Trump & Indictments

One of the talking points that 2016 Donald Trump voters, many of whom switched to now-President Joe Biden in 2020, used to justify voting for him the first time was, "Well, he's a smart businessman." But Trump, in fact, has had more than his shares of ups and downs in business — and some people in t...

During the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump's critics are blaming him for the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 by far-right extremists. But CNN's Brianna Keilar, in a blistering commentary this week, stressed that Trump was appealing to extremists long before January 6 — ...

Interview on the “absolutely unprecedented scope and scale” of the protests against the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and why Trump's refusal to act to stop the impending catastrophe of climate change makes him “the worst criminal in human history.”

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The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.

"If you wrote this plot into a movie, I would have said it was over-the top."

In August, the Puerto Rican government raised the official death count dramatically to 2,975, after maintaining for months that only 64 people had died.

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When Trump administration officials opposed a WHO breast-feeding resolution, they followed a long history of policymakers listening to baby-formula manufacturers.

The president made 98 factual claims at a rally. We found that 76 percent were false, misleading or unsupported by evidence.

Collusion, collusion, collusion. Does Donald Trump’s fate hang on only that?

The United Methodist Church explained that Jeff Sessions has violated church law.

"This is his policy," says senator, "and he can stop it."

Where to begin?

Donald Trump's lawyer is taking the blame for a tweet in which the President essentially admitted to obstruction of justice.Subscribe To "The Late Show" Chan...

The White House has been trying to shut women up this whole time.

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Legal scholars expect a bitter fight over what evidence may be redacted from the public.

The Justice Department Inspector General released its report about the officers sent into a group of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., so Donald Trump could conduct a photo-op when he was president NBC News justice reporter Ryan Reilly pointed out one excerpt: "Allowing federal law enforcement to operate with anonymity al...