Ben Protess News Today

hi, everyone we start with the fireworks in washington, d.c., today. emanating from the committee set up by the housegop. it took republicans 15 votes now in the days and months that fod followed, the house gop has done nothing except projecting the rest of their colleagues and us to the grievance of lies and conspiracies that animate life over on earth 2 where they live. today a hearing by the so-called weaponization commit presumably focused on censorship on social media and a lawsui...

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to cover up a hush money payment ahead of the 2016 election to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to cover up a hush money payment ahead of the 2016 election to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

Over the course of the last several weeks, Donald J. Trump and his legal team have lunched on fast food, sandwiches and pizzas.

David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, has returned to the stand for a fourth day. Defense lawyers have tried to undercut his testimony about a conspiracy to bury negative stories and help elect Donald J. Trump.

The judge questioned the credibility of Donald Trump’s defence lawyer, and a key witness told of a plan to buy and bury stories that might have harmed the...

NEW YORK -- A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trumps "eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase the silence of a doorman.

This week will see opening statements in the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump. The state’s case seems strong, but a conviction is far from...

NEW YORK -- The first of Donald Trumps four criminal trials will begin April 15, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday, tearing into the former presidents lawyers for what he said were unfounded claims that the hush-money case had been tainted by prosecutorial misconduct.

NEW YORK -- A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trumps more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days.