Former President Donald Trump, fresh off his third appearance in court as a criminal defendant, delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster on Friday night, insulting prosecutors and declaring that the charges he faces only help his 2024 presidential campaign.

Justice Department Special counsel Jack Smith appealed to the federal judge overseeing former President Trump’s election fraud case Friday evening to issue a protective order for evidence, citing social media threats. “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” the former president posted earlier on Truth Social — a move which has already drawn...

Rep. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) and a staff member were released from the hospital after being injured in a three-vehicle crash in Greensboro, N.C. Manning is suffering from a broken sternum and bone in her foot and will be recovering at home, her office announced Friday. “She is very grateful for all the kind words, prayers...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said a recent “chilling” social media post from the former President Trump is likely witness intimidation. “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” Trump posted to Truth Social on Friday. “I think it’s chilling," Grisham, who served under the Trump administration, said Friday in an interview...

A judge ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) on Friday to release records related to one of its members accused of posing as a fake elector in a scheme to overturn the state's 2020 election results for former President Trump. Law Forward, a firm representing union leaders, filed a complaint with the commission in 2021...

Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed on Friday chose to forgo a preliminary hearing in the case of the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie "Rust" in October 2021. The hearing would have allowed court testimony from eyewitnesses of the shooting among dozens of people. Actor Alec Baldwin was pointing...

A Texas judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction barring the state from enforcing its stringent abortion ban on women who suffer from dangerous pregnancy complications. Travis County District Judge Jessica Mangrum ruled that uncertainty in the medical exceptions within the law makes it difficult for doctors to act on their "good faith judgement." Instead,...

Former President Trump on Friday was defiant in his first speech since being arraigned on federal criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, claiming his legal troubles only helped to boost his 2024 reelection campaign. “Any time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls,” Trump said during...

Florida high schools may teach Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology courses, the state Department of Education clarified Friday, a day after it stated that teaching the class would violate the law. "In fact, the Department believes that AP Psychology can be taught in its entirety in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate and the...