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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

6:55 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

6:42 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

Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’

4:38 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Advocates say hospitals sometimes repatriate uninsured noncitizen patients without full consent or a court order — referring to the practice as “medical deportation.”

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

4:29 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

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

4:13 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

Clinic support supervisor May Fengmei Lin, CMA, displays a syringe of the Fluarix flu vaccine at International Community Health Services, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

4:04 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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

3:02 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 - In this Monday, March 30, 2015 file photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Royal Saudi Land Forces and units of Special Forces of the Pakistani army take part in a joint military exercise called "Al-Samsam 5" in Shamrakh field, north of Baha region, southwest Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/SPA, File)

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign defense agreement to treat an attack on one as attack on both

2:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact pledging that any attack on either nation would be considered an attack on both

FILE - A home sits near the Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, April 14, 2025, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA's effort to undo regulations fighting climate change

11:41 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

Casino opponents rally in Times Square on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

Broadway opposition brings the curtain down on a planned Times Square casino backed by Jay-Z

10:44 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z has lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license amid fierce opposition from the Broadway theater industry

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

9:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

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

12:22 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

FILE - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Delays to Mike Waltz's UN bid make it all but impossible he's in the role for a major world meeting

11:13 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Mike Waltz almost certainly will not make his debut as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a gathering of world leaders next week

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

11:09 PM on Tuesday, September 16

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

5:11 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

11:03 PM on Saturday, September 13

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

3:30 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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