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Donald Trump, now president-elect, arrives for an arraignment hearing at NYS Supreme Court in April 2023 in New York City.

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  • Law

Trump loses Supreme Court appeal to block hush-money sentencing

This was the only one of Trump's criminal charges to reach and complete a trial, making him the first former or future U.S. president to be convicted of criminal charges.

January 09, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Defense attorneys Kaitlyn Beck shuffles papers in a folder as Jose Ibarra, center, accused of killing a nursing student, Laken Hope Riley, appears in court for a motion hearing on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Athens, Ga.

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Man convicted in Laken Riley's killing asks for a new trial

The Venezuelan man convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and sentenced to serve life in prison without parole is asking for a new trial. Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard found Jose Ibarra guilty of all 10 counts against him in the February killing.

December 04, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Donald Trump sits in a Manhattan criminal courtroom with members of his legal team for the continuation of his hush money trial on April 25, 2024 in New York City.

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  • Law

Manhattan prosecutors ask for additional pause in Trump hush-money criminal case

Manhattan prosecutors are asking for a further pause in the criminal trial against President-elect Donald Trump in order to give both sides time to weigh the unprecedented nature of the situation.

November 19, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
An appeals court denied a request from former President Donald Trump, seen here in court in April, to lift the gag order limiting his ability to speak about prosecutors in his New York hush money case.

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  • Politics

Trump loses bid to lift New York gag order in response to Harris’ campaigning

Former President Donald Trump still can't speak about prosecutors in his New York criminal trial after an appeals court decision denied his attempt to lift the gag order.

August 02, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media after the day's proceedings in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday in New York City.

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  • Politics

How does Trump's trial end? It may hinge on how jurors feel about sex and privacy

The Trump's Trials team breaks down why prosecutors have a timeline problem, what Michael Cohen's testimony so far has shown, and why it may all come down to a question of sex and privacy in the end.

May 20, 2024
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  • Tyler Bartlam and
  • Scott Detrow
A line forms Monday outside the courthouse for a chance to sit in on the 16th day of former President Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, N.Y.

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  • Politics

These people waited hours to see the Trump hush-money trial up close. Here's why

New Yorkers and tourists alike stand in line outside the Manhattan criminal court with hopes of securing a spot in one of the rooms where the trial against former President Donald Trump can be viewed.

May 14, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Judge Juan Merchan presides over proceedings on Tuesday as Stormy Daniels, far right, answers questions on direct examination by assistant district attorney Susan Hoffinger in Manhattan criminal court as former President Donald Trump and defense attorney Todd Blanche look on.

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  • Politics

Adult film star Stormy Daniels testifies against Trump in New York trial

Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, has spent the last several years in legal battles with former President Trump. She has taken the stand to testify against him in a criminal trial.

May 07, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
O.J. Simpson listens as Judge Lance Ito announces that the jury in the Simpson trial had reached a verdict. The verdict in the OJ Simpson case highlighted racial divisions in how Americans viewed the American justice system. Simpson died this week at 76 years old.

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  • Obituaries

O.J. Simpson's trial divided the nation. What legacy does he leave behind?

O.J. Simpson was more than a football star. More than a pop culture icon or a defendant acquitted of murder.

He became a symbol of America's complicated relationship to race, celebrity, and justice. His family announced that he died of cancer Wednesday at age 76.

The murder trial of O.J. Simpson became not only about one man and two victims, but the entire country. Coming up, we assess the legacy of a case, and a verdict, that put race in America on the stand.

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April 11, 2024
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Trump held a press conference after leaving the second day of his defamation trial involving a case brought by E. Jean Carroll.

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  • Law

A defiant Trump is on display in the first week of E. Jean Carroll's defamation case

Carroll, a writer, sued Trump in 2019, accusing him of ruining her reputation when he called her a liar and denied her accusations of sexual assault.

January 19, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024.

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  • Politics

Trump returns to a New York courtroom for second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial

The former president faces another New York trial that will determine how much in damages is owed to writer E. Jean Carroll. A decision could come by the end of the month.

January 16, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
A monitor showing Dominion Voting Image Cast Central display tab is seen as Cobb County Election officials count ballots on a machine, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current election system, saying it's vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted.

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  • News

Opening statements expected in trial over constitutional challenge to Georgia voting system

Opening statements are expected Tuesday as the trial in a long-running legal challenge to the constitutionality of Georgia's election system begins in federal court in Atlanta.

January 09, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Ernie Haynes stands next to a memorial for his daughter, Jennifer, at his home in Risingsun, Ohio. Following her drug overdose death in 2017, he was charged with abduction after trying to gain custody of his grandchildren. The action sparked a five-year legal battle to clear his name.

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  • Investigations

Ohio prosecutors broke rules to win convictions and got away with it

About 100 prosecutors across Ohio violated standards meant to protect a defendant's civil rights in criminal trials, an investigation by NPR and its reporting partners found. Some did so repeatedly.

December 15, 2023
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  • Gabriela Alcalde,
  • Jake Kincaid,
  • and 4 more
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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  • News

Rapper Young Thug's trial on racketeering conspiracy and gang charges begins in Atlanta

A prosecutor and a defense attorney presented competing pictures of rapper Young Thug as his trial got underway in Atlanta. Prosecutor Adriane Love painted him as the ruthless leader of a violent street gang that terrorized Atlanta neighborhoods.

November 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, attends the fraud trial of the Trump Organization in New York City on Nov. 2, 2023.

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  • Politics

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. testify in New York civil fraud trial

Eric Trump Jr. began testifying and follows his brother, Donald Trump Jr. Both are defendants in the trial that accuses them of committing fraud.

November 02, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Former President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom during a break in his civil fraud trial on Oct. 17 in New York.

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  • Politics

Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in New York civil fraud trial

His testimony is expected to be followed by his younger brother Eric, another vice president of the family's landmark business. Both, alongside their father, are defendants in the trial.

November 01, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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