Evening Brief: BBC Execs Resign over Trump Speech Edit, Trump Promises $2,000 Tariff Dividends, Hamas Releases Body of Long-Held Hostage

The pitch is audacious: tariffs aren’t just about trade, they’re now a cash cow for the American taxpayer. Trump claims these levies rake in trillions every year, enough to chip away at the $37 trillion national debt while tossing a few thousand dollars to everyday citizens. How he plans to define “high-income” remains murky. The devil, as always, is in the details. Trump wasted no time calling his critics “fools,” crowing that his policies have turned the U.S. into “the richest, most respected country in the world,” with near-zero inflation and a stock market on steroids. Timing, as always, is strategic: the announcement lands when questions about funding basic government operations are at a fever pitch and the legality of his tariff power is under Supreme Court scrutiny. Lower courts have already raised eyebrows over whether Trump can unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs without Congress. Implementation? That’s another battlefield entirely. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, appearing on ABC’s This Week, admitted he hadn’t hashed out specifics with Trump. Possible avenues include tax tweaks—eliminating taxes on tips or overtime, boosting Social Security benefits, or new deductions for auto loans—but whether the public ever sees a direct $2,000 check is anyone’s guess. Previous proposals, like Senator Josh Hawley’s $600 rebate, died in the procedural weeds. The public reaction is predictably mixed. Cash in hand is always a crowd-pleaser, especially when wallets are tight. Financial markets—including crypto—showed a flicker of optimism at the announcement. But as with most Trump-era promises, the ultimate question is whether this bold move is deliverable or just another headline-grabbing stunt in a landscape defined by political gridlock and legal uncertainty. In short: $2,000 for the people sounds great on paper. Making it happen? That’s a mission still lost in the fog of war.   Trump just announced that a Tariff stimulus check of at least $2000 will be paid to everyone — except high income people Can’t wait to see how the liberals try and twist this pic.twitter.com/NCT6g8WZCy — Liz Benichou (@basedinmalibu) November 9, 2025 After 11 Years, Israel Finally Brings Lt. Hadar Goldin Home It’s been more than a decade since Lt. Hadar Goldin vanished beneath the sands of Gaza. On August 1, 2014—just hours into what was supposed to be a ceasefire—Goldin, a 23-year-old Israeli officer, was killed during Operation Protective Edge. His unit had been hunting Hamas tunnels in Rafah when he was dragged underground and his body taken. For 11 long years, Hamas refused to acknowledge what happened to him. That chapter, finally, has a grim ending. Israel confirmed this week that the remains returned by Hamas are those of Lt. Goldin. According to both Israeli and Red Cross officials, Hamas handed over a coffin said to contain remains discovered in a Rafah tunnel. The International Committee of the Red Cross transferred the body to Israeli forces inside Gaza, and forensic testing at Israel’s National Center for Forensic Medicine confirmed the identification beyond doubt. For Goldin’s family, it ends an 11-year nightmare—one that turned their son into a national symbol of Israel’s unfinished wars and the hostages left behind. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the handover “ends an agonizing ordeal” for the Goldin family, and vowed that Israel “will not rest until every hostage and fallen soldier is brought home.” The timing of the return is no coincidence. It comes as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal first struck in October 2023, which included provisions for Hamas to return the remains of hostages held in Gaza. Goldin’s recovery brings the total number of deceased hostages returned to 24, with four more still unaccounted for. The same deal continues to facilitate prisoner exchanges and the release of living hostages, though progress has been slow and fragile. For Israel, this return carries both relief and resolve. Goldin’s family had long demanded that Jerusalem make his recovery a national priority, pressing successive governments not to allow Hamas leverage over the bodies of fallen soldiers. Israeli officials made clear that this exchange was not a negotiation, but a commitment Hamas was already bound to under international mediation. Lt. Hadar Goldin will finally receive a Jewish burial on Israeli soil. For his family—and for a country that never forgot his name—it’s a bittersweet victory. In a region where peace remains as unstable as the desert wind, bringing one soldier home after 11 years feels like a small but sacred act of closure.   The IDF Chief of Staff visited the family fallen IDF hero Lt. Hadar Goldin z”l after his body was returned to Israel after more than 11 years of being in Gaza pic.twitter.com/v1X2hhi4gZ — Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) November 9, 2025