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This courtroom sketch shows Secret Service agent Robert Fercano identifying the defendant in the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (Lothar Speer via AP)

Brothers testify about box left with them by man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

7:55 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Two North Carolina brothers have testified about a box left with them by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year

FILE - Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)

Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $1.36 million in legal bills

7:42 PM on Wednesday, September 17

It’s another blow to Rudy Giuliani’s withered wallet: A judge has ordered the former New York City mayor to pay $1.36 million in legal fees he racked up during investigations into his efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss

RFK Stadium, the onetime home of the Washington Commanders football team, the Washington Senators and Washington Nationals baseball teams, and the D.C. United soccer team is being torn down, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DC Council gives final approval to the Washington Commanders' return to the RFK Stadium site

6:18 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Washington Commanders’ plan to return to the site of their former home at RFK Stadium has cleared its final hurdle with the local legislature

Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 at the Oklahoma County courthouse in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Oklahoma prosecutor: No charges after report of explicit images on education chief's TV

6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Oklahoma County prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges after two board members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters

‘Inhumane’: Trump’s mass deportations ensnare noncriminal immigrants from all walks of life

5:29 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump ran on a platform of detaining and deporting criminal immigrants – those he has called terrorists, drug dealers and gang members

A horse dawn carriage takes passengers for a loop through Central Park in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC mayor throws support behind bill to ban Central Park horse carriages

5:13 PM on Wednesday, September 17

New York City’s mayor has thrown his support behind a proposal to end the horse-drawn carriages that have been fixtures in Central Park for more than 150 years, citing safety concerns

FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files and other takeaways from his testimony to Congress

4:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

FBI Director Kash Patel has defended the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as he returned to Capitol Hill for a second day to face intense questioning from Democrats over his promises of transparency surrounding the convicted wealthy financier’s case

As lawmakers debate a government funding extension, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., awaits the arrival of the leader of the Orthodox Christian Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for a meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

4:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Republican leaders in the House and Senate are rejecting Democratic demands for health care subsidies in a bill to avoid a government shutdown

FILE -An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Europeans say Iran has yet to take necessary actions to stop the 'snapback' of UN sanctions

7:37 AM on Wednesday, September 17

European officials have warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program

A national flag hangs over the site where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last week, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Jesse Bedayn)

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing feared being shot by police before surrendering, sheriff says

1:22 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Utah sheriff says the 22-year-old man charged with killing with Charlie Kirk was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to surrender as long as it was done peacefully

Law enforcement monitors the scene at Utah Valley University after Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed , Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions

12:09 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Russia moved quickly to exploit conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college, with groups linked to the Kremlin spreading false and misleading claims that experts say are designed to incite violence

Trader Michael Conlon works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the rate decision of the Federal Reserve is announced, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year

6:11 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market

Nate Brooksby, Washington County Sheriff, speaks at a press conference on the shooting of Charlie Kirk, who was killed last week at Utah Valley University, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Hurricane, Utah. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

What we've learned about the case against the man charged in Charlie Kirk’s killing

12:03 AM on Sunday, September 14

Students at Utah Valley University have returned to classes for the first time since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on the school’s campus

The crowd reacts after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, is shot at the Utah Valley University Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

A timeline of Charlie Kirk's assassination and the arrest of a suspect

4:30 PM on Friday, September 12

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has been charged with capital murder

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