Pakistani national Asif Merchant allegedly plotted with Iran to kill U.S. politicians, including President Donald Trump, in 2024, but was caught by FBI agents posing as assassins.

Testimony and evidence in Asif Merchant’s trial has so far portrayed him as a zealous yet bumbling operative who never came close to his mission, which prosecutors say was backed by Iran.

"Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

President Trump, in a phone call with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, mentioned the assassination plot when discussing the U.S. and Israeli strike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. "I got him before he got me," Trump told ABC's Karl on Sunday night. "They tried twice. Well, I got him first."

Trump and The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have agreed on a mediator on Tuesday to help resolve the president’s massive $10 billion defamation lawsuit.

Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.

A new poll suggests that the coalition that returned President Donald Trump to the White House after a four-year hiatus may be eroding. These numbers come as Republicans seek to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections ...

Calls for Trump's youngest son to enlist intensified in March 2026 during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

By Nathan Layne and Aleksandra Michalska MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, March 4 (Reuters) - When Michael Leary learned the United States had struck Iran, he questioned whether the move honored the "America First" pledge that earned his vote for President Donald Trump and feared it could pull the country into another Middle East quagmire.