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Jan. 6 defendant William Pope has been granted his request to attend Donald Trump's inauguration despite his bail rules.

Pope, who fired his lawyer and asked to represent himself in 2022, filed the request before the end of 2024 to delay his trial for two weeks until after the inauguration. Judge Rudolph Contreras granted it Tuesday and gave permission for him to go to D.C., Politico's Kyle Cheney wrote on BlueSky.

The New York Appellate Division, First Department refused Donald Trump's request to stop his Friday sentencing after less than 24 hours — and they did in a single sentence.

Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, filed an appeal after Judge Juan Merchan rejected his motion Monday to stop the sentencing.

At the request of GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin, Republicans on the state Supreme Court have prohibited the state Board of Elections from certifying Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ election.

Riggs, the incumbent, leads Griffin by 734 votes in the election for a seat on the state’s highest court.

President-elect Donald Trump went on a wild rant Tuesday at a Palm Beach press conference where he rambled on a variety of subjects — including the benefits of "gas heat."

Trump began his energy-focused train of thought by denouncing President Joe Biden's last-minute executive action to permanently ban future oil and gas development in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He also threatened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the process.

Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed NATO members to boost their defense spending to five percent of GDP, underlining his long-standing claims that they are underpaying for US protection.

"They can all afford it, but they should be at five percent not two percent," the incoming U.S. president told reporters.

Donald Trump Jr. quickly left Greenland Tuesday after spending less than a day in the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The son of President-elect Donald Trump traveled to the island as part of his father's effort to purchase the territory. Representatives from Denmark, however, made it clear that Greenland was "not for sale."

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin on Tuesday questioned whether Judge Aileen Cannon has the authority to block the United States Department of Justice from releasing special counsel Jack Smith's report on his two criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

"It is not clear... whether she has jurisdiction because earlier this year, she threw out the Mar-a-Lago documents case explaining that, from her reasoning, Jack Smith did not have constitutional authority to bring that prosecution under the appointments clause of the Constitution," she said.

In a wide-ranging and rambling press conference on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump talked about possible military action in Panama and Greenland, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, called America a "horrible place," and attacked foes like President Joe Biden and special counsel Jack Smith.

Some of those watching called it a "train wreck" — and noted that Trump had gone "off the rails" before his inauguration.

Special counsel Jack Smith's final report has been handed off to Attorney General Merrick Garland, leading to speculation about the level of detail in its pages.

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted Tuesday that Donald Trump's team had seen the report, which led the lawyers of his co-defendants to press for censorship. The judge, Aileen Cannon, later declared that it would not be released.

President-elect Donald Trump used a press conference about the economy to complain that "no water comes out of the shower" because of Democrats.

During his Tuesday statement to the press at Mar-a-Lago, Trump griped about President Joe Biden's decision to ban offshore drilling on federal property.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) vowed to introduce legislation to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" after President-elect Donald Trump promised to make the change.

Trump first revealed his intention to change the name at a Mar-a-Lago press conference on Tuesday.

President-elect Donald Trump wouldn't rule out a war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and a hostile takeover of Greenland, owned by Denmark, during a press conference Tuesday.

In a rambling speech which was called to talk about bringing business to the U.S., Trump talked about inheriting a "world on fire," prompting reporters to ask about his stated foreign policy plan to acquire new "states."