Fueling anger within his base and likely putting Republican senators in a bind, former President Donald Trump insists on making his refuted claims of election fraud a central focus of his impeachment trial.
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A Virginia senator who was censured with bipartisan support last week for speaking at former President Donald Trump’s Save America rally just before the deadly Capitol riot has filed a federal lawsuit against the legislative body.
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Donald Trump on Sunday named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys.
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YouTube has suspended Donald Trump indefinitely from the platform and said it will also prevent the former president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani from being able to monetize his clips, U.S. media reported.
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As they did one year ago before Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, senators swore an oath of impartiality Tuesday for when they adjudicate a charge of inciting an insurrection against the 45th president in two weeks.
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Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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House impeachment managers delivered a single article of impeachment that will catalyze former President Donald Trump’s second Senate trial Monday night — the first time such a thing has happened in U.S. history.
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The announcement from the inspector general, career official Michael Horowitz, appears to shield anyone outside the department, including former President
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A federal judge in Washington blocked the release of the man who was photographed carrying plastic handcuffs in the U.S. Senate chamber during this month’s insurrectionist attack on the Capitol.
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A federal magistrate judge said Friday Eric Munchel did not present an “obvious and clear danger” to the community after he allegedly carried a Taser, wore tactical attire and entered the U.S. Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently banned an account connected to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shortly after the account posted a photo showing former President Donald Trump playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone.
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The article of impeachment outlining former President Trump’s incitement of an insurrectionist mob to storm the U.S. Capitol is heading to the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday.
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In the aftermath of placing an indefinite ban on then-President Donald Trump, Facebook deferred a decision whether to continue that ban to an oversight board of 20 individuals from a range of positions and backgrounds.
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The Trump presidency is no more, but those hoping to see the end of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City will have to wait a bit longer.
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In his final hours in office, President Donald Trump pardoned 73 people, including his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, rapper “Lil Wayne,” and a Republican fundraiser.
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In a nearly 20-minute video released Tuesday afternoon, outgoing President Donald Trump touted the accomplishments of his administration and deflected responsibility for an insurrectionist attack at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago.
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Members of President Donald Trump’s failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to a review of records, undercutting claims the event was the brainchild of the president’s grassroots supporters.
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As National Guard troops and police prepared for massive protests at state capitals throughout the U.S. on Sunday by supporters of President Donald Trump, a large number of the planned demonstrations either didn’t happen or only saw relatively few participants.
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Two supporters of President Donald Trump who rioted in the U.S. Capitol have publicly pleaded with the outgoing president for pardons as they face federal charges, arguing they were merely following his instructions.
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A poll conducted in the days following the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol found that Donald Trump has the lowest job approval rating of his presidency, while most voters have a favorable view of Joe Biden’s conduct since the election, including his Cabinet selections and policy proposals.
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