U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a major immigration overhaul that doubles the residency requirement for citizenship and imposes stricter English language requirements, declaring settlement in Britain &#8220;a privilege, not a right.&#8221;
The new policy increases the residency requirement from five to ten years before migrants can apply for citizenship, with exceptions for those making a &#8220;high contribution&#8221; to the island nation.
The overhaul is being <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/new-english-language-and-british-citizenship-requirements-for-migrants-13365884">spearheaded</a> by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, promising English language requirements across every visa route, extending to adult dependents for the first time.
&#8220;We will create a migration system that is controlled, selective, and fair &#8211; a clean break from the past,&#8221; Starmer said at a press conference on Monday, per <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw5oI3qJmFA">Sky News</a>. “When people come to our country, they should also commit to integration and to learning our language.&#8221;
The reforms come as net migration to the U.K. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4vlyly0l2o">reached</a> record levels, climbing to 906,000 in June 2023 and standing at 728,000 last year, according to the BBC.
&#8220;That is what this White Paper will deliver: lower net migration, higher skills and backing British workers,&#8221; with the reforms estimated to cut migrant numbers by 50,000 annually.
Starmer accused industries of being &#8220;almost addicted to importing cheap labour&#8221; instead of &#8220;investing in the skills of people here and want a good job in their community.&#8221; He singled out engineering as a sector &#8220;where visas have rocketed while apprenticeships have plummeted.&#8221;
The government&#8217;s immigration White Paper reflects months of research and comes after Reform U.K. made significant gains in local elections, applying political pressure on Labour to address migration concerns.
While previously critical of Conservative immigration policies, Starmer now finds himself implementing restrictions that in some ways go beyond those proposed by his conservative predecessors.
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If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense.
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Conservative critics remain skeptical of Labour&#8217;s commitment to immigration control, as <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce810e3z6dkt?post=asset%3Ae2d3062c-3d44-4892-8559-94757c56adaa#post">polls</a> show increasing popular support for reduced immigration.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp dismissed the proposal, saying the idea that Starmer &#8220;is tough on immigration is a joke&#8221; and promised to push Parliament to introduce a binding cap on migration, which Starmer has declined to implement thus far.
Labour Party MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee in Parliament, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce810e3z6dkt?post=asset%3A9a4b165e-3442-46ba-a81f-b0ea797d5317#post">slammed</a> Starmer from the Left, writing on Bluesky that the PM is &#8220;chasing the tail of the right&#8221; and is putting the U.K. on &#8220;a very dark path.&#8221;
Starmer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/uk-risks-becoming-island-of-strangers-without-more-immigration-curbs-starmer-says">warned</a> that without &#8220;fair rules,&#8221; Britain risked becoming &#8220;an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.&#8221;

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The &#8220;Big Three&#8221; U.S. car companies are disappointed in President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/both-countries-will-become-stronger-trumps-trade-deal-will-give-u-s-more-access-to-u-k-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trade agreement</a> with the United Kingdom, claiming that the deal will harm &#8220;American automakers, suppliers, and auto workers.&#8221;
The American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC), which represents Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, released a <a href="https://www.americanautomakers.org/american-automakers-statement-trump-administrations-united-kingdom-trade-announcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Thursday criticizing Trump&#8217;s trade deal with Britain shortly after the agreement was announced in the Oval Office. Trump and his trade officials hailed the deal as a major victory for the president&#8217;s economic agenda, but U.S. car manufacturers argue that it prioritizes the United Kingdom &#8220;ahead of our North American partners.&#8221;
Ford, GM, and Stellantis, which make some of their vehicles in Canada and Mexico, are upset that U.K. car companies will only pay a 10% tariff to export to the U.S. market while the American automakers continue to face a 25% tariff for vehicles manufactured outside of the country.
“The U.S. automotive industry is highly integrated with Canada and Mexico; the same is not true for the U.S. and UK. We are disappointed that the administration prioritized the UK ahead of our North American partners,&#8221; said Matt Blunt, the former Missouri GOP governor who is now the AAPC president. &#8220;Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts. This hurts American automakers, suppliers, and auto workers.&#8221;
In a statement to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/business/us-automakers-furious-at-trumps-trade-deal-with-uk-and-heres-why/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the New York Post</a> on Friday, the White House responded to the automakers&#8217; statement, defending the deal with the United Kingdom.
&#8220;No president has taken a greater personal interest in reviving the American auto industry than President Trump. The Trump administration is working hand-in-glove with automakers to reshore manufacturing that is critical to our national and economic security, including with custom-tailored tariff relief and deregulatory policies,&#8221; said White House spokesman Kush Desai.
Trump, through his 25% tariff on auto imports, has been pushing American auto manufacturers to bring manufacturing back to the United States from Canada and Mexico. Last month, the president agreed to provide some tariff relief to U.S. car companies, preventing additional tariffs from stacking on top of each other in exchange for the companies&#8217; commitments to furthering their domestic production. The &#8220;Big Three&#8221; automakers are now concerned that foreign competition from the United Kingdom will get the upper hand following Trump&#8217;s trade deal.
Trump&#8217;s agreement with the United Kingdom will allow the country to export up to 100,000 cars to the United States for a 10% tariff, a decrease from the president&#8217;s 25% duty on other foreign auto imports. In 2024, nearly 16 million total vehicles were sold in the United States. Some of the top-selling British brands include Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and Range Rover. Rolls-Royce engines will also be allowed to come into the United States tariff-free.
&#8220;This historic deal delivers for British business and British workers, protecting thousands of British jobs in key sectors including car manufacturing and steel,&#8221; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92r2kvk74o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
U.K. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92r2kvk74o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a> that the trade deal came just in time as the country was close to losing thousands of auto manufacturing jobs due to Trump&#8217;s tariffs.
&#8220;This was very serious,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It would have meant people would have lost their jobs without this breakthrough.&#8221;
The AAPC added that it hopes &#8220;this preferential access for UK vehicles over North American ones does not set a precedent for future negotiations with Asian and European competitors.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump, joined by representatives from the United Kingdom in the Oval Office, announced on Thursday that the two countries will cut back on trade barriers in the first major trade deal for the president.
The agreement will allow the United States to gain increased market access in the United Kingdom — the sixth-largest economy in the world — for billions of dollars worth of American exports, according to Trump. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who spoke to the president over the phone, told Trump he is &#8220;really pleased&#8221; with the deal between the two allies. The final details are still being worked out, but Trump will keep some tariffs in place on British imports. The president emphasized that the deal would boost both countries&#8217; industrial bases and help protect steel.
&#8220;Both countries have agreed that economic security is national security and will be working together as allies to ensure that we have a strong industrial base and appropriate export controls and protections for key technologies and industries like steel,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Steel was a big factor. Both countries will become stronger with steel.&#8221;
Shortly after announcing the deal, President Trump posted a chart on social media, showing that Britain&#8217;s tariffs on U.S. goods will drop to 1.8% while &#8220;reciprocal tariffs&#8221; on the United Kingdom will remain at 10%. Trump said other nations should not view the 10% tariff on Britain as a template for how the administration will negotiate future deals.
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Asked by Daily Wire White House Reporter Mary Margaret Olohan if the trade deal includes any assurances from Britain to protect free speech and freedom of religion, Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the agreement is solely focused on the economy.
Lutnick added that the deal will also allow the United Kingdom to export up to 100,000 vehicles to the United States for a 10% tariff. Lutnick said the agreement will enable the U.K. to maintain access to the U.S. market while also protecting American jobs. The United States will be able to gain more access to U.K. markets to sell agricultural products such as “ethanol, beef, [and] machinery,&#8221; according to Lutnick. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the deal will &#8220;exponentially increase our beef exports&#8221; to the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom will also be allowed to export Rolls-Royce engines and airplane parts to the United States tariff-free, and Britain will purchase $10 billion worth of Boeing airplanes from the United States, Lutnick added.
Starmer praised Trump and his trade team for working out the trade deal.
&#8220;Really important deal,&#8221; Starmer said. &#8220;This is going to boost trade between and across our countries. It&#8217;s not only going to protect jobs, but create jobs, opening market access.&#8221;
The deal is a significant step for the Trump administration as it seeks to negotiate new trade agreements with dozens of countries worldwide following the president&#8217;s &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariffs rollout last month.

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Democrats and the media defend a deportee. The State Department announces that it has fully dismantled an agency accused of censoring conservative voices. And, the UK’s Supreme Court hands down a landmark ruling clearly defining the word “woman.”
It’s Friday, April 18, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. If you’d rather listen to your news, today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below:
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<h2>Controversial Deportee Has A Checkered Past</h2>
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Topline: As the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportation effort, Democrats are fighting for the return of one deportee sent to El Salvador.
The story centers on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old man who entered the United States illegally in 2011. Back in 2019, Garcia was arrested by ICE for suspected ties to the MS-13 gang, and given a deportation order. However, a court ruled at the time that Abrego Garcia should not be sent to his home country of El Salvador over potential threats from rival gangs there. Despite that deportation order, he remained in the country until he was arrested again by ICE in March and deported to El Salvador days later.
By April, the Supreme Court ruled that Garcia’s return to El Salvador violated the previous court order that he be sent elsewhere — and directed the White House to facilitate his return to America. The Trump administration conceded that it was a “clerical error” on their part, but stated that it was up to officials in El Salvador to decide whether he would be released or not. 
Democrats used the incident to argue the Trump administration is being careless in its mass deportation efforts — they say Abrego Garcia was a law-abiding father who never should’ve been deported in the first place. As the story gained traction, a number of Democratic lawmakers vowed to go to El Salvador to fight for his release, including Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who traveled to the prison where Abrego Garcia’s being held. Van Hollen was initially denied access by local authorities, but successfully met with Garcia on Thursday night.
&#8220;This is like taking away people’s freedom,” Van Hollen <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-chris-van-hollen-compares-153458159.html">told</a> MSNBC. “That does not sound like a conservative idea to me. That is something that, of course, authoritarian governments engage in. And it’s a very fast road to tyranny if we don’t all stand up against it.&#8221;
Democrats have depicted Garcia as an upstanding citizen, husband, and father, but new reports are painting a very different picture. A police report released by the DOJ from his initial arrest back in 2019 shows that Abrego Garcia was found loitering with three other men, two of whom were previously convicted MS-13 members — when officers approached, they attempted to hide drugs under a nearby car. At the time of his arrest, Abrego Garcia was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat — authorities say that’s a symbol of “members in good standing with the MS-13.” Then, in 2021, Abrego Garcia’s wife sought a protective order against him following years of alleged domestic abuse. According to her sworn affidavit from the time, his wife alleged that on different occasions, Abrego Garcia punched her, leaving her with black eyes, hit her with his work boots, scratched her eyes, and drove erratically with their one-year-old in the car. She wrote in her own words, “I am afraid to be close to him.” That case did not move forward after Garcia’s wife failed to appear in court to testify against him.
 And that’s not all — the <a href="https://tennesseestar.com/justice/bidens-fbi-ordered-tn-highway-patrol-to-release-maryland-man-recently-deported-to-el-salvador-after-he-was-detained-in-2022-traffic-stop-on-suspicion-of-human-trafficking/tpappert/2025/04/16/">Tennessee Star</a> learned Wednesday that Abrego Garcia had been stopped by the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 2022 on suspicion of human trafficking. In that instance, he’d been pulled over with seven individuals in his car, but no luggage. When questioned, he told officers he was driving them from Texas to Maryland on behalf of his “boss” who worked in “construction.&#8221; Abrego Garcia was detained for two hours and was found not to have a valid driver&#8217;s license, which is a misdemeanor offense.
<h2>Rubio Dismantles The Global Engagement Center</h2>
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Topline: On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Global Engagement Center, an Obama-era propaganda branch of the State Department, has been completely dissolved.
In 2011, the State Department created the Global Engagement Center, designed to combat propaganda from hostile foreign groups. But after Trump’s 2016 win, the department turned its attention to throttling Americans&#8217; political speech.
The GEC was created in 2011 as the Center for Strategic Counter Terrorism Communications. In 2016, Barack Obama gave it a new name and said it would “coordinate U.S. government communications aimed at countering foreign terrorist propaganda, particularly from groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda.” But soon, it was creating pressure on U.S. platforms, via advertising boycotts, to delete “conspiracy theories” like the idea that coronavirus came from a Chinese lab.
Like other State Department propaganda efforts, the GEC was specifically barred from operating against Americans. But there’s evidence that’s exactly what it did. In the Twitter Files, which showed how the Biden administration pressured Silicon Valley platforms to censor or remove content, one of the names that keeps popping up is GEC. Even an FBI agent who played a similar role, Elvis Chan, expressed concern about GEC, saying in its world, which was supposed to be foreign countries, the First Amendment didn’t exist.
The Daily Wire and the Federalist sued the State Department alleging that GEC was violating the First Amendment by funding groups like NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index. The Global Disinformation Index put American media outlets on a “Dynamic Exclusion List” that was distributed to advertisers and named mainstream publications like the New York Post, Reason Magazine, The Daily Wire, and the Federalist as “risky.” Newsguard’s CEO said its goal is “empowering governments … to support quality journalism and systemically defund sources of harmful misinformation.” The Daily Wire argued that GEC was funding proxies to do what would obviously be illegal for the government to do.
<h2>UK Supreme Court Settles &#8216;What Is A Woman?&#8217; Debate In British Law</h2>
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Topline: The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that in the eyes of the law, a woman is a biological woman, not a transgender woman.
The UK has decentralized governments, which means there are governments in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland who have powers devolved to them. In Scotland, the Scottish Nationalist government sought to extend what they call trans rights. Most controversially, it pushed for self-ID, which would allow someone to declare themselves a woman and be certified as such, no questions asked.
The legal case that led to this being brought to the UK’s Supreme Court began with a new law aimed at increasing the number of women on public boards. Affirmative action, known in Britain as “positive action,” is permitted by a law called the Equality Act. The Scottish government argued that this should include discriminating in favor of transgender women with a Gender Recognition Certificate. The campaign group For Women Scotland disagreed and argued it should be restricted to biological women.
The Court decided that the use of “sex” and “women” in the Equality Act refers to biology and biological women, so transgender women are not protected against discrimination as women, although they will still be protected against discrimination as people who have undergone gender reassignment.
“This is going to be a very far-reaching ruling,” Guy Dampier, Senior Researcher on Nationhood at the Prosperity Institute, told Morning Wire. “Like a lot of the West, there has been this huge battle over transgenderism. The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, was famously once unable to say whether women have a penis or not. … the Gender Recognition Act is functionally null now, as it is now the law that sex is biological rather than social. That said, transgender women with a Gender Recognition Certificate will still have their legal documents describing their sex as female, and it’s illegal to ask someone if they have a GRC.”

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A child between the ages of 3-4 was suspended from a British state school two years ago after being accused of being “transphobic.”
“Department for Education (DfE) data show the child, aged either three or four, was suspended from a state school in the 2022-23 academic year for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity,’” The Telegraph <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/31/toddler-kicked-out-of-nursery-for-being-transphobic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“It beggars belief that schools are suspending children as young as five for breaching their ‘transphobia’ policy. I would have thought that if your ideology is so rigid it justifies you punishing toddlers for not complying with it, that’s a powerful argument for discarding it in favor of something less dogmatic,” Lord Young, the director of the Free Speech Union, told the media outlet, which added that “statistics show that 94 pupils at state primary schools were suspended or permanently excluded for transphobia and homophobia in 2022-23.”
“This is totalitarian insanity,” author JK Rowling stated on X. “If you think small children should be punished for being able to recognise sex, you are a dangerous zealot who should be nowhere near kids or in any position of authority over them.”
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“Every once in a while, the extremes of gender ideology throw up a story that seems too crazy to believe, and a toddler being suspended from nursery for so-called ‘transphobia’ or homophobia is one such example,” Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at Sex Matters, reacted.
“Worse still, this is not an isolated case,” she continued. “Apparently, 13 four and five-year-olds were suspended or permanently excluded from school for the same reason. Teachers and school leaders involved in this insanity should be ashamed of themselves for projecting adult concepts and beliefs onto such young children. It’s unforgivable for children’s vital early education to be so traumatically disrupted by school leaders who prioritize activists’ demands over their charges’ wellbeing.”
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the British Department for Education <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34151209/toddler-kicked-out-nursery-transphobic-homophobic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated,</a> “All pupils and staff should feel safe and protected at school and should never face violence or abuse. The Education Secretary has been clear that she expects school leaders to enforce good behaviour and we are committed to a comprehensive programme of behaviour support for schools. Our Plan for Change sets out our relentless focus on making sure every child gets the best life chances, no matter their background&#8230;”
“In 2022, a Church of England school in the Isle of Wight warned a six-year-old boy&#8217;s parents that he might be deemed &#8216;transphobic&#8217; if he were to question another pupil wearing a dress,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14553181/toddler-kicked-nursery-transphobic.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> pointed out.

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Officials have not ruled out foul play after the U.S.-flagged MV Stena Immaculate was struck by a Portuguese-flagged container ship on Monday while at anchor off the coast of the U.K.
The company that manages the ship, Crowley, said in a statement that the accident happened at 5 a.m. EST while the Stena Immaculate was anchored in the North Sea.
&#8220;The Stena Immaculate sustained a ruptured cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel due to the allision,&#8221; the company said. &#8220;A fire occurred as a result of the allision, and fuel was reported released.&#8221;
The crew abandoned the ship after multiple explosions were reported. Currently everyone on the ship has been accounted for.
&#8220;Crowley immediately initiated its emergency vessel response plan and is actively working with public agencies to contain the fire and secure the vessel,&#8221; the company added. &#8220;Our first priority is the safety of the people and environment. We will provide more updates as information becomes available.&#8221;
USNI News reported that the ship was under a 70-day contract by Military Sealift Command to support the Defense Logistics Agency, which is responsible for managing fuel for the United States military.
&#8220;The collision and ensuing explosions will not impact operations or combat readiness,&#8221; a United States official told Reuters. &#8220;We do not have a single point of failure.&#8221;
Officials said that foul play could not be ruled out as a possibility, The Telegraph <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/oil-tanker-cargo-ship-collide-north-sea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Britain&#8217;s ambassador to the United States said during an interview over the weekend that the European continent needed a &#8220;radical reset&#8221; in its priorities to match President Donald Trump&#8217;s desire for them to start carrying their own weight.
Lord Peter Mandelson made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; with George Stephanopoulos when asked about remarks made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
&#8220;My response is that we need a very radical reset,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And the reset has to consist of the United States and Ukraine getting back on the same page, and President Zelenskyy giving his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to end the war and to bring a just and lasting peace to Ukraine.&#8221;
&#8220;And the Europeans, too, they need to back the cause for a ceasefire,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And by the way, I think that Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow. And then as part of the unfolding plan for this negotiation, the Europeans, and perhaps some other countries, too, have got to consider how they are going to put forces on the ground to play their part in providing enduring security and deterrence for Ukraine.&#8221;
He said that Zelensky must &#8220;make clear his commitment to the initiative that President Trump is taking&#8221; in order to get things back on track.
&#8220;And, yes, I do think it would be a good idea if he signed the economic and commercial deal put forward by the United States,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And the reason I say that is quite apart from the economic gain that Ukraine will derive from that. It will also give the United States a stake in Ukraine&#8217;s future. It will mean that U.S. commercial interest, U.S. individual citizens will be on the ground there and that will be an even greater, added incentive for the U.S. to protect the Ukraine in future, make sure that war does not ensue again. That&#8217;s what I want to see. That&#8217;s what we all want to see.&#8221;
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British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Peter Mandelson: President Zelenskyy needs to give &#8220;his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to END the war and to bring a just and lasting PEACE.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ZWLasg6tNc">pic.twitter.com/ZWLasg6tNc</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1896217665909469378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2025</a></blockquote>

Lord Peter Mandelson

Britain’s Ambassador To U.S.: Zelensky Must Back Trump’s Plan For Peace

Ukraine-Russia War

Volodymyr Zelensky

Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, were granted permission to leave Romania and will arrive in the United States on Thursday after being held in the European country for two years on charges of human trafficking and organized crime.
The Tate brothers boarded a private jet at around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday and are expected to land in southern Florida sometime Thursday morning, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/tate-brothers-romania-us.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Romanian prosecutors allege that Andrew and Tristan, who started a pornographic webcam business, misled multiple women into believing they were interested in a relationship before housing them in a compound and forcing them to appear in pornographic videos. The Tate brothers have denied all charges against them.
Andrew and Tristan were successful in their appeal of an indictment against them in a Bucharest court, with the court finding that the case did not meet the requirements for a trial. Last month, Romania also lifted its house arrest order.
Tate and his brother were placed under house arrest last August after authorities launched a second investigation, according to <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-tate-house-arrest-order-lifted-by-court-in-romania-13288636" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sky News</a>. The travel permission granted to Andrew and his brother marks a shift in Romania&#8217;s handling of the investigation and comes after the Trump administration <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> pressured the Romanian government to lift travel restrictions on the pair.
Tate, who is a dual American and British citizen, has backed President Donald Trump and wrote on X earlier this month, &#8220;The Tates will be free, Trump is the president. The good old days are back. And they will be better than ever. Hold on [heart emoji].&#8221;
While Romanian officials granted permission for the Tate brothers to leave the country, they stressed that Andrew and Tristan are still required to appear &#8220;before authorities when summoned,” adding, “Failure to comply could result in stricter legal measures.”
The Tate brothers were also charged in Britain in a separate case and are being investigated in the country over &#8220;allegations of rape and human trafficking,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/27/andrew-tristan-tate-romania-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Tate brothers have denied the allegations made against them in Britain, saying they are disappointed &#8220;that such serious allegations are being resurrected without substantial new evidence.&#8221; A Romanian court ruled last March that the Tate brothers would be extradited to the United Kingdom after legal proceedings in Romania conclude.
Andrew Tate is a contentious figure on the Right. The social media personality gained notoriety mostly for his beliefs on sex and women. Tate, who has 10.7 million followers on X and over 770,000 followers on Instagram, often encourages men to have multiple sexual partners and discourages marriage.
How Tate is received when he lands on American soil is yet to be seen, but Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing said on Thursday that the response to his arrival among conservatives will be telling.
&#8220;The way conservatives and conservative organizations respond to Andrew Tate arriving on US soil will tell you everything you need to know about them,&#8221; Boreing wrote on X. &#8220;Any organization or host who embraces him is engaged in far worse than simple grift, though it is that. Andrew Tate is the enemy of any traditional American conservatism.&#8221;
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The way conservatives and conservative organizations respond to Andrew Tate arriving on US soil will tell you everything you need to know about them. Any organization or host who embraces him is engaged in far worse than simple grift, though it is that. Andrew Tate is the enemy…
&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1895094156269109370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Andrew Tate

Controversial Social Media Influencer Andrew Tate Returning To United States

Social Media

U.S.

Britain announced on Tuesday that it will ramp up its military spending in the coming years as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Trump has long pushed European allies to spend more on their own militaries and contribute more to NATO&#8217;s defense. Starmer told Parliament that the U.K. would increase its military spending from 2.3% of gross domestic value to 2.5% by 2027 and then to 3% by 2034, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/uk-defense-spending-starmer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;It is my first duty as Prime Minister to keep this country safe. That is why we are increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027,&#8221; Starmer, the liberal Labour Party leader, <a href="https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1894372457370316803" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;In an ever more dangerous world, it’s vital that we protect British people at home.&#8221;
Britain will pay for the increase in military spending by cutting back on foreign development aid from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%, according to Starmer, who said the move was unfortunate but necessary. “At times like this, the defense and security of the British people must always come first,” he said.
The prime minister added that the announcement means the U.K. will be taking on more responsibility in its commitment to NATO and &#8220;the collective defence of our continent,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyrkkv4gd7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a>.
The U.K.&#8217;s move amounts to the nation&#8217;s largest military spending increase since the Cold War, a decision Starmer <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/ap-business/ap-starmer-commits-to-raise-uk-defense-spending-to-2-5-of-gdp-by-2027/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> is necessary because &#8220;tyrants like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin only respond to strength.&#8221; The Labour Party leader added that Britain will remain committed to supporting Ukraine&#8217;s defense as the U.S. continues peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine.
&#8220;We will walk with [Ukraine] through this conflict and we will continue to do so for as long as is necessary,&#8221; Starmer <a href="https://x.com/Keir_Starmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding, &#8220;We will not falter in our support for Ukraine. We will not stop our efforts to end this war. And we will not rest until the people of Ukraine can live peacefully and safely in their own country.&#8221;
President Trump, meanwhile, has been critical of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the U.S. seeks to broker a peace deal with Russia and Ukraine. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-zelensky-shouldnt-attend-meetings-with-russia-he-makes-it-very-hard-to-make-deals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week that he&#8217;s had “very good talks” with Putin but “not such good talks with Ukraine” after calling Zelensky a &#8220;dictator&#8221; and blaming him for starting the war.
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British Troops

U.K. Says It Will Increase Military Spending As Prime Minister Set To Meet With Trump

Europe

NATO

British Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/keir-starmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keir Starmer&#8217;s</a> far-Left Labour Party blocked a push by the Conservative Party to open an investigation into child rape gangs that garnered significant international attention in recent weeks.
The Labour Party killed the push in a 364 to 111 vote, which comes after Elon Musk has repeatedly drawn attention to the Pakistani gangs that have predominately targeted young white children.
&#8220;The Prime Minister cannot tell the House the full scale of the scandal,&#8221; said Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. &#8220;He does not want questions asked of Labour politicians who may be complicit. He won&#8217;t listen to the victims who are calling for a National Inquiry.&#8221;
She called the scandal &#8220;one of the worst in British history.&#8221;
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The vote was 364-111. <a href="https://t.co/S89e67bqLA">pic.twitter.com/S89e67bqLA</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1877075251504218210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Earlier this week, Starmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britains-keir-starmer-those-who-want-probes-into-rape-gangs-are-far-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> those who were wanting an investigation of jumping “on a bandwagon of the far-Right.”
Musk fired back at Starmer on X: “What an insane thing to say!”
“The real reason is that it would show how Starmer repeatedly ignored the pleas of vast numbers of little girls and their parents, in order to secure political support,” Musk said. “Starmer is utterly despicable.”
The British newspaper The Telegraph highlighted the coverup of the mass rapes by British officials who were worried that exposing the crimes could lead to mass civil unrest and disrupt social cohesion.
The report highlighted extremely graphic and highly disturbing detailed accounts of the violent sexual assaults that the rape gangs inflicted upon young girls.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britains-keir-starmer-those-who-want-probes-into-rape-gangs-are-far-right">Britain’s Keir Starmer: Those Who Want Probes Into Rape Gangs Are ‘Far Right’</a>

Prime Minister Keir Starmer Gives Speech On Plan To Cut NHS Waiting Times

Keir Starmer’s Far-Left Party Blocks Investigation Into Child Rape Gangs

Crime

Sexual Abuse

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case in which the justices must define “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what is a woman</a>” as it pertains to the “Equality Act” by the Scottish government.
Five Supreme Court justices &#8212; three men and two women &#8212; agreed to hear the case brought by the women’s rights group For Women Scotland (FWS) against the Scottish legislature after it <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights">passed a law stating that every Scottish public board</a> should include an equal amount of men and woman. However, the Scottish government&#8217;s definition of &#8220;woman&#8221; includes trans-identifying men with a “gender recognition certificate” (GRC), the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/uk-supreme-court-trans-gender-case-cf2bbc911c59b147a5261f431ee93eb7">Associated Press</a> reported. 
It also claimed that the certificate entitled transgender individuals to the same protection under the Equality Act as those born female, the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights">NewStatesmen</a> reported.
Lawyer for FWS, Aidan O’Neill, told the justices that “sex” should refer to biological sex as understood “in ordinary, everyday language&#8221; when it comes to the Equality Act. A 2022 decision by Scotland’s Court of Session ruled that for the purpose of equality, sex was “<a href="https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/lgufy1zd/court-of-session-petition-of-for-women-scotland-limited-for-judicial-review-13-december-2022.pdf">not limited to biological or birth sex</a>” and that it included those with a GRC.
“Our position is your sex, whether you are a man or a woman or a girl or a boy is determined from conception in utero, even before one’s birth, by one’s body,” O’Neill said. “It is an expression of one’s bodily reality. It is an immutable biological state.”
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For Women Scotland&#8217;s director, Trina Budge, pointed out, “Not tying the definition of sex to its ordinary meaning means that public boards could conceivably comprise of 50% men, and 50% men with certificates, yet still lawfully meet the targets for female representation.”
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&#8216;Gender identity, Aidan O’Neill told the court, “is not a trump card against the rights of women”. And the rights of women, and lesbian women in particular, are ignored by the Scottish government’s position. Women’s rights are human rights, too.&#8217;<a href="https://t.co/eJCUqKl0fB">https://t.co/eJCUqKl0fB</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1862651136500494557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
FWS includes such high profile members as famed “Harry Potter” author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/j-k-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a>, who reportedly donated what would be equivalent to more than $10,000 to the group’s fight.
Rowling has been a very vocal advocate for women and recently took to <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1862651136500494557">social media</a> and shared a quote from O’Neill during the hearing.
“Gender identity, Aidan O’Neill told the court, ‘is not a trump card against the rights of women.’ And the rights of women, and lesbian women in particular, are ignored by the Scottish government’s position. Women’s rights are human rights, too,” Rowling’s post read.
A judgement on the case is not expected until well into the new year.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j-k-rowling-fighting-for-safety-of-women-and-children-is-definitely-hill-im-willing-to-die-on" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling Says Fighting For ‘Safety Of Women And Children’ Is Hill She’s Willing To Die On</a>

Supreme Court Considers Tennessee’s Ban On Treatments For Transgender Minors

U.K. Supreme Court Hearing Arguments Over Definition Of The Word ‘Woman’

U.K. Supreme Court Hearing Arguments Over Definition Of The Word 'Woman'

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Scotland

Transgenders

Women

A top Tory conservative suggested Tuesday that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.K.</a> Labor government lied about a suspected killer’s Islamist ties.
Conservative MP Robert Jenrick, a Tory leadership hopeful, said the government’s handling of an investigation into a July mass knife attack is raising doubts about whether “we are being told the truth about crime in our country.”
“Of course, the legal process needs to be respected, but I&#8217;m seriously concerned that the facts may have been withheld from the public here,” Jenrick said in a video posted to his social media. “The government and authorities told us for months that they were not treating this as a terrorist incident. But today, the attacker has been charged with terrorist offenses and it has been revealed that he has been allegedly reading terrorist manuals.”
On July 29, a man armed with a knife attacked children and others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, killing three children ages six, seven, and nine. Six other girls and two adults were injured.
Authorities arrested 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana, the son of Rwandan parents, and charged him in the attack. Prosecutors <a href="https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2024/october/statement-from-chief-constable-serena-kennedy-and-partners-following-further-charges-for-axel-rudakubana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leveled</a> additional counts against Rudakubana on Wednesday of production of a biological toxin, ricin, and possession of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism. The illicit information came in the form of an Al-Qaeda training manual.
The additional charges have ignited an uproar after police and government officials spent months denying evidence of links to terrorism in the case.
“The public had the right to know the truth right away. Any suggestion of a cover up will permanently damage trust in whether we are being told the truth about crime in our country,” Jenrick said. “[Prime Minister] Keir Starmer must urgently explain to the country what he knew about the Southport attack and when he learnt it.”
“Across the board, the hard reality of mass migration is being covered up. The public can see with their own eyes that they are being gas lit by the liberal elite,” he added.
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The public had a right to know the truth straight away.
I am seriously concerned that facts may have been withheld from the public.
Keir Starmer must urgently explain what he knew about the Southport attack and when he learned it. <a href="https://t.co/Kg45OrwryQ">pic.twitter.com/Kg45OrwryQ</a>
&mdash; Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertJenrick/status/1851294780304863449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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After the July 29 attack, protests and riots erupted across the U.K. as calls were made to demonstrate over immigration and the threat of radical Islam. The chaos resulted in hundreds of arrests as officials warned against speculating on the motive for the attack. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/a-harsh-reckoning-will-come-for-racist-thugs-on-british-streets-mt3ptjxr7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to arrest “racist thugs” and threatened those who “whipped them up on social media and in online chat forums.”
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Starmer <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-southport-riots-social-media-h9jm8q0vl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> social media companies about moderating the content on their platforms.
“Let me also say to large social media companies and those who run them. Violent disorder, clearly whipped up online, that is also a crime. It is happening on your premises. The law must be upheld everywhere,” he said.
Law enforcement have repeatedly denied that the case against Rudakubana is being treated as a terrorism case. Despite the terrorism charge now leveled against Rudakubana, authorities still deny terrorism as a motive for his alleged attack.
“At this time, Counter Terrorism Policing has not declared the attack on Monday 29 July a terrorist incident,” Merseyside Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said in a statement announcing the latest charges in the case. “I recognise that the new charges may lead to speculation. The matter for which Axel Rudakubana has been charged with under the Terrorism Act does not require motive to be established. For a matter to be declared a terrorist incident, motivation would need to be established.”
“We would strongly advise caution against anyone speculating as to motivation in this case,” Kennedy said. “The criminal proceedings against Axel Rudakubana are live and he has a right to a fair trial.”

Robert Jenrick

Conservative MP Alleges ‘Cover-Up’ Of Knife Attacker’s Terror Ties To Hide ‘The Truth About Crime’

Radical Islam

Terrorism

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