Trump cannot exclude ‘Access Hollywood’ tape from rape accuser’s trial
A U.S. judge on Friday rejected Donald Trump’s effort to exclude an “Access Hollywood” tape of him making vulgar comments about women from a defamation lawsuit by the ...
US Justice Dept seeks rejection of Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 lawsuits
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is automatically immune from lawsuits over his supporters’ assault ...
Trump seeks to dismiss rape accuser Carroll’s second defamation claim
Donald Trump on Thursday urged a federal judge to throw out the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claim in the second of her two lawsuits against the former U....
Georgia judge to release parts of report on Trump’s efforts to overturn election
Portions of a Georgia special grand jury’s report on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election should be publicly released, but any recommendations on criminal charges ...
Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts to be reinstated
Meta Platforms Inc META.O said Wednesday it will reinstate former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after ...
Two failed populist coups: compare and contrast
Pundits are making much of the similarities between the attempted coup in Washington by Trump supporters two years ago and the one by Bolsonaro supporters in Brasilia last Sunday, but ...
2022: the year when history began again
Historians will judge 2022 a momentous year. If when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 it heralded the end of history, by that logic Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ushered in ...
First time in US history that Congress refers a former president (Trump) for criminal prosecution
The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report late on Thursday, outlining its case that former U.S. President Donald Trump should ...
US Capitol riot probe to release final report on assault by Trump backers
The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol wraps up its work on Wednesday with a final report outlining its case that former President Donald Trump ...
Trump should face insurrection, obstruction charges, U.S. Capitol riot panel says
The U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol asked federal prosecutors on Monday to charge Donald Trump with four crimes, including obstruction and insurrection, ...
Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme
Donald Trump’s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former U....
Trump faces new trial date in rape accuser’s lawsuit
A U.S. judge on Tuesday delayed by two months the scheduled defamation trial of Donald Trump by a writer who accused the former U.S. president of rape.
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Supreme Court clears way for lawmakers to get Trump’s tax returns
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns to a House of Representatives committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had ...
Trump launches 2024 U.S. presidential run, getting jump on rivals
Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to ...
Trump says he will make a ‘big announcement’ on Nov 15
Former U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday he would mount a 2024 presidential run as soon as next week, saying at a political rally in Ohio on Monday he ...
Trump Organization to have independent monitor, judge rules
A New York state judge on Thursday ordered that an independent monitor be appointed to oversee the Trump Organization before a civil fraud case by the state’s attorney general ...
Trump settles lawsuit over alleged assaults at Trump Tower protest
Donald Trump and his namesake company have settled a lawsuit by protesters who said his security guards violently attacked them while they were demonstrating outside Trump Tower in September 2015 over ...
How Congress might look for Biden post midterms: The good, bad, and the ugly
By Jeff Mason, Richard Cowan and Heather Timmons
The midterm elections in the United States on Nov. 8 will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control each house of Congress, and the ...
PGA Tour blew it by not making deal with LIV Golf, says Trump
The PGA Tour blew it by refusing to negotiate with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series and therefore find themselves in a difficult spot dealing with “good people” with unlimited money, ...
Trump ex-adviser Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress
Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last ...
Trump loses bid to delay rape accuser’s lawsuit ahead of deposition
Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to delay a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her, ahead of a deposition of ...
Populism: Three steps forward; two-and-a-half steps back
The reports about Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva’s impending comeback as Brazilian president verged on the ecstatic in the week before last Sunday’s vote. He was after ...
Donald Trump and children are sued by New York attorney general for fraud
Donald Trump, his family business, and three of his adult children were sued by New York’s attorney general, who accused them of overvaluing the former U.S. president’s ...
In defence of whistle-blowers (and Donald Trump)
I never thought I’d be writing a column in defence of Donald Trump, but a journalist has to go where the evidence leads. Over the years I have written ...