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Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York

Daily News Lesson April 26 2024

Supreme Court hears arguments on presidential immunity

Learn about justices' questions about presidential liability for alleged criminal acts

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in advance of the New Hampshire primary election in Laconia

Daily News Lesson February 07 2024

Trump denied presidential immunity in election interference

Learn why an appeals court rejected Donald Trump's argument that he was immune from criminal charges for actions taken during his presidency

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump at the North Carolina GOP convention dinner in Greenville

Daily News Lesson August 29 2022

Intelligence officials to determine security risk of documents taken from Trump's home

Hear what might come next now that the FBI has removed classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and resort

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House

Daily News Lesson December 14 2021

What the Jan. 6 panel hopes to learn from Meadows, and how executive privilege affects it

Learn why executive privilege can be a shield against investigation, and why it has limits

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