9:45 am today

USA correspondent David Smith

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am today

President Donald Trump signs the Epstein Files Transparency Act and saw rising political tension as Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned and Democrats condemned his rhetoric calling for executions. Meanwhile, the President held an unexpectedly cordial meeting with New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and pushed forward a 28-point Russia-Ukraine peace plan through Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Photo: JIM WATSON

Washington bureau chief for The Guardian, David Smith.