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Former President Donald Trump speaks during the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Testimony phase of Trump N.Y. civil trial ends, clearing way for January ruling

The evidence phase of the New York civil trial against former President Donald Trump and his business concluded Wednesday with state Attorney General Letitia James boasting that she proved her fraud case against the 2024 Republican front-runner, while the defense said it was looking forward to an appeal.

December 13, 2023
Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, and Alina Habba, at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)

D.C. Circuit upholds much of federal gag order on Trump

A major appeals court on Friday upheld most of the gag order prohibiting former President Donald Trump from making public statements about "foreseeable witnesses" in the federal case that accuses him of conspiring to defraud the U.S. in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.

December 8, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at a Town Hall event at Tempesta's in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 21, 2023. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) **FILE**

DeSantis sets aside $1 million for possible litigation over FSU snub

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said he has $1 million ready for any lawsuits around the decision to keep Florida State University out of the college football playoff, leaping headlong into a sports debate that's collided with the 2024 presidential race.

December 5, 2023