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President Donald Trump said Friday he will direct Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with prominent Democrats and major financial institutions, escalating a political fight over the late financier’s connections as Congress moves toward forcing new disclosures in the case. In a post on …

The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump appears to live on after the head of a nonpartisan state agency appointed himself the new prosecutor in the case. Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, will take over the case from embattled Fulton County …

Newly released emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appear to reference former President Donald Trump, with Epstein claiming in one message that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday by House Democrats. The House Oversight Committee released three email chains spanning from 2011 to 2019, …

President Donald Trump on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2023 New York civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, escalating his years long legal fight over her allegations. Trump’s petition seeks to overturn the $5 million award …

President Donald Trump threatened Saturday to cut off all U.S. aid to Nigeria and said he had ordered the Pentagon to “prepare for possible action” in response to what he called the country’s failure to stop the persecution of Christians. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused …

President Donald Trump on Monday formally asked a New York appeals court to overturn his felony conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, arguing that the trial that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime was unconstitutional and tainted by bias. In a 96-page filing, Trump’s legal …

President Donald Trump said Monday that he underwent an MRI scan during his recent medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, describing the results as “perfect.” The president confirmed the imaging test while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Tokyo, part of his ongoing …

President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that he is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the federal government over investigations and prosecutions that were later dropped, confirming a New York Times report that he filed claims for damages against the Justice Department. “As far as all of the …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honoring the Turning Point USA co-founder who was assassinated last month while speaking at Utah Valley University. “We’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who galvanized the …

Judges across the country — including several appointed by President Donald Trump himself — have repeatedly rejected his sweeping claims that the United States is in the grip of rebellion or foreign invasion, undercutting his efforts to justify extraordinary actions such as domestic troop deployments and emergency deportation powers. The …

President Donald Trump departed Sunday for Israel and Egypt to mark the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas and to press Middle Eastern allies to build on what he described as a rare opportunity for lasting peace in the region. It marks the first trip by an …

President Donald Trump received a Covid-19 vaccine booster and a flu shot during a routine visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday, according to a memo released by the White House. The president’s physician described Trump’s overall condition as “exceptional,” with cardiovascular and metabolic health well above average …

President Donald Trump will undergo what the White House is calling his “routine yearly checkup” Friday morning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, just six months after his last full physical exam at the same facility. The unusual timing has raised questions about why the president, 79, is receiving …

President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with two top Illinois Democrats on Wednesday, saying in a Truth Social post that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail” for opposing his administration’s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to the state. “Chicago Mayor should …

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by former President Donald Trump over the temporary suspension of his account following the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection, court filings show. The settlement, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, resolves a four-year …