British former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton has died at age 46, according to the Associated Press.
Police reported Sunday that Hatton was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester, and police are not treating the death as suspicious.
“Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45am today where they found the body of a 46-year-old man,” Greater Manchester Police said in a statement. “There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.”
Hatton was open about his struggles with alcohol and drugs, but it was not clear whether those contributed to his death.
His parents made a lengthy statement about his death to the Manchester Evening News.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son Richard. Richard was so much more than a world champion. To us he was simply ‘Richard’, our son. A loving father, grandfather, and brother, and a true friend to many,” it read.
“He had a heart as big as his smile, and his kindness, humour and loyalty touched everyone who was lucky enough to know him. To the wider world, Richard will always be remembered as one of boxing’s greatest champions — a man who gave everything inside the ring and wore his heart on his sleeve outside of it,” the statement went on.
“He inspired generations with his fighting spirit, his humility, and his love for the sport. But beyond the titles, the nights to remember, and the roar of the crowd, he remained the same down-to-earth Richard who never forgot where he came from.
“As a family, our loss is immeasurable, and words cannot truly capture the pain we feel. Yet in the midst of our grief, we have been deeply moved by the overwhelming outpouring of love and support,” they said on behalf of his family.
Hatton had a decade of estrangement from his parents, which ended with their reconciliation in 2019.
Hatton had 3 children: Campbell, 24, who was also a boxer (now retired); Millie 13, and Fearne, 12. He also had a granddaughter Lyla, 7.
He didn't have a wife or girlfriend at the time of his death.
He was considering a comeback to boxing after leaving the sport in 2012 with light-welterweight and welterweight world titles.
After his exit, he coached Zhanat Zhakiyanov to a world bantamweight title win in 2017.
Millions around the world were shocked and saddened by the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week in Utah, with countless of his supporters wondering where and how they might be able to pay tribute and say goodbye.
As the New York Post reports, funeral details for Kirk were just announced by Turning Point USA, the organization he founded and led, with the event certain to draw a host of notables, including President Donald Trump himself.
According to Fox News, Kirk’s organization revealed on Saturday that a massive public celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, Sept. 21, at Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium.
The announcement on Turning Point USA’s X account read, “Join us in celebrating the remarkable life and enduring legacy of Charlie Kirk, an American legend.”
Doors are slated to open at 8 a.m., with the program itself set to begin at 11 a.m., with those interested in attending asked to register online for first come, first served availability.
Fox News noted that the stadium itself, which serves as the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals’ home venue, can typically hold 63,400 people, though its capacity can be raised to 73,000 for what its website described as “mega-events.”
Given the national and international outpouring of grief and support for Kirk, his family, and his organization, turnout for the event is expected to be substantial.
The president revealed last week that it was his hope and intention to attend Kirk’s funeral, a development that did not come as a surprise, given the voluminous praise he extended to the conservative stalwart after last week’s tragedy.
Trump broke the sad news of Kirk’s death to the nation himself, posting to his Truth Social platform, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead.”
“He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us,” Trump continued.
Describing the abject shock he felt when, while sitting in a White House meeting, he first learned of the terrible events at Utah Valley University, Trump said, “And they came in, and they said, ‘Charlie Kirk is dead.’ I didn’t know what they meant.”
Whether Vice President J.D. Vance will also be in attendance at State Farm Stadium has yet to be revealed, though he and his wife, Usha, traveled to Utah last week to accompany Kirk’s widow and his casket to his Arizona hometown aboard Air Force Two.
Kirk was a valued and trusted ally to many inside the White House, as he was during Trump’s successful 2024 presidential campaign, and his loss has left administration figures in mourning.
As evidence of the undeniable impact Kirk had at the highest echelons of Republican politics, Trump has already announced that he will posthumously award the conservative thought leader the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a date yet to be announced, a tribute that millions around the country will surely deem fitting and proper.
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of President Donald Trump's plan to deport 430,000 illegal immigrants, Newsweek reported. The Trump administration targeted a Biden-era policy that allowed people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to live in the U.S. for up to two years without a work permit.
The case was heard before a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, based in Boston. The Trump administration initially sought to end the so-called humanitarian parole protections that were a holdover from his predecessor as part of his plan to combat illegal immigration.
The program gave migrants who suffered natural disasters or other hardships the right to stay despite no other legal claim. The court acknowledged the "risks of irreparable harm persuasively laid out in the district court's order: that parolees who lawfully arrived in this country were suddenly forced to choose between leaving in less than a month — a choice that potentially includes being separated from their families, communities, and lawful employment and returning to dangers in their home countries," the judges wrote.
"But absent a strong showing of likelihood of success on the merits, the risk of such irreparable harms cannot, by itself, support a stay," they added. The plaintiff's attorneys stated that the lower court, which initiated the block, "applied the law correctly and did not abuse its discretion."
The people in favor of allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay made the usual dire predictions about closing the loophole, the Associated Press reported. "People who came here from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela did everything the government asked of them, and the Trump administration cruelly and nonsensically failed to hold up the government’s end of the bargain," Esther Sung, an attorney in the case and the legal director of Justice Action Center, claimed.
Sung said the deportation would hurt "everyone" if it were allowed to stand. "While we are deeply disappointed by this decision, we will continue to advocate zealously for our clients and class members as the litigation continues."
A lower court had blocked the blanket deportations in April, but the Supreme Court intervened in May and lifted the stay without further explanation. The Trump administration attorneys urged the appeals court to adhere to the Supreme Court's decision in overturning the district court's decision.
While there is panic over this decision, humanitarian parole allowances have always been at the discretion of the Department of Homeland Security and could be revoked at will. The district court ruled that the cases should be handled individually by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer further argued that it presents a "gargantuan task" for the government to process the removals individually. "The Secretary’s discretionary rescission of a discretionary benefit should have been the end of the matter," the attorneys claimed in the legal filing.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump promised to conduct mass deportations. While this sent the left on a tear against him, voters seemed to like the idea and cast their ballots for him, knowing he would do just that, and have supported him even as the left has opposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
"We're moving murderers out of our country that were put here by Biden-- We're gonna get them out-- I can inform the rest of the country that if they do it [riot], they will be met with equal or greater force," Trump told the press in June. The clip was shared at the time to Libs of TikTok on X, formerly Twitter.
President Trump on future ICE raids and violent riots:
"We're moving murderers out of our country that were put here by Biden-- We're gonna get them out-- I can inform the rest of the country that if they do it [riot], they will be met with equal or greater force." 🔥 pic.twitter.com/3yCtCQHpMY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 10, 2025
The most recent raid came at a Hyundai plant in Georgia this week, which was one that then-President Joe Biden had claimed was an indication of America's manufacturing rebound, Fox News reported. "It’s great to be here to announce the more than $10 billion in new investment in American manufacturing," Biden said in May 2022 from a plant in Korea. The raid found that at least 475 of those jobs went to illegal immigrants, mainly from South Korea.
Democrats let illegal immigration spiral out of control, but Trump is doing the will of the people by reining it in. He is attacking the issue from several angles, whether it's eliminating humanitarian parole or raiding places where they're employed. This is precisely what the majority of Americans voted for.
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a preliminary injunction that had been placed on a provision revoking Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood, Newsmax reported. The rule was part of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law in July.
The Boston-based federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in favor of the administration's petition to halt the injunction imposed by a lower court. Pro-life groups, including Live Action, cheered the decision to allow the provision to stand to turn off the federal money spigot for the abortion giant.
"BREAKING: Planned Parenthood has been DEFUNDED—again. The First Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the injunction that has been preventing HHS from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. Taxpayer dollars should never bankroll the nation’s largest abortion chain," Live Action, a pro-life nonprofit, posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.
BREAKING
Planned Parenthood has been DEFUNDED—again.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the injunction that has been preventing HHS from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
Taxpayer dollars should never bankroll the nation’s largest abortion chain. pic.twitter.com/EQjCtNoPjO
— Live Action (@LiveAction) September 11, 2025
Whenever Republicans seek to pull funding for the slaughter of the unborn, Planned Parenthood and its ilk constantly decry it as a move that will cause harm. This time was no different when the nation's largest abortion provider sued over the provision, claiming "catastrophic" consequences for its clinics, with as many as one-third of them across 24 states in danger of being closed.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sided with Planned Parenthood on the basis that the funding ban violated the First Amendment rights of the abortion giant. The judge also said that the provision was out of bounds as it was acting as a "bill of attainder."
This means Talwani, an Obama-appointed judge, interpreted the law as a punitive measure imposed against the organization without due process and is thus rendered it unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has only successfully invoked that clause five times to strike down legislation passed by Congress, but Talwani used it to dispute the ban anyway.
The Trump administration argued that this was erroneous before the three-judge panel at the appeals court and prevailed. "Halting federal subsidies bears no resemblance to the punishments - including death, banishment, and imprisonment - previously understood as implicating the Clause," the Department of Justice asserted.
Notably, the three judges who sided with the Trump administration were appointed by then-President Joe Biden. While the fight over this particular provision appears to be going Trump's way, there has been a persistent issue with courts attempting to thwart Trump's agenda by using lower courts to impose nationwide injunctions.
Trump has attempted to put through much of his promised agenda through executive orders and the legislative process. Since Democrats couldn't beat him in the arena of ideas during the election, they have instead resorted to finding friendly courts to challenge the Trump agenda, and they have been successful in many cases.
As Fox News reported, nationwide injunctions are issued by lower courts to prevent the federal court from proceeding with certain laws or actions. The news outlet noted that almost "all the universal injunctions blocking President Donald Trump's agenda were issued by just five of the nation's 94 federal district courts, a statistic that the administration said lays bare the Left's strategy of lawfare."
In June, the Trump administration took the issue all the way up to the Supreme Court. The high court ruled 6-3 in favor of the administration's argument and said that lower courts could not issue nationwide injunctions. The president and Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated that decision.
"Active liberal… judges have used these injunctions to block virtually all of President Trump's policies. No longer. No longer," Bondi said at the time. It now seems that the lawfare the left is launching simply isn't working anymore, even when it comes to the fight over abortion funding.
Trump notched another win for his agenda and the people who voted for him with this appeal. Abortion is a horrible practice that should be completely illegal, but stopping taxpayer dollars from funding abortion mills to snuff out the lives of the unborn is at least a good start.
Fox News correspondent Eric Shawn shared on Fox & Friends that he is one of the thousands of people diagnosed with cancer related to the dust from the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, Fox News reported. Shawn made this revelation while speaking to 9/11 survivors on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took the lives of almost 3,000 Americans.
Shawn was reporting from an event in Lower Manhattan commemorating the lives lost in the attacks. First responders, survivors, and those who lost loved ones attended the event along with public officials to mark two dozen years since two commercial airliners were hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers.
The aftermath of the attacks has changed the New York skyline, air travel, and other facets of American life. It has also meant that some 48,000 people have developed cancer related to exposure to dust from the collapse of the towers and the pile of rubble and debris that smoldered for weeks at Ground Zero.
Shawn revealed he was one of them, having been diagnosed with bronchitis related to his exposure as well as cancer. He did not share his prognosis or the specific type of cancer he is suffering from, however.
Shawn revealed that he has ongoing respiratory issues and was diagnosed with cancer after spending time at the site of the attacks while reporting on the tragedy. "I have two different diagnoses under the World Trade Center Program," Shawn told the hosts, referring to the government program set up to track survivors' health and offer treatment for those exposed to the sites in New York City, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon.
"It is hard to believe that it has been nearly a quarter of a century since that day, when radical Islamic terrorism attacked the very heart of our city and our country. It is a philosophy that basically hates our principles, our freedoms, what our nation stands for. That has not diminished — and today, again, we all gather here to remember what was lost," Shawn added.
Unfortunately, the loss of life has continued long after the attacks due to dust exposure. "While 2,977 people were murdered here that day, the number who have died from 9/11-related illnesses has increased from the toxic dust that was released," Shawn noted.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 10,000 of those cancer diagnoses came in the last year alone, and that number will only increase as the years go on. "I think of all those who were killed that day and those who continue to suffer because of that philosophy — that is not diminished. We have to condemn it. We have to despise it. You will never forget," Shawn added.
🙏Prayers for @EricShawnTV, who announced his 9/11-related cancer diagnosis on @foxandfriends this morning. @DailyCaller 🙏 pic.twitter.com/ztZaV7sj7t
— Harold Hutchison (@HaroldHutchison) September 11, 2025
The day of the awful tragedy seemed like it would be the worst of it, but that's not the case for the first responders and others who still suffer the consequences to this day. Long after the memorials were erected for the dead and Lower Manhattan rebuilt, the people who survived the initial attack are now getting sick and dying.
Since the 9/11 attacks, at least 3,700 first responders who worked at the scene have died, with 2,300 of them succumbing to cancer linked to dust exposure from the attacks. The worst hit were members of the Fire Department of the City of New York, which lost 409 of its members to illness related to the attacks in addition to those killed when the buildings fell.
It's clear now that the problem is not contained to just those who were working on the site that day. "If you were below Canal Street, basically, you were exposed to the dust," Shawn noted.
"I was here reporting on it. That’s what happened with me. I mean, I’m very, very lucky. I think of all those who are suffering much greater … I’ve lost a few friends from this, of course," the 68-year-old said.
It was devastating for the people near the World Trade Center to have a close-up view of the carnage immediately following the attacks. Now, besides dealing with the trauma of that day, they're left to suffer the health consequences decades afterwards. Our prayers go out to them all, including Eric Shawn.
A judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 Republican alternate electors who were accused of falsely certifying the 2020 election results in favor of President Donald Trump in Michigan, Breitbart reported. The decision on Tuesday ends the case against the "false electors" brought by Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel two years ago.
There were originally 16 judges accused of certifying the election erroneously declaring Trump the winner, until one of the judges agreed to turn state's witness. District Court Judge Kristen D. Simmons dismissed the remaining cases on the grounds that the electors were acting in good faith.
Simmons determined that there was no intent to defraud the government, but rather that the defendants were responding to suspicions that Joe Biden did not win that election fair and square. "I believe they were executing their constitutional right to seek redress," Simmons said in her ruling.
This was an opinion shared by many Americans, as a November 2020 survey showed that fewer than half of Americans believed Biden won the election. The dismissal of this case represents a positive step toward reconciling the fallout from the 2020 presidential election and addressing the concerns of individuals who sought to have their claims regarding the election's veracity heard.
According to Fox News, Nessel filed the case at a time when Trump was also the target of an investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The court stated that the group of 16 met on December 14, 2020, at what was then the Michigan Republican Party headquarters, with the intention of certifying the election for Trump despite Biden having been declared the winner.
They each signed several documents certifying that they were the state's electors in an effort to secure the state's electoral votes for Trump. These documents were sent to the National Archives and Congress, making it official, which Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said warranted "accountability and justice" as the U.S. was supposedly "still in the midst of a nationally coordinated effort to weaken democracy" when the charges were filed.
For this, the 16 were facing eight criminal charges, each carrying a sentence of between five and 14 years in prison. The charges included forgery and conspiracy to commit election forgery. Those implicated included prominent members of the Michigan GOP, such as Kathy Berden, head of the state's Republican National Committee chapter; Meshawn Maddock, former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party; and Stan Grot, Shelby Township Clerk.
Other states had similar issues with electors attempting to give the victory to Trump, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. "As we prepare for the 2024 presidential election, today’s charges are the first in an ongoing effort to not just seek justice for the wrongs of the past but to ensure they do not happen again," Benson said at the time.
Now that the case has been tossed, Nessel released a statement making bloated claims about the defendants. "The false electors' actions undermined the public's faith in the integrity of our elections and, we believe, also plainly violated the laws by which we administer our elections in Michigan," Nessel said.
As Politico reported, there is no federal law governing how electors are supposed to treat their filings, as it is dependent on each state. Many of those who submitted their certificates did so on the basis that Trump was suing to overturn the election and that they would be ready to cast their vote for him if that were the case.
The situation was unprecedented, and so the states did not have a roadmap to respond to these so-called fake electors. However, some believed that this issue was intentionally framed as a scandal rather than as an issue of readiness. As Charlie Kirk pointed out in April 2024, it is completely within the states' rights to retain "alternate" electors.
"There is no such thing as a 'fake elector.' There are ALTERNATE electors. There are COMPETING SLATES of electors," Kirk wrote in a post to X, formerly Twitter. "It's a Democrat precedent from 1960. CNN's Van Jones advocated for them in 2020. Harvard Professor Larry Lessig advocated for them in 2020. Democrats and their media flacks are attempting to criminalize a concept they themselves invented and have utilized with impunity."
There is no such thing as a "fake elector."
There are ALTERNATE electors.
There are COMPETING SLATES of electors.It's a Democrat precedent from 1960. CNN's Van Jones advocated for them in 2020. Harvard Professor Larry Lessig advocated for them in 2020.
Democrats and their…
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 25, 2024
The political atmosphere following the 2020 presidential election was one of upheaval and uncertainty, as many believed Trump would successfully overturn the election results and were prepared for it. As a result, the legal system attempted to go after Trump and his supporters, but this dismissal is one of the last wrongs to be righted from that time.
The White House insists that the newly released letter from President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein is fake, Breitbart reported. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the document that Trump supposedly gave to Epstein for his birthday, has been debunked.
Leavitt wasted no time striking back at the Journal's reporting on Monday, attempting to say now that the document is authentic. "The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire 'Birthday Card' story is false," Leavitt posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.
"As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it. President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation. Furthermore, the 'reporter,' @joe_palazzolo, who wrote this hatchet job reached out for comment at the EXACT same minute he published his story giving us no time to respond. This is FAKE NEWS to perpetuate the Democrat Epstein Hoax!"
The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire “Birthday Card” story is false.
As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it.
President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively…
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) September 8, 2025
There appear to be several gaps in the story, as the Journal covered it in July without publishing a photo of the letter. It was described as a drawing of a naked woman that included a message to Epstein and Trump's signature.
The president vehemently denied it at the time when the story first circulated. "This is not me. This is a fake thing," Trump said after the Wall Street Journal story broke.
"It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story. I never wrote a picture in my life," Trump added. He countered that it was not at all the sort of thing he would ever write.
"I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language. It’s not my words," Trump said about the purported note. In fact, Trump was so adamant that this was fake that he sued the Journal for defamation over it, Reuters reported on July 20.
Now that the media received a copy from the House Oversight Committee, the narrative is once again swirling that Trump was a bosom buddy of the disgraced financier. However, if reporter Joe Palazzolo indeed waited until the story was published before asking for comment, that fact only cements Trump's assertion that there is something disingenuous about the whole thing.
There are already questions about the authenticity of the letter based on the reporting, but other red flags suggest that this is not something Trump would have done. Firstly, some of the lines in the letter are too on the nose for the left's narrative and not at all in Trump's voice.
"We have certain things in common, Jeffrey," one of the lines reads. The letter concludes with Trump saying, "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret." For someone like Trump, who has been in the public eye for decades as a real estate developer and celebrity, many are familiar with his typical speech and sentiments.
However, the problems with it go beyond content, as commentator Benny Johnson and others pointed out that the signature looks wrong. "Is this really the best they could do? Trump has the most famous signature in the world," Johnson posted to X on Monday. He included a photo of the document in question.
The Wall Street Journal just released the “letter” they claim President Trump sent to Epstein…
Is this really the best they could do?
Trump has the most famous signature in the world.
Time to sue them into the oblivion. pic.twitter.com/zE7DQ1y0CW
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 8, 2025
The left is prone to hoaxes in their pursuit of tearing down Trump and his supporters. This scandal doesn't pass the smell test, and this is precisely the kind of nonsense the left has pulled many times over to "get" Donald Trump. This letter is a fake, and the truth will eventually come out, as it always does.
Republicans came at Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) hard after he mocked the idea on Wednesday that individual rights come from God, rather than government.
"The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes. It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities," Kaine said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
"They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling," he added.
Our rights don’t come from government or the DNC.
They come from God. @timkaine, I suggest the Dems go back and read the words of our Founding Fathers. pic.twitter.com/QRmhTcbbOH
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 3, 2025
The comments went viral on social media and drew criticism from Senate colleague Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others who reminded him about what our Founding Fathers said when the country was created.
"If believing rights come from a higher power is 'troubling,' then Kaine’s quarrel isn’t with Ted Cruz. It’s with Jefferson, Madison, the Declaration, and America herself," Cruz wrote on X.
The hearing, which was to vet Riley Barnes, President Donald Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, saw Barnes agreeing with recent comments by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio stated that the U.S. was founded on the principle "that all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our Creator; not from our laws, not from our governments."
If Kaine thinks the majority of Americans agree with him, he is sadly mistaken.
A Napolitan News poll taken by Scott Rassmussen last June showed that 78% of voters believe individuals have "natural rights" and that the government cannot take them away.
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) chimed into the conversation to quote the Declaration of Independence to Kaine.
"Tim Kaine should remember the very state he represents gave us Thomas Jefferson who put it simply when he penned these words in the Declaration of Independence: 'unalienable rights endowed by their creator.' Today’s Democrats want us to be wholly dependent government so they can control us," she wrote on X. "Our rights are GOD-GIVEN, and as your voice in Congress, I will always fight to protect them!"
The problem with Kaine's comments is that he doesn't understand the Christian God followed by the founding fathers at all. Unlike the theocratic regimes he mentioned above, America has never used its faith in a creator as a reason to take people's rights away.
Exactly the opposite--rights granted by God cannot be taken away by a government.
Kaine's lack of understanding of this basic American principle begs the question of how he can even represent Americans in its government at all. It's easy to see why there is such chaos in the government today when its leaders don't even understand its founding or fundamental principles.
President Donald Trump has not been shy about touting the success of his federal crime-fighting takeover of Washington, D.C., though it appears that the initiative is poised for something of a transition in the coming days.
As Politico reports, the GOP-led U.S. House of Representatives does not plan to entertain a vote to extend Trump’s initiative before it is set to expire next week.
News that the lower chamber would permit the takeover to lapse was effectively confirmed by House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday.
Departing the House floor, Johnson was asked about the status of the temporary arrangement, and he asserted that assurances from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser that she was prepared to coordinate with federal law enforcement authorities indefinitely resolved some of the issues that might have prompted an extension.
An absence of action from the House will ensure that the 30-day emergency order initiated by Trump last month will expire on Sept. 10.
Though Bowser last week publicly called for the police takeover to end, and she has continued to lament the deployment of National Guard forces and ICE agents within the District, her resistance to federal assistance has not been universal in nature.
Indeed, Bowser has been welcoming of an infusion of FBI agents and U.S. Park Police, and though she clearly stated her belief that “We don’t need a presidential emergency,” she said the District has “a framework to request or use federal resources in our city.”
Despite her apparent ambivalence about Trump’s focus on D.C., Bowser last week admitted that the law enforcement surge has had a positive impact, as NBC News noted.
“We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,” Bowser said.
The mayor further pointed to the fact that carjackings, which have been an often-deadly scourge across the nation’s capital in recent years, had seen an 87% year-over-year drop in just the 20-day period since the takeover began.
“We know that when carjackings go down, when use of guns goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer, so this surge has been important to us,” Bowser declared.
Even so, Bowser was met with criticism from members of the D.C. City Council, some of whom decried any outward expression of cooperation with the Trump administration, with at-large member Robert White Jr. saying, “We should not, as the District of Columbia, be giving people the impression that this is a good thing, that we are OK with it, that it is helping the city. It is not doing any of those things.”
For his part, Trump views the results of his initiative as wholly positive, contending that since the takeover, residents and visitors to the District now feel safe and business is booming, saying, “We have no crime. You’re not going to be shot.”
With violent crime surging in other Democrat-led cities across the nation, the only question for the president now is which major metropolis deserves to be next on the list for his federally-aided clean-up program.
The National Rifle Association disagrees with President Donald Trump's Department of Justice in its push to prohibit gender-confused individuals from owning guns following the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week, the Washington Examiner reported. The gun rights group made it clear that it objects to any limits on the Second Amendment without exception.
The NRA has been supportive of Trump and his agenda, but it is drawing a line in the sand as the DOJ seeks to disarm disturbed individuals like the cross-dressing man who shot schoolchildren during Mass on Aug. 27. "“The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase, possess, and use firearms," the NRA said in a post to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday.
"NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process. The Second Amendment isn’t up for debate," the organization concluded.
The Second Amendment isn’t up for debate. pic.twitter.com/AQwouV4VDd
— NRA (@NRA) September 5, 2025
The Trump administration is considering restricting gun ownership for transgender individuals "to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell," one official told the press. The question comes on the heels of a fifth case of a transgender or nonbinary individual committing mass violence against schoolchildren in as many years.
This has opened the door to discussion about taking guns from people who are, by definition, mentally disturbed. "The DOJ is actively evaluating options to prevent the pattern of violence we have seen from individuals with specific mental health challenges and substance abuse disorders," a spokesperson for the Justice Department told the Washington Examiner.
However, Second Amendment advocacy groups are objecting to this as they believe that any excuse to ban guns could eventually result in all Americans losing their rights. Another gun-rights group, Gun Owners of America, is similarly committed to protecting gun rights for everyone, regardless of their mental health status or gender confusion.
"GOA opposes any & all gun bans. Full stop," the group posted to X on Thursday.
Other criticisms of a potential ban cite an unfair prejudice against a minority group, with transgender individuals especially feeling that they have been targeted under Trump. While it's admirable that these groups are concerned about Constitutional rights, there seems to be a growing problem with gender confused shooters.
The New York Times claims that the right is ginning up this ire against transgender people by pointing out the fact that the Assumption Catholic Church shooter, who changed his name from Robert Westman to Robin Westman, struggled with his gender and self-hatred. "I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself," Westman wrote.
The Times pointed out that this line was something conservatives "focused on" too much, as Westman seemed at other times content to indulge in his fantasy of being a girl even amid the uncertainty. "I don’t know if I am a trans girl. It is undeniable that I like how I look in girl clothes. I like thinking about being a girl," he added.
Nashville's Covenant Christian School similarly struggled with her biological reality while claiming to be a man. Although authorities fought legal battles to cover up these inconvenient facts about the shooter, it's clear that the deep-seated conflict about the most fundamental aspect of identity is a red flag that signals how disturbed the person is.
However, activists who fight for transgender rights insist this disorder has nothing to do with the violence and is instead an excuse to target these individuals. "To scapegoat an entire marginalized community in a moment of such intense national grief is wrong, dangerous, and dehumanizing," Human Rights Campaign spokesman Brandon Wolf said.
There's nothing wrong with using this evidence of disordered behavior and mental disturbance to identify people who are a threat to themselves or others. It's understandable that some believe the Second Amendment is sacrosanct, but there may be arguments to be made that some individuals deserve more scrutiny than others when it comes to their right to keep and bear arms.