The Latest Breaking News from Juan Manuel Merchan

The judge in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money criminal case has rejected the former president’s demand to step aside

Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to reverse a federal judge’s decision to keep his hush-money criminal case in a New York state court that the former president claims is “very unfair” to him

Manhattan prosecutors say neither Donald Trump nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in the former president’s hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias

Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding that the judge in his New York City criminal case step aside, echoing the former president’s complaints that he’s “a Trump hating-judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.”

Judge was "really tough" on Trump and "lectured" him that he could face consequences if he violates order

Former President Donald Trump appeared in court Tuesday by video feed and lashed out afterward about his March 25 trial date being scheduled during primary season.

Donald Trump has made a video appearance in a New York courtroom, where the judge tentatively scheduled the former US president's criminal trial for March 25.

The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal case is holding a hybrid hearing Tuesday to make sure that the former president is aware of new rules barring him from using evidence to attack witnesses

Judge plans to ensure that Trump understands he risks being held in contempt of court if he violates the rules

New York prosecutors are seeking to bar Donald Trump from using evidence from his criminal case to attack witnesses, citing what they say is the former president's history of making “harassing, embarrassing, and threatening statements” about people he’s tangled with in legal disputes

Gag orders ride a fine line between balancing the right to free speech and to a fair trial. They restrict what trial participants can and cannot say outside of court.