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As the GOP launches into investigating a supposed vast government conspiracy against them, some in their ranks urge caution.

A closed-door legal fight between Trump lawyers and prosecutors over classified documents has now moved to an appeals court, which seems poised to rule quickly.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has faced off with former President Donald Trump and his companies before.

Nancy Pelosi spoke at a Wall Street Journal event on Monday night where she was hesitant to weigh directly in on the rumors of a coming indictment against Donald Trump.

Was Carlson's pushback on Trumpworld's wildest post-2020 claims a reaction to being burned by them the week before?

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign says they hauled in $1.5 million dollars in grassroots fundraising since the former president’s warning on Saturday that he would face imminent arrest

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed an order that would have compelled Evan Corcoran to testify again about the former president’s handling of the classified documents.

At this point during the last presidential election in 2020, more than 15 Democrats had jumped into their party’s open presidential race.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is the prosecutor on the investigation into former president Donald Trump's role in hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels.

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles.

The "Morning Joe" anchor called B.S. on a report that the former president is relishing his current legal predicament.

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/ReutersDonald Trump’s legal last-ditch effort to derail Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s potential indictment of the former president over his hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels appears to be not only a dud but a misfire.With the grand jury reportedly nearing the conclusion of its investigation and Bragg’s decision on indictment seemingly imminent, Trump lawyers made an 11th-hour request. As is required in New York,

In Washington, it’s a busy hearing day on Capitol Hill. Among these expected to testify: Norfolk Southern chief executive officer Alan Shaw and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has taken a page out of Stalin's playbook and targeted Donald Trump.

There is nothing in the Constitution prohibiting people with criminal records from running for president, but voters historically turn on candidates with legal challenges.

Ron DeSantis portrayed himself as a more disciplined executive than Trump in a Piers Morgan interview, again distancing himself from his potential 2024 rival.

The flame emoji-filled post defending the former president became the butt of jokes on Twitter for three reasons.

Drew Findling had a hard time producing actual evidence that Trump didn't break the law in Georgia.

Trump DJ-ed at a party and was seen cruising around Mar-a-Lago in his golf cart, reported The New York Times, citing people close to Trump.

Marco Bello/ReutersA D.C. Circuit appeals court set an “unprecedented” schedule Tuesday night surrounding Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago classified documents case, requiring answers from Trump attorneys by midnight and a reply from the U.S. Department of Justice just hours later, at 6 a.m. The move concerns a request from Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice to investigate Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents, to have Trump attorney Evan Corcoran app

Sean Hannity discusses the criminal investigation for alleged hush money payments former President Donald Trump made to Stormy Daniels as a presidential candidate in 2016 in Tuesday's opening monologue.

Sarah Matthews, who served as deputy White House press secretary, said the former president has "learned nothing" since the U.S. Capitol riot.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls out rumors about former President Donald Trump and January 6 protesters on Tuesday's "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at ABC News over a report it published claiming he "misled" his attorneys concerning the classified documents investigation.

As House Republicans gathered this week for their annual issues conference, one man loomed large: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Jesse Watters discusses how Democrats are itching to have former President Donald Trump be the first president in history to have a mugshot photo on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

The former president’s team is pressuring other Republicans to show support. But advisers privately acknowledged many potential risks.

Geoffrey Sills of Mechanicsville, Virginia, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

New York braced for disruptions that could follow after an indictment of former president Donald Trump, who is facing the possibility of criminal charges. (March 21)

"I love Trump," the Fox News host said, as he discussed private text exchanges that said the exact opposite.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is calling for “common sense and compassionate solutions” to reform entitlement programs and the nation’s debt burden.

For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated a flurry of legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges.

George Soros' donation to a group that backed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is back in the spotlight, but he's not the only Soros family member to support him.

The science journal Nature revealed in a survey that its endorsement of Biden for president in 2020 likely did damage to it and science’s credibility.

In 2018, some Red-state Democrats allied with Republicans to deregulate the banking industry. That was a mistake, critics say.

New York braced for disruptions that could follow after an indictment of former president Donald Trump, who is facing the possibility of criminal charges. (March 21)

In yet another late-night video, former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social claiming that there is a “witch hunt” against him, even as he claims he will be arrested on Tuesday. No arrest has been made, nor has it been confirmed by authorities, and Trump’s lawyer says the former president isn’t afraid of the charges against him, saying instead “He’s sad [about] what’s going on,” CNBC reported.

The vast majority of pro-Trump online groups seemed to shrug off the former President's rallying cry

As speculation mounts that Donald Trump could soon be indicted over hush money payments, Alvin Bragg may have to make a history-making decision.

Republicans in Congress launched an investigation of New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg as a grand jury mulled charges for Donald Trump's Stormy Daniels payoff.

Some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters gathered on the road leading to Mar-a-Lago Tuesday as the Manhattan district attorney considers criminal charges against Trump in the Stormy Daniels case. (March 21) (AP video: Daniel Kozin)

What we know about Trump's claim that he will be arrested soon in a Manhattan criminal investigation -- and what would come next.

As debate over the merits of the possible criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump regarding a $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels continues to rage, several other cases are poised to further complicate his 2024 presidential bid.

The Florida governor's family roots in the region are a new focus of attention. It may not do him much good.

CNN political commentator Van Jones said Monday that he would not be surprised if Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held back on indicting former President Trump — arguing that the prosecutor should wait for the former president to be slapped with more serious charges. “I think that the heat is on this DA, I think…

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

The Manhattan D.A. has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records in the alleged Stormy Daniels payout.

As we sit and wait to find out of former President Donald Trump will be arrested at some point over the next few days, pro-Trump and anti-Trump protestors have gathered around the country to let their voices be heard.

CNN's Ellie Honig seemed to shoot down the idea that the hush money case involving Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels was "easy to prove" on Tuesday.

A Fox News producer claims the network “coerced” her testimony during a deposition in a libel lawsuit filed by a voting machine company.

Which is good.

It's proving much easier to decry potential charges against Donald Trump as politically motivated than as unwarranted.

A New York grand jury investigating hush payments made on Donald Trump’s behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign has refocused attention on the Manhattan district attorney steering the case.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sought to downplay the possible N.Y. case against former president Donald Trump, saying it involved “personal money” and shouldn’t be able to be prosecuted under the statute of limitations.

Pamela Brown persistently grilled Trump's evasive lawyer Drew Findling about the ex-president's call to Georgia asking for more votes to overturn the election.

Once solidly Republican, the West has become political bedrock for Democrats. No state has changed as emphatically in the last two decades as Colorado.

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The liberal candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court isn't backing down from her support for abortion rights or her belief that the state's Republican-drawn legislative maps are unfair.

Former President Donald Trump is in Florida, waiting out the possibility of criminal charges in New York City — as the city braces for disruptions that could follow an indictment.

A handful of red-state Democrats were instrumental in helping Republicans secure a rollback of banking regulations sought by then-President Donald Trump in 2018.

From almost the moment he first rode down the escalator in Trump Tower, a question has loomed over the Republican Party: Is this the moment to break from Donald Trump.

House Republicans are rallying to the defense of former President Donald Trump before his possible indictment.

The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks.

Four people associated with the Oath Keepers were convicted on Monday of conspiracy and obstruction charges stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol in the latest trial involving members of the far-right antigovernment extremist group.

President Joe Biden has issued the first veto of his presidency in an early sign of shifting White House relations with the new Congress since Republicans took control of the House in January.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia.

Federal prosecutors have rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests before his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters.

A New York grand jury has heard from what could be the final witness in the investigation into Donald Trump as law enforcement officials accelerate security preparations in advance of a possible indictment.

No Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights than Donald Trump.

A lawyer who previously advised the key government witness in the hush money payment investigation into Donald Trump has been invited to appear before the Manhattan grand jury that is eyeing potential charges against the former president.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president.

Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis became the fifth Division I wrestler to win four national titles and Penn State won its 10th national title in 12 years on Saturday at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, with former President Donald Trump in attendance for the evening session.

Republicans closely aligned with Trump have expressed outrage over the possible criminal charges that the former president could soon face in New York.

Top Republicans, including some of Donald Trump’s potential rivals for the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination, are rushing to his defense after Trump said he's bracing for possible arrest.

Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race gathered in South Carolina this weekend.

Donald Trump says in a social media post that he expects to be arrested Tuesday and he's calling on supporters to protest.

Congress is trying to figure out how best to respond to the abrupt failure of two U.S. banks.

As the U.S. barrels toward the next presidential election, the election conspiracy movement that mushroomed after the last one shows no signs of slowing down.

Former President Donald Trump will be holding the first rally of his 2024 campaign later this month in Waco, Texas.

Former President Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban.

Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted in the coming weeks by a Manhattan grand jury and appear in a courtroom in an investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.

A retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear and carried zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery has been sentenced to two years in prison.

A report from a House committee's Democrats says Donald Trump's White House has failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations.

Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists decided Friday against making rule changes that had been pushed by Republicans and fueled by conspiracy theories, prompting more defections by GOP-leaning states.

A judge has ruled in a sealed order that federal prosecutors investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate will be able to again question a Trump lawyer before a grand jury.

Farmworkers are leading a five-day, 45-mile trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest.

Texas and Florida are being led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs as their state lawmakers debate especially strict legislation on border security.

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered during ceremonies at the Supreme Court.

Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a leading Republican presidential prospect who has emerged as a potent force in national politics while avoiding the personal connections, intimate moments and unscripted questions that have long fueled successful White House bids.

Besieged Republican Rep. George Santos is carrying on in Congress despite calls for him to resign after he admitted to fabricating many aspects of his life story.

China is accusing the U.S. of spreading disinformation amid reports the Biden administration is calling for TikTok's Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the company.

A former top editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City has been arrested on charges that he interfered with police officers who were trying to protect the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Donald Trump supporters on Jan. 6.

Comedian Trevor Noah, has won the prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize.

The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is unsettled.

A special grand jury that investigated whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia heard a recording of the former president pushing a top state lawmaker to call a special session to overturn his loss in the state.

A New York-based bank's demise was stunningly fast.

A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of a leading abortion medication.