Washington Post Staff    Former president Donald Trump was indicted Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury in a case involving payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before the presidential election

Paul Duggan    Pras Michél has been accused of money laundering campaign finance violations and other charges in a sprawling criminal case arising from one of the world s biggest financial scandals

Drew Harwell    The fake highlights how trolls and liars can use computer tools to muddle the truth about mass shootings

Aaron Blake    DeSantis introduced his takeover of the board that oversees Disney by saying there s a new sheriff in town It turns out the old sheriff had something to say about that

Aaron Blake    By a nearly to margin Americans view the case as being more about politics than the law And when it comes to Trump that s unusual

Aaron Blake    As Republicans push for spending cuts in the debt ceiling debate a poll shows percent say the government spends too much But people also don t want cuts in virtually any major specific area

Kevin Sullivan    No ex president had been charged before Thursday prompting debate over whether the case will ultimately strengthen or weaken the rule of law

Derek Hawkins    In the aftermath Republican lawmakers have voiced resignation called for facts first and accused Democrats of politicizing the attack

Joe Davidson    After President Biden ordered the Justice Department to stop using private prisons the U S Marshals Service continued to do so by using a middleman

Glenn Kessler    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted a misleading mash up of Biden quotes from

Perry Stein    The th president who is running for president again in is the first former occupant of the White House to be charged with a crime

Shayna Jacobs    Trump is expected to turn himself in and appear in court on Tuesday at p m a person familiar with the matter said

Ashley Parker    Advisers had privately counseled Trump that an indictment by a Manhattan grand jury involving hush money payments to an adult film star would not come for some time

Washington Post Staff    The New York investigation is one of several criminal probes focused on former president Donald Trump

Michael Scherer    Some GOP lawmakers and strategists see short term gains for the former president in his quest for the nomination

Mariana Alfaro    Gov Ron DeSantis R said Florida will not work with New York on any extradition requests in case one is necessary for the former president

Perry Stein    Donald J Trump became the first former president to be charged with a crime after leaving office The charges don t prevent Trump from running for president

Jennifer Hassan    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is the prosecutor on the investigation into former president Donald Trump s role in hush money payments to Stormy Daniels

Philip Bump    A common attack on the indictment of Trump is that the district attorney should focus on other crime Serious crimes are down in Manhattan

Rachel Weiner    An associate of the group who defendants in the Jan trial say asked for details about their trial strategy and gave them advice was also reporting to the FBI

Matt Zapotosky    What you need to know about the Mar a Lago documents the Jan investigation the Georgia elections probe and the New York fraud lawsuit among others

Marc Fisher    Donald Trump has been investigated over matters big and small by federal and state agencies bankers and casino regulators and legions of prosecutors

Keith L. Alexander    Joint Base Andrews home to the President s Air Force One was on lockdown Thursday after an unauthorized individual was seen on the base carrying a rifle