The fifth day of trial is slated to kick off in Fort Pierce, Florida on Friday for the case of Ryan Routh, who faces charges for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in September 2024. On Thursday, then-Secret Service Special Agent Robert Fercano testified on behalf of the government that Routh pointed a ...
After an attempt to secure a bipartisan deal failed, Senate Republicans went nuclear for the fourth time in the Senate’s history Thursday to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Republicans had threatened turning to the ‘nuclear option,’ which would allow for a rule change with a simple majority vote, to blast through the blockade from Senate Democrats and ...
The first day of opening statements in Ryan Routh’s federal trial ended with Judge Aileen Cannon noting the case was ‘moving at a pretty fast clip,’ after a lengthy day of testimony that put the Secret Service agent who spotted Routh in the bushes, a civilian witness who chased him down, and FBI agents on the stand. Routh is accused ...
Alex Nowrasteh Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated while speaking at an event in Utah on September 10. The police have not arrested a suspect, but the assassin was likely motivated by political disagreements with Kirk. Politically motivated murder is unacceptable and inherently bad, like all murder, and doubly so because of how socially corrosive it ...
Last-minute closed-door talks between Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to prevent a ‘nuclear option’ in the upper chamber, as frustrations on both sides killed a deal to move ahead with President Donald Trump’s nominees. Lawmakers were inching closer to a deal that would have allowed sub-Cabinet-level nominees to be voted on in bunches, but neither side could reach a ...
In the world of enterprise transformation, conventional wisdom suggests that change should be measured, gradual, and carefully paced to avoid disrupting operations or overwhelming employees. But Athalie Williams, a transformation executive with over three decades of experience in complex organisational change, believes this approach often leads to failure. “I think that it has to be slow, that it has to ...
Colleen Hroncich Earlier this week, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R‑NC) introduced the SOAR Act Improvements Act (H.R. 5181), a bill that would streamline and increase funding for the Washington, DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). As I recently noted in the Washington Times, “Generally, the Constitution gives the federal government no role in education, but there are a few exceptions. Since the ...
We’ve trained in plenty of places across the capital, from shiny health clubs to no-frills 24-hour spots, and we’ve built a fair picture of what works and what doesn’t. Out of all the best gyms in London, one clearly comes out on top: Crowns Gym. It sets the standard, and in this guide we’ll share our take on the rest ...
The White House issued a rare public rebuke of Israel for its strikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar, putting Washington in an awkward position between two key allies. The Trump administration almost never breaks publicly with Israel on military campaigns. But analysts say the deeper question is how much the U.S. knew in advance — and whether it quietly offered ...
The Secret Service has its hands full combating an unprecedented level of political threats, an issue underscored in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While the Secret Service is initiating a series of changes to bolster its security practices following two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump last year, the agency is now operating at an ...