US Capitol riot

Senator (82) froze up twice last year while speaking in public, raising questions about ability to carry out role

Prosecutors argued Trump acted as a candidate when pressuring officials to overturn 2020 election and called on supporters to march on US Capitol

Nine supreme court justices must decide whether the Colorado supreme court erred in excluding Trump from its Republican primary ballot

Donald Trump appealed to court on December ruling to disqualify him from Colorado’s primary ballot under constitutional amendment

Stand by for some elegant intellectual gymnastics to ensure that the former president is on the ballot

Dave Hannigan: Keller was sentenced this week for his role in the US Capital riot of January 2021

The rise of Mike Johnson to US House Speaker is a disturbing development as the world lurches towards existential crisis

Examining the life and logic of the Oklahoma bomber

Former Trump adviser uses his War Room podcast to prop up and egg on GOP rebels and throw red meat to his Maga followers, known as ‘the posse’

‘There is something dangerous happening in America,’ US president says

Merrick Garland warns move would leave US ‘naked’ to everything from ‘influence of the Chinese Communist Party’ to ‘domestic violent extremists’

Giuliani fundraiser at former president’s club on Thursday night could generate more than $1m

Former trade adviser ‘chose allegiance to former president over compliance with subpoena’ to give evidence in January 6th investigation

In a state where Democrats barely feature, the colourful impeachment of Ken Paxton has given rise to a turf war among GOP supporters

Enrique Tarrio convicted of charges, including seditious conspiracy, for role in planning storming of the Capitol

Ethan Nordean received the 18-year sentence for crimes that included seditious conspiracy, committed when thousands of Trump supporters overran the Capitol building

Former US president booked at Atlanta prison on charges of running criminal racket to overturn 2020 election

Trump’s jailhouse visit comes after Republican presidential nomination rivals met in Milwaukee for debate

Former president charged over attempts to overturn 2020 election result in southern state - his fourth criminal indictment

Advisers and associates face criminal charges alsonside former president

In separate New York case, Trump was not handcuffed or photographed

Georgia court appears to publish charges before removing document

Federal prosecutors say former president will use evidence to ‘litigate this case in the media’

Maureen Dowd: The most democracy-destroying, soul-crushing, self-obsessed amadán ever to occupy the Oval

Former president used his Truth Social platform to post: ‘If you go after me, I’m coming after you'

Pending motion rendered unnecessary because of judge’s ruling in earlier motion by Trump’s team, lawyers for former US president say

Some Republican strategists worry about the former president concentrating on re-litigating his defeat in 2020

A first hearing has been scheduled for later this month, five days after the first Republican debate in the 2024 US presidential contest

Former president and front-runner for 2024 Republican nomination appeared in court on charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States

Lawyers, a US justice department official and consultant are alleged to have helped former president challenge election outcome

Former president to be arraigned on Thursday in Washington, already facing two other criminal trials in coming months

Former US president is betting that he can use legal battles to politically benefit his campaign, at least in the race for the Republican nomination

The US political system will come under huge pressure over the coming year

New criminal charges follow investigation into attempts to stop certification of Joe Biden’s victory

If found guilty, the former president could face up to 20 years in prison on some of the charges

Former US president’s legal team on high alert since prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith sent ‘target letter’ – a signal charges could be coming

Peter Turchin draws on Big Data and predictive models to make a sharp case about over-production of elites and how the US is on road to instability

Maureen Dowd: Will prosecutor Jack Smith have an ironclad case against Trump who has defrauded America since the cradle, lying, cheating and lining his pockets, and making suckers of nearly everyone?

A total of 16 people are facing felony charges in Michigan on foot of allegations they sent false certificates declaring that Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden had actually won the state in the 2020 election

Group of Republicans facing felony charges over alleged ‘fake elector’ scheme