Day 284
October 30, 2025
2 documented events
- Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War
Trump Orders Pentagon to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Breaking 33-Year Moratorium
On October 30, 2025, President Trump publicly ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, breaking a 33-year US moratorium in place since 1992. No other nation besides North Korea has conducted nuclear tests since the 1990s. Arms control experts warn the order could trigger a global nuclear testing race and undermine the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
From: Trump Orders Pentagon to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Breaking 33-Year Moratorium
- Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration
Record-low refugee cap of 7,500 announced
The administration set the FY 2026 refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500 -- the lowest in US history -- with priority allocated to white South African Afrikaners.
From: Indefinite Suspension of US Refugee Admissions Program and Record-Low Resettlement Cap