Routh's arrest came two months after Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service acknowledged failings leading up to that shooting but has said security worked as it should have to thwart the potential Florida attack.

The federal trial date for Ryan Wesley Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, has been set for Sept. 8, 2025 by Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce.

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.

President-elect Donald Trump said on social media he will direct the Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty amid President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners.

President-elect Donald Trump promised to pursue the death penalty against “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters” once he takes control of the White House. Trump’s vow came hours after President Joe Biden‘s controversial decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners,

President-elect Donald Trump has had his eyes to the north recently, with comments made about making Canada the 51 st state and most recently revisiting the idea of buying Greenland. Trump mentioned the purchase of Greenland in 2019,

"Here we go again," said Malte Humpert of the Arctic Institute. "This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."

President-elect Donald Trump shared his renewed interest Sunday in the U.S. controlling the autonomous territory of Greenland, which is owned by Denmark.

President-elect Donald Trump has said in public and online comments that the U.S. should control Greenland and the Panama Canal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports on how Trump approached Denmark to buy the territory in 2019 but was rejected.

President-elect Donald Trump says Panama charges the United States too much for letting ships use the canal. Panama says rates are fair.