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Former President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a recess at Manhattan criminal court, April 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial

April 18, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

A jury of 12 people has been seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Alternates are now being selected.

FILE – The container ship Dali is stuck under part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that is focused on the circumstances leading up to it and whether all federal laws were followed. The FBI says Monday, April 15 it was present conducting court authorized law enforcement activity. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Ship that caused bridge collapse had apparent electrical issues while still docked, AP source says

April 15, 2024 at 6:20 p.m.

The massive container ship that caused the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge experienced apparent electrical issues before it left port but set out anyway, someone with knowledge of the...

Former President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan criminal court, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump’s historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked

April 15, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

In a singular moment for American history, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury selection. It’s the first criminal trial of a former commander...

FILE – Walt Nauta, center, valet to former president Donald Trump, his attorney Stanley Woodward, rear, and Carlos De Oliveira, foreground, the property manager of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, leave the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, Aug. 10, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Fla. Lawyers for Nauta and De Oliveira are set to ask U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon during a Frida, April 12, 2024, hearing to throw out charges of conspiring with Trump to obstruct an FBI investigation into the hoarding of classified documents at the former president’s Palm Beach estate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Trump’s co-defendants in classified documents case are asking judge to dismiss charges against them

April 12, 2024 at 12:27 p.m.

Lawyers for two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case are asking a judge on Friday to dismiss charges against them.

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022 when FBI agents who searched the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents. But each passing day brings mounting doubts that the case can reach trial this year. The judge has yet to set a firm trial date despite holding two hours-long hearings with lawyers this month. (Justice Department via AP)

Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request

April 10, 2024 at 3:05 p.m.

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has granted a request by prosecutors aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses. But...

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks on the phone as he watches play in the final round of LIV Golf Miami, at Trump National Doral Golf Club, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case

April 8, 2024 at 9:08 p.m.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him...

Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution

April 7, 2024 at 4:28 p.m.

A federal judge has refused to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at a rally in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Prosecutors in Trump’s classified documents case sharply rebuke judge’s unusual and ‘flawed’ order

April 6, 2024 at 10:53 a.m.

Federal prosecutors are scolding the judge presiding over ex-President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida. The prosecutors are trying to warn her off potential jury instructions they say rest...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump arrive to vote in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election

March 20, 2024 at 10:40 p.m.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss an indictment charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

A judge's gavel rests on a book of law. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Judge holds veteran journalist Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source

February 29, 2024 at 5:49 p.m.

A federal judge held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt on Thursday for refusing to divulge her source for a series of stories during her time at Fox...

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