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Here are the other investigations Trump has to worry about

Jun. 08, 2023 20:19 PM EDT

Donald Trump's legal problems appear to have escalated significantly on Thursday with federal charges over the retention of top secret documents, but investigators aren't done yet. The former president faces a string of inquiries in various states and venues as he campaigns for a...

More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll

Apr. 20, 2023 12:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment. But a new poll suggests that investigations in Georgia and Washington could prove more problematic. Only 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in New...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

Apr. 17, 2023 07:11 AM EDT

Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 14, 2023. Editorial: Ohio should abolish the death penalty - now A bipartisan group of state senators is sponsoring a bill to repeal Ohio’s death penalty law. The General Assembly should approve it and Republican Gov. Mike DeWine should...

Trump and Iowa evangelicals: A bond that is hard to break

Apr. 12, 2023 13:04 PM EDT

MARION, Iowa (AP) — When South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott returns to Iowa on Wednesday, he will meet privately with a group of pastors at a Cedar Rapids church. For someone considering a Republican presidential campaign, the visit is part of a decades-old courtship ritual in the...

Analysis: Trump hush money case raises thorny legal issues

Apr. 05, 2023 16:42 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The cover-up is worse than the crime, the expression goes. And in the hush money case against Donald Trump, prosecutors say the cover-up made the crime worse. In an indictment and other documents unsealed Tuesday, prosecutors say Trump falsified internal business...

Stormy Daniels must pay $122,000 in Trump legal bills

Apr. 05, 2023 11:07 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stormy Daniels must pay nearly $122,000 of Donald Trump's legal fees that were racked up in connection with the porn actor's failed defamation lawsuit, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision in California came at about the same time that that Trump became...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Apr. 04, 2023 16:22 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 1 The Washington Post on youth mental health Responding to clamoring from parents, and dreadful stories of youth suicide and hospitalizations, leaders in both parties convey an...

Trump indicted: What to know about the case and what's next

Apr. 03, 2023 13:36 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump’s court appearance Tuesday will kick off an intense legal battle as the 2024 Republican presidential candidate also fights to return to the White House. Trump is expected to turn himself in and be arraigned in a New York courtroom, a stunning moment in...

Donald Trump isn't first ex-president to face legal trouble

Apr. 02, 2023 08:08 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has made history so many times. The first president without government or military experience. The first to be impeached twice. The first to aggressively challenge the certification of his successor. Now, he adds another: Even as he...

Trump indictment live updates: Latest news, developments

Mar. 31, 2023 18:30 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first criminal case against a former president, Donald Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments made during the 2016 campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business...