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  • Former President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom following a break in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)Politics

    Trump’s New York criminal trial has its own special dictionary, from ‘hush money’ and ‘gag order’ to ‘catch and kill’

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings for his trial at the Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in New York. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)Politics

    New York jury hears tape of Trump and Michael Cohen debating how to buy Playboy model’s silence: ‘What do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?’

    By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    ‘What have we done?’ Stormy Daniels’ lawyer reveals his 2016 election night epiphany

    By Michael R. Sisak, Philip Marcelo, and others
  • Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 04 October 2022. – Weinstein was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    ‘An abuse of judicial discretion’: New York’s highest court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction

    By Michael R. Sisak, Dave Collins, and others
  • FILE – Allen Weisselberg, right, stands behind then President-elect Donald Trump during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Jan. 11, 2017. Weisselberg, a former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, is set to be sentenced for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York civil fraud case. Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to two counts of perjury. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Finance

    Trump’s ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg will be sentenced for lying under oath in ex-president’s New York civil fraud case and faces a second stretch in jail

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump hangs onto New York assets—for now—by posting $175 million bond in civil fraud case

    By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Billionaire known for high-interest loans to car buyers with poor credit is chairman of the insurance group that underwrote Trump’s $175 million bond

    By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump let off the hook by appeals court on half-billion-dollar judgment—but only if he comes up with $175 million in next 10 days

    By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks to supporters after arriving to Cerulean General Aviation, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Greer, S.C. Trump will participate in a town hall event in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)Politics

    Trump says he’s struggling to come up with a bond for his $454m court judgment. Here’s what happens next if he misses the Monday deadline

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump is struggling to come up with the cash for a bond on his $454 million court judgment, lawyers say

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Allen WeisselbergPolitics

    Trump’s former CFO pleads guilty to perjury in fraud trial, but still won’t testify against his former boss

    By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak, and others
  • FILE – Former President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, Jan. 11, 2024. Trump’s lawyers have asked a New York appellate court to halt collection of the former president’s $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing Wednesday that he is planning to post a $100 million appeal bond rather than a bond covering the full amount, which would automatically pause enforcement. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)Politics

    Trump’s request to halt his $454m fraud penalty while he appeals is denied by New York judge

    By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump is prepared to post $100 million bond but not the full $454 million judgment, lawyers say

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump appeals $454 million civil fraud judgment in New York

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
  • Former US President Donald TrumpFinance

    New York threatens to seize Donald Trump’s property if he can’t come up with nearly half a billion dollars in cash

    By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press