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Trump's lawyers seek to postpone documents trial after 2024 election

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a judge to postpone his classified documents trial until after next year's presidential election, saying they have not received all the records they need to review to prepare his defence. The trial on charges of illegally hoarding classified documents, among four criminal cases the Republican former president is facing, is currently scheduled for May 20, 2024, in Florida. In a motion filed late Wednesday, Trump's lawyers urged US District Judge Aileen Cannon to push back the trial until at least mid-November 2024. The presidential election is set for November 5, 2024, with Trump currently leading the GOP field in the months before the primary season. The defence lawyers argued that a postponement was necessary because of scheduling conflicts another federal trial is scheduled for March 2024 in Washington, and one of Trump's attorneys, Christopher Kise, is also representing him in an ongoing civil fraud trial in New York and ...

Trump joins Michigan battleground to compete with Biden for union votes

As his Republican rivals gather onstage in California for their second primary debate, former President Donald Trump will be in battleground Michigan on Wednesday night working to win over blue-collar voters in the midst of an autoworkers' strike. Trump's trip comes a day after President Joe Biden became the first sitting president in US history to walk a picket line as he joined United Auto Workers in Detroit. The union is pushing for higher wages, shorter work weeks and assurances from the country's top automakers that new electric vehicle jobs will be unionised. The dueling appearances reflect what will likely be a chief dynamic of the 2024 general election, which is increasingly looking like a rematch between Trump and Biden. Michigan is expected to be a critical battleground state as both candidates try to paint themselves as champions of the working class. Trump is scheduled to deliver primetime remarks at Drake Enterprises, a non-unionised auto parts supplier in Clinton ...

Past trials suggest certain pitfalls for Georgia judge handling Trump case

Judge Peter Cahill hardly slept during the six weeks he presided over the murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd. Cameras in the courtroom broadcast the veteran Minnesota judge's every word to a global audience. Outside, the nation waited nervously for the outcome of a slaying that galvanized the movement for racial justice. When you're in a high-profile trial, you feel the stress, you feel the pressure even if you're not reading the papers, he told an audience of judges last year at The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. Cahill's experience provides a glimpse of the additional scrutiny and strain that await the four judges overseeing the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump. But the challenge facing Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee in Georgia is unlike any of the others. For one, he is the only judge so far to allow television cameras in the courtroom to broadcast hearings and any trials. He is presiding over a ..

Judge validates Trump impeachment inquiry, orders Mueller document release

US District Judge Howell, handing a major victory to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, undercut an argument that Trump's fellow Republicans have made in attacking the impeachment inquiry

Donald Trump blasts inquiry as 'lynching' as key witness testifies

Trump has relentlessly attacked the investigation as part of a broader partisan "witch hunt" against him

Donald Trump's 15% tariffs on Chinese goods worth $112 bn take effect

After Sunday's tariff hike, 87% of textiles and clothing from China and 52% of shoes will be subject to import taxes

US govt launches $40 mn plan to counter anti-US campaign by China, Russia

To be led by the Department of State, the announcement of such an initiative comes in the wake of the massive anti-US campaign

Pune builder remembers Trump as 'dedicated businessman'

The building, comprising two glass facade towers of 23 storey, offer 46 single-floor residences and stands on 2.5 acres of land in Kalyaninagar