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At Washington dinner parties, dark jokes abound about where to go into exile if the former president reclaims the White House.

Republicans have spent years drawing Latino evangelicals into their fold. At one growing church in the Las Vegas suburbs, Donald J. Trump is reaping the benefits.

Rudy Giuliani promised a bankruptcy court that he would limit his spending, but it didn’t take long before he broke that pledge, and by a lot.

Michael D. Cohen’s lawyers took on OAN over the false story. The settlement came as right-wing news outlets face a barrage of defamation suits.

A tabloid publisher’s testimony dominated a week that began with opening statements setting the stage for the first prosecution of a president.

No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself.

Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct.

But several members of the Supreme Court seem willing to put presidents above the rule of law.

David Pecker told jurors of a universe in which favors for celebrities were demanded and dispensed. His cross-examination will continue Friday.

Such a ruling would probably send the case back to a lower court and could delay any trial until after the November election.

To win a political campaign, you want to put your candidate in a setting that provides a chance to excel. For Trump, that’s the trial.

Those charged included Boris Epshteyn, a top legal strategist for Donald Trump, and fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf in Arizona after the 2020 election.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to counter polarization at a time when partisan sectarianism is intense and pervasive.

The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the election.

If delay prevents this Trump case from being tried this year, our system may never hold the man most responsible for Jan. 6 to account.

Monday will see opening statements in the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump. The state’s case seems strong, but a conviction is far from assured.

In the Republican Party of 2024, styled in the image of former President Donald J. Trump, a norm-preserving, consensus-driven act — even a basic one — can be a career-ending offense.

Justice Juan M. Merchan warned against identifying the people who might judge Donald J. Trump, who regularly attacks the justice system.

Some news reports have included details about jurors that had been aired in open court. One was excused after she developed concerns about being identified.

Once they are chosen, jurors will be asked to decide whether Donald J. Trump falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal. But first they must answer these questions.