Nation Apr 15 Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse The federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women's prison in California known as the "rape club" despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.
Politics Apr 15 Trump arrives at New York court for jury selection in hush money trial It’s the first criminal trial of any former U.S. commander-in-chief and the first of Trump’s four indictments to go to trial.
Politics Apr 10 Former Trump exec Weisselberg gets 5 months in jail for lying in civil fraud case Weisselberg admitted lying when he testified he had little knowledge of how Trump’s Manhattan penthouse came to be valued on his financial statements at nearly three times its actual size.
Politics Apr 08 New York appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial Donald Trump is asking a New York appeals court to move his hush money criminal trial out of Manhattan and reverse his gag order in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before the scheduled start.
Politics Apr 05 Trump’s lawyers can’t force NBC to turn over ‘Stormy’ documentary materials, judge rules Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan said the defense's subpoena for NBC Universal was “the very definition of a fishing expedition" and did not meet a heavy legal burden.
Politics Apr 03 Judge rejects Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president's request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had myriad opportunities to raise the immunity issue before they finally did so in a March 7 court filing.
Politics Apr 01 Trump posts $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals New York fraud penalty A New York appellate court had given the former president 10 days to put up the money after a panel of judges agreed last month to slash the amount needed to stop the clock on enforcement.
Politics Apr 01 Judge expands Trump’s gag order after the former president’s social media posts about judge’s daughter Judge Juan M. Merchan said his original gag order issued last Tuesday did not include members of his family, but Trump's subsequent actions warranted including them.
Politics Mar 29 Manhattan DA suggests Trump violated gag order with post about daughter of hush-money trial judge The Manhattan DA's office asked the judge to "clarify or confirm" the scope of the gag order, which he issued on Tuesday, and direct the former president and presumptive Republican nominee to "immediately desist from attacks on family members."…
Politics Mar 27 Trump lashes out at judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush money case Donald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order that bars him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.