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The former president and his lead lawyer were in Criminal Court in New York City seeking to delay his trial for hush money payments to a porn star. It went badly for Trump and worse for his lawyer. Now set for April 15, Trump must spend four days a week in Court for as many as six weeks. He will be lucky to manage three campaign days a week. No US president has ever faced a criminal trial

California Governor Gavin Newsom said the anti-caste bias bill was unnecessary since the US state already prohibits discrimination on several grounds.

Controversy swirls around US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas regarding ethical issues from not reporting decades of substantial gifts from an activist, moneyed Republican donor. His response in this case, exposed by ProPublica, a non-profit journalism organization, resulted in a rare public statement that essentially confirmed the report. It brings into focus the rules of ethics followed by federal judges at all levels.

By Kenneth Tiven On Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment in New York City on 34 felony counts related to a sweeping scheme falsifying hush-money p...

Discussions with Doval focused on a probable US visit by PM Narendra Modi later this year and issues relating to trade and technology.

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington "Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start. No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the am...

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington Right-wing Republican politicians who supported the January 6 insurrection  against the US Capitol are doing it again. This time revolting while at work by with...

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington The past six weeks have been difficult for Donald Trump because little has gone his way in courts or Congress. The committee investigating the charges against him de...

As the US mid-term polls are underway, many Americans (mostly Republicans) are worried that the outcome might be determined by election fraud. This has been a non-stop grievance from former president Donald Trump despite lacking evidence to support his loss in 2020 to President Joe Biden. Perhaps the most important issue this year is what a very conservative US Supreme Court will mean for multiple issues

The 9th and final public hearing of the US Congressional committee probing the Jan 6, 2020 insurrection at the nation’s capitol produced compelling information about the culpability of former president Donald Trump.