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Republicans aim to put Trump accusers on the other side of the law

A Georgia state lawmaker says it is time to create a special committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

January 23, 2024

Judge delays Trump prosecutor Fani Willis’ deposition in her alleged boyfriend’s divorce case

A Georgia judge on Monday postponed a deposition by Fulton County District County Fani Willis in the divorce case involving the special prosecutor she hired to investigate former President Donald Trump.

January 22, 2024

New York judge postpones testimony in Trump-Carroll defamation trial, citing COVID-19 scares

A New York judge on Monday postponed testimony in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against former President Donald Trump due to COVID-19 concerns among courtroom participants.

January 22, 2024

Trump returning to New York court before New Hampshire primary, may testify in defamation trial

Former President Donald Trump is expected to leave the campaign trail Monday to return to a Manhattan courtroom and potentially testify in E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against him.

January 22, 2024

Georgia judge orders hearing on claims that DA Fani Willis tainted Trump case with relationship

An Atlanta-based judge overseeing the Georgia election-subversion case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others has scheduled a Feb. 15 hearing to address claims that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an inappropriate personal relationship with one of the special prosecutors on the case.

January 18, 2024

Trump attends mother-in-law’s funeral in Fla. while N.Y. trial resumes

An attorney for ex-President Donald Trump finished her cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who alleges Mr. Trump raped her in 1996, on Thursday while the GOP front-runner attended his mother-in-law's funeral in Florida instead of watching testimony in New York.

January 18, 2024

Trump attends mother-in-law’s funeral in Florida while New York defamation trial resumes

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he will be absent from a New York courtroom as his attorneys continue to cross-examine E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who alleges Mr. Trump raped her in a 1996 department store and later defamed her.

January 18, 2024

Judge threatens to eject Trump over verbal shots in New York’s Carroll trial

A New York judge warned Donald Trump he might boot him from his courtroom Wednesday after the former president verbally interjected as columnist E. Jean Carroll testified he raped her in a department store in 1996 and ruined her reputation when she went public with the claim.

January 17, 2024

NASA upbeat about 2026 trip to moon despite safety, cost issues

The U.S. is committed to landing astronauts on the moon for the first time in a half-century and reaching Mars, but must get a handle on safety and cost before launching the next phase of its Artemis program, NASA told Congress on Wednesday.

January 17, 2024

Ted Cruz endorses Trump, adding to ex-president’s Senate tally

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas endorsed Donald Trump for president late Tuesday, saying the "race is over" and it is time to coalesce behind the former president's bid to return to the White House.

January 17, 2024

Fresh off huge Iowa win, Trump shifts to courtroom for Carroll trial

Columnist E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump got underway Tuesday, just hours after GOP voters brushed off the ex-president's legal woes and delivered him a major victory in Iowa's presidential caucuses.

January 16, 2024

White House confirms Kerry’s departure as Biden’s climate envoy

The White House confirmed Tuesday that John Kerry will leave the administration after serving for three years as President Biden's climate envoy.

January 16, 2024

Biden to meet with top leaders in Congress on foreign aid spending request

President Biden will host congressional leaders from the House and Senate at the White House on Wednesday to discuss his stalled request for military aid for Ukraine and Israel, the administration said Tuesday.

January 16, 2024

Fresh off historic Iowa win, Trump sits in courtroom for penalty phase of E. Jean Carroll trial

Jury selection began Tuesday in the second civil case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald Trump, just hours after GOP voters brushed off the ex-president's legal woes and delivered him a major victory in the Iowa caucuses.

January 16, 2024

Fresh off historic Iowa win, Trump arrives at courtroom for penalty phase of E. Jean Carroll trial

Former President Donald Trump had little time to celebrate his Iowa victory before facing another civil trial, this time a second round in New York against advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.

January 16, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris jabs at Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley in MLK Day speech to NAACP

Vice President Kamala Harris took a swipe at former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley during a Monday visit to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 15, 2024

Biden packs food in Pennsylvania stronghold, while GOP candidates vie for Iowans on MLK Day

President Biden marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day at a food bank in Philadelphia, a key Democratic stronghold, while his potential GOP rival crisscrossed Iowa.

January 15, 2024

Fulton County DA Fani Willis breaks silence over relationship bombshell in Trump case in Georgia

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the special prosecutor she hired to work on the case against former President Donald Trump.

January 15, 2024

Biden, Harris, congratulate new Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on inauguration

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday congratulated Bernardo Arevalo upon his inauguration as president of Guatemala and said they look forward to working on migration issues as the U.S. administration contends with an unchecked flow across the southern border.

January 15, 2024

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Congress needs a pay raise to attract people

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts says federal lawmakers should get a pay raise because Congress is becoming the "plaything of multimillionaires and billionaires."

January 15, 2024