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The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, teachers, cooks and other workers to guard inmates.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday urged the Justice Department to refuse a Trump administration official's request to prosecute the Democrat for mortgage fraud, calling it "improper political retribution."
NEW YORK (AP) -- A top Justice Department official was leaning toward dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams even before summoning the top Manhattan federal prosecutor at the time to Washington to discuss the case, newly unsealed documents show.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to federal women's prisons after they had been sent to men's facilities in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order that truncated transgender protections.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border -- a case the conservative strategist has decried as a "political persecution."
NEW YORK (AP) -- Steve Bannon's trial on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S. southern border will start a week later than scheduled, a judge said Wednesday, after the conservative rabble-rouser hired new lawyers to pursue an aggressive defense strategy.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Monday moved to indefinitely postpone this week's sentencing in his hush money case as he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict and put him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump's lawyers are alleging that his hush money conviction was tainted by juror misconduct, opening a new front in their fight to overturn the verdict and throw out the historic case.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York prosecutors said Tuesday they'll oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump's hush money conviction as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying the case until after his impending second term.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York prosecutors said Tuesday they'll oppose dismissing President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying it until after his impending second term.
NEW YORK (AP) -- As Donald Trump hits the homestretch of his White House run, the former president's lawyers are heading to a New York appeals court in a bid to overturn a civil fraud judgment that could cost him nearly $500 million.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York appeals court is set to hear arguments in Donald Trump's fight to overturn a civil fraud judgment that could disrupt his real estate empire and cost him close to a half-billion dollars.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president's latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Manhattan prosecutors balked Tuesday at Donald Trump 's effort to delay post-trial decisions in his New York hush money criminal case while he seeks to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his felony conviction. However, they said they could be OK with postponing the former president's Sept. 18 sentencing.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump's lawyers moved Friday to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month's sentencing indefinitely while he fights to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his felony conviction.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in his hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn his conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing scheduled for next month.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York state lawyers urged an appeals court late Wednesday to uphold Donald Trump's nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment, arguing there's "overwhelming evidence" to support a judge's finding that the former president lied for years about his wealth as he built his real estate empire.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two months after his felony conviction, Donald Trump still isn't allowed to say everything he wants about his historic hush money criminal case. After a New York appeals court upheld his gag order Thursday, he won't be for a while.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two months after his felony conviction, Donald Trump still isn't allowed to say everything he wants about his historic hush money criminal case. After a New York appeals court upheld his gag order on Thursday, he won't be for a while.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump's bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican president's argument that his May conviction "constitutes a change in circumstances" that warrants lifting the restrictions.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican former president's argument that that his May conviction "constitutes a change in circumstances" that warrants lifting the restrictions.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a "recalcitrant debtor" who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment and other debts.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case on Friday, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted process with a lack of transparency.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction but keeping others connected to the case off limits at least until he's sentenced July 11.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the former president's case off limits at least until he is sentenced July 11.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump's lawyers are amplifying their calls to end the gag order that bars the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the Manhattan criminal trial that ended in his conviction last month for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by New York probation officials Monday, a required step before his July sentencing in his criminal hush money case, according to three people familiar with the plan.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to keep Donald Trump 's gag order in place in his hush money criminal case at least until the former president is sentenced in July, opposing a defense request that the restrictions be lifted following his felony convictions last week.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump's lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump said he remains muzzled by a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal trial. His lawyer said he thinks the gag order was supposed to expire with the verdict and he may seek clarity from the court.