Donald Trump

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is ineligible for the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump back on the ballot, U.S. Supreme Court rules

Justices rule states cannot exercise clause forbidding his presence without conressional action

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is ineligible for the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump calls himself a ‘proud political dissident’ in CPAC speech

Words came days after Trump compared himself to Russian dissident Alexei Navalny

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York. A verdict is expected Friday in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, adding to a monumental week on the former president’s legal calendar. (Michael Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump fined $364M in New York civil fraud case

Judge cites complete lack of contrition or remorse in scheme tied to inflated financial statements

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York. A verdict is expected Friday in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, adding to a monumental week on the former president’s legal calendar. (Michael Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump chasing more delays as he attempts to head off election loss trial

Trial timing central question as fall election looms with Trump the Republican front-runner

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
FILE - Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021, that some blame for fueling the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the U.S. Supreme Court’s hands. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump, insurrection, the Supreme court and what you need to know about

Presidential bid hangs in the balance over pending court ruling

FILE - Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021, that some blame for fueling the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the U.S. Supreme Court’s hands. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after attending a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump not immune from election interference prosecution: US court

Republican primary front-runner hoping to delay any trial until after the November election

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after attending a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court, Friday, Jan 26, 2024, in New York. A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Jury orders Trump to pay $83.3M to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case

Former president called the decision ‘Absolutely ridiculous!’

E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court, Friday, Jan 26, 2024, in New York. A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump tells Iowa Republicans their votes can help him punish his enemies

Former president hoping to represent Republican Party once again in 2024 election

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Rioters walk on the West Front at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Democracy scholars are warning that political parties must accept the results of fair elections, reject violence and break ties to extremists. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Many Republicans blamed Trump for Jan. 6 riot. Now they endorse his presidential bid

The 3rd anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack comes during the most convulsive period in American politics

Rioters walk on the West Front at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Democracy scholars are warning that political parties must accept the results of fair elections, reject violence and break ties to extremists. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. Trump is facing criticism for repeatedly harnessing rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler to argue that immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country. Trump insists he had no idea that one of the world’s most reviled and infamous figures once used similar words. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

Trump says he didn’t know his immigration rhetoric echoes Hitler

Trump has also pleaded ignorance in other cases, including not knowing of Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. Trump is facing criticism for repeatedly harnessing rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler to argue that immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country. Trump insists he had no idea that one of the world’s most reviled and infamous figures once used similar words. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)
Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, on March 25 while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from injecting politics into trial

The Supreme Court declined last week to get involved in the dispute for now

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, on March 25 while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says her team is hard at work getting ready in the event former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Godofredo A. Vásquez

If Trump returns to U.S. office, will Canada be more ready?

Ottawa learned lessons from Trump’s first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says her team is hard at work getting ready in the event former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Godofredo A. Vásquez
FILE - Attorney Eric Olson, far right, argues before the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Denver. Colorado Supreme Court justices have sharply questioned whether they could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool)

Trump barred from Colorado ballot over insurrection clause, court rules

Decision marks first time in history 14th Amendment used to disqualify presidential candidate

FILE - Attorney Eric Olson, far right, argues before the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Denver. Colorado Supreme Court justices have sharply questioned whether they could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool)
Former President Donald Trump, second from left, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, Alina Habba, second from right, and Clifford Robert at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)

Trump says he won’t testify again at his New York fraud trial

Former president says he has nothing more to say

Former President Donald Trump, second from left, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, Alina Habba, second from right, and Clifford Robert at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)
FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)

Ivanka Trump takes witness stand in the civil fraud trial that’s scrutinizing the family business

Ivanka Trump began testifying Wednesday in the the civil fraud trial that…

FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The Donald Trump who testifies at a New York civil trial on Monday may be more subdued than the version often seen in campaign rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump’s decades of testimony provide clues on how he’ll fight for real estate empire

Former president has testified in court in at least 8 trials since 1986

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The Donald Trump who testifies at a New York civil trial on Monday may be more subdued than the version often seen in campaign rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Former President Donald Trump walks over to speak with reporters before he boards his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3 in Arlington, Va., after facing a judge on federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After judge’s rebuke, Trump returns to court for 3rd day for fraud lawsuit trial

The judge already has ruled that Trump committed fraud by inflating the values of prized assets

Former President Donald Trump walks over to speak with reporters before he boards his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3 in Arlington, Va., after facing a judge on federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Former President Donald Trump speaks with journalists during a midday break from court proceedings in New York, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, as he attends the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes

Donald Trump’s court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to…

Former President Donald Trump speaks with journalists during a midday break from court proceedings in New York, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, as he attends the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
FILE = Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Maquoketa, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
FILE = Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Maquoketa, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump pauses before ending his remarks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Sept. 25, 2023. A New York judge ruled, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, that the former president and his company committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr., File)

Trump defrauded banks while building real estate empire, judge rules

Ruling would strip Trump of authority to make decisions over some of his key New York properties

FILE - Former President Donald Trump pauses before ending his remarks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Sept. 25, 2023. A New York judge ruled, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, that the former president and his company committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr., File)