Hackers, ripoff claims roil Trump’s social media platform pre-launch

Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, Trump said Wednesday he's launching a new media company with its own social media platform, called TRUTH Social.

Donald Trump announces launch of media company, social media app

Former President Donald Trump says he’s launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “TRUTH Social” app.

Jan. 6 panel plans Steve Bannon contempt vote as Trump sues over probe

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly on Tuesday to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt.

Trump sues to block release of documents to Jan. 6 committee

Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block the release of White House documents to the Jan. 6 select committee of Congress, challenging President Joe Biden's decision to hand them over.

Trump expected to give deposition in lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump is slated to return to New York City to provide a videotaped deposition in a case about his security team’s crackdown on a protest during the early days of his presidential campaign in 2015.

Biden restores national monuments in Utah cut by Trump

President Joe Biden signed three proclamations Friday that restored two national monuments in Utah and a separate marine conservation area in New England.

Trump hotel in D.C. lost $70 million despite millions in foreign business

Former President Donald Trump's company lost more than $70 million on his Washington D.C., hotel during his four years in office despite an estimated $3.7 million in revenue from foreign governments. Ethics experts say Trump should have refused that business because it posed conflicts of interest with his role as president.

Biden waives executive privilege on Trump documents related to Jan. 6 probe

President Joe Biden determined an assertion of executive privilege “is not warranted” for the first set of documents from the Trump White House, the White House said.

Biden administration reverses Trump-era abortion referral ban

The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded family planning clinics.

Donald Trump faces deadline for questioning in defamation suit

A court has set a Dec. 23 deadline for former President Donald Trump to undergo questioning in a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations.

Trump asks judge to force Twitter to reactivate his account

Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge to force Twitter to restore his account, which was suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Wisconsin governor: Republican election probe a 'boondoggle'

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers blasted a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election, saying election clerks should be "lawyered up."

TX County officials call election audits an unnecessary partisan ploy while voicing confidence in 2020 results

Officials in some counties targeted by audits accuse Republican Texas leaders of pandering to conspiracy theorists and undermining faith in elections. They also say the secretary of state’s office hasn’t provided details on what the audits entail.

Texas to audit 2020 election results in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin & Harris counties

Hours after former President Donald Trump pressed Gov. Greg Abbott for a review of last year's election results in Texas, the state said it would audit the results in four counties, including three in North Texas.

House panel investigating Jan. 6 riot subpoenas former Trump advisers

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed four advisers and associates to former President Donald Trump who were in contact with him before and during the attack.

Donald Trump sues niece Mary Trump, NY Times over 2018 story on taxes

Mary Trump, the former president's estranged niece, and the New York Times are facing a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters.