The lawyer, Keith Davidson, testified that the release of the “Access Hollywood” tape, in which Donald J. Trump described assaulting women, increased the urgency of talks to buy and bury Ms. Daniels’s story of a sexual encounter with him. The $130,000 payment is at the heart of the case.
In arguing to the Supreme Court that he cannot be charged for acts while in office, Donald Trump has asked the justices to enforce a norm that he has long threatened to shatter.
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Donald J. Trump was fined and warned of jail time after he broke a gag order in his criminal trial. Later, a lawyer discussed details of hush-money payouts to two women.
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Donald J. Trump had complained about the judge in his Manhattan criminal trial not immediately giving him permission to be away from court on the day of the graduation, May 17.
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Trump, Venting About Lawyer in His Criminal Trial, Seeks More Aggression
Todd Blanche upended his career to represent Donald J. Trump and has been the former president’s favorite. But Mr. Trump has made him a focus of his episodic wrath.
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Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words
The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself. That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case.
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Trump and DeSantis Meet for First Time Since Bruising Primary
The former president and his vanquished rival met in Florida, months after Ron DeSantis dropped out after a contentious Republican contest.
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Echoing Their Client, Trump’s Lawyers Pursue an Absolutist Defense
Donald J. Trump demands praise and concedes no faults, denying his lawyers time-honored defense tactics.
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Donald Trump Has Never Sounded Like This
No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself.
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Donald Trump was fined and warned of jail time after he violated a gag order in his criminal trial. Prosecutors have argued that his statements threaten the trial. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives his takeaways.
By Jonah E. Bromwich, Rebecca Suner, Gabriel Blanco and Claire Hogan
Donald J. Trump was fined for contempt and warned of jail time before a lawyer testified about how he struck deals to silence two women who said they had trysts with the former president.
By Jesse McKinley and Kate Christobek
The judge made it clear that further gag-order violations could land the former president in jail.
By Jesse McKinley
Republicans pressed the Treasury secretary on President Biden’s tax proposals and the fate of the Trump tax cuts that will expire in 2025.
By Alan Rappeport
They played clips of Donald J. Trump attacking women who had accused him of assault, a way to contend with a judge’s order barring direct testimony about the cases.
By Matthew Haag and Alan Feuer
The president and other top Democrats moved quickly to capitalize politically on Donald J. Trump’s interview with Time magazine, particularly his comments on abortion.
By Nicholas Nehamas and Reid J. Epstein
Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented two women from Donald Trump’s past, testified in his criminal trial about the hush-money deals both received.
By Michael Rothfeld
In an interview with Time magazine, the former president said he planned to use the military to deport migrants and would not dismiss the possibility of political violence after this year’s election.
By Michael Gold
The state is the fourth where Mr. Kennedy is all but assured a spot on the ballot in November against President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
By Rebecca Davis O’Brien
The student organization of the Democratic Party condemned colleges’ crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests and called on President Biden to support a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.
By Maggie Astor
We explain why more Latino voters find Trump appealing.
By David Leonhardt
In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.
By Alexis Coe
In the battleground state of Georgia, some Black entrepreneurs are frustrated over the impact of higher interest rates, a source of economic anxiety.
By Peter S. Goodman
En una declaración conjunta, los presidentes de EE. UU. y de México se comprometieron a abordar la migración no autorizada, pero no especificaron ninguna acción concreta.
By Michael D. Shear and Hamed Aleaziz
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There have been few political consequences for many Republicans accused of helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election.
By Jess Bidgood
President Biden is under intense political pressure, including from within his own party, to address migration before the election.
By Michael D. Shear and Hamed Aleaziz
Prosecutors believe Donald J. Trump’s official acts in trying to overturn the election should be admissible evidence even if the Supreme Court rules they cannot be the basis of the charges.
By Charlie Savage
Michael D. Cohen’s lawyers took on OAN over the false story. The settlement came as right-wing news outlets face a barrage of defamation suits.
By Maggie Haberman and Katie Robertson
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to get on the ballot in 50 states has already cost millions, federal campaign finance records show.
By Rebecca Davis O’Brien
How Donald Trump has slowed the cases against him.
By David Leonhardt
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