Judge fines Trump $5,000 after threatening prison for gag order violation
The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial lashed out at the former president for failing to remove from his campaign website a derogatory post about the judge's clerk.
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The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial lashed out at the former president for failing to remove from his campaign website a derogatory post about the judge's clerk.
Attorney Kenneth Chesebro's guilty plea follows former Trump-aligned lawyer Sidney Powell's guilty plea this week.
Former President Donald Trump attended his civil fraud trial in New York on Tuesday for the fourth time since the trial began two weeks ago.
The special counsel argued that former President Donald Trump has an "established practice" of targeting those who challenge him.
A grassroots pro-democracy group led by a Republican former state senator is trying to build trust in elections by hosting forums in small towns throughout Wisconsin.
By the time Donald Trump returns to Iowa, the Republican ex-president will have drawn more than 10,000 people to his events in the state in less than a month.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his Democratic bid for the presidency to run instead as an independent candidate.
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to delay his scheduled May 2024 trial in the classified documents case to after the November 2024 election.
Donald Trump is calling for a show of strength in Iowa, arguing before big audiences that dominating in the Republican presidential caucuses in January would signal to voters around the country his strength in the November election next year.
Attorneys who've been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit.
Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise have announced their bids for House speaker.
A Minnesotan who gained national attention for false election claims might lose his lawyers because he hasn't paid them.
Former President Donald Trump is no longer wealthy enough to be included in the Forbes 400, an annual list of the wealthiest Americans.
Day one of a New York civil case brought against former President Trump and his namesake organization kicked off yesterday.
Donald Trump was back in Iowa to resume a fall push in the state that kicks off the Republican nomination calendar.
Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, was one of the 19 defendants in the Trump Fulton County 2020 election interference case.
Trump might think Mar-a-Lago is worth $1.8 billion, but in 2020, his own company said the Palm Beach appraiser was right. That year, the county valued Mar-a-Lago at $27 million.
Seven Republican candidates met for the second primary debate in California on Wednesday, taking aim at President Biden and each other.
Judge's ruling could strip Donald Trump of his authority to make strategic and financial decisions over key properties in the state.
In Talking Points, Esme Murphy digs into the lawsuit that could knock Trump off the ballot for Minnesota's Super Tuesday primary on March 5, 2024. Democratic consultant and attorney Abou Amara, Republican consultant Preya Samsundar, and Republican analyst Amy Koch speak on the issue.
In Talking Points, Esme Murphy digs into the lawsuit that could knock Trump off the ballot for Minnesota's Super Tuesday primary on March 5, 2024. Hamline University and University of Minnesota Constitutional Law Professor David Schultz thinks it will be hard to disqualify Trump.
"The documents here clearly contain fraudulent valuations that defendants used in business," Judge Engoron wrote in his ruling, ordering Trump's New York business certificates canceled.
The memo, first obtained by CBS News, argues the "fundamentals" of the race haven't changed.
The trial for two of the defendants, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, is scheduled to begin Oct. 23.
Caroline Cummings reports on a legal theory that’s now catching fire in the movement to bar former President Donald Trump for re-election.
