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Kate Murphy
Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court, where the prosecution continued its historic case against the former president.
Ahead of testimonies, Judge Juan Merchan informed Trump that he had found him in contempt of court for a 10th time for violating the gag order.
"The last thing that I want to do is to put you in jail," Merchan said.
Last week, the court heard testimony from Hope Hicks, Trump’s former longtime aide and press secretary for his 2016 campaign who testified about behind-the-scenes efforts to bury negative stories about his alleged extramarital affairs in the wake of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape.
Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels, who is among the witnesses expected to testify in the weeks-long trial.
Follow our live blog below for the latest updates from inside and outside the courtroom.
Judge Juan Merchan is back on the bench following a brief afternoon break. Deborah Tarasoff, an accounts payable supervisor in the accounting department of the Trump Organization, has returned to the stand.
The former president put debate plans on pause, and critics are calling him out over it.
"Something about the question mark after 'old and quite weird' is taking me out."
FBI director Christopher Wray said investigators did not know whether Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet or shrapnel
The former president brought it up twice during a rally in North Carolina.
A man accused of a series of sexual assaults on his wedding night and honeymoon has been found not guilty on all charges in a Sydney court.
The "Late Show" host mocked the former president over one curious claim.
She can talk about more than just coconut trees.
The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in to Fox News Thursday, where he told supporters that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is a “radical left, not very smart person” who’s part of a massive conspiracy to weaponize the nation’s legal system against him. Harris’ campaign fired back mere minutes later with an email blasting the “78-year-old convicted criminal’s Fox ...
With Joe Biden calling Trump’s alleged golfing prowess into question, is the 45th president as good as he claims to be?
Local officials oppose perpetrator Adrian Jerry Gonzalez’s release from youth prison
A Justice Department watchdog has found that former Attorney General Bill Barr was personally involved in the decision to publicize an incident from the 2020 election – nine mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being discarded in a dumpster in Pennsylvania – that flamed the false narrative of widespread voter fraud.
Russia intends to destroy dozens of US-built warplanes as soon as they arrive in Ukraine.
Donald Trump baselessly claimed Kamala Harris is “totally against the Jewish people”—apparently either forgetting or ignoring the fact her husband is Jewish.Speaking at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday night, the Republican nominee slammed his likely presidential election rival for skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress earlier in the day. But Trump seemed completely oblivious to the existence of second gentleman Doug Emhoff,
The baby was pulled from the dumpster, still wet
Harris has enjoyed near-unanimous support from the party, defying pundits who predicted Democratic infighting should Biden bow out.
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan recalled death threats directed at his family following the 2020 election.
And we bet you can guess who it is.
Three men who allegedly forced two Aussie teenagers who were dating each other to marry have fronted court.
Sgt Richard Heard faces three charges of rape and three of voyeurism against a female police officer.