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The downgrade may have little impact on financial markets long-term or on the interest rates the U.S. government will pay

Trump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be officially taken into custody and enter a not guilty plea in front of a judge before being released

More defendants mean more defense lawyers, and more legal motions and more delays, according to legal scholars and former prosecutors

The party Trump leads has essentially given up on criticizing his actions, countering his impulses or putting a check on his accumulating power

Tuesday’s indictment is being held up as proof of a conspiracy to take down Trump and a continuation of the effort by Democrats, the media and the so-called deep state to interfere with the nation’s elections

The early contours of a potential legal and political defense began to emerge in the hours after the charges were unsealed

The first former president to face criminal trial in the history of the United States confronts serious federal charges that, however, will not prevent him from running for re-election or serving if he wins

The US Constitution does not contemplate barring someone who has been indicted or convicted of a federal crime from running or serving a term in office

The legal expenses of the former president, who was consolidating his lead among the Republican primary electorate, have led his campaign to near bankruptcy

It’s only the second time in the nation’s history that its credit rating has been cut

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival, did not defend Trump, but he said that he would “end weaponization of government” if elected president

The indictment accuses Trump of brazenly conspiring with allies to spread falsehoods and concoct schemes intended to overturn his election loss to President Joe Biden

The third criminal case into Trump details what prosecutors say was a massive effort to “impair, obstruct, and defeat” the federal process for certifying the results of a presidential election

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, will oversee the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss

The former president, who is facing his third trial, has been indicted on four counts for his attempts to reverse Biden’s legitimate win in 2020 and for encouraging the Jan. 6 attack

Officials said the president was convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who argued that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military readiness

The House Oversight Committee is holding a hourslong interview Monday with Devon Archer as part of its expanding congressional inquiry into the Biden family businesses as the party explores a potential impeachment inquiry into the president

Starting this summer, millions of Americans with student loans will be able to enroll in a new repayment plan that offers some of the most lenient terms ever. Interest won’t pile up as long as borrowers make regular payments

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began investigating more than two years ago, shortly after a recording was released of a January 2021 phone call Trump made to Georgia’s secretary of state

The president frequently tries to defuse the age issue by joking about it. But a big question is whether his age could be a deciding election factor

“Every dollar spent attacking me by Republicans is a dollar given straight to the Biden campaign,” Trump said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night

Rapinoe has played limited minutes so far, coming in as a substitute in the 3-0 victory over Vietnam in the tournament opener

Nixon gives the bipartisan organization another prominent ally amid concerns from Democrats that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Donald Trump return to the White House

Congress will have until Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, to pass the spending bills needed to fund government agencies next year or a stopgap measure that keeps agencies running temporarily

‘This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter,’ he said. ‘Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy’

Trump’s competitors mostly reserved their sharpest criticism for President Joe Biden and a Democratic Party they argued had lost touch with mainstream America

The order formally implements legislation passed by Congress in 2022 aimed at strengthening protections for service members, who were often at the mercy of their commanders to decide whether to take their assault claims seriously