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JUAN M. MERCHAN


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Here's where all the legal cases against Trump stand since his return to the White House

Read full article: Here's where all the legal cases against Trump stand since his return to the White House

Before his return to the White House this year, President Donald Trump faced a slew of criminal charges and lawsuits that threatened his finances and freedom.

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Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trumpโ€™s bid to erase hush money conviction

Read full article: Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trumpโ€™s bid to erase hush money conviction

President Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting to erase the New York hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the first former โ€” and now current โ€” U.S. president found guilty of a crime.

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Excerpts from President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s sentencing

Read full article: Excerpts from President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s sentencing

President-elect Donald Trump talked for six minutes at the sentencing in his New York hush money case.

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Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it 'despicable'

Read full article: Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it 'despicable'

President-elect Donald Trump says the sentencing hearing in his New York hush money case was a โ€œdespicable charadeโ€ and he plans to appeal his conviction.

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York

Read full article: Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Fridayโ€™s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

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Trump's sentencing still on for Friday after judge rebuffs his push for a delay while he appeals

Read full article: Trump's sentencing still on for Friday after judge rebuffs his push for a delay while he appeals

President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this weekโ€™s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict.

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Trump's sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here's what could happen next

Read full article: Trump's sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here's what could happen next

The judge in President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money case has made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case to a muted end.

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Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

Read full article: Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 โ€” little over a week before heโ€™s due to return to the White House.

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Trumpโ€™s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed

Read full article: Trumpโ€™s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed

President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers are alleging that his hush money conviction was tainted by juror misconduct, opening a new front in their fight to overturn the verdict and throw out the historic case.

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Judge rejects Trumpโ€™s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

Read full article: Judge rejects Trumpโ€™s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

A judge has refused to dismiss President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Courtโ€™s recent ruling on presidential immunity.

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Trumpโ€™s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'

Read full article: Trumpโ€™s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'

President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers are again urging a judge to throw out his hush money conviction.

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President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction

Read full article: President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction

President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers have formally asked a judge to throw out his hush money criminal conviction.

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Donald Trump's lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction

Read full article: Donald Trump's lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction

A day after New York prosecutors said they will fight efforts to dismiss Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money conviction, the president-electโ€™s lawyers urged a judge to ignore them and dispose of the case before he takes office in January.

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Prosecutors oppose tossing Trumpโ€™s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay

Read full article: Prosecutors oppose tossing Trumpโ€™s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay

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

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What happens to Donald Trumpโ€™s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go

Read full article: What happens to Donald Trumpโ€™s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go

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.

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Will Trump's hush money conviction stand? A judge will rule on the president-elect's immunity claim

Read full article: Will Trump's hush money conviction stand? A judge will rule on the president-elect's immunity claim

A Manhattan judge is poised to decide whether to uphold Donald Trump's hush money verdict or dismiss it on presidential immunity grounds.

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Judge delays Donald Trumpโ€™s sentencing in hush money case until after November election

Read full article: Judge delays Donald Trumpโ€™s sentencing in hush money case until after November election

A judge has agreed to postpone Donald Trumpโ€™s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election.

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Judge rejects Donald Trump's latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case

Read full article: Judge rejects Donald Trump's latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case

Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his New York hush money criminal case.

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Judge in Trump's hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity

Read full article: Judge in Trump's hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity

The judge in Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money trial is pushing back a date for a key ruling on presidential immunity until two days before Trumpโ€™s scheduled sentencing.

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Appeals court upholds Donald Trump's gag order as he again presses judge to exit hush money case

Read full article: Appeals court upholds Donald Trump's gag order as he again presses judge to exit hush money case

A New York appeals court has denied Donald Trumpโ€™s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case.

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Vegas man charged with threats to officials including judge, prosecutor in Trump hush money trial

Read full article: Vegas man charged with threats to officials including judge, prosecutor in Trump hush money trial

A Las Vegas man has been charged with threatening to injure and kill government officials in three states and Washington, D.

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Prosecutors urge judge not to toss out Trumpโ€™s hush money conviction, pushing back on immunity claim

Read full article: Prosecutors urge judge not to toss out Trumpโ€™s hush money conviction, pushing back on immunity claim

Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trumpโ€™s historic hush money conviction.

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Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush money conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Read full article: Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush money conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers are urging the judge in his New York hush money case to overturn his conviction and dismiss the case in the wake of the Supreme Courtโ€™s recent ruling on presidential immunity.

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Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Read full article: Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers have sent a letter to the New York judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside his guilty verdict.

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Judge alters Trumpโ€™s gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction

Read full article: Judge alters Trumpโ€™s gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction

A judge has modified Donald Trumpโ€™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.

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Donald Trump's lawyers press judge to lift gag order in wake of ex-president's felony conviction

Read full article: Donald Trump's lawyers press judge to lift gag order in wake of ex-president's felony conviction

Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers are amplifying their calls to end the gag order that bars the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the Manhattan criminal trial that ended in his conviction last month for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.

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Prosecutors want Donald Trump to remain under a gag order at least until he's sentenced July 11

Read full article: Prosecutors want Donald Trump to remain under a gag order at least until he's sentenced July 11

Manhattan prosecutors are urging a judge to keep Donald Trumpโ€™s gag order in place in his hush money criminal case at least until the former president is sentenced in July.

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Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial

Read full article: Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial

Donald Trumpโ€™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.

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Is Trump still under a gag order after his conviction? He thinks so, but the answer isn't clear

Read full article: Is Trump still under a gag order after his conviction? He thinks so, but the answer isn't clear

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

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The verdict: Inside the courtroom as Donald Trump learned he had been convicted

Read full article: The verdict: Inside the courtroom as Donald Trump learned he had been convicted

History happened in Donald Trump's criminal trial just as everyone was getting ready to leave for the day.

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Here's what you should know about Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money trial

Read full article: Here's what you should know about Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money trial

Donald Trumpโ€™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.

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The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal trial

Read full article: The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal 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.

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The Latest | Closing arguments in Trump's hush money trial have concluded

Read full article: The Latest | Closing arguments in Trump's hush money trial have concluded

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

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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial

Read full article: Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial

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

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Manhattan DA's office won't be punished for document dump that delayed start of Trump criminal trial

Read full article: Manhattan DA's office won't be punished for document dump that delayed start of Trump criminal trial

Manhattan prosecutors wonโ€™t be penalized for a last-minute document dump that caused former President Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money criminal trial to start later than scheduled.

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The Latest | Prosecution and defense debate jury instructions in Trump's criminal trial

Read full article: The Latest | Prosecution and defense debate jury instructions in Trump's criminal trial

The defense has rested its case in Donald Trump's hush money trial without the former president testifying in his own defense.

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Judge in Trump's hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand

Read full article: Judge in Trump's hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand

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

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The jurors in Trump's hush money trial are getting a front row seat to history -- most of the time

Read full article: The jurors in Trump's hush money trial are getting a front row seat to history -- most of the time

A gag order.

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Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony

Read full article: Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony

The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trumpโ€™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.

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The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns

Read full article: The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns

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

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What a judge's gag order on Trump means in his hush money case

Read full article: What a judge's gag order on Trump means in his hush money case

Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, Donald Trump talks about how he canโ€™t talk about it.

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Judge in Trump's hush money case clarifies gag order doesn't prevent ex-president from testifying

Read full article: Judge in Trump's hush money case clarifies gag order doesn't prevent ex-president from testifying

The judge overseeing Donald Trumpโ€™s New York hush money trial has clarified the gag order pertaining to the ex-president doesnโ€™t prohibit him from testifying on his own behalf.

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The Latest | Trump's hush money trial adjourns until Friday

Read full article: The Latest | Trump's hush money trial adjourns until Friday

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.

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Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

Read full article: Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

Returning briefly to the campaign trail, Donald Trump has called the judge presiding over his hush money trial โ€œcrookedโ€ a day after being held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order.

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The Latest | Hush money trial enters 9th day, begins with gag order ruling and $9K fine for Trump

Read full article: The Latest | Hush money trial enters 9th day, begins with gag order ruling and $9K fine for Trump

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

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Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K

Read full article: Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K

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.

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The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

Read full article: The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements

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

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The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails

Read full article: The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails

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.

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The Latest | 12 jurors and 1 alternate seated in Trump hush money case

Read full article: The Latest | 12 jurors and 1 alternate seated in Trump hush money case

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

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The Latest | First 7 jurors seated at the end of the second day of Trumpโ€™s hush money trial

Read full article: The Latest | First 7 jurors seated at the end of the second day of Trumpโ€™s hush money trial

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

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The Latest | First day of Trump's hush money trial adjourns with no jurors selected

Read full article: The Latest | First day of Trump's hush money trial adjourns with no jurors selected

The first day of Donald Trumpโ€™s historic hush money trial has ended after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial.

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A jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump's first criminal trial

Read full article: A jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump's first criminal trial

Donald Trumpโ€™s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy.

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Appeals court rejects Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial

Read full article: Appeals court rejects Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay April 15 hush money criminal trial

A New York appeals court judge has rejected the latest bid by former President Donald Trump to delay his hush money criminal trial, less than a week before jury selection is set to start.

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New York appeals judge rejects Donald Trumpโ€™s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial

Read full article: New York appeals judge rejects Donald Trumpโ€™s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial

A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trumpโ€™s request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.

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Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before the start of his hush-money criminal trial

Read full article: Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before the start of his hush-money criminal trial

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.

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Judge rejects Donald Trump's request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

Read full article: Judge rejects Donald Trump's request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

A judge has rejected Donald Trumpโ€™s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.

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Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter

Read full article: Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter

The judge in Donald Trumpโ€™s hush-money criminal case has expanded the former presidentโ€™s gag order after Trump assailed the judgeโ€™s daughter and made a false claim about her on social media last week.

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DA suggests Donald Trump violated gag order with post about daughter of hush-money trial judge

Read full article: DA suggests Donald Trump violated gag order with post about daughter of hush-money trial judge

Manhattan prosecutors are suggesting that Donald Trump violated a gag order in his hush-money criminal case this week by assailing the judgeโ€™s daughter and making a false claim about her on social media.

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Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

Read full article: Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case

Donald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order that bars him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.

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Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case

Read full article: Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case

A New York judge has issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.

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Trump urges Israel to 'finish up' its Gaza offensive and warns about global support fading

Read full article: Trump urges Israel to 'finish up' its Gaza offensive and warns about global support fading

Former President Donald Trump says he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas but urged the country to โ€œfinish upโ€ its offensive and โ€œget this over with,โ€ warning about international support fading.

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Trump's New York hush money case is set for trial April 15

Read full article: Trump's New York hush money case is set for trial April 15

A New York judge has scheduled former President Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money trial to begin April 15.

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Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay

Read full article: Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay

New York prosecutors have urged a judge to start Donald Trumpโ€™s hush money criminal trial April 15, saying defense requests for further delays or dismissal of the case because of a last-minute evidence dump are a โ€œred herring.โ€.

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'There's no agenda here': A look at the judge who is overseeing Trump's hush money trial

Read full article: 'There's no agenda here': A look at the judge who is overseeing Trump's hush money trial

Judge Juan Merchan could become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. presidentโ€™s criminal trial.

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