed as Moscow sent a record swarm of drones overnight to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine and Kyiv appeared to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries despite warnings from Donald Trump.
Moscow accused Ukraine of launching a strike against a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region, its first since Trump abruptly declared an “energy ceasefire” that neither Russia nor Ukraine said they had agreed to.
Trump has demanded that Volodymyr Zelenskyy stop attacking Russian oil refineries, claiming it is the cause of a global rise in the price of diesel fuel.
An attack on two neutral ships in Romanian territorial waters at the mouth of the Danube River indicated that strikes against vulnerable commercial targets are set to expand.
On Wednesday Zelenskyy said he would resume strikes on Russian oil refineries, after briefly halting them to demonstrate that Ukraine was ready for peace talks. “The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,” he told the Financial Times. He also attacked a gap in US intelligence sharing as “dangerous”.
Trump suddenly declared an “energy ceasefire” last week, writing on TruthSocial: “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”
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Prior to the president’s announcement that Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad will no longer go ahead, a new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News showed that 80% of Americans oppose a live online broadcast of the execution.
While the partisan breakdown shows that more Democrats (91%) oppose a live stream, 64% of Republicans still opposed the move.
Meanwhile, a majority of Americans, 53%, support executing Hasan by firing squad – while 42% are opposed.
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Lawmakers from both parties welcome Trump's decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution
Following the news that Donald Trump has canceled a plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, more lawmakers have welcomed the decision.
“Good. So sick to have ever considered this,” wrote Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, on X.
Meanwhile, Republican Senator John Curtis of Iowa, said “this is the right move, both for the loved ones of the victims and for the country.”
Curtis urged the administration to reconsider broadcasting the execution last week, warning that “cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment”, and is “not an effective deterrent”.
The president expressed private misgivings about the Pentagon’s move to broadcast the execution by firing squad, according to an Axios report published earlier this week, citing four people who had spoken with Trump.
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Updated at 11.23 EDT
A reminder that last week, Pete Hegseth told rightwing broadcaster Real America’s Voice that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for 3 December, would be available to watch online.
Hasan’s sentence is the first military execution in more than 60 years, and would have been the first in US history to be publicly broadcast.
Democrats and several Republicans said the decision to livestream the execution would align the US with authoritarian countries who make a public “spectacle” of executions and could run the risk of radicalizing people watching by turning Hasan into a martyr.
On Friday, vice-president JD Vance appeared to quell concerns that the execution would actually be live streamed. “First of all, I’ve seen these announcements. I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen,” Vance told reporters, after he was asked about how he squares his Christian faith with the Pentagon’s decision to broadcast the execution. Vance also said that if the decision was made to livestream Hasan’s execution, he was “not going to be watching it”.
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Updated at 11.27 EDT
Trump says Nidal Hasan execution will not be live streamed
Donald Trump has said that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the US army doctor who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, would not be livestreamed.
The decision, issued via a post on Truth Social, comes after bipartisan backlash to defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that Hasan’s execution by firing squad, would be broadcast online.
“Many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device,” Trump wrote on Thursday. “He [Hasan] will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed.”
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Updated at 10.46 EDT
Today, a number of my colleagues who cover business, labor and consumer rights will be taking your questions about the impact of the economy of the upcoming midterms – now fewer than three weeks away.
Food and gas prices remain high, the job market is unstable, consumers are angrier than ever, and a new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, took over this year.
As we mentioned earlier, our exclusive polling shows that a majority of Americans (61%) believe the US is already experiencing a recession.
Tune in here:
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Alongside his midterm stumping, Trump has devoted time to tout the his various renovation projects on the White House. On Truth Social the president shared pictures of the building’s South entrance and the new heliport – which he has frequently praised while speaking to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn.
“The exterior walls and ornamentation, both missing and in bad condition, has been fully restored to the Highest Level, giving the White House many decades of additional life! It had to be done, and I am very proud to be the President who did it!” Trump wrote. “Likewise, the Ballroom and Military Complex, is on time, and on budget, and will make an unbelievably beautiful addition, the first since the West Wing in 1901, to the White House.”
However, Trump is not the first president over the last century to undertake this kind of work. In 1942, Franklin D Roosevelt added a second-story to the East Wing. Prior to that he added an indoor therapy swimming pool in 1933, which would eventually become the press briefing room. Later, Harry Truman rebuilt the entire interior with a steel frame and added the Truman Balcony on the exterior of the White House.
The estimated cost of Trump’s ballroom has also ballooned. The Guardian previously reported the number sits around $400m, while the Washington Post has reported total costs could reach $600m.
In June, the administration also redirected $352m in federal funds, designated for the Secret Service, toward’s the project. The funds were drawn from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the president’s sweeping domestic policy legislation. However, the law stipulates the money may only be spent on Secret Service personnel, training facilities, technology and related costs, not construction.
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Lawmakers from both parties welcome Trump's decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution
Following the news that Donald Trump has canceled a plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, more lawmakers have welcomed the decision.
“Good. So sick to have ever considered this,” wrote Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, on X.
Meanwhile, Republican Senator John Curtis of Iowa, said “this is the right move, both for the loved ones of the victims and for the country.”
Curtis urged the administration to reconsider broadcasting the execution last week, warning that “cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment”, and is “not an effective deterrent”.
The president expressed private misgivings about the Pentagon’s move to broadcast the execution by firing squad, according to an Axios report published earlier this week, citing four people who had spoken with Trump.
Share
Updated at 11.23 EDT
Key events
Andrew Roth
Reporting from Kyiv
The White House’s unilateral effort to negotiate an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has collapsed as Moscow sent a record swarm of drones overnight to attack infrastructure in central Ukraine and Kyiv appeared to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries despite warnings from Donald Trump.
Moscow accused Ukraine of launching a strike against a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region, its first since Trump abruptly declared an “energy ceasefire” that neither Russia nor Ukraine said they had agreed to.
Trump has demanded that Volodymyr Zelenskyy stop attacking Russian oil refineries, claiming it is the cause of a global rise in the price of diesel fuel.
An attack on two neutral ships in Romanian territorial waters at the mouth of the Danube River indicated that strikes against vulnerable commercial targets are set to expand.
On Wednesday Zelenskyy said he would resume strikes on Russian oil refineries, after briefly halting them to demonstrate that Ukraine was ready for peace talks. “The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,” he told the Financial Times. He also attacked a gap in US intelligence sharing as “dangerous”.
Trump suddenly declared an “energy ceasefire” last week, writing on TruthSocial: “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”
Share
Prior to the president’s announcement that Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad will no longer go ahead, a new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News showed that 80% of Americans oppose a live online broadcast of the execution.
While the partisan breakdown shows that more Democrats (91%) oppose a live stream, 64% of Republicans still opposed the move.
Meanwhile, a majority of Americans, 53%, support executing Hasan by firing squad – while 42% are opposed.
Share
Lawmakers from both parties welcome Trump's decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution
Following the news that Donald Trump has canceled a plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, more lawmakers have welcomed the decision.
“Good. So sick to have ever considered this,” wrote Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, on X.
Meanwhile, Republican Senator John Curtis of Iowa, said “this is the right move, both for the loved ones of the victims and for the country.”
Curtis urged the administration to reconsider broadcasting the execution last week, warning that “cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment”, and is “not an effective deterrent”.
The president expressed private misgivings about the Pentagon’s move to broadcast the execution by firing squad, according to an Axios report published earlier this week, citing four people who had spoken with Trump.
Share
Updated at 11.23 EDT
A reminder that last week, Pete Hegseth told rightwing broadcaster Real America’s Voice that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for 3 December, would be available to watch online.
Hasan’s sentence is the first military execution in more than 60 years, and would have been the first in US history to be publicly broadcast.
Democrats and several Republicans said the decision to livestream the execution would align the US with authoritarian countries who make a public “spectacle” of executions and could run the risk of radicalizing people watching by turning Hasan into a martyr.
On Friday, vice-president JD Vance appeared to quell concerns that the execution would actually be live streamed. “First of all, I’ve seen these announcements. I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen,” Vance told reporters, after he was asked about how he squares his Christian faith with the Pentagon’s decision to broadcast the execution. Vance also said that if the decision was made to livestream Hasan’s execution, he was “not going to be watching it”.
Share
Updated at 11.27 EDT
Trump says Nidal Hasan execution will not be live streamed
Donald Trump has said that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the US army doctor who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, would not be livestreamed.
The decision, issued via a post on Truth Social, comes after bipartisan backlash to defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that Hasan’s execution by firing squad, would be broadcast online.
“Many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device,” Trump wrote on Thursday. “He [Hasan] will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed.”
Share
Updated at 10.46 EDT
Today, a number of my colleagues who cover business, labor and consumer rights will be taking your questions about the impact of the economy of the upcoming midterms – now fewer than three weeks away.
Food and gas prices remain high, the job market is unstable, consumers are angrier than ever, and a new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, took over this year.
As we mentioned earlier, our exclusive polling shows that a majority of Americans (61%) believe the US is already experiencing a recession.
Tune in here:
Share
Alongside his midterm stumping, Trump has devoted time to tout the his various renovation projects on the White House. On Truth Social the president shared pictures of the building’s South entrance and the new heliport – which he has frequently praised while speaking to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn.
“The exterior walls and ornamentation, both missing and in bad condition, has been fully restored to the Highest Level, giving the White House many decades of additional life! It had to be done, and I am very proud to be the President who did it!” Trump wrote. “Likewise, the Ballroom and Military Complex, is on time, and on budget, and will make an unbelievably beautiful addition, the first since the West Wing in 1901, to the White House.”
However, Trump is not the first president over the last century to undertake this kind of work. In 1942, Franklin D Roosevelt added a second-story to the East Wing. Prior to that he added an indoor therapy swimming pool in 1933, which would eventually become the press briefing room. Later, Harry Truman rebuilt the entire interior with a steel frame and added the Truman Balcony on the exterior of the White House.
The estimated cost of Trump’s ballroom has also ballooned. The Guardian previously reported the number sits around $400m, while the Washington Post has reported total costs could reach $600m.
In June, the administration also redirected $352m in federal funds, designated for the Secret Service, toward’s the project. The funds were drawn from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the president’s sweeping domestic policy legislation. However, the law stipulates the money may only be spent on Secret Service personnel, training facilities, technology and related costs, not construction.
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