Trump trial live updates: Ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker to face more questions from defense

Latest news and live updates on Day 8 of the Trump hush money trial as testimony about the former president continues. Read More

Witness testimony to continue in Trump's hush money trial

Former tabloid publisher David Pecker is expected to continue to testify Friday in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more. Read More

In historic Trump hearing, Supreme Court majority suggests presidents may have some criminal immunity

The Supreme Court heard a historic case on whether Trump has immunity or can be criminally prosecuted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss ... Read More

4 key political issues in Trump’s Manhattan case

Former president Donald Trump is on trial this week in Manhattan regarding alleged hush money he paid to an adult-film star. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Welcome to The Campaign Moment, and a ... Read More

Would Trump Move to Control the Fed?

Allies of the former president are said to be devising plans to reduce the central bank’s independence if he is re-elected, a move that would have big consequences for monetary policy. Read More

Donald Trump again is trying to bend the Supreme Court and justice system to his will

In March, Trump won a high court decision reversing a Colorado ruling that said an anti-insurrectionist provision of the Constitution should keep him off the ballot. As he spoke then from his home in ... Read More

The chief justice hated Trump appeals court decision, and other takeaways

Conservative justices seemed focused on preventing runaway prosecutions of future presidents. Liberals worried about lawless kings. And other key takeaways. Read More

Trump’s immunity case goes to the Supreme Court today. Here’s why it matters.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday by Trump lawyers that the former president is constitutionally immune from prosecution on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of ... Read More

How Trump's immunity claim stalled the 2020 election subversion case

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Thursday on Donald Trump’s claim that he enjoys sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took as president, a claim that has delayed by ... Read More

Justices Seem Ready to Limit the 2020 Election Case Against Trump

Such a ruling in the case, on whether the former president is immune from prosecution, would probably send it back to a lower court and could delay any trial until after the November election. Read More

Trump is recreating his web of chaos at home and abroad in a preview of what a second term could look like

And the election is still seven months away. Many of today’s most intractable conflicts in US politics can be traced to Trump and the turmoil that is an essential ingredient of his ... of war crimes. Read More

Ian Cain launches Senate bid against Warren

Quincy City Council President Ian Cain is formally launching his campaign against Sen. Elizabeth Warren today, growing the field of Republicans — and crypto-friendly candidates — waging an improbable ... Read More