After just two days of deliberations, a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, marking the end to his sensational New York hush money trial. But the case is far from over and could drag on for many more months, or even years. Here are a few of the biggest questions that remain. When will Trump be sentenced? The presiding judge, Juan Merchan, has scheduled a sentencing date for July 11, but what will come first is known as a pre-sentencing report. That's when a division of the court's probation department will likely interview Trump a ..read more

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has left the Democratic Party and is now an independent. Manchin, previously known for being a moderate Democrat who often criticized his party's more liberal policies, made his announcement Friday. "To stay true to myself and remain committed to put country before party, I have decided to register as an independent with no party affiliation and continue to fight for Americas sensible majority," Manchin said. The West Virginian added that "national politics are broken," noting both major parties are guilty of "partisan extremism." "Throughout my days in electe ..read more

Former President Donald Trump was convicted by a jury Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a New York hush money trial. State and local leaders voiced their reactions to the trial's outcome as Trump becomes the first former president to be convicted of a crime. MIGOP Chair Pete Hoesktra says the trial was "rigged" and a "sham." Hoekstra's full statement reads: From day one, this politically charged trial was rigged against President Trump. Brought by a corrupt, far left district attorney in one of the most liberal cities in the country, this sham trial has been widely disreg ..read more

What does Donald Trump's 34 guilty verdicts mean for the former president moving forward? We spoke with Dr. Doug Koopman, a political science professor at Calvin University, to get an idea of what's to come. Watch our interview with Dr. Koopman in the video player above. READ MORE: State and local leaders react to Trump's 34 guilty verdicts Follow FOX 17: Facebook - X (formerly Twitter) - Instagram - YouTube ..read more

Just minutes after a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trail, President Joe Bidens reelection campaign stressed that no one is above the law, while continuing to assert the importance of beating Trump not just in the court of law but in the court of public opinion as well. Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain, Biden-Harris 2024 communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement. But todays verdict does not change the ..read more

School board elections have evolved into a new arena of conflict in American politics, as traditionally nonpartisan contests are becoming more polarized and attracting national attention. In suburban and rural Texas, normally mundane board meetings have devolved into shout-fests, and local school board campaigns have attracted well-heeled donors to tilt the scales. Across Texas it's now not uncommon for school board candidates to have political war chests in the tens of thousands of dollars, whereas before only four-digit sums were raised to send campaign mailers. After the election of Joe Bid ..read more

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed an official complaint with the Federal Election Commission over his potential exclusion from next month's presidential debate hosted by CNN. The complaint accuses the network of violating federal campaign laws by colluding with the campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to set guidelines that would effectively prevent Kennedy from taking the stage. The complaint also accused CNN of making prohibited corporate contributions to both the Biden and Trump campaigns. The complaint echoed comments Kennedy m ..read more

The outcome of this year's elections will mean big changes in higher education. Showing up in both the presidential and congressional races, candidates are focusing on costs, student debt relief and the curriculum. Since taking office, President Joe Biden has made good on promises to forgive some student loans. Five million Americans have seen $167 billion of their debt forgiven. President Biden's Department of Education has taken action without Congress and amid legal fights to forgive some student loans. The Supreme Court rejected his broader plan last year that would have dissolved $20,000 ..read more

Nikki Haley, a former presidential candidate for the Republican party, wrote "Finish them!" on an Israeli artillery shell, days after Israel drew heightened criticism for its airstrike that killed dozens and displaced hundreds of Palestinians. Haley, a former ambassador to the United Nations, had been visiting Israel's northern border with Lebanon  where there is also a longstanding conflict between the two countries with Danny Danon, Israel's former ambassador to the U.N. and a member of the country's parliament, when they stopped by an Israeli military post Tuesday. There, Danon's offic ..read more

Speaking to a rowdy crowd of several hundred voters huddled in a North Philadelphia high school auditorium, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris formally launched their campaigns Black voter outreach initiative Wednesday, as polls show the president is losing support from the crucial constituency that helped deliver him the White House in 2020. In remarks at Girard College, an independent K-12 boarding school catering to low-income, predominately Black students, the White House duo were joined by a slew of prominent Black Democrats, including Pennsylvanias Lt. Gov. Austin Davis ..read more