Politics Apr 18 Jury selection in Trump hush money trial enters final stretch, opening remarks as soon as next week The dismissals on Thursday bring down to five the number of jurors seated so far.
Politics Apr 15 1st day of Trump’s historic hush-money trial ends without any jurors selected 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 in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
Nation Apr 15 FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse, source tells AP The FBI said Monday that it was aboard the cargo ship Dali conducting court authorized law enforcement activity.
Politics Apr 12 House passes reauthorization of key U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes The U.S. House has passed a bill to reauthorize and provide sweeping reforms of a key U.S. government surveillance tool without including broad restrictions on how the FBI uses this crucial program to search for Americans' data.
Nation Apr 12 In classified documents case Trump’s co-defendants are asking judge to dismiss charges against them Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira are charged with conspiring with Trump to obstruct an FBI investigation into the hoarding of classified documents at the former president’s Palm Beach estate.
Politics Apr 12 House nears reauthorization of U.S. spy program amid GOP pushback It is unclear if Johnson, who has called the program “critical” to national security, will have the Republican support necessary to push the bill through final passage.
Politics Apr 10 Reauthorization of U.S. spy tool blocked by House conservative revolt Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has called the program “critically important” but has struggled to find a path forward on the issue.
Politics Apr 10 Judge will redact witness names in Trump’s classified documents case to protect identities The 24-page order centers on a dispute between special counsel Jack Smith’s team and lawyers for Trump over how much information about witnesses and their statements could be made public ahead of trial.
Politics Apr 04 Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution Lawyers for Trump had cited a 1978 statute known as the Presidential Records Act in arguing that he was permitted to designate records from his time in office as personal and take them with him when he left the White…
Politics Apr 03 Prosecutors in Trump’s classified documents case sharply rebuke judge’s unusual and ‘fundamentally flawed’ order The late Tuesday filing from special counsel Jack Smith's team came in response to an unusual order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that asked prosecutors to file proposed jury instructions.