Fox News Politics Newsletter: the bizarre defense of Ryan Routh

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Tony Hawk, Taiwan and a flashlight: Trump Assassinat tries the bizarre defense of the suspect

Ryan Routh, the man accused of having tried to assassinate the candidate at the time Donald Trump During his Florida golf course last year, said he would not take the position in his own criminal case on Monday – the strongest sign to date that defense is preparing to rest his case and kick the trial in his final phase before the jury’s deliberation.

Routh, 59, was represented in the federal criminal trial. He pleaded not guilty of having tried to assassinate a major presidential candidate, to attack a federal officer and possession of a firearm, among other crimes. If he is found guilty, he could risk in life to life.

He previously launched the possibility he could testify on his own name-a risky strategy that would have given up his protections from the fifth amendment against self-in-incrimination, and opened it to the counter-examination by federal prosecutors …Learn more.

A sketch representing legal proceedings during the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida, September 15, 2025. Ryan Routh is accused of an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in his West Palm Beach golf club in 2024. (Lothar Speer)

White House

Faculty of Fire: The Head of Education urges the colleges to punish the teachers who applauded the death of Charlie Kirk

The Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, testifies before a budgetary audience of the chambers’ credit subcommittee in the American Capitol Hill Department of Education, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Science to the test: Trump to reveal a medical conclusion that he calls a “response to autism” in a major announcement

Unstoppable: Erika Kirk forgives the husband’s killer at the commemorative service: “ This is what Charlie would do ”

Erika Kirk embraces US President Donald Trump on stage during her husband’s commemorative service Charlie Kirk at the State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

World scene

Paris and Palestine: Macron pushes the Gaza initiative while Unga opens, raising questions about his motivations and his rivalry with Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, leaves after a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, on Monday, February 24, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP)

New deal required: Trump must tell the UN: American funding depends on the reform, says the ex-diplomat

Capitol

Stop test test: Tactical tactical thinking of democrats with the approach of the deadline for financing

The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., has taken a tour of the Democrats in the Senate for their resistance to an extension of government funding, and exploded the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, for trying to appease his base “extreme left” with threats of closure. (Maxine Wallace / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Revealed rhetoric: Dem Senate, Calls for civility, despite previous warnings, “radicalized white men”

Across America

Elon presents himself in: Elon Musk stops in the shock of Virginia’s transgender bathrooms, explains Dem Gov “ `Trump candidate

The candidate for the Governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, on the left; Elon Musk, right. (Images vitalii nosatch / getty; Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Conflict: Newsom on courtroom collision race with Trump over Ice Mask Ban

Cultural confrontation: From Kirk to Kimmel: Fiery NJ DEBATE SPOTLIGHTS Political violence and freedom of expression

Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the murder of the CEO of Unitedhealthcare, Brian Thompson in New York, arrived in a heliport with members of NYPD on December 19, 2024 in New York. The 26 -year -old was arrested in Pennsylvania on December 9 after being spotted in a McDonald’s in Altoona in the middle of a national man hunt. Mangione also appeared before a Pennsylvania court for counterfeiting and accusations of firearms today, where he renounced extradition to New York after being charged with 11 counts, including a first degree murder in the pursuit of terrorism. (Spencer Platt / Getty images)

Online life: Luigi Mangione moves to reject the death penalty, the federal affair citing the comments of Bondi

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