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A judge on Tuesday shut down the suspect accused of gunning down a health care CEO in Manhattan last week following outbursts both inside and outside the courtroom, according to a report.

Luigi Mangione, 26, shouted at the crowd outside the courthouse where he was arraigned, and that didn't stop when he entered the courtroom.

If Republican senators vote to confirm Kash Patel to lead the FBI, a former national security advisor said those who voted to support him will be forever known for their mistake.

John Bolton, who served in Donald Trump's first administration, has since criticized him for being "unfit" for the top office.

President-elect Donald Trump vowed that companies investing at least $1 billion in the U.S. would automatically receive "all environmental approvals" on developments they want to do.

The incoming president made the promise in a Tuesday post on his Truth Social platform.

Donald Trump has appointed a noteworthy coterie of convicted and accused criminals to serve in his second presidency in what a pair of experts warned was an alarming signal about his intentions.

The former president has himself been indicted in four cases, convicted in one and penalized in several civil lawsuits. Political scientists Austin Sarat and Tom Dumm wrote a column for Salon stating the significance of Trump adding others who've served prison terms or been accused of crimes to serve in the government.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell during a Republican caucus lunch on Tuesday, MSNBC reported.

Reporters spotted emergency medical staff heading into McConnell's office following the incident.

U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell warned former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani that he could be sent to prison after he allegedly repeated lies claiming that two former Georgia election workers conspired against Donald Trump's White House run in 2020.

In an order issued on Monday, Howell granted Giuliani a 30-day extension, allowing him to explain why he should not be held in contempt for continuing to defame Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss. Giuliani had agreed not to repeat lies about the two former election workers after they won a $148 million defamation judgment against him.

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has not been doing well in courting senators on Capitol Hill to support her possible nomination as the Director of National Intelligence, according to a report.

President-elect Donald Trump declared he wanted the former Democratic presidential candidate on his team early on in the transition process, but she didn't hit Senate offices until Monday.

During a late November interview with The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell, attorney and Never Trump conservative George Conway predicted that many GOP senators, in 2025, will be too "spineless" to reject Donald Trump's most "appalling" nominees.

Conway, however, noted that Republicans will have only a small U.S. Senate majority next year, and that Trump's nominees could "go down" if a handful of GOP senators have enough of a "spine" to reject them.

Under questioning from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general appointed during President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, admitted that cuts planned by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would not help the United States Postal Service.

Crockett's questions came during a Tuesday House Oversight Committee hearing. The Texas Democrat first posed her query to Postal Service Inspector General Tammy Hull.

Donald Trump's latest out-of-nowhere promise for his second term as president raised eyebrows and prompted laughter.

The president-elect posted the statement Tuesday, saying America is going to start building monuments to our great heroes and heroines again!!! DJT"

Former Democrat and lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard (HI) is visiting Capitol Hill this week in an effort to persuade senators that she can be trusted to handle the United States' most closely guarded secrets as Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence.

NBC News noted Wednesday that, "Gabbard’s bid has been largely overshadowed by other embattled picks, including Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth."

Retired Major General Randy Manner pushed back on Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) after he complained about President-elect Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters being called fascists.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Trump's mass deportation plans on Tuesday, Kennedy accused Manner of wanting "open borders."