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CNN  —  Donald Trump’s legal troubles deepened earlier this week when he was informed by special counsel Jack Smith that he’s the target of the criminal investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election – the clearest sign yet that the former president could soon face more criminal charges. The letter from Smith, according to

CNN  —  The biggest question about the 2024 presidential campaign so far is whether voters or juries will get to cast the first verdict on Donald Trump. A White House race that figures to be one of the most fraught in history is again in suspended animation as the political world awaits more potential criminal

CNN  —  The House Oversight Committee is hearing from two IRS whistleblowers whose testimony alleging that the Hunter Biden criminal probe was mishandled has ignited a firestorm among House Republicans. One of the two whistleblowers is speaking for the first time publicly: Joseph Ziegler, a 13-year IRS Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division. In

CNN  —  A federal judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s effort to move the New York indictment charging him with falsifying business records into federal court, finding that Trump failed to show that any of the allegedly illegal conduct related to his role as president. Judge Alvin Hellerstein previewed at a court hearing several weeks

CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and advisers are trying to figure out if there is evidence and witnesses they are unaware of that are bolstering special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to multiple sources familiar with Trump team’s legal conversation. The potential charges listed in the

CNN  —  Donald Trump followed a predictable pattern this week. The former president announced Tuesday a new set of legal troubles, this time a letter from special counsel Jack Smith that said he is the target of a criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. By day’s end, he was asking his supporters

CNN  —  Despite frequent claims from Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama that new Pentagon reproductive health policies would result in thousands more abortions a year, the number estimated by a study Tuberville himself cites is far lower, though nearly impossible to actually know. Tuberville is protesting new Pentagon reproductive health policies, which provide a

Dissent from the vast field of 2024 GOP presidential candidates has already begun to rise since former President Donald Trump revealed that he is a target of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the January 6, 2021, attack.Former Vice President Mike Pence said he hopes that Trump isn’t indicted

Ft. Pierce, Florida CNN  —  US District Judge Aileen Cannon signaled she is likely to push back the start of a trial in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case beyond the mid-December date proposed by federal prosecutors – but appeared deeply skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump’s lawyers that he couldn’t get a fair trial while

CNN  —  Sixteen fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election have been charged with multiple felonies, state Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. This is the first time any of the fake electors have been charged with a crime related to the scheme, versions of which