Trump’s Immunity Claim Joins His Plans to Increase Executive Power

The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the election. Read More

Trump allies are drawing up plans to make the Fed less independent, report says

Trump allies have drafted proposals to rein in Fed independence and align the central bank with the administration's interests, the Journal reported. Read More

Trump's team wants to restructure the Fed and let him have a say on interest rate decisions: WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's advisors are making a plan that would give Trump the authority to oust Powell from the Federal Reserve. Read More

Election Updates: New York is the center of political attention again today, with Biden and Trump in the state.

The reliably blue state is again the center of political attention during the 2024 presidential campaign, after Mr. Biden and former President Donald J. Trump crossed paths last month. But it is the ... Read More

Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports

The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if he wins, the Wall Street Journal reported on ... Read More

Trump Second-Term Plan Includes Federal Reserve Coup

The reason the Federal Reserve has autonomy is that there is sometimes a tension between the economy’s short-term and long-term performance. Most famously, Richard Nixon’s Fed chairman Arthur Burns ... Read More

Could a president stage a coup? And 9 more key moments from Trump's Supreme Court immunity hearing

As various Supreme Court justices themselves acknowledged during a high-stakes hearing on Thursday, they could potentially reshape the contours of presidential power when they rule on whether Donald ... Read More

GOP lawmakers take Trump’s policy orders with a grain of salt

Republicans in Congress are taking former President Trump’s policy directives with more than a few grains of salt, signaling they view what he says about issues as mainly for dramatic effect ... Read More

Trump trial: Judge to decide if former president violated gag order

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will urge a judge on Tuesday at a hearing to hold Donald Trump in criminal contempt for allegedly violating a gag order in the former president’s hush money ... Read More

Opening statements in Trump's historic trial set to begin Monday after tense day of jury selection

Just as the final alternates for the jury were selected, a man set himself on fire inside the designated protest area outside of the courthouse where the trial was unfolding. Read More

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes

Victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards as well under new rules from Joe Biden's administration. Read More

Trump suffers blows in two criminal cases as New York attorney general questions fraud bond: Live

Trump suffers blows in two criminal cases as New York attorney general questions fraud bond: Live - Republican presidential candidate suffers string of legal setbacks ... Read More