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The appeals court has denied Donald Trump's request to have Justice Juan Merchan recused from the Manhattan hush money trial, Law360's Stewart Bishop reported Tuesday morning.

Trump has also demanded that the trial be paused because he is awaiting a ruling from the Supreme Court on his "presidential immunity" claims. That too was denied.

New York Judge Juan Merchan slapped former President Donald Trump with a $9,000 contempt of court fine on Tuesday for repeatedly violating the gag order in his Manhattan hush money trial to publicly attack witnesses and jurors — and warned him that a stay on Rikers Island could be in his future if he continues on his current path.

This led some commenters on social media to praise the judge — but many others urged him to stop showing so much restraint on Trump, who has already been fined multiple times for similar violations in his civil trials.

If fundraising or other means of getting cash falters, Donald Trump is close to running out of funds to pay his legal bills as his New York hush money criminal trial continues, according to a new report.

Trump is racking up significant legal bills as the trial, where he's accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult movie star Stormy Daniels, enters into its second week. He's also facing three other indictments that could result in trials beginning this year.

Former President Donald Trump again smeared pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses by comparing them to a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Trump spoke to reporters Tuesday before stepping into court for his Manhattan hush-money trial.

House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith with the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility on Tuesday, accusing him of "illegal election interference."

Smith is currently prosecuting two of former President Donald Trump four criminal cases — the election conspiracy case in Washington, D.C., currently held up by a Supreme Court review to determine if Trump has presidential immunity, and the classified document theft case being heard in Florida.

Donald Trump will be allowed to attend his youngest son's high school graduation next month after a New York judge canceled a day of hearings in his criminal trial scheduled for that day.

The former president has been complaining since the start of his hush money trial that Justice Juan Merchan had ordered him to attend each day of court proceedings. But the judge agreed Tuesday to suspend the trial May 17 to allow him to attend his son Barron's graduation ceremony, reported Politico.

New York Judge Juan Merchan has ruled in the dispute over whether former President Donald Trump violated the gag order in the Manhattan hush money trial. He has determined that Trump violated the order in at least nine separate instances.

The decision means that the former president will be fined $9,000 and will be forced to remove the offending posts that violated the gag order from his Truth Social page.

In an interview with Time Magazine, former President Donald Trump wouldn't dismiss the prospect of violence by his supporters in the 2024 presidential election.

“If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” Trump said when asked about the prospect of political violence. “It always depends on the fairness of the election.”

Former President Donald Trump came as close as he ever has to outright saying he would try to get President Joe Biden thrown in prison if he wins another term in office, in an interview released on Tuesday by TIME Magazine.

During the interview, Trump gave seemingly contradictory answers when asked about jailing Biden, although he did say he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate him.

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" can't stop thinking about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's "murderous rampage" against her family's pets.

The Republican governor likely saw her shot at becoming Donald Trump's running mate vanish after revealing in a forthcoming political memoir that she had gunned down an exuberant 14-month-old puppy and then a disagreeable goat, and the panelists agreed Noem's admission was likely intended to boost her political fortunes.

Former President Donald Trump thinks that white Americans are facing discrimination that he says "can't be allowed."

In an interview with Time Magazine, the former president was asked about polls showing that his supporters believe that "antiwhite racism" is now a greater problem than prejudice leveled against other minorities.

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly very displeased that the attorney representing him in his hush-money trial isn't being belligerent enough in court.

The New York Times reports that attorney Todd Blanche has in recent days become "the focus" of Trump's "episodic wrath" over the hush-money trial, in which he stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) bid to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) appears to have crashed and burned and many of her Republican colleagues couldn't be happier about it.

In interviews with Axios, several House Republicans expressed confidence that Greene's crusade to end Johnson's speakership was dead, especially after multiple House Democrats have said they would bail him out should Greene bring the motion to the floor.