Prosecutors announced on Tuesday that Ryan Routh has been charged with attempting to kill former president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
Prosecutors said during a pretrial detention hearing for Routh on Monday that they were seeking to charge Routh for attempted assassination. A grand jury in Florida <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ryan-wesley-routh-indicted-attempted-assassination-former-president-trump#">decided</a> to indict Routh on Tuesday for attempting to kill Trump, as well as four other charges, adding to two federal gun charges the 58-year-old was already facing.
“Routh is charged with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, which strikes at the very heart of our democratic system,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. “The FBI is continuing our investigation into this alleged plot and will use the full weight and resources of the FBI to uncover and provide as much information as possible about what led to the events in West Palm Beach. In our country, we have to hold accountable people who resort to violence.”
In addition to a charge of attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, the grand jury indicted Routh with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Routh hid in the treeline on the outskirts of Trump International Golf Course on September 15, according to prosecutors. Routh, armed with a rifle, was hiding in wait for Trump when Secret Service agents saw the barrel of Routh’s rifle and opened fire, court documents said.
Routh fled the scene, but was apprehended by law enforcement after a witness saw him take off in a black Nissan Xterra, prosecutors said. Law enforcement searched Routh’s vehicle and found “a handwritten list of dates in August, September, and October and venues where the former President had appeared or was expected to be present,” according to the Department of Justice.
In a box Routh left with a “civilian witness,” Routh wrote a handwritten letter addressed to “Dear World,” which stated, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I am so sorry I failed you,” prosecutors said.

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Russia and Iran are attempting to sow division among President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; movement by amplifying deceptive voices and opinions “masquerading as MAGA loyalists,” according to a new report.
The report comes around high-stakes talks the Trump administration has had with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine and Iran on ending its nuclear enrichment capability.
The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) report, titled “<a href="https://networkcontagion.us/reports/6-18-25-false-flags-and-fake-maga-how-foreign-and-inauthentic-networks-use-fake-speech-to-destabilize-the-right-from-within/">False Flags and Fake MAGA: How Foreign and Inauthentic Networks Use Fake Speech to Destabilize the Right from Within</a>,” states that Russia and Iran’s “coordinated playbook delegitimized every fresh headline as a false narrative, amplified Tehran’s lines, and accused Donald Trump of complicity and moral corruption.”
Those efforts exploited what the institute called a “false flag reflex,” a “conditioned response that turns every major atrocity into a trigger for trending conspiracy claims.” The report listed the Uvalde, Texas, shooting, the October 7 Hamas massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel, the attempted Trump assassinations, as well as other domestic attacks.
“In the days following these crises, Kremlin-affiliated propagandists and Iranian state-linked media are able to rapidly inject narratives that are taken up by MAGA-impostor influencers, who then inject them into MAGA-branded spaces, often within minutes of breaking news,” the report asserted, “During one such activation window, 650,000 posts supporting false flag conspiracies drew nearly four million interactions, powered by a pipeline of Kremlin-affiliated propagandists, spam-bot networks, and domestic influencers such as Nick Fuentes, Jake Shields, and Jackson Hinkle.”
“These figures, who have long been associated with right-wing cultural commentary, first used their platforms to propagate Kremlin-seeded narratives; these influential accounts then turned on Trump himself in a coordinated assault following a public break between Elon Musk and the president,” it continued. “In the lead-up to the war with Iran, this network then pivoted outward and amplified false Iranian claims that the International Atomic Energy Agency was operating under foreign control, echoing Tehran’s strategic messaging.”
NCRI added that their “findings suggest that what appears to be grassroots disillusionment may in fact reflect foreign-directed efforts to fracture American identity from within.”
“If you talk to Republicans right now, more than 80% of them support the war against Iran,” an NCRI analyst stated, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/19/us-news/armies-of-kremlin-and-iran-bots-aimed-at-attempting-to-destroy-maga-report/">New York Post</a>. “But if you go on Twitter you get the sense that there is a civil war raging. This is exactly the purpose of the psychological operation — to destabilize people’s perceptions of institutions that are supposed to protect us.”
An analysis of the main accounts driving such narratives appears to show a coordinated effort, according to the report.
“To identify key narrative drivers, NCRI analyzed X accounts with the highest audience engagement on ‘foreign flag’ posts,” the report stated. The report added that &#8220;he leading amplifiers split into two dominant clusters,&#8221; breaking them down as &#8220;foreign-linked actors&#8221; and &#8220;US-based influencers with MAGA branding&#8230;who gave the campaign domestic legitimacy.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite differing origin points, the accounts converged in timing, tone, and target, suggesting coordinated amplification across aligned ecosystems,” the report said.

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Too many non-working holidays are costing the United States “BILLIONS OF DOLLARS” and hindering the country from success, President Donald Trump exclaimed on Thursday.
Trump posted to his Truth Social account against non-working holidays, suggesting that neither employers nor employees liked them and that the United States was on track to make every day a non-working holiday. The president posted the message on Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
“Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114712523496772999">posted</a>.
Former President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth into law as a federal holiday on June 18, 2021. Biden conducted a signing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HJW_J4o_1s">ceremony</a> at the White House in which he pushed for greater racial equity and bemoaned new laws on election integrity that were working their way through state legislatures.
“Folks, the promise of equality is not going to be fulfilled until we become real — it becomes real in our schools and on our Main Streets and in our neighborhoods — our health care system and ensuring that equity is at the heart of our fight against the pandemic; in the water that comes out of our faucets and the air that we breathe in our communities; in our justice system — so that we can fulfill the promise of America for all people. All of our people,” Biden <a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/06/17/remarks-by-president-biden-at-signing-of-the-juneteenth-national-independence-day-act/">said</a>.
The bill received widespread bipartisan support in Congress. It passed the Senate unanimously. In the House, just 14 Republican lawmakers voted against it.
Biden’s signing ceremony marked the first time a new national holiday had been established since Martin Luther King Day, commemorating the civil rights leader’s birthday, became a national holiday in 1983.

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The Trump administration will study the long-term effects on people of chemicals released after the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Vice President JD Vance, who is from Ohio, joined Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Battacharya to announce the new initiative in a video posted to social media.
“I&#8217;ve been to East Palestine a number of times, and they&#8217;re very worried about, what are the long-term impacts of these chemicals in the water, in the air? What effect does it have on their kids and grandkids after 5 years, 10 years, 15 years of exposure?” said Vance.
“The crazy thing is, number one, we didn&#8217;t have a good answer to that question. Science had never actually tried to understand what the long-term exposure of these trace chemicals would do to people,” he continued. “And the second crazy thing is that as much as I tried as a United States senator to work with the Biden administration, they refused to do anything to actually study the effects of these long-term exposures on the people of East Palestine.”
After a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and dumped its cargo, residents, officials, and investigators who resided or worked close to the spill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/half-of-u-s-investigators-fell-ill-while-studying-east-palestine-train-derailment-report">reported</a> having symptoms such as headaches, nausea, and dizziness. A controlled burn of the spill sent plumes of black smoke into the air, causing further concerns of what the smoke could do to nearby residents.
“The National Institutes of Health under my direction has launched a 5-year, $10 million research initiative to address health outcomes stemming from this calamity. This is the first large-scale, coordinated, multi-year federal study focused specifically on the long-term health impacts of the East Palestine disaster,” Kennedy said.
Bhattacharya added: “The purpose and goal of the NIH, the mission is to advance the health and well-being of the American people, and this is a concrete way that we&#8217;re going to do that. The NIH is working to ensure that the people of East Palestine and the surrounding communities are listened to, cared for, and they get the answers they deserve.”
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I&#39;m proud to announce with <a href="https://twitter.com/SecKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecKennedy</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NIHDirector_Jay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NIHDirector_Jay</a> that the Trump Administration is launching a program to study long-term health effects of the chemical spill in East Palestine, OH and help residents access the care they need.
East Palestine, we will never forget you. <a href="https://t.co/zjJOnXZgoc">pic.twitter.com/zjJOnXZgoc</a>
&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1935740906533167510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
The East Palestine spill was a calamity for the roughly 5,000- strong community and exploded into national news. The accident inspired rancor against the Biden administration and then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Former President Joe Biden notably stayed away from East Palestine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-visit-east-palestine-one-year-after-train-derailment-disaster">until</a> the one-year anniversary of the disaster.
President Donald Trump, who was campaigning for president at the time, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wednesday-afternoon-update-snow-storm-causes-travel-chaos-trump-brings-supplies-and-morale-to-ohio-vivek-ramaswamy-announces-presidential-run">visited</a> East Palestine within weeks of the disaster, bringing supplies to the reeling community.

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Elon Musk on Wednesday accused The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal of lying “through their teeth” with reports of drug use.
Musk posted a photo of drug test results from June 18 showing he tested negative for a slew of chemicals after the Times published a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html">report</a> headlined: “On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama.” The report stated that Musk turned to drugs during the 2024 campaign “well beyond occasional use.”
“The WSJ &amp; New York Times fake ‘journalists’ lied through their teeth about me. Now let’s see their drug test results. They will fail,” Musk posted on X alongside a photo of his drug test results.
The drug test would have caught any drugs that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO had taken recently, though it would not have necessarily caught drugs taken months ago.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1">reported</a> on Musk’s alleged drug use last year titled: “Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX.” The report said that Musk would consume drugs such as “LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms” on occasion and mostly at private parties where attendees must sign non-disclosure agreements to attend.
Musk spoke about drug use with his biographer, telling Walter Issacson “I really don’t like doing illegal drugs.” Musk has previously said he took prescribed amounts of ketamine – about once every two weeks – for depression, according to the Times report.
Musk has long been critical of legacy outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. At a press conference in the Oval Office last month, Musk tore into the Times for its reporting over the Russia collusion conspiracy that enveloped the 2016 Trump campaign and President Donald Trump’s first term.
“The New York Times, is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russia-Gate? Is that the same organization?” Musk <a href="https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1935459741804667108">said</a> when asked about a Times report. “I think it is. … That New York Times? Let’s move on.”

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Vice President JD Vance trolled users of BlueSky on Wednesday, joining the social platform to take part in “common sense political discussion” of the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding state bans on gender mutilation surgeries.
Vance created an account on BlueSky, reputedly a platform for leftists and defectors of Elon Musk’s X, and posted a screenshot of a piece of Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in United States v. Skrmetti shortly before the vice president was apparently suspended from the site. Vance&#8217;s account was then reactivated a short time later.
In the concurrence, Thomas raised objections to “deferring to the authority of the expert class.”
“First, so-called experts have no license to countermand the ‘wisdom, fairness, or logic of legislative choices,’” Thomas wrote. “Second, contrary to the representations of the United States and the private plaintiffs, there is no medical consensus on how best to treat gender dysphoria in children.”
“Third, notwithstanding the alleged experts’ view that young children can provide informed consent to irreversible sex-transition treatments, whether such consent is possible is a question of medical ethics that States must decide for themselves,” he continued. “Fourth, there are particularly good reasons to question the expert class here, as recent revelations suggest that leading voices in this area have relied on questionable evidence, and have allowed ideology to influence their medical guidance.”
Vance posted the snippet with an encouraging, if cheeky, message inviting “discussion and analysis” of Thomas’ argument.
“Hello Bluesky, I’ve been told this app has become the place to go to for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I&#8217;m thrilled to be here to engage with all of you,” Vance said before laying out “illuminating” points from Thomas’ concurrence.
“[Thomas] argues that many of our so-called ‘experts’ have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth,” Vance said. “I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?”
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Just set up my page on <a href="https://twitter.com/bluesky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bluesky</a>, hope to see you guys there! <a href="https://t.co/5cgjyMF8su">pic.twitter.com/5cgjyMF8su</a>
&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1935457852082016556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
Progressives on BlueSky pounced on Vance&#8217;s post. Gun control activist Fred Guttenberg <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/fredguttenberg.bsky.social/post/3lrwaj53vk224">called</a> Vance an &#8220;anti-Democracy hack&#8221; and said of the vice president&#8217;s post that BlueSky &#8220;does not need to be infested with your deranged thoughts.&#8221;
Zach Kopplin, an activist and investigator with the Government Accountability Project, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/zackkopplin.bsky.social/post/3lrw7pd7doc2l">responded</a> to Vance&#8217;s post: &#8220;Time to cyber bully JD Vance off this app.&#8221;
In United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-upholds-tennessees-ban-on-transgender-drugs-for-children">upheld</a> a state ban on transgender drugs and surgeries in Tennessee. The court ruled that the ban does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
“In today’s historic Supreme Court win, the common sense of Tennessee voters prevailed over judicial activism,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fatal-blow-to-the-child-mutilation-industry-conservatives-cheer-scotus-decision-on-trans-ban">said</a> Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. “A bipartisan supermajority of Tennessee’s elected representatives carefully considered the evidence and voted to protect kids from irreversible decisions they cannot yet fully understand.”

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A federal judge in Boston blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from barring gender identities on passports that differ from a person’s biological sex.
U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick issued a preliminary injunction that expands on an April ruling that applied to six plaintiffs who sued the federal government. Kobick granted the plaintiffs’ request to make the lawsuit a class action, expanding the injunction to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting passports to only reflect biological sex.
The judge’s <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.280559/gov.uscourts.mad.280559.115.0.pdf">order</a> applies to “all people (1) whose gender identity is different from the sex assigned to them under the Passport Policy and/or who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and (2) who have applied, or who, but for the Passport Policy, would apply, for a U.S. passport issued with an ‘M’ or ‘F’ sex designation that is different from the sex assigned to that individual under the Passport Policy.”
Also covered by the court order are “all people whose gender identity is different from the sex assigned to them under the Passport Policy and who have applied, or who, but for the Passport Policy, would apply, for a U.S. passport with an ‘X’ designation.”
On his first day in office, the president signed an order staking his administration’s position recognizing the reality of biological sex. The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/">order</a> was titled: “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government.”
The order in part directed that the “Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall implement changes to require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards, accurately reflect the holder’s sex.”
Kobrick’s order is the latest in a series of wide-ranging injunctions leveled at the Trump administration blocking a broad swath of the president’s agenda. Republicans have taken steps to crack down on nationwide injunctions that have hobbled the Trump administration.
Last month, the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-doj-asks-supreme-court-to-restrain-activist-judges">requested</a> that the Supreme Court rein in the use of such orders.
“For the first 170 years of American jurisprudence, nationwide injunctions were virtually unknown,” Solicitor General John Sauer <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A886/354849/20250407110347000_24A886%20Reply.pdf">wrote</a> in a court filing. “Their use remained sparing until this century, when they saw a dramatic upsurge in 2017, followed by an explosion in the last three months.”
“These injunctions exceed the district courts’ authority under Article III and gravely encroach on the President’s executive power under Article II. This Court’s intervention is urgently needed to restore the constitutional balance of separated powers,” he added.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) in March <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-seeks-to-defund-nationwide-injunctions-stop-anti-trump-abuse">asked</a> the House Committee on Appropriations in a letter to use Congress’ “power of the purse” to stop the “abuse of nationwide injunctive authority.”

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