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On the second day of the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, not a single juror has yet been selected to help decide Donald Trump's fate in his New York hush money trial, where he faces 34 charges related to the falsification of business records.

So far, the dismissed jurors have cited their jobs, their political views, busy schedules — and even their dogs as reasons for not being able to continue.

New York Judge Juan Merchan hit Donald Trump with a warning against intimidating potential jurors as the former president sat apparently muttering in the courtroom on Tuesday.

During the second day of Trump's trial for allegedly covering up a sex scandal, defense counsel questioned a potential juror's social media posts following the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba says she has transitioned to a new role after serving as his attorney in previous fraud and defamation cases that resulted in more than a half billion dollars in penalties.

Habba won't represent the former president in his Manhattan criminal trial of charges that he falsified business records to conceal hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, saying that she will instead serve as Trump's "legal adviser," reported The Independent.

Voting machine company Smartmatic has requested a status hearing due to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's deteriorating financial condition.

Smartmatic filed the 5-page motion Tuesday after a series of defamation claims initiated by U.S. Dominion, Inc., and Dominion Voting Systems against Lindell and My Pillow regarding their statements about the 2020 presidential election.

Multiple instances have been reported of Donald Trump falling asleep in court — or possibly "resting his eyes," as MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell put it on Tuesday.

While it's understandable that the minutia of a courtroom can be dull, jury consultant David Henderson said that his sleepiness could really affect the individuals who will decide Trump's fate.

Donald Trump appeared in court for a second day of jury selection Tuesday and, once again, appeared to doze off in the morning session.

Several reporters had made the same observation Monday, with one noticing a jolt after his head slumped down slack-jawed, and another saying his chin hit his chest.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) on Tuesday pulled out a world map as a prop to illustrate the lengthy history of racist comments made by former President Donald Trump.

During a hearing to discuss the 2025 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security, Garcia took apart Trump's recent remarks about wanting to welcome immigrants from "nice" countries like Denmark, Switzerland or Norway, which are overwhelmingly white.

According to an announcement from an attorney for One American News Network (OANN), the right-wing news outlet has settled a defamation suit brought by the voting tech giant Smartmatic over false claims about rigged voting machines in the 2020 election.

OANN attorney Chip Babcock told CNN that the suit, "Has been resolved pursuant to a confidential agreement."

Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump's New York-based attorneys, is getting roasted by lawyers and legal experts over her latest remarks on Fox News alleging her client isn't being afforded due process.

In a nutshell, "due process" is the legal term for the set of rights afforded to criminal and civil defendants mentioned in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This includes everything from the right to question witnesses, screen jurors, be presumed innocent until proven guilty and be granted a fair and impartial ruling, among others.

Melania Trump likely won't attend her husband's trial in the hush money case involving adult movie actress Stormy Daniels, but she reportedly shares his view that the prosecution is unfair.

The former first lady was initially furious after seeing reports in January 2018 that Donald Trump had paid off the film star to conceal their alleged extramarital affair, and headed to Mar-a-Lago to cool off before returning to Washington, D.C. in time for his first State of the Union address, reported the New York Times.

One-time Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday lobbed what appeared to be a racist dog whistle against the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush-money case.

In a tweet, Giuliani accused Judge Juan Merchan of being "a disgrace" who is "not a judge in the tradition of Anglo-American jurists."

After an unexplained absence Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas was back at the Supreme Court on Tuesday where he was overseeing a case involving the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

His place on the bench has caused outrage from many who says he should recuse himself from all Jan. 6 cases, largely because his wife Ginni was with Donald Trump and other VIPs in a tent near the stage from which Trump addressed the crowd on that day and encouraged them to march to the Capitol.

Long before House Speaker Mike Johnson's voter registration bill was announced, high profile right-wing social media influencers were briefed on its details in an apparent coordinated effort to hype the proposed law, according to a new report.

A wave of influencer posts circulated social media before the bill was publicly announced at a joint press conference Johnson held with former President Donald Trump on Friday, most of them calling on Congress to pass it, NBC News reported Tuesday.