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Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say 08/02/2023 08:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — By not naming or charging six alleged co-conspirators in the indictment this week of former President Donald Trump, federal prosecutors may be signaling their desire to expeditiously put the Republican presidential front-runner on trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question 08/02/2023 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he’ll face time behind bars. For Trump, who's now facing his third criminal indictment — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of p The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters 08/02/2023 04:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attack fueled by Trump's baseless claims of a stolen election. She has also ruled against him b Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power 08/02/2023 10:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, with the Justice Department acting to hold him accountable for an unprecedented effort to block th The election-meddling indictment against Trump is sprawling. Here's a breakdown of the case 08/01/2023 10:56pm • Donald Trump for years has promoted baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. In truth, Trump was the one who tried to steal the election, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in a sprawling indictment that paints the former president as desperate to cling to power he knew had been str Trump indictment key takeaways: What to know about the new charges 08/01/2023 09:31pm • ▶ Watch Video: Breaking down the alleged crimes in Trump's Jan. 6 indictment Washington — A federal grand jury on Tuesday charged former President Donald Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to remain in power following the 2020 election, wit Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory 08/01/2023 09:11pm • BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man who abducted a 6-year-old Missouri girl and beat her to death at an abandoned factory two decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to block the execution over arguments he was mentally incompetent. Johnny J Sweden plans to step up border controls as security situation worsens during Quran burning crisis 08/01/2023 02:38pm • STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden plans to step up border controls and identity checks at crossing points as its security situation deteriorates during a Quran burning crisis that has shaken the country as well as neighboring Denmark in recent weeks. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the measure i Long Island and Atlantic City sex worker killings are unrelated, officials say 08/01/2023 12:57pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey prosecutor said Tuesday that the murders of several sex workers on Long Island do not appear to be related to the unsolved killings of four sex workers near Atlantic City in 2006. Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds said detectives from his office me Mar-a-Lago property manager is the latest in a line of Trump staffers ensnared in his legal turmoil 08/01/2023 10:44am • NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the latest person to be ensnared in former President Donald Trump's ballooning legal troubles. Carlos De Oliveira appeared in court Monday to face charges connected to what prosecutors al Mar-a-Lago property manager is the latest in a line of Trump staffers ensnared in his legal turmoil 08/01/2023 08:58am • NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the latest person to be ensnared in former President Donald Trump’s ballooning legal troubles. Carlos De Oliveira appeared in court in Florida on Monday to face charges connected to wha Missouri governor rejects mercy plea from man set to be executed for killing 6-year-old girl 07/31/2023 05:41pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Monday that the state will proceed with this week's planned execution of a man who abducted and killed a 6-year-old girl nearly two decades ago, though the man's attorneys are still pressing claims he is mentally incompetent. Johnny Johnso The FBI should face new limits on its use of US foreign spy data, a key intelligence board says 07/31/2023 11:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should stop using a U.S. spy database of foreigners' emails and other communications for investigating crimes that aren't related to national security, a group of White House intelligence advisers recommended in a report released Monday. The President's Intelligence Advi Book Review: True crime meets history in Sara DiVello's 1920s murder mystery 'Broadway Butterfly' 07/31/2023 11:18am • “Broadway Butterfly” by Sara DiVello (Thomas & Mercer) The unsolved murder of the beautiful Dot King captivated New York. But the hype around the case proved insufficient motivation to catch the killer. So what happened? In “Broadway Butterfly,” a jazzy true crime historical thriller, au Facing legal peril, Trump calls on GOP to rally around him and focus on investigating Biden 07/30/2023 02:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to go after Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden. Trump also urged a halt