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Donald Trump trials in focus

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie flips through a stack of papers

    Key takeaways
    Skeptical judge and National Enquirer deal

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    Explainer
    Who is David Pecker, a key witness in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial?

  • Man in suit leaves courthouse

    The jurors
    Who is on the Trump trial jury?

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie sits in court

    At a glance
    Here’s what’s happened so far in Trump's criminal trial

Latest news

  • Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush-money payments at Manhattan criminal court in New York City.

    Trump’s hush-money trial: National Enquirer publisher says he was ‘eyes and ears’ of 2016 campaign

  • Donald Trump in court as hush-money trial continues.

    David Pecker tells hush-money trial about paying Trump doorman $30,000 to take a story ‘off the market’ – as it happened

    Former CEO of National Enquirer continues testimony; judge tells ex-president’s lawyer he’s ‘losing all credibility’ with arguments on gag order
  • Judge Arthur Engoron

    Prosecutors accept modified $175m Trump bond in New York civil fraud case

    Deal keeps bond in a cash account that will gain interest but faces no downside risk

  • Trump hush-money trial: defense argues ‘nothing wrong with trying to influence an election’ – as it happened

  • Trump trial: hush money was ‘election fraud pure and simple’, prosecutors say

  • Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse

  • Jury selection completed for Trump hush-money trial; man sets himself on fire outside courthouse – as it happened

  • Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse in New York

  • Trump’s criminal hush-money trial concludes jury selection after difficulties

  • All 12 jurors seated in Trump hush-money trial after two dismissals

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Features

  • a man in a blue suit and blue tie sits in court

    Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from opening statements

  • Older white man with orangey skin and poofy hair in dark suit and pink tie.

    Trump on Trial: Monday, Monday, Monday

  • Pastel sketch of glowering man with lips pressed tight together.

    A silent Trump glowers and stares during third day of criminal trial

  • Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York<br>Former US President Donald Trump sits beside his lawyer Todd Blanche on the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2024, in this courtroom sketch. Christine Cornell/Pool via REUTERS

    Surreal scenes as jurors in New York trial tell Trump what they really think

Explainers & analysis

  • Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal in New York on 19 April 19.

    Silenced in court: Trump curbed by trial rules but tries to wield power outside

    Ex-president reduced to silence in court, including this week, when he was forced to face opinions of New Yorkers during jury selection
  • Collage of Michael Cohen, an illustration of Trump in court, and Stormy Daniels

    Trump’s New York criminal trial begins soon – but will the public care?

  • a side-by-side image of Donald Trump and Aileen Cannon

    The Mar-a-Lago judge is entertaining Trump’s most brazen defenses

  • Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, left, and prosecutor Daysha Young speak to each other during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool)

    Trump is the true winner in the decision on Fani Willis in the Georgia case

  • man in front of american flags

    Trump gambit in Florida could mean no election trial before 2024 vote

  • a man in a suit and tie smiles from behind a microphone

    Donald Trump buoyed by supreme court’s recent moves

Opinion

  • ‘On Monday, the court ruled that if Trump takes the witness stand, he may be cross-examined over past bad acts.’

    Trump has dodged financial calamity – for the time being

    Lloyd Green
    Don’t hold your breath on Trump testifying in his own defense. It would likely be embarrassing, if not perjurious
  • Sidney Blumenthal

    On trial, Trump is a shadow of the superhero his supporters crave

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Donald Trump in court on 22 April 2024

    The Guardian view on arming Ukraine: US Congress votes against appeasement

  • 240420 Legal dramas PO thumbnail

    Trump’s latest drama: is it a case of true crime?

  • Sidney Blumenthal

    Trump used to scold felons who wanted to vote. Now he could be in the same spot

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • man in suit and red baseball cap surrounded by other people in suits

    For all his bombast, Trump is plummeting – financially, legally and politically

    Lloyd Green
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