Apr 10 Former Trump exec Weisselberg gets 5 months in jail for lying in civil fraud case By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 09 Read the full brief asking the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s presidential immunity claim By Associated Press The brief from prosecutors was submitted just over two weeks before the justices will take up the legally untested question of whether an ex-president is shielded from criminal charges for official actions taken in the White House. Continue reading
Apr 08 Latino voters are a target for election misinformation By Christine Fernando, Anita Snow, Associated Press Experts expect a surge of misinformation targeting Spanish-speaking voters with a high-stakes presidential election in the fall as candidates vie for support from the rapidly growing number of Latino voters. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Judge rejects Trump’s bid to delay criminal trial In our news wrap Tuesday, an appeals judge in New York denied former President Trump's bid to delay his hush money criminal trial, the Vatican restates its opposition to gender-affirming surgery and surrogate parenting, dozens of people were killed near… Continue watching
Apr 08 New York appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 08 Trump says states should decide their own abortion laws, declines to endorse national ban By Jill Colvin, Associated Press One of the country’s most prominent groups opposed to abortion rights says it's “deeply disappointed” in Trump’s position. Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump’s lawyers can’t force NBC to turn over ‘Stormy’ documentary materials, judge rules By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 05 Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press As Trump seeks the presidency a third time, he's being shadowed by a chorus of people who served in his administration who have become sharp critics, some offering dire predictions about his return to power. Continue reading
Apr 04 New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government By Will Weissert, Associated Press Advocates hope the rule will head off former President Donald Trump's promises to radically remake the federal workforce along ideological lines if he wins back the White House. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:40 How Biden and Trump are raising and spending their campaign advertising dollars By Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens, Geoff Bennett The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee announced they raised more than $65 million in March as they try to catch up to the nearly $100 million cash advantage President Biden and the Democrats had a month earlier. Both candidates… Continue watching