An internal investigation by Trump’s own attorneys concluded Boris Epshteyn — a longtime aide who coordinated Trump’s criminal defenses in recent years — had asked at least two people for the monthly payments. One of those people was Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who was recently tapped to be the next treasury secretary.

The president-elect unsuccessfully tried to purchase the Buffalo Bills in 2014, leading to his run for president in 2016, according to Smith.

Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But the president-elect and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.

"Pam Bondi follows through with what she's pledged to do," Schiff told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace in an interview.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had initially dismissed the documents case against Trump in July on the grounds that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was illegal. Federal prosecutors in August had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to restore the case.

President-elect Donald Trump isn’t wasting time setting the stage for his second term, with plans for tariffs on goods from Mexico, China and Canada.

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on Mexico and Canada as he seeks to portray them as responsible for illegal immigration and drug smuggling

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, hit back on Tuesday morning at President-elect Trump’s vow to impose 25 percent tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Mexico, signaling that her country was prepared to respond with retaliatory tariffs of its own.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump does not intend to spare crude oil from his planned 25% import tariffs on Canada and Mexico, sources told Reuters on Tuesday, as the oil industry warned the policy could hurt consumers,