The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington DC stayed further trial court proceedings on Wednesday pending an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The court’s decision comes just two days after the US Supreme Court agreed to take up the issue as [...]

Federal prosecutors asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump, which alleges that the former president engaged in election interference during the 2020 US presidential election. Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the court to take up an appeal currently pending before the US Court of [...]

A US federal appeals court upheld on Friday a gag order against former President Donald Trump imposed by the district judge overseeing his criminal case in Washington DC. The US District Court of Appeals for DC agreed with the district judge that some gag order is needed in the case to ensure the “fair and [...]

The federal judge overseeing former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case ruled Friday that Trump cannot dismiss the four criminal charges pending against him through a claim of presidential immunity. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan refuted Trump’s claim that, as US president, he enjoyed “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions performed within [...]

A Washington DC federal appeals court found on Friday that former US President Donald Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits for his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit means that three civil lawsuits—from Capitol police officers and members of the [...]

A New York appellate court reinstated a gag order Thursday on former US President Donald Trump in the latest development in the state’s civil fraud trial against the former president and his family’s business. In a two-page order, the Supreme Court of the State of New York denied Trump’s appeal to stay a gag order [...]

Qatar announced Monday that Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a humanitarian pause in hostilities for an additional two days as a part of their ongoing mediation. Later on Monday, Israel released 33 additional Palestinian civilians as a part of their agreement with Hamas. In exchange, Hamas released 11 Israeli hostages. Monday marked the fourth [...]

The judge overseeing former US President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial urged a state appellate court to uphold a gag order against Trump. Judge Arthur Engoron said that he has faced a “deluge” of “threatening, harassing, disparaging and antisemitic messages” since the trial began that present an ongoing threat to the safety of [...]

The Georgia judge overseeing the trial involving former President Donald Trump and his allies’ alleged interference in the 2020 US presidential election refused on Tuesday to place Harrison Floyd, one of Trump’s co-defendants, in jail ahead of trial. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis claimed that Floyd violated the conditions of his bond by communicating [...]

Former US President Donald Trump took the witness stand on Monday in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud trial against the Trumps. Trump refuted the state’s claims that his business manipulated property valuations and financial statements for financial gain. During Trump’s testimony, the judge overseeing the case repeatedly admonished Trump—who is the current [...]