Donald Trump

‘Our democracy was under attack, but for the defendants it was everything they trained for,’ Louis Manzo said

The lawyer said he had been ‘ordered not to disclose’ any of the people present at the meeting or to discuss prosecutors’ area of interest

The president plans to visit the state Thursday, and he has approved disaster assistance for the state

Demagogues – taking advantage of social unrest and polarization – are corroding the strength of democracies. Notwithstanding, institutions continue to show resilience in the face of authoritarianism

The case, the largest in the history of the Department of Justice, is far from over. Members of the Proud Boys are being tried for seditious conspiracy in Washington DC

The excerpts reveal a contentious battle between Trump and a lawyer for Carroll who questioned him

Ex-president’s company paid execs undeclared compensation in kind for 15 years. Only one executive was charged: ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg, who got five months

It is a crime only if the retention and removal of top-secret material is intentional. For that reason, legal experts say, the former president faces considerably more legal peril

The announcement followed the president’s acknowledgement that a second batch of material was found in his garage

‘Now that Democrats no longer have one-party rule in Washington, oversight and accountability are coming,’ Rep. James Comer says

The material turned up at the Penn Biden Center, where the US president kept a space after he left the vice presidency in 2017. Trump asked when the FBI is going to raid the current leader’s ‘many homes’

The dramatic multi-day election of Speaker McCarthy – who was forced to make major concessions to less than 10% of his Republican caucus – foreshadows how dysfunctional the next session of the US House will be

Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters forced their way into the parliament building demanding a military intervention to oust President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from power

Trumpism is once again casting a shadow over Congress, with the lower chamber paralyzed due to a group of dissident Republicans, who believe the 2020 election was stolen

The candidate once again failed to be elected speaker due to the party hardliners, meaning all legislative activity in the House is on hold

The congressman from California – who is backed by the establishment of the Republican Party – still isn’t able to win over a majority of the House of Representatives. Despite Donald Trump’s tepid endorsement of the candidate, 21 extremist members of Congress still refuse to give him their vote

The politician, the first since 1923 to lose a vote to lead the House of Representatives, had longed for years to be speaker, one of the most important offices in US politics

Embattled Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was denied the speakership of the House of Representatives, with dozens of pro-Trump members of his party voting against him

Despite making last-minute concessions, Kevin McCarthy may be the first speaker candidate in 100 years to fail to be elected in the initial vote

The tycoon paid $1.1 million in federal taxes in his first three years as president, and nothing at all in 2020

Staffer Cassidy Hutchinson told the investigating panel that her boss Mark Meadows destroyed official papers around a dozen times

Title 42, a controversial policy introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic, was about to expire, but Republican states mounted a legal challenge that justices will resolve next year, effectively allowing expulsions until then

‘The central cause of January 6 was one man, former President Donald Trump, who was followed by many others,’ reads the 814-page report

The writer, author of an intellectual history of the American right, does not think that the United States is on the brink of civil war

Hundreds of migrants are camping on the riverbanks and in the streets of both cities as they wait for a Trump-era pandemic-containment measure to expire

The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol has concluded 18 months of work with a unanimous vote, recommending that the Department of Justice prosecute the former president on four charges, including insurrection