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Michael Cohen, the fixer-turned-foe of former U.S. president Donald Trump, is now being cross-examined about an alleged hush money scheme prior to the 2016 presidential election. Jackson Proskow reports on what Cohen says he was urged not to do.

The hush money trial against former U.S. president Donald Trump has now heard dramatic testimony from Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, fixer, and confidante. As Jackson Proskow reports, Cohen explained the lengths he says he went to protect Trump.

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday pressed the judge overseeing his hush money trial to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence. Judge Juan M. Merchan did not immediately rule on the defence request, which came at the end of a busy day...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highlighted the close ties between Canada and the U.S. while visiting an international union conference in Philadelphia, Pa., on Tuesday. “The links between the Canadian and the American economy are so deep and indeed getting deeper over the past year our trade numbers have reached higher levels than any time before,”...

Former adult film star Stormy Daniels has given her highly anticipated testimony at former U.S. president Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Jackson Proskow reports on what Daniels revealed about her encounter with Trump; the money she was paid to keep it a secret; and what she thinks of Trump.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...