Nicholas Riccardi

A vehicle marked with messages written on its windows in tribute to Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk and carrying an American flag, drive past at Utah Valley University, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Utah governor says the motive in Charlie Kirk shooting is not yet certain but the suspect was on the left

September 14, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.

Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years as he spent large amounts of time...

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk speaks at a Turning Point event prior to Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaking Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk dead at 31 after campus shooting

September 10, 2025 at 9:19 p.m.

Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark...

Clifford Frost holds a sign after a Michigan judge dismissed the criminal cases against 15 people accused of acting falsely as electors for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan dismissal highlights the challenges in prosecuting cases against Trump’s 2020 fake electors

September 10, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

Before the abandoned federal attempt to prosecute Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, state and local prosecutors brought cases against his fake electors.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Trump ran on a promise of revenge. He’s making good on it.

August 23, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears to be fulfilling that campaign promise.

California Assembly member Sade Elhawary, D-Los Angeles, celebrates after the Assembly approved the first of three measures to redraw the state’s Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling for special election on redrawn congressional map

August 21, 2025 at 7:02 p.m.

California voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year.

U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, right, speaks to protesters gather in the rotunda outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol as lawmakers debate a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

August 20, 2025 at 8:31 p.m.

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.

FILE – A voter drops off their ballot at a dropbox on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Trump vows to change how elections are run. The US Constitution doesn’t give him that power

August 18, 2025 at 3:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do...

Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

With Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories, President Donald Trump faces a crisis of his own making

July 15, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the issue.

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judge briefly blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared

July 5, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Despite a federal judge briefly halting deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, he and a second judge eventually cleared the way for the Trump administration to relocate the...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

President Donald Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic

July 4, 2025 at 6:28 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed his package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law Friday after his cajoling produced almost unanimous Republican support in Congress for the domestic priority that...

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