Federal judge rejects Trump’s latest bid to drop $83.3M E. Jean Carroll defamation ruling

A federal judge rejected former President Trump’s latest attempt for a new trial, upholding the verdict and $83.3 million award in his defamation case against writer E. Jean Carroll. In a written ... Read More

Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words

The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself. That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case. Read More

When it comes to government planes and political trips, who pays for a president's campaign travel?

Some of that money goes to general campaign logistics, such as staff expenses and advance work. The account is also used to reimburse the federal government for official aircraft used to transport the ... Read More

Highlights from Supreme Court arguments over Trump’s immunity claim

The Supreme Court will consider Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Read More

Morning Report — Trump’s push for legal delays is working

It is increasingly possible that former President Trump may dodge a federal trial before Nov. 5 on charges of election interference, a goal of his defense and a potential blow to special counsel ... Read More

Day 2 of Trump New York hush money trial

The second day of Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial concluded Tuesday with the selection of seven jurors. A panel of 12 New Yorkers and likely six alternates will ultimately be chosen. Read More

Kremlin says staff of some govt departments are subject to foreign travel bans

The Kremlin said on Friday that staff in some government departments were banned from travelling abroad for security reasons, while some departments required people to provide advance notification of ... Read More

Trump lawyers try to discredit key prosecution witness as hush money trial wraps first week

Donald Trump’s defense team tried to poke holes in potentially crucial testimony for prosecutors as the first criminal trial of a former American president wrapped up its first week. Read More

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned ... Read More

Trump’s first day of hush money trial ends with no jurors as he rails against having to attend court: Live

Donald Trump is making history once again as the first American president to ever stand trial on criminal charges.The former president has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in ... Read More

First day of historic Trump trial ends without any jurors being picked

The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records to stifle ... Read More