Former President Donald Trump has reignited a contentious immigration debate by pledging to end birthright citizenship if elected in November. The proposal, unveiled in a campaign video, aims to halt the automatic citizenship granted to children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents. Trump asserts that this policy would address “birth tourism” and other concerns…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is urging the Georgia Court of Appeals to reject an argument she describes as a “red herring” in the ongoing effort to disqualify her from prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his associates in the high-profile election interference case. In a filing submitted on Monday, Willis responded to a…
Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his legal battle to overturn his 34-count felony conviction for document falsification, arguing that the evidence used in his hush-money and election interference trial should have been protected by presidential immunity. On July 12, Trump’s defense team filed a motion requesting that the court overturn his conviction, asserting that…
On Thursday, a New York state appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case. Trump, convicted in May on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star, cannot publicly comment on individual prosecutors and others involved in the case until Justice Juan Merchan sentences him…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has introduced the “No Kings Act,” a landmark piece of legislation aimed at removing immunity from federal criminal prosecution for U.S. presidents and vice presidents. Introduced on Thursday, the No Kings Act asserts that U.S. presidents and vice presidents are not above the law and cannot claim immunity from federal…
Manhattan prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction asserted that the verdict should stand, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents cannot face criminal charges over official acts. In a court filing dated July 24 and made public on Thursday, prosecutors urged a judge to reject Trump’s bid to overturn the verdict due…
Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida denied a motion from ABC News and its anchor George Stephanopoulos to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit centers on claims made by Stephanopoulos during an interview with GOP Representative Nancy Mace, where he allegedly stated that…
On Thursday, Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, moved to dismiss his criminal conviction on gun charges and a separate tax evasion case, arguing that the special counsel prosecuting him was unlawfully appointed. Biden’s lawyers cited a federal judge’s decision on Monday to dismiss the criminal case against former President Donald Trump for…
A U.S. federal prosecutor faces disciplinary charges for allegedly using deceptively edited videos as evidence against people arrested during protests at Republican President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration. Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens edited videos recorded by a conservative activist group to remove footage that could have helped clear the protesters of criminal charges, according to a complaint…