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Judge sets March 4, 2024 as Trump trial date in election interference case
WASHINGTON (NPR) — The federal judge overseeing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump for interfering with the 2020 presidential election has set a trial date of March 4,… Read More
5 takeaways from the first Republican primary debate
MILWAUKEE (NPR) — Imagine a world in which Donald Trump decided not to run again for reelection. That’s what the audience experienced for about the first 50 minutes of the… Read More
5 questions ahead of the first GOP primary debate of the 2024 election cycle
MILWAUKEE (NPR) — Let’s get right to the obvious — former President Donald Trump, the far-and-away frontrunner for the GOP nomination again, will not be at the Republican Party’s first… Read More
3 reasons the latest charges against Trump could be hard for him to shake
WASHINGTON (NPR) — It may be the fourth criminal indictment for Donald Trump in five months, but in a few ways, the charges brought by a Georgia grand jury on… Read More
Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the 2020 election
Updated August 14, 2023 at 11:38 PM ET ATLANTA (GPB) — A grand jury in Georgia has indicted Donald Trump for his role in failed efforts to overturn the state’s… Read More
Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case
Updated July 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has charged former President Donald Trump with a new count… Read More
Trump classified documents trial in Florida to begin in May 2024
Updated July 21, 2023 at 2:33 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A federal judge says former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges of withholding and concealing classified documents will… Read More
Trump says he received a letter saying he’s a target of DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation
WASHINGTON (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump says he has received word that he’s a target of the grand jury probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump says… Read More
Here are the legal next steps in the Trump documents case
WASHINGTON (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to the slew of federal charges against him for storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort and… Read More
Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents at Florida estate
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts… Read More
DeWine says ‘justice will be done’ in Trump classified docs case but doesn’t rule out endorsement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine didn’t say much when asked about the charges against former President Donald Trump, who endorsed DeWine in his re-election bid… Read More
Trump is set to appear in court after being indicted over classified documents
MIAMI (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump is in Florida, preparing to surrender to federal authorities and appear in court at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. In an unprecedented indictment… Read More
GOP election officials walk a fine line on voting fraud and integrity
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican election officials in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine… Read More
In a historic first, former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts
Updated April 4, 2023 at 5:02 PM ET NEW YORK (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsification of… Read More
The U.S. has an overclassification problem, says one former special counsel
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — For months, classified documents have been turning up in places where they’re not supposed to. First, there was the discovery of hundreds of classified documents inappropriately… Read More
Trump-endorsed statewide GOP candidates aren’t talking about former president much post election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Before the May primary, Republicans in the state were seeking the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, and many who got that endorsement went… Read More
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for testimony under oath and for records, the panel said in… Read More
Trump asks the Supreme Court to resolve Mar-a-Lago document dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The legal battle over documents seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in August continues with the former president requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case…. Read More
Donald Trump rallies for Ohio Republicans in Mahoning Valley
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former president Donald Trump attracted thousands of people to an arena in Youngstown to rally for Ohio Republican candidates running for office in November…. Read More
Trump endorses DeWine in Ohio governor’s race, after not doing so before contested primary in May
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Mike DeWine, Ohio’s Republican incumbent governor running for re-election, four months after choosing not to make an endorsement… Read More
Read: Judge unseals the list of items FBI seized from Trump in Mar-a-Lago search
Updated September 2, 2022 at 10:26 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal judge has unsealed a list of items the FBI seized from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home… Read More
Biden’s speech walks a fine line in its attack on MAGA Republicans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Democrats have picked up some momentum this election cycle with wins in multiple special elections, following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. And the… Read More
Trump team may have hidden or moved classified material, DoJ says
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday that classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an effort to… Read More
Over 180 classified docs removed by National Archives from Mar-a-Lago, affidavit says
Updated August 26, 2022 at 3:31 PM ET The affidavit that the FBI used to get a warrant for searching former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago is now public…. Read More
Judge creates path for releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal magistrate judge has given the Department of Justice one week to provide a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the unprecedented FBI… Read More