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Melania Trump won't likely spend much time in Washington, D.C., if her husband gets re-elected to a second term, according to those who follow her activities.

The former first lady was so reclusive during Donald Trump's first term in office that many wondered whether she lived at the White House or with her parents in the suburbs, and Melania-ologists surveyed by Axios speculated that she would most likely spend a potential second term splitting time between Palm Beach and New York, where son Barron is rumored to be attending NYU.

Special counsel Jack Smith investigated a mysterious trip that former President Donald Trump made to Mar-a-Lago in July of 2022, just weeks before the FBI would execute a search warrant to retrieve top-secret government documents he had stashed there.

ABC News reports that the trip raised suspicions among prosecutors because it came shortly after the government issued a subpoena in June of 2022 for Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage that would later be used as evidence that Trump tried to illegally obstruct government efforts to retrieve the documents.

The sister of killer Kyle Rittenhouse, who was found not guilty of intentional homicide after crossing state lines and shooting three protesters — two to death — has taken to Gofundme to plead for financial help as she and her mother face eviction from their apartment.

According to Faith Rittenhouse, her brother, who has been touring the country giving speeches with the support of Turning Point USA, has refused to help out his sibling and mother.

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to hand down its decision on Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity for his "official" acts as President, despite first being asked to do so by Special Counsel Jack Smith 192 days ago. But one expert says, in a way, they already have.

Many court watchers expected the Court to rule on the question of Trump's claim to immunity from prosecution Thursday morning, but none came.

Republican Missouri Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez chose to celebrate Juneteenth by posting a video urging Black people to get out of America.

"Reparations from slavery and black victimization is about to be shoved down our throats for the most wretched holiday in America," said Gomez in the video. "BLM raised millions. And what did they do for Black lives? It is outrageous to see people ask you for reparations, even though they never went through slavery. These ungrateful people should be celebrating because they were born in the greatest nation to ever exist."

Suggesting there is an actual "method to the madness," in April The New York Times published "The Method Behind Trump’s Mistruths," implying the falsehoods Donald Trump tells frequently are part of some coherent and intentional plan.

The Times' Angelo Fichera offered explanations for why Trump lies. A few excerpts: "He grossly distorts his opponents’ records and proposals to make them sound unreasonable," "He exaggerates and twists the facts to make his record sound better than it is," "He relies on both well-worn and fresh claims of election rigging to suggest he can lose only if his opponents cheat," and "He makes unverifiable claims about what the world would have been like had he secured a second term."

The last of former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees appears to be on a collision course with far-right Justice Clarence Thomas — and it could have implications for some upcoming hot-button cases.

According to Politico, the conservative Barrett, whose history of involvement with religious extremists was a huge point of controversy when she was nominated for the court and whose vote was essential to overturning Roe v. Wade, fired a warning shot at her fellow GOP-backed judge in a trademark case involving anti-Trump T-shirts — concurring with his judgment, but tearing apart his reasoning.

Former Trump Senior White House Advisor Stephen Miller expressed outrage as news began to break Monday that President Joe Biden will announce protections for about 500,000 undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens, along with making it easier for Dreamers to get work visas.

"The president’s executive action will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation, allow them to obtain work authorization, as well as ease their path to permanent resident status, the three sources told PBS News," PBS NewsHour's Laura Barrón-López reported. "The announcement will be made at a White House event marking the 12th anniversary of an Obama-era action that protected undocumented youth brought to the U.S. as children from deportation."

J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist-turned-Republican Ohio U.S. Senator, ignited a firestorm when he declared support for the deportation of what he claims are 20 million undocumented people in the United States.

Senator Vance came to power thanks in large part to tech billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolling his campaign. Vance’s book, which alleges to speak for the forgotten people in middle America, had become a best-seller while also being criticized as “an example of poverty porn designed to appeal to the same type of (white) viewer who may believe they understand ‘urban poverty’ because they watched HBO’s ‘The Wire.’ ”