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“Why should I be forced to sell my ‘babies?’” Trump fumed as he faces seizures and potential "bankruptcy"

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush-money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.

NEW YORK -- A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trumps $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, leaving the former president less than a month to pay up or secure a bond covering the full amount he owes.

The decision caps a chaotic, yearslong case in which New York’s attorney general put Trump’s claims of wealth on trial.

And Hill Republicans are increasingly sensitive to Donald Trump's viewpoints.

Allen Weisselberg is in the early stages of negotiations with the Manhattan district attorney’s office

And Dems make early ad reservations in key Senate races.

Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge.

Stephen Hammer, the new chief executive of the New York Climate Exchange, hopes to bring urgency to environmental issues facing the city.

NEW YORK -- A defiant Donald Trump sparred with a New York judge and slammed the state attorney general suing him Monday, using the witness stand at his civil fraud trial to defend his riches and lash out at a case that imperils his real estate empire.