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Prosecutors say Trump’s hush money was ‘election interference.’ Will jurors — and voters — believe it?

Legal Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has insisted that the case is more than just its tabloid roots. Pro-Trump flags fly above Collect Pond Park outside...

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Supreme Court skeptical of feds’ use of obstruction statute in Jan. 6 prosecutions

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Supreme Court to anti-abortion activists: You can't just challenge every policy you don't like

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New Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants back on hold

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Challenge to Biden hectoring of social media firms appears doomed at Supreme Court

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Supreme Court to hear online speech case with major 2024 implications

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Trump gets $91.6 million bond while he appeals verdict in E. Jean Carroll defamation case

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Engineer accused of stealing Google's AI secrets for Chinese startup

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A very un-Trumpy performance delivers for Trump at Supreme Court

Jonathan Mitchell's argument to the justices had none of the bombast that other Trump lawyers often deploy.

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6 key questions in Supreme Court fight over Trump’s ballot eligibility

The justices will confront a hornet's nest of legal issues as they hear arguments in the historic case.

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Biden classified document case ends without charges

Attorney General Merrick Garland notified Congress that the special counsel had concluded his investigation.

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In showdown over Trump’s eligibility, Biden administration seems to be sitting out

The solicitor general would typically file arguments on an issue of this magnitude — but the upcoming Trump case is a political lightning rod.

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Five ways the Supreme Court may try to defuse its newest Trump bomb

As the justices confront a historic case with enormous political stakes, they might seek a narrow way out.

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John Roberts weighs in on AI, ignores looming Trump cases

In his year-end report, the chief justice stuck to an anodyne topic.

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Judge key to Jan. 6 cases warns US faces 'authoritarian' threat

Judge Beryl Howell sees “time of testing” for nation as facts are denied and disputed.

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How one judge is slowing down one of Trump’s biggest criminal cases

The May 2024 trial in Trump's classified documents case appears headed for a politically precarious postponement.

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Compromises, loopholes and old promises: What to know about the Supreme Court’s ethics code

The court's adoption of a formal code of conduct is a first — but it's unlikely to be a transformation.

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Embattled Supreme Court adopts code of conduct

All nine of the court’s current justices endorsed the code, which generally tracks existing rules for lower court judges.

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‘Travesty in darkness’: Trump backs drive to televise his D.C. election-subversion trial

Trump, who is facing four criminal prosecutions as well as several civil lawsuits, has been trying in recent weeks to leverage those proceedings to...

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Court debates free speech protections for election lies — including Trump’s

Trump's false election claims arose during a Michigan Supreme Court argument over the prosecutions of two right-wing provocateurs.

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Supreme Court looks poised to uphold ban on guns for accused domestic abusers

Several key conservative justices seemed unlikely to strike down a federal law that disarms people under domestic violence restraining orders.

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Gun rights and domestic violence collide at Supreme Court — but justices will be looking to the past

History will take center stage as the court hears arguments on the constitutionality of a federal law aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of...

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Appeals court mulls reviving Sarah Palin’s suit against New York Times — again

A lawyer for Palin used an oral argument Monday to attack a longstanding First Amendment case that provides robust protection to media outlets.

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Trump fights loom large for a Supreme Court that has tried to ignore him

A tiff over a Trump-related T-shirt is just the beginning. The justices, despite their reluctance, may soon have to take up a flurry of major Trump...

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Can politicians block their critics on Twitter? Not always, Supreme Court suggests.

The justices heard arguments on when a public official's social media account becomes "state action" under the First Amendment.

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Televise Trump’s federal trials? Judicial panel says its hands are tied

A courts committee says it lacks authority to modify a broadcasting ban in time for the historic criminal cases against the former president.

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ACLU: Trump’s gag order in federal case is unconstitutional

The civil liberties group argued that the directive from a D.C. federal judge violates Trump's First Amendment rights and the public's right to hear...

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Foreign agents for dummies: Seven questions and answers on the new indictment of Bob Menendez

What is FARA? How is it enforced? And can a sitting senator ever legally work as a "foreign agent"?

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Trump drops suit against former lawyer Michael Cohen

The former president, facing a scheduling conflict with a campaign rally, ended his case seeking $500 million from the attorney who turned on him.

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Lawyers bail on MyPillow’s Michael Lindell, saying he owes millions in fees

Citing shortfall, two law firms seek to terminate representation of 2020 election denier.

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Appeals court doubtful on Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter

Trump’s lawyers argue that Twitter violated his free speech rights when it suspended him in January 2021, but federal judges expressed skepticism.

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As new term begins, Supreme Court faces fallout from its rightward shift

The justices return from their summer recess on Monday, and they're poised to wade back into divisive issues on guns and agency power.

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Prosecutors drop foreign-agent case against Trump transition adviser

Bijan Rafiekian is a California businessman and former business partner of Trump ally Michael Flynn.

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Alito rejects call to recuse in tax case

The conservative justice granted a series of interviews to a lawyer working with The Wall Street Journal.

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