WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced via tweet that he would be giving a full presidential pardon to conservative media commentator Dinesh D’Souza, declaring he was “treated very unfairly by our government!” Here’s a look at Trump’s other pardons ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart, who served a stint in federal prison after being convicted ...

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NEW YORK — A New York judge set a June 15 deadline Wednesday for lawyers for President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and Trump to make attorney-client privilege claims over data seized in April raids, saying it was important not to ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A court-appointed official gave a New York judge in advance of a hearing Wednesday an upbeat report on how fast attorney-client privilege designations are being applied to materials seized from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Barbara ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump wants New York’s highest court to delay a defamation suit filed by a former “Apprentice” contestant who accused him of unwanted groping and kissing. Trump’s lawyers filed notice late Monday that they’re asking ...

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WASHINGTON – Under pressure from President Donald Trump, the Justice Department on Sunday asked its inspector general to assess whether political motivation tainted the FBI investigation into ties between Russia and Trump’s campaign – a remarkable step officials hoped might ...

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President Donald Trump’s request to put a former “Apprentice” candidate’s defamation lawsuit on hold while he challenges a ruling denying his bid to throw out the case entirely was rejected by a New York appeals court. Summer Zervos sued Trump ...

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A man who was allegedly “actively shooting” in the lobby of Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida, and “yelling” about President Donald Trump was shot and wounded by police early Friday morning, authorities said. Both Miami-Dade Police and Doral ...

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WASHINGTON – Special counsel Robert Mueller III’s team told President Donald Trump’s lawyers recently that prosecutors do not believe they can charge a sitting president with a crime under Justice Department guidelines, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday. The special ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump revealed in his financial disclosure Wednesday that he reimbursed personal attorney Michael Cohen as much as $250,000 for unspecified “expenses,” with no mention of a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to ...

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If Missouri’s governor, Eric Greitens, is convicted or impeached in the coming weeks, as many in the state now expect, he will join a growing roster of politicians and celebrities in driving home a powerful new lesson: The shape of ...

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WASHINGTON – The grand jury witnesses arrive one by one at the windowless room in the federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue in downtown Washington. They are struck first by how commonplace the setting feels – more classroom than courtroom, two ...

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