Trump boards his plane at Reagan National Airport on Thursday, August 3. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesIt’s been eight years since he rode down the escalator in Trump Tower and more than two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection, but the legal drama surrounding Donald Trump has never been more intense.Here are key things to know about
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Washington CNN — Special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday that the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol was “fueled by lies” told by former President Donald Trump. The indictment of Trump on four new federal criminal charges, all related to the former president’s effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election, lays
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CNN — “The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump” instantly became one of the most consequential documents in American history. Tuesday’s 45-page indictment took the country to an unprecedented, profound and even tragic place. For the first time, America is set to put on trial a former president for trying to destroy its
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CNN — Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges related to 2020 election subversion, a stunning third time this year that the former president has faced criminal charges. But could the former president, who remains the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, assume the Oval Office again if convicted of the alleged crimes?
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Chariton, Iowa CNN — It was not the kind of place you’d typically find Donald Trump – and that was the point. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit the reset button in a cramped basement under a neighborhood grill in the tiny southern Iowa town of Chariton last week. Under a tangle of water pipes on
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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Just weeks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the mass protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities are considering a draconian new bill
Supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a rally in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6, 2021. John Minchillo/APFederal prosecutors detailed the “prolific lies” that former President Donald Trump made in the wake of the 2020 election in the indictment document released Tuesday. According to the indictment, prosecutors said that Trump knowingly pushed false claims of
CNN — Fitch Ratings downgraded its US debt rating on Tuesday from the highest AAA rating to AA+, citing “a steady deterioration in standards of governance,” such as the country’s repeated impasses over the debt ceiling. The downgrade comes after lawmakers negotiated up until the last minute on a debt ceiling deal earlier this year
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CNN — The historic indictment against Donald Trump in the special counsel’s probe into January 6, 2021, and efforts to overturn the 2020 election says that he “enlisted co-conspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts.” The charging documents repeatedly reference six of these co-conspirators, but as is common practice, their identities are withheld because
A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s fortunes seem to be moving in opposing directions. He is burning cash on an expanding, multipronged legal war with fronts in courtrooms up and down the East
