As prosecutors push to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, his lawyers are urging a judge to ignore them and scrap the case before he takes office in January.

New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss Trump’s hush money conviction, but say they are open to delaying sentencing until after his second term.

A New York judge says he'll make a decision as early as next week on the future of Donald Trump's hush money case.

A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week’s election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he can run the country.

A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti.

A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing.

Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction.

A judge has modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment about witnesses and jurors in his New York hush money criminal trial but keeping court and prosecution staff off limits.

Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”.

Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order barring the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.

Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week.

Donald Trump says he remains under a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal trial.

The first criminal conviction of a former American president is raising a host of legal and political questions: Will Donald Trump go to prison.

Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of his historic hush money trial but the fight over the case is far from over.

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial.

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial.

The jury in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has resumed deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case.

The jury in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has resumed deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case.

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

After nearly two dozen witnesses, 16 days of testimony and hours of lawyers’ closing arguments, it’s time for jurors to have their say in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

The first day of jury deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial has concluded after the panel sent two notes to the judge.

The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict.

Lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have sparred over evidence and witnesses as they made their closing arguments to jurors who will decide whether the Republican will be the first former American president convicted of a crime.

The Supreme Court has left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike.

Closing arguments in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial have conclude.

Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court.

Testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses.

Manhattan prosecutors won’t be penalized for a last-minute document dump that caused former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial to start later than scheduled.

Donald Trump’s legal team has rested its case in his hush money trial after calling just two witnesses and opting not to have the former president take the stand in his own defense.

Donald Trump’s hush money trial has moved into a new phase, drawing closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate.

The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial because of his behavior on the stand, a court transcript shows.

Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days.

Donald Trump’s support from white evangelicals and other conservative Christians is as strong as ever.

Donald Trump’s defense attorneys have grilled prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars.

A transcript of discussions between Judge Juan M.

Michael Cohen testified again in Donald Trump's hush money trial.

The prosecution’s case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is entering its final stretch with his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, on the witness stand.

The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom.

The fourth week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial could be a doozy.

The star prosecution witness at Donald Trump's hush money trial says Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign.

The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury.

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money case say they expect to call just two more witnesses, laying the ground to possibly rest their case next week.

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial has warned prosecutors to get their star witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump.

Former President Donald Trump is limited in what he can publicly say as his hush money trial is underway in New York.

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case has denied a second request from defense attorneys to declare a mistrial over Stormy Daniels' testimony.

Donald Trump’s defense attorney has accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump.

Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had in a hotel nearly two decades ago.

Donald Trump's attorneys have unsuccessfully pushed for a mistrial during the testimony of porn actor Stormy Daniels.

Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial is moving forward again and all eyes are on who will be called next.

Porn actor Stormy Daniels has testified at Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial about a sexual encounter she says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election a decade later.

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are hearing for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense.

Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom.

Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.

Court in Donald Trump's hush money case has adjourned for the week, following hours of testimony from ex-Trump adviser Hope Hicks.

Former longtime Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified about how his 2016 presidential campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a tape in which he boasted about grabbing women sexually without their permission.

Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial has adjourned following hours of testimony from lawyer Keith Davidson and later testimony from forensic analyst Douglas Daul.

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are working on filling in the details of how they say the Republican pulled off a scheme to bury damaging stories to protect his 2016 campaign.

Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has advanced with three people taking the stand, including Stormy Daniels' former lawyer, Keith Davidson.

Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case.

Donald Trump spoke to reporters with more energy than he had in past days after spending the day in the Manhattan courtroom where his hush money trial is being held.

A change in the court schedule means Donald Trump won’t be forced off the campaign trail next week to attend a hearing in his hush money criminal trial.

Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power.

The opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts.

The commencement of opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial sets the stage for weeks of testimony about the former president’s personal life and places his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden.

A prosecutor told jurors that Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand as the prosecution’s star witness in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.

Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit inside a frigid New York courtroom and listen to a parade of potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial share their unvarnished assessments of him.

Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates were seated in his hush money case.

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial has ordered the media not to report where potential jurors have worked.

Twelve jurors and one alternate have been seated in Donald Trump’s hush money case, quickly propelling the jury selection process forward after a morning that saw two previously sworn-in jurors dismissed.

A jury of 12 people has been seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.

Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy Daniels as she arrived for a screening of her documentary at a gay bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor and hush money trial figure refused to take it and walked away.

Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning, seven jurors have been seated in Donald Trump's hush money trial.

The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.

On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, a story came out that Donald Trump feared would cost him votes.

Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens with jury selection.

Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump meant to curtail “inflammatory” speech ahead of his upcoming criminal hush money trial, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in the case as liars.

Former President Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal case is set to go to trial, rehashing longstanding grievances with the current judge in a long-shot, eleventh-hour bid to disrupt and delay the case.

The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president’s hush-money criminal trial.

Delays in Donald Trump’s criminal cases are increasing the possibility Americans will be deep into the presidential election season before they know whether or not he has been convicted of any wrongdoing.

A judge has delayed ex-President Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial in New York until mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through new evidence.

Donald Trump will be allowed to know the names of jurors at his upcoming New York hush-money criminal trial.

Donald Trump is expected in court for an important hearing in his New York hush-money criminal case, which now appears increasingly likely to go to trial next month.

A federal appeals court has upheld disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from shoe giant Nike – one of several legal messes that have landed him behind bars.

A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court.

The hush money case against former President Donald Trump appears headed back to a New York state court.

Donald Trump’s legal problems appear to have escalated significantly with federal charges over the retention of top secret documents, but investigators aren’t done yet.

Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment.

When Republicans eyeing the White House visit Iowa, they will navigate an evangelical community that is faithful to Donald Trump.

The cover-up is worse than the crime, the expression goes.

America is waiting for former President Donald Trump to surrender to authorities on history-making criminal charges.

Donald Trump isn't the first president, in or out of office, to be in legal trouble.

The indictment against former President Donald Trump involves a payoff to suppress claims of an extramarital affair.

Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by unprecedented scandal.

Former President Donald Trump’s court appearance Tuesday will kick off an intense legal battle as the 2024 Republican presidential candidate also fights for his political life.

As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican.

Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are gaining confidence in his White House prospects as former President Donald Trump’s legal woes mount.

Crews for the “The Joker” sequel have been facing the possibility that filming in New York could be disrupted by real-life protests over the Trump case.

The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks.

More than six years after Donald Trump's lawyer paid off a porn star, New York prosecutors appear to be close to deciding whether the former president should face charges in connection with that payoff.