In the final weeks of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign, Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about what she says was an awkward and unexpected sexual encounter with Trump.
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Former Trump employee recounts reimbursements in hush money trial
The judge in the New York criminal trial fines the former president an additional $1,000 for again violating a gag order, and warns him he could face jail if he persists in attacking witnesses, jurors and others.
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Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day
Exactly six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump are locked in the first contest in 112 years with a current and former president competing for the White House.
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Biden rebuilt refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
If President Biden meets his target of 125,000 refugees admitted this year, it would be the highest number of arrivals in more than three decades.
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Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024’s rare contest between 2 presidents
It hasn’t happened in almost anyone’s lifetime: two presidents squaring off in one election.
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Group of Republicans unites to defend legitimacy of U.S. elections
The group is pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can’t be trusted.
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Hulk Hogan, hurricanes, blockbuster recording: A week in the Trump hush money trial
A look at some of the highlights from the past week.
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Yellen says threats to democracy risk U.S. economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
Her remarks serve as a sort of warning for business leaders who may overlook Trump’s disregard for modern democratic norms because they prefer the former president’s vision of achieving growth by slashing taxes.
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Michael Cohen hasn’t taken the stand in Trump’s hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words
Jurors on Thursday heard a potentially crucial piece of evidence: a recording of Trump and Cohen discussing a plan to pay off an ex-Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump.
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‘What do we got to pay for this?’ Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call
The trial, now in its second week of testimony, has exposed the underbelly of tabloid journalism practices and the protections, for a price, afforded to Trump during his successful run for president in 2016.