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Donald Trump officially became a convicted felon less than two weeks before his inauguration to a second term as president.

The former president faced sentencing Friday on 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, but he avoided jail time after New York justice Juan Merchan granted an unconditional discharge.

Donald Trump’s claim that he is being left with “NO MONEY IN FEMA” as President Joe Biden prepares to leave office – and other assertions related to the devastating wildfires in California – were subjected to a thorough fact check by CNN’s Daniel Dale.

FEMA continues to dispel the myth that they don't have any funds to aid Americans in disasters despite Trump repeatedly peddling the inaccurate statement. This particular myth began after hurricanes hit Florida and the east coast this past fall, Dale noted Thursday night.

The man who became infamous for the armed storming of a pizzeria in Washington, D.C. over a conspiracy theory was killed by North Carolina police in a traffic stop, reported the Charlotte Observer on Thursday.

The incident occurred on Saturday as Edgar Maddison Welch sat in the passenger seat of a GMC SUV when an officer pulled it over, Kannapolis police said in a news release Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump took his complaints about the wildfire disaster in California to a new level on Thursday, with a Truth Social post baselessly suggesting that Gov. Gavin Newsom was withholding water firefighters could be using to protect homes and businesses.

"Governor Gavin Newscum should immediately go to Northern California and open up the water main, and let the water flow into his dry, starving, burning State, instead of having it go out into the Pacific Ocean," Trump said. "It ought to be done right now, NO MORE EXCUSES FROM THIS INCOMPETENT GOVERNOR. IT’S ALREADY FAR TOO LATE!"

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) demanded that Justice Samuel Alito recuse himself from a case involving Donald Trump after a "startling ex parte private phone call" with the president-elect.

Just hours before Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his sentencing, the president-elect spoke with Alito about a former law clerk seeking a job in the new administration.

President-elect Donald Trump was snubbed by many as the nation's former leaders came together at the funeral for a member of their exclusive group, Jimmy Carter, in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

And his MAGA devotees were furious.

Jonathan Last, a one-time conservative who left the movement in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's political rise, wants to see Democrats act more like the GOP.

Writing in The Bulwark, Last encourages Democrats to take a tone of "ruthless aggression" in their dealings with Republicans headed into Trump's second term.

Former President George W. Bush declined to shake the hand of President-elect Donald Trump at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral.

As the former presidents were seated at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, a CBS panel noted that Bush snubbed the president-elect.

The New York appeals court has ruled against Donald Trump's request to stay his sentencing hearing, which was scheduled for Friday, Jan. 10, legal analyst Adam Klasfeld posted on Blue Sky.

"Your proposed order to show cause was reviewed by Judge Rivera, who declined to sign the order. As a result of the Judge's determination, no motion is pending in the above title at the Court of Appeals," the letter to Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, said.

The state of Florida accidentally overpaid a healthcare company to the tune of more than $5.2 million, and the CEO then loaned herself all of that and then some, according to a news report.

Tallahassee Democrat reports that the mistake was made after Florida's Division of Emergency Management made a deal with South Florida's Trinity Health Care Services to register people for COVID-19 vaccinations. FDEM was supposed to pay Trinity an invoice amount of $50,578.50, records show.

Days before Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term, there is trouble brewing behind the scenes as members of his inner circle battle each other over which European leaders would make the most reliable overseas ally.

According to a report from Politico's Jamie Detmer, there is a case to be made that close advisors to Trump are already "eating their own" before he even takes the oath of office which could lead to chaos when it comes to international relations.

Donald Trump’s ambitious demand that the United States regain control of the Panama Canal would be “a mess” for the country, according to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, which added that it is just the latest example of the incoming president’s “bully tactic diplomacy.”

Trump’s “America First” agenda was on full display during a disjointed news conference Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort, where he turned heads for again repeating his desire for the U.S. to acquire Canada, Panama and Greenland.