In this file photo dated Jan 20, 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden exit the east steps of the US Capitol following the inauguration in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) Democratic US voters express less support for President Joe Biden running for a second term 2024 than Republicans do for former President Donald […]
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Meta to restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
Former US president Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov 15, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) SAN FRANCISCO – Meta announced on Wednesday that the company would restore former US president Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, ending a two-year […]
Trump’s firm sentenced to pay $1.61m penalty for tax fraud
In this Aug 10, 2022 file photo, former US president Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower in New York. (JULIA NIKHINSON / AP) NEW YORK – A New York judge on Friday sentenced Donald Trump's namesake real estate company to pay a $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to […]
US House committee releases Trump tax returns
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Aug 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. (MORRY GASH / AP) A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee released six years of former president Donald Trump's tax returns to the public on Friday in an extraordinary move days before Republicans are due to take control of […]
Capitol riot panel’s final report sets out case to try Trump
A video of former president Donald Trump is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec 19, 2022. (JIM LO SCALZO / POOL / AP) WASHINGTON – The congressional panel probing the Jan 6, 2021 […]
After Trump tax revelations, US House passes bill to boost oversight
Former US president Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov 15, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) WASHINGTON – The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to require the US Internal Revenue Service to audit presidents' tax filings, after lawmakers concluded the agency did […]
Trump paid no income tax in 2020, reported losses in office
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov 18, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) WASHINGTON – Donald Trump paid no income tax during the final full year of his presidency as he reported a loss from his sprawling business interests, according to tax figures released by a congressional panel. The […]
Capitol riot panel calls for Trump to face insurrection charge
A video of former president Donald Trump is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec 19, 2022. (JIM LO SCALZO / POOL / AP) WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives panel probing the […]
Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme
Former US president Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov 15, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) NEW YORK – Donald Trump's real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes […]
Trump sued again by writer for defamation, battery, over alleged rape
Former US President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for US president in the 2024 US presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US Nov 15, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST / FILE PHOTO / REUTERS) NEW YORK – Donald Trump was sued for defamation a second time […]
US top court allows lawmakers to get Trump’s tax returns
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago Friday, Nov 18, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) The US Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to a House of Representatives committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had called the Democratic-led panel's request […]
Trump launches 2024 US presidential run
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Sept 3, 2022. (MARY ALTAFFER / AP) PALM BEACH, Florida – Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of US voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt […]
Trump launches 2024 US presidential run, getting jump on rivals
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Sept 3, 2022. (MARY ALTAFFER / AP) PALM BEACH, Florida – Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of US voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt […]
Trump, US prosecutors clash over status of seized records
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, US November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo WASHINGTON — The US Justice Department in a court filing unsealed on Monday accused Donald Trump's lawyers of "gamesmanship" for arguing that some of the documents seized by […]
Advisers: Trump considers presidential bid after midterm
Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Robstown, Texas, U.S., Oct 22, 2022. (GO NAKAMURA / REUTERS) WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump is considering launching a third bid for the White House this month, three Trump advisers said on Thursday, while Trump himself teased a strong possibility of a comeback during […]
Trump’s company ‘cheated’ tax authorities, prosecutor says
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger arrives to criminal court on Oct 31, 2022, in New York. (JOHN MINCHILLO / AP) NEW YORK – Former president Donald Trump's real estate company cheated tax authorities for 15 years, a prosecutor said on Monday in her opening statement in the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial, while defense lawyers countered […]
Trump’s company ‘cheated’ tax authorities, prosecutor says at trial
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger arrives to criminal court on Oct 31, 2022, in New York. (JOHN MINCHILLO / AP) NEW YORK – Former president Donald Trump's real estate company cheated tax authorities for 15 years, a prosecutor said on Monday in her opening statement in the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial, while defense lawyers countered […]
Trump family sued for fraud over a decade
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference, Sept 21, 2022, in New York. (BRITTAINY NEWMAN / AP) Former US president Donald Trump, three of his children and executives at his family business lied to banks and insurers for more than a decade about property valuations to pad his net worth by […]
US DOJ completes review of documents seized in Trump raid
Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed on Aug 26, 2022. (JON ELSWICK / AP) WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday finished examining documents seized in the raid of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence […]
US Justice Dept says Trump papers included material on intelligence
In this file photo taken on July 8, 2022, former US President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally endorsing Republican candidates Adam Laxalt and Joe Lombardo (not pictured) in Las Vegas. (ROND CHURCHILL /AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Justice Department on Friday disclosed that it was investigating former president Donald Trump for removing […]