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What Judge Merchan agreeing to more delay in Trump’s hush money case means
While the New York case is being affected by Trump’s president-elect status, it’s in a different posture than the two federal cases and his other state case in Georgia.
Supreme Court declines to hear Mark Meadows’ appeal in Georgia case
Trump’s former White House chief of staff sought to move his state charges in the 2020 election-related case to federal court.
Joe Biden can still prevent a second Trump administration from resuming executions
The federal death penalty will continue to exist under the second Trump administration. The president-elect’s ability to make quick use of it is up to the outgoing Democratic president.
Ask Jordan: What happens to Trump's criminal sentencing now?
“Deadline: White House” legal reporter and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump’s trials and other legal issues.
Conservatives won the Supreme Court on Tuesday, too
Donald Trump got immunity in more ways than one. In exchange, Republicans got more influence over the federal judiciary.
Why Aileen Cannon may have won big at the ballot box
If the presidential-elect’s classified documents case goes no further on appeal, that would let stand the Trump appointee’s ruling that the DOJ says “conflicts with an otherwise unbroken course of decisions.”
A Trump trial in Georgia after he leaves office? That’s less of a delay than it seems.
Even if Trump had lost the presidential election, he wouldn’t have been headed for a criminal trial in Fulton County anytime soon.
Michigan Democrats and Ohio Republicans expand their state Supreme Court control
Michigan Democrats grew their lead on the state Supreme Court while Ohio's top court is now almost completely GOP-controlled.
DeSantis-opposed Florida weed measure fails to get 60% voter approval
Voters across the U.S. had the chance to weigh in on drug issues — including the legalization of recreational marijuana in Florida, which the GOP governor opposed and Trump said he supported.
Trump moves closer to evading criminal consequences
The president-elect's two federal criminal cases are as good as over. And don't expect him to face state proceedings while president.
How Trump's win could affect his criminal cases
The Republican presidential nominee is effectively running to stay out of prison. An electoral victory would eliminate that possibility in the short term, and possibly forever.
