A federal judge ruled today that Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider fights Trump\u2019s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.<\/p>\n
Planned Parenthood had sued the Trump administration<\/a> earlier this month over the provision in Trump\u2019s sweeping domestic policy bill that would strip funding from health centers operated by the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider.<\/p>\n \u201cThe true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,\u201d Planned Parenthood said in its lawsuit.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.24 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n The judge\u2019s ruling on Planned Parenthood replaces a previous edict<\/strong> handed down by US District Judge Indira Talwani<\/strong> in Boston last week. Talwani initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood members that didn\u2019t provide abortion care or didn\u2019t meet a threshold of at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year.<\/p>\n \u201cPatients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,\u201d Talwani wrote in the order<\/a> today. \u201cIn particular, restricting Members\u2019 ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Judge blocks effort to defund Planned Parenthood and says it must continue to get Medicaid funds<\/p>\n A judge has blocked the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and orders that it keep getting Medicaid funds.<\/strong><\/p>\n A federal judge ruled today that Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider fights Trump\u2019s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.<\/p>\n Planned Parenthood had sued the Trump administration<\/a> earlier this month over the provision in Trump\u2019s sweeping domestic policy bill that would strip funding from health centers operated by the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider.<\/p>\n \u201cThe true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,\u201d Planned Parenthood said in its lawsuit.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.24 EDT<\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/strong> has asked a US judge to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch<\/strong> in the president\u2019s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal<\/strong> over its 17 July article about Trump\u2019s relationship with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>, reports Reuters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.15 EDT<\/p>\n Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles<\/strong> protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian.<\/p>\n The officers\u2019 testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice department has charged at least 26 people with \u201cassaulting\u201d and \u201cimpeding\u201d federal officers and other crimes during the protests over immigration raids. Prosecutors, however, have since been forced to dismiss<\/a> at least eight of those felonies, many of them which relied on officers\u2019 inaccurate reports, court records show.<\/p>\n The justice department has also dismissed at least three felony assault cases it brought against Angelenos accused of interfering with arrests during recent immigration raids, the documents show.<\/p>\n The rapid felony dismissals are a major embarrassment for the Trump-appointed US attorney for southern California, Bill Essayli<\/strong>, and appeared to be the result of an unusual series of missteps by the justice department, former federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n The Guardian\u2019s review of records found:<\/p>\n Out of nine \u201cassault\u201d and \u201cimpeding\u201d felony cases the justice department filed immediately after the start of the protests and promoted<\/a> by the attorney general, Pam Bondi, prosecutors dismissed seven of them soon after filing the charges.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n In reports that led to the detention and prosecution of at least five demonstrators, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents made false statements about the sequence of events and misrepresented incidents captured on video.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n One DHS agent accused a protester of shoving an officer, when footage appeared to show the opposite: the officer forcefully pushed the protester.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n One indictment named the wrong defendant, a stunning error that has jeopardized one of the government\u2019s most high-profile cases.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a>Trump claims he hasn’t been ‘overly interested’ in furor about his links to Jeffrey Epstein<\/p>\n Asked about his denials that his name appears in the Epstein files<\/strong> and whether the attorney general would have to tell him if it did, Donald Trump<\/strong> said he hadn\u2019t been \u201coverly interested\u201d in the whole affair and, as usual, blamed the Democrats.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t been overly interested<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You know, it\u2019s a hoax<\/strong> that\u2019s been built up way beyond proportion. I can say this. Those files were run by the worst scum on earth \u2026 The whole thing is a hoax. They ran the files.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n He suggested that his enemies could have put material in the files that was fake, and added that if the Democrats had had damaging material to use against him, they would have used it before the election.<\/p>\n Referring to the Wall Street Journal\u2019s report that he drew a picture of a nude woman as part of a lewd birthday letter<\/a> for Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> when they were close friends<\/a>, Trump said:<\/p>\n I don\u2019t do drawings. I\u2019m not a drawing person. I don\u2019t do drawings. Sometimes you would say, would you draw a building? And I\u2019ll draw four lines and a little roof, you know, for a charity stuff. But I\u2019m not a drawing person. I don\u2019t do drawings of women, that I can tell you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n He also claimed his poll ratings had increased by 4.5 points since this \u201cridiculous Epstein stuff\u201d has been in the news \u201cbecause people don\u2019t buy it\u201d. (He is of course ignoring the fact that much of the criticism and pressure has come from his own furious support base<\/a> and even the likes of House speaker Mike Johnson<\/strong> have called for the release of the files).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.44 EDT<\/p>\n Trump claims nobody has approached him about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon<\/p>\n Asked if he would consider giving Ghislaine Maxwell<\/strong> a pardon, Donald<\/strong> Trump<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n Nobody\u2019s approached me with it. Nobody\u2019s asked me about it. It\u2019s in the news about that, that aspect of it, but right now, it would be inappropriate to talk about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a>Talking and negotiation ‘most sensible’ option for securing hostages in Gaza, says Trump<\/p>\n Asked what the \u201cvarious plans\u201d are that he earlier referred to for securing the remaining hostages, which he said he had been discussing with Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong>, Donald Trump<\/strong> said \u201cthere are a couple of alternatives, some of them are very strong\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most sensible alternative is talking and negotiation<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He then added that talking would be more difficult now as there weren\u2019t as many hostages left because Hamas had been using them as a shield.<\/p>\n I said \u2026 the number\u2019s going to be at a point where you\u2019re not going to be able to get them back, unless you\u2019re going to be very energetic, or to put it a different way, unless you\u2019re going to be very ruthless, violent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.55 EDT<\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/strong> continues his criticism of Fed<\/strong> chair Jerome Powell<\/strong>, saying, \u201ca smart person would cut [interest rates]\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know he leaves very soon,\u201d he added of Powell. \u201cI\u2019ll miss him greatly.\u201d (Powell\u2019s tenure as chair is due to end in May 2026, the president has mused many times about wanting him gone before that.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.42 EDT<\/p>\n ‘He’s got to make a deal,’ Trump tells Putin as he threatens to use secondary tariffs on Russia Asked if he thought Vladimir Putin<\/strong> had lied to him about his commitment to a ceasefire in Ukraine<\/strong>, Donald<\/strong> Trump<\/strong> said he wouldn\u2019t say \u201clie\u201d but there were times when they had had a good talk, and he thought Putin might agree to a ceasefire, but then nothing happened. He said this had happened too often, and he didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n Well, I don\u2019t want to use the word lying. [But] it seemed on, let\u2019s say three occasions, [we were close to] a ceasefire and maybe peace, and you divide it up and you do whatever you have to do, obviously, to get to the end. And all of a sudden missiles are flying into Kyiv and other places. And I say, what\u2019s that all about? You know this has happened on too many occasions, I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n He then repeated his threat of sanctions and secondary tariffs on Russia<\/strong> \u201cunless we make a deal\u201d, even as he says \u201cI don\u2019t want to do that to Russia, I love the Russian people, great people\u201d. He said of Putin:<\/p>\n He\u2019s got to make a deal. Too many people are dying.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Asked again about his new 10-12 days deadline, he said he would confirm the exact timing \u201ctonight or tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n There is no reason to wait. If you know what the answer is going to be, why wait?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Asked if he felt Putin<\/strong> respected him personally, Trump said he\u2019d \u201calways got along with president Putin\u201d<\/strong> and \u201chad a great relationship with him\u201d<\/strong>, even if he was \u201ctough\u201d on him.<\/p>\n I thought we\u2019d be able to negotiate something. Maybe that\u2019ll still happen, but it\u2019s very late down the process. I\u2019m disappointed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n He then said that Russia had \u201cmassive\u201d land is \u201ccould be so rich\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cthriving like practically no other country,\u201d but \u201cinstead they spend all of their money on war and killing people\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He added:<\/p>\n I\u2019m not so interested in talking any more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.40 EDT<\/p>\n Trump says the US will set up ‘food centres’ in Gaza<\/p>\n Tom Ambrose<\/p>\n Trump<\/strong> said the US will set up \u201cfood centres\u201d in Gaza<\/a>, without elaborating on what this would actually mean in practice. He did acknowledge that starvation across the territory is real. Addressing the media alongside Keir Starmer<\/strong> in Scotland, the US president said:<\/p>\n We\u2019re going to set up food centres and we\u2019re going to do it in conjunction with some very good people and supply funds and we just took in trillions of dollars.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got a lot of money and we\u2019re going to spend a little money on some food and other nations are joining us, I know your nation\u2019s joining us, and we have all of the European nations joining us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza<\/strong> as \u201cterrible\u201d and has blamed Hamas<\/strong> for the \u201cmess\u201d in the territory and for the failed ceasefire talks.<\/p>\n But he rarely openly criticises his close ally, Israeli<\/strong> prime minister Benjamin<\/strong> Netanyahu<\/strong>, whose war he fuels by providing him with money and sheltering Israel<\/a> on the diplomatic stage.<\/p>\n He said earlier that he was speaking to Netanyahu about getting back the remaining hostages, and said they are talking about \u201cvarious plans\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier, when he was saying much the same on the doorstep with Starmer, he said:<\/p>\n I told Bibi that you\u2019re going to have to now maybe do it a different way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.42 EDT<\/p>\n Starmer says UK’s Online Safety Act will not censor Trump’s Truth Social social media company Asked if he\u2019s worried the UK\u2019s Online Safety Act<\/strong> is going to censor Truth Social<\/strong>, Trump<\/strong> jokes that he does not think that is likely.<\/p>\n Starmer<\/strong> says the act is not about censoring sites. He says the UK is committed to free speech. But children should be protected from things like suicide sites.<\/p>\n Trump<\/strong> says Congress passed similar legislation, supported by his wife. He goes on:<\/p>\n I cannot imagine him censoring Truth Social \u2026 I only say good things about him and his country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.43 EDT<\/p>\n Trump gives Russia ’10 or 12′ days to move on Ukraine as ‘no progress made’<\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/strong> said his new deadline for Russia<\/strong> over its war in Ukraine<\/strong> would be \u201cabout 10 or 12 days from today\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to make a new deadline, of about 10, 10 or 12 days from day. There\u2019s no reason in waiting. It was 50 days, I wanted to be generous, but we just don\u2019t see any progress being made.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.36 EDT<\/p>\n Trump claims he has stopped six wars around world<\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/strong> just claimed he\u2019s stopped six wars. \u201cI\u2019m averaging about a war a month,\u201d he boasted.<\/p>\n He refers to India<\/strong> and Pakistan<\/strong>, and Congo<\/strong> and Rwanda<\/strong>, but it\u2019t not clear what the other wars he supposedly ended are.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The British prime minister Keir Starmer<\/a> and Donald Trump are speaking again now at Turnberry golf course.<\/strong><\/p>\n You can follow along live below.<\/p>\n Further to my previous post, Donald Trump<\/strong> the number one priority in Gaza<\/strong> was getting people fed, because \u201cyou have a lot of starving people\u201d, adding that he was not going to take a position on Palestinian<\/strong> statehood at the moment.<\/p>\n Speaking alongside British prime minister Keir Starmer<\/strong> at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland, said the United States had provided $60m for humanitarian aid, and other nations would have to step up.<\/p>\n He said he discussed the issue with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> yesterday, and she told him European countries would step up their assistance very substantially. He said he also planned to discuss the humanitarian situation with Starmer during today\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n Trump said he would not comment on a push by French president Emmanuel Macron<\/strong> to back Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n Trump also criticized the Hamas militant group for not agreeing to release more hostages, living and dead, and said he had told Israeli prime minister Benjamin<\/strong> Netanyahu<\/strong> that Israel\u2019s<\/strong> approach would probably have to change.<\/p>\n \u201cI told Bibi that you have to maybe do it a different way,\u201d Trump said, echoing similar comments made on Sunday.<\/p>\n Asked if a ceasefire was still possible, Trump said: \u201cYeah, a ceasefire is possible, but you have to get it, you have to end it.\u201d He did not elaborate on what he meant.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.59 EDT<\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/strong> also said he was reducing the 50-day deadline<\/a> he gave Russia<\/strong> over its war in Ukraine, saying he was disappointed in Vladimir Putin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m disappointed in President Putin,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number.\u201d He did not give a new deadline.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/strong> has said that the European Union<\/strong> is going to send more aid to help Gaza<\/a> and that he plans to ask British prime minister Keir Starmer<\/strong> to help.<\/p>\n Trump, speaking alongside Starmer in Scotland, also said he had told Israeli<\/strong> prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> that his fight in Gaza against Hamas would have to be different after talks on a ceasefire and hostage release fell apart last week.<\/p>\n![\"Sam](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sam_Levine_Next_Gen.png\")
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