Actress Ellen DeGeneres is facing a lawsuit that accuses her of "negligent conduct" leading to the plaintiff's "serious personal injuries" in a 2023 car crash, Fox News reported. The plaintiff claims DeGeneres "t-boned" her after allegedly running through a four-way stop sign in Santa Barbara County.
The woman who filed the complaint stated that she was driving her Tesla on October 16, 2023, on Evans Avenue, en route to the intersection with Ortega Hill Road, when the accident occurred. She was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash but says she was injured after DeGeneres ran into her car after making no attempt to stop.
"This intersection is controlled by stop signs in all directions. Plaintiff stopped for her stop sign," the complaint said, noting that the plaintiff "made sure there were no other vehicles at the intersection and it was her way to proceed." Unfortunately, DeGeneres allegedly did not stop.
"As she was proceeding straight through the intersection, suddenly and without any warning, plaintiff's vehicle was t-boned from the right by the vehicle driven by Ellen DeGeneres," causing the plaintiff's injuries. "Ellen DeGeneres entered the intersection without stopping at the stop sign," the complaint alleges.
An attorney for the plaintiff claimed the former talk show host's "negligent conduct fell below the standard of care of a reasonable person in that defendants negligently caused, or contributed to causing plaintiff's vehicle to be collided with by the defendants' vehicle," suggesting a disregard for the safety of others. "Defendants and their conduct was a substantial factor in causing plaintiff's multiple serious personal injuries and damages stemming therefrom," the attorney further alleged.
The damages include "loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, and anxiety," as well as actual damages for medical expenses, hospital bills, lost wages, loss of future earnings, and other general damages. While this is a legal threshold, it could also be seen as a reflection on DeGeneres's overall character.
Although anyone can be accused of causing injuries in an auto accident, the circumstances fit with longstanding allegations about DeGeneres's terrible behavior and her blatant disregard for the wellbeing of others. After years on air playing the nice woman, it came to light in 2020 that DeGeneres was actually a tyrant on the set, targeting male employees for her ire when they spoke to her wife, Portia de Rossi.
Staffers said those who crossed DeGeneres would feel the "Ellen gaze" and thought of her as "a queen searching for her next execution." A former cameraman for the show said of DeGeneres that, "She was terrifying."
At the time, DeGeneres attempted to save her reputation by making an on-air apology, but the damage had been done. With her career and reputation in tatters, DeGeneres moved to the U.K. with de Rossi in 2024, citing President Donald Trump's election to a second term as a reason to flee the U.S.
At the time, DeGeneres blamed her hasty exit on Trump's election, though by then her career was over and her relevance greatly diminished. The 67-year-old has presented her move as an opportunity that gave her a new lease on life. Shortly after the move, DeGeneres made a schmaltzy post honoring de Rossi on Instagram.
On Dec. 1, 2024, DeGeneres wrote, "20 years ago today we began this relationship, not realizing what a long, beautiful adventure this would be. You are the best thing that ever happened in my life. You take care of me. You help me see the good in everything," she said of de Rossi.
"You help to guide me and pick me up when I feel off or down. You are a beautiful soul that I am so very grateful to have as a partner to navigate this crazy life with. My wife. My best friend. The love of my life. Thank you for being you and loving me. So happy we get to travel and explore the world together in the next 20 years, and looking forward to our first snowy Christmas," DeGeneres gushed. Nobody stateside has missed the pair.
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DeGeneres has earned her terrible reputation through her own actions while running a talk show. It will remain to be seen whether she will be held responsible for the car crash and the injuries it caused, but the allegations are enough to add to the existing mountain of evidence that DeGeneres is indeed not a very nice person.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his killing last week.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) celebrated the passage of the resolution in a post on X by saying, "The United States Senate has unanimously passed my resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and praising his outstanding legacy. This is just a flag, planted on a hill. What matters is where we carry it next."
The resolution “condemns” Kirk’s assassination “in the strongest possible terms," even as many in the Democrat Party have been openly celebrating Kirk's death due to his prominent status as a right-wing activist.
The resolution also “extends its deepest condolences and sympathies” to Kirk’s family, including his wife, Erika, and their two children.
Kirk's family witnessed his assassination and has had to endure extreme abuse from monstrous leftists openly and proudly celebrating the assassination of someone who believed very strongly in open dialogue to resolve issues instead of resorting to violence.
For those on the left celebrating Kirk's death, seeing every single Democrat Senator condemn them must have been shocking.
No Democrat Senator was brave enough to stand against this resolution, and it makes sense considering the reaction of the public to Kirk's assassination. News of Kirk's shooting quickly raced around the nation and shocked Americans of all political persuasions, especially centrists.
Despite attempts to frame Kirk as a radical right-wing figure, the truth is that he was an activist who believed in civil discourse on college campuses and advocated for free speech.
Kirk's appearances on college campuses converted college students by the hundreds as he used discourse, not violence, to push his beliefs. Leftists have claimed that Kirk was a hateful figure, even as many of them celebrate Kirk being killed in front of his two young daughters.
The aftermath of Kirk's death has been eye-opening for many regular Americans, even those who generally consider themselves liberals. Not since MLK Jr.'s assassination has the nation been more shocked and outraged.
While it was safe to assume the shooter had leftist political motivations in shooting Kirk, it wasn't until a few days after that it was confirmed that Kirk's shooter was a radical leftist.
The shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology" despite growing up in a strongly conservative household. High school friends stated he adopted leftist ideas, and Robinson was also dating a trans individual.
Furthermore, the bullets alluded to anti-fascist ideology, and one bullet had been engraved with "Hey fascist! Catch!" It's undeniable that Robinson was a radical leftist who bought into the lies that Kirk was a fascist and threw away his life in a political crusade.
The left is undoubtedly responsible for this tragedy, and anyone celebrating Kirk's assassination has no place in American society. Some leftists are already finding this out the hard way.
In a surprising turn of events, The Daily Beast has issued a public apology to first lady Melania Trump and retracted a controversial article linking her to a modeling agent associated with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, Fox News reported.
This development follows the outlet's admission that the story, based on claims by journalist Michael Wolff, failed to meet its editorial standards, prompting both the removal of the article and related podcast content after legal pressure from Trump's team.
The saga began when The Daily Beast published an article alleging that Melania Trump was introduced to Donald Trump through a modeling agent connected to Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced financier who died in 2019.
The story drew from an interview with Michael Wolff, conducted by Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast, where Wolff discussed alleged ties between the Trumps and Epstein.
Wolff claimed during the interview that Melania was deeply involved in a relationship with Epstein through the modeling world, though he later distanced himself from the published piece.
In July, after the article's release, Melania Trump's legal team sent a letter disputing the headline and overall narrative presented in the story.
Responding to the legal threat, The Daily Beast initially pulled the article from its platforms in July, signaling early concerns about its content.
On a subsequent Monday, the outlet issued a formal apology to Melania Trump, which she then shared on the social media platform X.
In its statement, The Daily Beast acknowledged, "The Daily Beast recently published a story headlined 'Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author’ based on an interview with Michael Wolff."
Continuing its apology, the outlet added, "Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms."
Additionally, The Daily Beast removed a segment of a podcast episode titled "Trump’s Epstein Scandal Can’t Stop Won’t Stop," which also referenced the first lady, as noted in their response to her attorneys.
The apology further highlighted that Melania Trump considers her bestselling book, "Melania," to be the definitive account of her personal story, a point included in the outlet's statement.
Michael Wolff, the journalist at the center of the claims, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the retracted allegations.
Back in July, Wolff told Fox News Digital that he had no involvement in the writing of the article itself, despite his interview being the basis for its content.
Wolff’s reporting style has faced scrutiny in the past, with his credibility questioned within the journalism community, including over past works like his 2018 book "Fire and Fury," where multiple individuals in Donald Trump’s circle denied quotes attributed to them, and an insinuation about then-UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who called it "disgusting" and "highly offensive," sparked significant controversy.
President Trump is suing the New York Times for defamation, demanding $15 billion in damages over the "degenerate" newspaper's reporting on his life and political career.
The lawsuit names the paper and Peter Baker, Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, and Michael Schmidt as defendants, as well as Penguin Random House, the publisher of Buettner and Craig's book Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.
"Today, I have the Great Honor of bringing a $15 Billion Dollar Defamation and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times, one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country, becoming a virtual 'mouthpiece' for the Radical Left Democrat Party," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The lawsuit is just Trump's latest strike against the left-wing legacy media, after he previously settled eight-figure lawsuits with CBS News and ABC.
The New York Times dismissed Trump's lawsuit as a meritless intimidation tactic.
Trump accuses the New York Times of trying to maliciously damage his reputation and weaken his chances of victory in the 2024 presidential election.
The lawsuit cites three articles and Lucky Loser, which were all published "at the height of election season to inflict maximum electoral damage against President Trump."
According to the lawsuit, the Times and its reporters falsely credited the producers of The Apprentice with making Trump a star and propelling him to the White House.
"Thanks solely to President Trump’s sui generis charisma and unique business acumen, 'The Apprentice' generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and remained on television for over thirteen years, with nearly 200 episodes. ‘The Apprentice’ represented the cultural magnitude of President Trump’s singular brilliance, which captured the zeitgeist of our time," the lawsuit states.
Trump's lawsuit says the Times and its reporters "baselessly hate President Trump in a deranged way," also pointing to the newspaper's blistering attack on Trump in its front-page endorsement of Kamala Harris last fall.
The Times has long been a leading enemy of Trump and an influential source of left-wing disinformation. One of the defendants in Trump's lawsuit, Michael Schmidt, won a Pulitzer Prize for a 2017 article that triggered Robert Mueller's baseless "Russian collusion" probe. Schmidt's article was based on leaked memos from former FBI director James Comey, who admitted to leaking the memos to trigger an investigation into Trump.
Trump's lawsuit against the Times cites an October 2024 article from Schmidt that painted Trump as an aspiring dictator.
Inflammatory rhetoric against the right is being called out after the brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk by a radical leftist who hates "fascists."
One of the defendants in Trump's lawsuit against the Times, chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, suggested that Kirk somehow provoked his attacker by getting people "riled up" with his words.
The New York Times’ Peter Baker says Charlie Kirk intentionally tried to get people “riled up” over issues “about race, about gender, about affirmative action and Islam”
He says that Kirk being assassinated turned him into “a symbol of the of the toxic culture that we’re in” pic.twitter.com/JjIpq5oAne
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 14, 2025
The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill aimed at deterring illegal immigration, over the objections of nearly every Democrat.
The "Stop Illegal Entry" act passed 226-197, with only 11 Democrats crossing the aisle to support the commonsense measure, led by Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Ok.)
As reported by Fox News, if signed into law, the bill would require a 5-year minimum prison sentence for illegal aliens who commit felonies after entering the United States.
Long Island Democrat Laura Gillen (Ny.) called the Stop Illegal Entry Act "common sense," but few in her party seem to agree. She was one of only 11 Democrats who voted for the bill.
The legislation is a direct response to the Biden administration's disastrous immigration policies, which brought millions of illegal aliens into the United States, including dangerous criminals who raped and killed Americans.
"Americans overwhelmingly agree that violent criminals without legal status have no place in our country and should be held accountable to the full extent of our nation’s immigration laws," Gillen said.
"The previous administration’s inaction on the border led to a full-blown crisis that drained taxpayers’ wallets and made our communities less safe."
Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Tx.), Don Davis (Nc.), Jared Golden (Me.), Vicente Gonzalez (Tx.), Adam Gray (D-Ca.). Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mi.), Frank Mrvan (D-In.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wa.), Tom Suozzi, (D-Ny.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-Nm.) also voted yes.
Democrats have broadly opposed President Trump's mass immigration crackdown, accusing the president of breaking his pledge to target the "worst of the worst" by rounding up people without criminal records.
But the Stop Illegal Entry Act strengthens penalties for criminal aliens, establishing a five-year minimum sentence for illegal aliens who commit felonies.
The bill also strengthens deterrence more broadly by increasing the maximum punishment for illegal re-entry from two years to up to 10 years.
President Trump has already said he will sign the bill into law if it reaches his desk.
“By targeting repeat offenders and imposing harsh penalties on violent felons who re-enter after deportation, this bill defends the rule of law and sends an unmistakable message: if you break our laws, there will be severe consequences,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “Criminal illegal aliens have no place in this country, and House Republicans are committed to uphold the integrity of our laws.”
This bill is as moderate as it gets on immigration. It would keep out dangerous foreigners who have no place in America and send a clear message to anyone seeking to enter illegally to think twice.
But it's hardly news that Democrats don't want to stop illegal immigration. That's the only reasonable interpretation of this vote.
President Trump is investing millions of dollars in charter schools, a big boost for the growing school choice movement.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced $60 million in new funding for charter schools as part of a larger budget shift.
The new investments also include $137 million to promote civics education and history, and a one-time $500 million investment in tribal colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs.)
Trump has long prioritized school choice, emphasizing the need for parents to have an alternative to low-performing public schools.
More than 1 million students have left public schools since the COVID. The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress found student achievement is at historic lows, continuing a dismal trend that accelerated during the pandemic.
"Following the release of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, which showed dismal educational outcomes across the nation, the Department plans to award grants totaling $500 million for charter schools to support education choice in fiscal year 2025," the Department of Education said. "This marks the largest investment ever in the Charter Schools Program and fulfills a commitment the Department made earlier this year."
Trump is also dedicating $137 million to promote education in American civics and history ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary next year. The president has long lamented the impact of leftist indoctrination in classrooms where kids learn to hate their country.
The administration is increasing funding for Historically Black Colleges by 48% and doubling support for tribal colleges.
The federal funding is being repurposed from "ineffective and discriminatory programs" that divide citizens based on race, McMahon said.
Trump is diverting $140 million from teacher training programs that promote divisive ideology, $15 million from magnet schools, $9 million from gifted and talented programs, and $31 million from PBS' Ready to Learn, the New York Times reported.
The largest funding cut targets $350 million for "minority-serving" institutions that have long received federal funding based on racial quotas. About 70% of these schools are geared towards raising Hispanic enrollment by requiring at least a quarter of undergraduate students to be Hispanic.
Trump has long supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities - which do not use quotas - going back to his first White House term.
"Today, the Department is making three massive investments – redirecting financial support away from ineffective and discriminatory programs toward those which support student success. We are proud to make the largest investment in the Charter Schools Grants Program in the Department’s history, support American history programs that will inspire young people to be active and informed citizens, and recognize Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities’ historic contributions to improving education and opportunity in our country,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
“The Department has carefully scrutinized our federal grants, ensuring that taxpayers are not funding racially discriminatory programs but those programs which promote merit and excellence in education. The Trump Administration will use every available tool to meaningfully advance educational outcomes and ensure every American has the opportunity to succeed in life.”
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) announced that she is filing a resolution to remove "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her committee appointments over "disgraceful" remarks about Charlie Kirk's assassination, Breitbart reported. Omar said the Turning Point USA founder was a "reprehensible human being" and made other denigrating remarks about Kirk in the aftermath of his killing.
In the days after the assassination, Omar was already smearing Kirk with awful accusations and blaming him for his violent death at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. On Sept. 11, Omar posted to X, formerly Twitter, about Kirk and then furthered her attack on Zeteo Town Hall on MSNBC.
Mace vowed to censure Omar over this and other remarks and shared images of the resolution to X on Monday. "BREAKING: We’re filing a resolution to strip @Ilhan of her committee assignments after her disgraceful remarks on Charlie Kirk’s assassination," Mace captioned the post.
🚨BREAKING: We’re filing a resolution to strip @Ilhan of her committee assignments after her disgraceful remarks on Charlie Kirk’s assassination. pic.twitter.com/unGWzbOV5T
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) September 15, 2025
Omar is used to controversy, but she has taken her criticism of the right to a whole new level after Kirk's death. When speaking to MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan during an interview two days after his death, Omar launched into a tirade about Kirk, Mace, and, of course, President Donald Trump.
"It reminds you that although these people pretend to be adults that they are sometimes, they think a lot less than even children do when it comes to compassion, when it comes to thoughtfulness, when it comes to being a leader. I did expect the president’s address to the nation would have been a lot more compassionate-filled, it would have been less partisan," Omar told the host.
"There is nothing more effed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so. You have people like Nancy Mace who constantly harass people that she finds inferior and wants them not to exist in this country or ever, and you have people like Trump who has incited violence against people like me," Omar claimed without evidence.
"And so, these people are full of sh-- and it’s important for us to call them out. While we feel anger and sadness and have empathy, which Charlie said shouldn’t exist because that’s a 'newly created word' or something," Omar went on.
"Like, I have empathy for his kids and his wife and what they’re going through because I do not want that for my family," she added. This certainly sounds like the rantings of someone who should not be entrusted with committees, and Mace's resolution aims to ensure that.
In her resolution, Mace praised Kirk as "a lifelong advocate for freedom of speech, civil political discourse, and the political engagement of youth" as well as a "man of deep faith, a husband, and a father to two young children." The South Carolina Republican then went on to lay out the timeline between Kirk's death and Omar's repugnant remarks, noting she made the two days following Kirk's assassination on Sept. 10.
The resolution mentioned Omar's X post where she said, "Charlie Kirk is dead, and before the body got cold, the far-Right propped his corpse up as a cudgel for their holy war" the day after he was killed. "Don’t be fooled, these people don’t give a single sh a--bout Charlie Kirk, they are just using his death to further their Christofascist agenda," Omar added.
The resolution requested that Omar be removed "from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget" over these hateful remarks. Trump was asked what he thought of Omar's claim that Kirk was a "reprehensible human being," and Trump agreed with Mace's assessment.
"I think she’s a disgraceful person. I think she’s a disgraceful person, loser," Trump told reporters.
The death of Charlie Kirk should be a wake-up call to these leftists that their constant barrage of negativity has consequences. However, rather than self-reflection, they have doubled down on their hatred for the right and must pay the political price, including Omar.
Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, confessed to the crime in text messages to his roomate, the New York Post reported. FBI Director Kash Patel provided this new information on Monday during an interview on Fox News's Hannity as authorities piece together what led to a gunman shooting Kirk at a speaking event in Utah last week.
Information about the alleged gunman and his motivation has continued to come to light after the Turning Point USA founder's death on Sept. 10. Patel announced on Fox News's Hannity on Monday that they found a confession in the text exchange.
“[W]hat was found, in terms of information, a text message exchange where the suspect [Robinson], specifically stated that he had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and he was going to do that," Patel told host Sean Hannity. "And when [Robinson] was asked why, he said, ‘Some hatred cannot be negotiated with,'" the FBI director noted.
Patel said law enforcement is investigating whether others were involved in the alleged plot. "We’re dedicating every asset we have to run the reverse daisy chain analysis of anyone that was in contact with the suspect that’s currently in custody and anyone he contacted, called and text-messaged and had chats on online social media platforms with," Patel explained.
The content of the text messages was released on Tuesday, and reporter Brian Schnee shared documents showing the entire text exchange between the 22-year-0ld and Lance Twiggs, his live-in transgender lover, a separate New York Post report revealed. Schnee posted them to X, formerly Twitter, as the document made the rounds among several users.
TEXT MESSAGE EXCHANGE BETWEEN TYLER ROBINSON AND ROOMATE
"On September 10, 2025, the roommate received a text message from Robinson which said, “drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard.” The roommate looked under the keyboard and found a note that stated, “I had the… pic.twitter.com/UXwVYLSUTy
— 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐞 (@brian_schnee) September 16, 2025
What the alleged killer had to say is disturbing, as it's clear that Twiggs knew about the alleged role Robinson played in the assassination a full 24 hours before he was caught. The message from Robinson was reassuring his lover that he was "still ok," but that he had to go retrieve the rifle he allegedly used before it could be traced to him.
When Twiggs asked Robinson why he did it, the alleged shooter said that Kirk's "hatred" left him no choice. "I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out," Robinson said about Kirk. "If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it," Robinson said about the rifle.
When asked how long he had "been planning this," Robinson admitted it was "a bit over a week" before he turned back to worries about his gun. "My dad wants photos of the rifle … he says grandpa wants to know who has what, the feds released a photo of the rifle, and it is very unique. Hes calling me rn, not answering. …" the text message said.
The text message exchange appears to cover all the key points of a confession as Patel noted. Robinson planned what he was going to do, spoke about the alleged murder weapon and hiding out while law enforcement remained in the area, and even discussed his motive.
To normal people, this was a disgusting admission about a heinous crime from the man who purportedly committed it. To Matt Gutman, a correspondent at ABC News, the way Robinson spoke to Twiggs was "very touching," as Fox News reported.
Gutman was impressed by how detailed the messages were, "but, also, it was very touching in a way that many of us didn't expect," the correspondent said. "A very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who is transitioning, calling him ‘my love.’ And ‘I want to protect you, my love,'" Gutman swooned.
"So, it was this duality of someone who the attorney said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd, but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances of this case. And then, on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner. So a very interesting and … riveting press conference," the correspondent claimed.
The messages provide a glimpse into the mind of the alleged assassin and his thought patterns following the incident. This is stomach-churning stuff in light of the brutal way a beloved public figure died, but it has been made that much worse by those who lionize Robinson already.
President Donald Trump is set to finalize a new nuclear energy deal with the UK this week when he visits London for a state visit and banquet with King Charles III.
On Thursday, Trump will meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for bilateral meetings, and both will sign the final agreement, the Washington Examiner reported.
British government officials said that the agreement “will turbocharge the build-out of new nuclear power stations in both countries and clear the way for a major expansion of new nuclear projects in the UK.”
"This landmark UK-US nuclear partnership is not just about powering our homes, it’s about powering our economy, our communities, and our ambition. These major commitments set us well on course to a golden age of nuclear that will drive down household bills in the long run, while delivering thousands of good jobs in the short term,” Starmer said in a statement. “Together with the US, we’re building a golden age of nuclear that puts both countries at the forefront of global innovation and investment.”
Trump administration officials were also bullish on the impact of the new agreement on the U.S.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the administration is “ushering in a true nuclear renaissance — harnessing the power of commercial nuclear to meet rising energy demand and fuel the AI revolution.”
“Strengthened nuclear cooperation with the UK reinforces our unshakable commitment to technological leadership, global security and the responsible stewardship of nuclear power. This is how we unleash the full power of American Energy Dominance — with innovation, strength, and key geopolitical collaboration," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum added.
As part of the agreement, America’s X-Energy will partner with British energy supplier Centrica ining build 12 modular nuclear reactors in northern England to power a reported 1.5 million homes and add 2,500 jobs to the economy.
Why does the U.S. want to do this?
Simply put, it will reduce the UK's dependence on Russian oil, the sale of which in Europe is helping to keep the war in Ukraine going.
Trump has been increasing pressure on NATO allies in Europe to end their imports of Russian oil or add stiff new tariffs to those sales in order to sanction Russia for its aggression against Ukraine and for not coming to an agreement to end the war.
Sanctions like this could deprive Russia of the money it needs to keep fighting, or at least force its leaders to think harder about stopping.
In addition, countries will need a lot more electrical power to run the energy-sucking machines that power AI and blockchain. Nuclear power is free of emissions, and unless an accident or meltdown occurs, it produces very little waste.
It will be Trump's second state visit to the UK since taking office.
A recent federal appeals court ruling has impacted Planned Parenthood's funding, setting a precedent in the ongoing legal tug-of-war over Medicaid and abortion support, Breitbart report.
In a significant legal development, a federal appeals court blocked a lower court's mandate for taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood, suspending Medicaid contributions as judicial proceedings continue.
The controversy began with a legislative action embedded in this summer's "Big, Beautiful Bill," which specifically eliminated Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding for one year. This move prompted Planned Parenthood to challenge the measure in court, claiming it was unconstitutional and unfairly targeted the organization.
In response to the filed lawsuit, Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, granted preliminary injunctions on July 21 and July 28, 2025, aimed at preventing the enforcement of the congressional measure. Judge Talwani expressed concerns about potential severe health impacts, including increases in unintended pregnancies and untreated STIs due to reduced access to healthcare services.
The Department of Health and Human Services, however, argued against Planned Parenthood's stance, asserting in legal filings that the organization does not possess an inherent right to federal funding. This position marks a clear governmental shift under the current administration's policies concerning healthcare funding and abortion services.
On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, staffed by judges appointed by former President Joe Biden, overturned Talwani’s injunctions. The appellate decision underscored the government's discretion over fund allocation and refocused attention on the ongoing debate around Planned Parenthood’s role in public health.
The three-judge panel of the appeals court articulated its stance, noting the defendants had demonstrated sufficient grounds to stay the preliminary injunctions during the appeals process. This decision effectively pauses the lower court's orders, maintaining the status quo as the legal battle unfolds.
Judge Talwani, in her rulings, had highlighted a likely violation of the U.S. Constitution by the specific exclusion of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid reimbursements. Her opinion pointed to substantial evidence supporting Planned Parenthood's claims of potentially succeeding in their constitutional challenge against the congressional action.
Despite these concerns, the appeals decision represents a broader trend where state and federal levels are increasingly contesting the parameters of funding to health organizations that include abortion services within their offerings.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, lauded the appeals court’s decision. She framed it as a victory for taxpayer interests and ethical healthcare, emphasizing the broader availability of comprehensive health services beyond Planned Parenthood’s network.
Planned Parenthood's recent annual report shows its critical role in health services, with 402,230 abortions performed and $792.2 million received in taxpayer funding for 2023-2024. These figures represent a significant component of the healthcare services accessed by millions across the U.S., underscoring the potential implications of funding cuts.
The broader legal context includes a June Supreme Court decision allowing South Carolina to exclude Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, signaling a potential shift in how states can regulate funding for abortion providers under Medicaid.
The appellate court's decision not only underscores the shifting judicial perspectives but also sets the stage for further legal challenges in federal courts across the nation. As the legal proceedings evolve, Planned Parenthood faces an uncertain fiscal future, potentially affecting millions who rely on its services for healthcare beyond abortion, like cancer screenings and sexual health education.
The ongoing legal contention over Planned Parenthood’s funding through Medicaid highlights the complex interplay between law, politics, and public health in America. Stakeholders from various sectors are closely watching the outcomes, as they will likely influence public health policies and funding frameworks for years to come.
With multiple legal and public health dimensions at play, this case exemplifies the multifaceted nature of healthcare funding in the United States, bridging issues of constitutional rights, public health policy, and the role of government in personal wellness decisions.