Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump last year, will represent himself when his federal trial begins next week in Fort Pierce, Florida. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon approved Routh’s request in July to serve as his own lawyer, while keeping

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro revealed a sweeping series of arrests this week in connection with a high-profile drug trafficking investigation—part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. According to a Justice Department press release, the

California’s Supreme Court just handed down two rulings that could unravel decades of anti-gang sentencing laws, giving thousands of convicted criminals a pathway to challenge their prison terms. Both decisions hinge on the state’s 2021 STEP Forward Act — a progressive law that raised the standard for proving

The Democrat power vacuum in Manhattan is already drawing whispers of dynastic politics. With Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) announcing he will not seek re-election after more than 30 years in Congress, speculation is mounting that Chelsea Clinton could be floated as a contender for the coveted seat.

Senate Republicans are preparing to overhaul the chamber’s confirmation process after weeks of Democrat obstruction have left President Donald J. Trump’s judicial and executive nominees stuck in limbo. At the center of the fight is the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition — a courtesy that lets home-state senators

Two California medical employees have been indicted for allegedly assaulting U.S. immigration officers as they attempted to detain an illegal migrant from Honduras outside a surgery center in Ontario. A federal grand jury charged Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, of Highland, and Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona, with

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a self-styled socialist who has long railed against the wealthy, is facing new scrutiny after financial disclosures revealed her net worth soared into the tens of millions in 2024 — just months after she dismissed claims of being rich as “categorically false.” According to a

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s predatory network are signaling they may take matters into their own hands, compiling a list of abusers if the government continues to hide the truth. “Release the files,” survivor Lisa Phillips declared in a video posted to X. “End the secrecy and

President Donald J. Trump addressed viral online rumors Tuesday that claimed he had either died or fallen seriously ill — rumors fueled in part by his absence from the public schedule late last week. The gossip spread after Trump’s calendar went blank beginning Wednesday, with CNN reporting that speculation online

For a week, President Donald J. Trump kept a relatively low public profile. That silence — unremarkable by the standards of Joe Biden’s shadowy presidency — set off wild speculation online, with some left-wing agitators spreading baseless rumors that Trump had died. When Biden repeatedly vanished from the spotlight during