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US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump’s ‘hush money’ sentencing

President-elect was ordered to appear in Manhattan court on Friday morning to bring historic criminal case to a conclusion

Financial Times - Jan. 10

Supreme Court refuses Trump’s request to block Friday’s criminal sentencing

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Thursday refused President-elect Trump’s request to halt his criminal sentencing, now just hours away, closing off Trump’s last remaining pathway to avoid ...

The Hill - Jan. 10

Trump bid to ax sentencing denied by New York's highest court, leaving Supreme Court as last hope

New York's highest court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to halt his sentencing Friday, and prosecutors urged the U.S.

NBC News - Jan. 9

Trump pushes court to block Smith report entirely

President-elect Trump asked an appeals court to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on both investigations into him. Trump’s filing comes after the 11th Circuit Court of ...

The Hill - Jan. 9

New York's highest court declines to block Trump's "hush money" case sentencing

President-elect Donald Trump's team is not giving up on efforts to delay the sentencing in his "hush money" case in New York. This comes after the state's highest court declined to act on his ...

CBS News - Jan. 9

TikTok’s Last Stand Before Supreme Court Looms

The video platform app’s fate is bound up in collision of free speech and national security, which will be debated in a hearing that starts Friday.

Inc. - Jan. 9

New York's highest court won't stop Trump's sentencing

President-elect Trump's sentencing for his criminal conviction is scheduled for Friday.

CBS News - Jan. 9

New York court declines to block sentencing in Trump’s hush-money case

The president-elect has now asked the supreme court to call off the sentencing, which is scheduled for tomorrow. New York ’s highest court declined to block Donald Trump ’s upcoming sentencing in ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9

NY top court denies delaying Trump sentencing

New York’s high court on Thursday declined to halt President-elect Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled for Friday morning. In a terse note, the New York ...

The Hill - Jan. 9

Trump shares inflammatory video with crude reference to Netanyahu

President-elect’s post featuring economist Jeffrey Sachs comes weeks after Israeli PM claims two had a ‘warm’ chat. Donald Trump has shared inflammatory video content calling Benjamin Netanyahu ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9

Trump appeals to Supreme Court to delay sentencing in hush money case

President-elect Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to put off sentencing scheduled for Friday on his conviction for falsifying business records in the New York hush money case. And the ...

NBC News - Jan. 8

Trump asks Supreme Court to block his criminal hush money sentencing

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the Jan. 10 sentencing in his New York criminal hush money case.

ABC News - Jan. 8

Santos’s sentencing pushed back until April

Former Rep. George Santos's (R-N.Y.) sentencing is delayed until April, a judge ruled Wednesday. Santos, who was ousted from Congress in late 2023, had his request to delay sentencing in part ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

Trump asks Supreme Court to block New York hush money sentencing

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday.

NBC News - Jan. 8

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt Sentencing in N.Y. Hush-Money Case

Prosecutors have been ordered to respond to the president-elect’s request by Thursday morning, suggesting the court could rule before Friday’s scheduled sentencing.

The New York Times - Jan. 8

Trump asks US Supreme Court to halt criminal sentencing

The eleventh-hour filing comes after two lower courts rejected his efforts to block Friday's sentencing.

BBC News - Jan. 8

Appeals court denies Trump's bid to delay hush money sentencing

A New York appeals judge has denied President-elect Trump's request to delay the Jan. 10 sentencing in his criminal hush money case.

ABC News - Jan. 8

Trump asks US supreme court to halt sentencing in New York criminal case

President-elect turns to nation’s top court after state appeals court denied bid to pause criminal proceedings. Donald Trump has asked the US supreme court to pause criminal proceedings in his ...

The Guardian - Jan. 8

Trump asks Supreme Court to block New York criminal sentencing

President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to block his sentencing Friday on 34 New York felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump’s emergency application asks the court to prevent ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

Appeals Court Judge Refuses to Halt Trump’s Sentencing in Hush-Money Case

President-elect Donald J. Trump is trying to expunge his conviction before he is inaugurated. He would be the first felon elected to the Oval Office.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Trump loses appeals court bid to halt Friday sentencing in New York hush money case

Lawyers for Donald Trump argued that the president-elect would be irreparably harmed if sentenced in the New York criminal case.

CNBC - Jan. 7

Appeals court refuses to pause Trump's sentencing in New York "hush money" case

President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in the New York "hush money" case.

CBS News - Jan. 7

New York appeals court denies halting Trump's sentencing

A New York appellate judge on Tuesday declined to suspend President-elect Trump’s Friday sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction. Judge Ellen Gesmer of the state’s midlevel appeals court ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

U.K.'s anti-corruption minister refers herself to ethics watchdog over links to ousted Bangladeshi PM

A British Treasury minister has referred herself to the U.K. government’s ethics watchdog over links to ousted Bangladeshi PM

NBC News - Jan. 7

Rudy Giuliani Is Held in Contempt of Court in Defamation Case

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has failed to turn over his assets to two Georgia poll workers who won a defamation lawsuit against him.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court

A judge has found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to requests for information in response to a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election ...

CBS News - Jan. 6

Manhattan DA opposes Trump's bid to halt sentencing

The Manhattan district attorney's office said Monday it opposes any suspension of President-elect Trump's Jan. 10 sentencing on his New York criminal conviction ahead of his return to the White ...

The Hill - Jan. 6

Siddiq refers herself for probe by standards adviser

It follows controversy over the Treasury minister's links to her aunt's political movement in Bangladesh.

BBC News - Jan. 6

DOJ weighs 200 outstanding Capitol riot cases referred by FBI

Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing charges against as many as 200 more people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including some 60 individuals suspected of assaulting or ...

The Hill - Jan. 6

Tulip Siddiq refers herself to government adviser on ministerial standards

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he retains confidence in the City minister

Financial Times - Jan. 6

Courts in ‘State of Disarray’ on Law Disarming Felons

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ducked Second Amendment challenges to the law. Starkly differing decisions from federal appeals courts last month may change that.

The New York Times - Jan. 6

The Trump sentencing: Curtain to fall on Merchan's Hamlet on the Hudson

After years and millions spent in the various Trump cases, Trump will likely receive an unconditional discharge and sent along his way . . . to the White House.

The Hill - Jan. 4

Trump to be sentenced for "hush money" conviction before inauguration

Justice Juan Merchan will sentence Trump for his crimes on Jan. 10, a court proceeding that will be unlike any in America's 248 years.

CBS News - Jan. 3

Judge sets date for Trump sentencing in hush money case, says court does not intend to jail him

Judge Juan Merchan denied President-elect Trump's motion to dismiss the New York hush money case against him, but noted "the court’s inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration" during ...

NBC News - Jan. 3

Judiciary won’t refer Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson to DOJ over ethics

The federal judiciary’s policymaking body will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson violated federal ethics laws to the Justice Department. In ...

The Hill - Jan. 3

Judicial body won't refer Clarence Thomas to Justice Department over ethics lapses

The head of the Judicial Conference said there is legal uncertainty over whether it has the authority to refer complaints about Supreme Court justices.