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From 12h ago The indictment reads that Trump stored in his boxes “information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack”. It goes…

Donald Trump twice disclosed national security information in separate incidents in 2021 and took steps to retain classified documents that he knew he could not keep because they had been subpoenaed by the justice department, according to the sprawling 37-count indictment unsealed Friday. The charging papers also revealed Trump hoarded materials of the highest sensitivity…

Donald Trump has been indicted for illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving office in 2021. What happens next and what do the charges mean for the former president and the 2024 election campaign? What is Trump accused of doing? Trump is being charged with 37 criminal counts, including mishandling classified documents and obstruction of…

Donald Trump is preparing for his second arraignment in two months after learning he would face seven federal charges in connection to his mishandling of classified documents. The former US president and current 2024 candidate is expected to surrender himself to authorities in Miami on Tuesday at 3pm ET, although the exact charges he will…

The war for Ukraine gets darker and more terrifying, and now a new front has opened up many miles away – in a US Republican party whose biggest players are itching to abandon Ukraine to its fate. Proof of the conflict’s deepening horror came this week, with the destruction on Tuesday of the Kakhovka dam…

On Thursday night, word of the government’s indictment of Donald Trump seeped out. The 45th president is reportedly slated to be arraigned this coming Tuesday on seven separate counts. He stands accused of violating the Espionage Act, false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Irony abounds. As a first-time candidate, he led chants of “lock…

Donald Trump announced his latest indictment last night in front of a painting of a guy literally twirling his moustache. “I am an innocent man,” the former president insisted, next to this cartoon shorthand for villainy. The oil painting in question is not so much an artwork as a lift-music version of an artwork, and…

Monday In a reversal of the who-would-you-most-like-to-have-a-drink-with test, candidates declaring for the Republican presidential race this week presented as so singularly unappetising as to beg the question who among them would you leave the bar to avoid? Trump is not, weirdly, at the top of this list, since when he cares to use it one…

Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Doug Burgum all entered the already large pool of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination this week. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Charlie Sykes of the Bulwark to look at their potential chances, and why one prominent Republican governor is sounding the alarm on how a crowded field might be just…

He really might be going to jail. Donald Trump just became the first former president in American history to face federal criminal charges. On Thursday night it emerged that Trump had been indicted for allegedly mishandling classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He has reportedly been charged with seven counts including wilfully retaining…