Jack Smith's report says prosecutors could have convicted Trump had his election win not prevented the case from proceeding.

Iowa senator Joni Ernst, a veteran Republican and herself a victim of sexual assault, has been less than enthusiastic about his nomination, however. If today’s hearings indicate she still has doubts - despite intense pressure from Trump's team to fall in line behind Hegseth - it could indicate that his path to confirmation still has some obstacles.

The report calls Trump's claims that the special counsel was influenced by Biden for political reasons "laughable."

President-elect Donald J. Trump has worked for years to discredit any and all criminal and civil cases against him as nothing more than politically motivated witch hunts.

A report into Donald Trump 's role in the events of January 6, 2021, has been released by the Justice Department. Special Counsel Jack Smith has been investigating allegations that Trump criminally tried to overturn the 2020 election results when he lost the presidency to Joe Biden.

In a long-awaited report, the former special counsel argued that Trump would have been convicted in his election subversion case if he hadn’t won the election.

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's cabinet nominees kicked off Tuesday with his controversial Pentagon pick, Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host dogged by sexual assault allegations and no expe

Read special counsel Jack Smith’s findings in full - Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ on 6 January using false claims he knew to be untrue, report says

Following his win over Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has been assembling the administration for his second term in the White House.

With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health datasets could be at risk. Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump,

When the Supreme Court justices first shared an inaugural stage with Donald Trump, they heard the new president deliver a 16-minute declaration against the country and vow, “This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.