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The first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. president is set to begin next Monday. Despite repeated attempts by Donald Trump to delay the hush money trial from moving forward, the case will proceed as planned. While the U.S. Supreme Court’s handling of the matter of presidential immunity remains uncertain, the outcome of the trial...

Opening arguments have begun in the criminal trial against former U.S. president Donald Trump, centred around alleged hush money payments made to an adult film star prior to the 2016 presidential election. Neetu Garcha reports from New York on how the prosecution and defence are making their cases.

The judge in the Donald Trump hush money case ruled Tuesday that the former U.S. president has violated nine gag orders that bar him from making public statements about witnesses and jurors. Judge Juan M. Merchan fined Trump $1,000 for each of the violations, and said that he will be jailed if he continues the...

After his eighth day in a New York City courthouse for his hush money trial, former U.S. president Donald Trump said he invited current President Joe Biden to a nationally-televised debate prior to the 2024 presidential election, claiming that he was ready “any time.” His comments came after Biden also said he would be “happy...

The first criminal trial against a former U.S. president is now underway, over Donald Trump’s alleged hush money payments to hide an affair with an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election. Reggie Cecchini explains what unfolded in the first day of the historic trial, and how it will impact Trump’s 2024 election campaign.

A Florida man was rushed to a burn unit in New York City after setting himself on fire in a public park on Friday afternoon, outside of the courthouse where former U.S. president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial was taking place. Amid the chaos, three NYPD officers and one court officer sustained minor injuries from their...

The first handful of jurors have been sworn in and seated for former U.S. President Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan. The case is not in session today, though the judge says opening statements could begin as soon as Monday. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related to accusations that he financially schemed...

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of former U.S. president Donald Trump, testified in Trump’s criminal hush money trial. As Neetu Garcha explains, Pecker described his “catch and kill” strategy, which involved paying sources for negative stories about Trump to “take them off the market,” so they would...

A man who set himself on fire in a park across the street from the New York City courthouse where former president Donald Trump is on trial has died. Police say the incident did not appear to have anything to do with the trial, but it has prompted officials to reconsider security.

U.S. Supreme Court justices are divided about whether former U.S. president Donald Trump can claim absolute immunity from criminal charges in his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. As Neetu Garcha reports, what the court decides will shape democracy in America for years to come.

History will unfold in New York on Monday as the first criminal trial for a former American president gets underway. Donald Trump faces trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records, relating to hush money payments to an adult film star — something prosecutors allege was done to influence the 2016 election. Reggie Cecchini has...

A Florida judge overseeing the case involving former U.S. president Donald Trump’s classified documents has dismissed the request from his lawyers to dismiss the case based on the Presidential Records Act. In the ruling, Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that the act “does not provide a pre-trial basis to dismiss,” leaving the defence available as an...

Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals.

Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social went public Tuesday and hit a valuation of US$8 billion, despite its lack of profitability. In Business Matters for Wednesday, March 27, Anne Gaviola has more on why some analysts suggest this head-scratching valuation propels Truth Social into the “meme stock” category.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump has been handed a partial legal victory after a New York state appeals court gave him another 10 days to post the bond in his civil fraud case, while also reducing the amount from $464 million USD to $175 million USD. Reggie Cecchini looks at whether this partial lifeline can...

A trade adviser to former President Donald Trump turned himself in to a federal prison in Miami on Tuesday. Peter Navarro was sentenced in January to four months in prison for refusing to complty with a subpoena from the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. capitol.

Donald Trump has become his party’s presumptive nominee on his quest to return to the White House, but he’s now facing criticism over his platform from a former ally who stood next to Trump during his four years in the Oval office. As Reggie Cecchini explains, it’s part of a broader shift in the Republican...

Former U.S president Donald Trump’s lawyers say he has been unable to raise the $454 million USD needed to post a bond covering the civil fraud case he is appealing. Jackson Proskow explains why insurance companies are wary of helping Trump, and what could happen if he misses the deadline.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump has cleared a major legal hurdle in his bid to return to the White House, as the Supreme Court has ruled individual states cannot bar candidates from federal office. Jackson Proskow explains how this affects Trump’s odds of securing the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, and if this...