Trump Legal Controversy Explained in Plain English
Donald Trump faces an unprecedented scale of legal challenges spanning criminal indictments, civil judgments, and ongoing litigation against his…

Following the record: lawsuits, executive orders and the money, sourced to the filing.
The full list as signed, with dates - the primary record rather than the coverage of it.
Time remaining to noon on 20 January 2029, the moment fixed by the 20th Amendment, plus debt and key dates.
Every case we track, and what a court has actually decided in each - filed, certified, settled or judged.
Claims we have checked, with the primary source for each one.

Every report here starts from a primary record - the docket, the filing, the Federal Register notice, the agency release. Where a matter is contested we say who contests it. A complaint asserts and a court finds, and we do not blur the two.

The executive-order tracker lists what was signed and when. The second-term clock runs to noon on 20 January 2029, the moment fixed by the 20th Amendment. Our lawsuits desk follows the class actions and settlements tied to the administration, from the complaint through to the court's ruling.
Donald Trump faces an unprecedented scale of legal challenges spanning criminal indictments, civil judgments, and ongoing litigation against his…
The Trump administration’s record on transparency has become increasingly complicated. While the president has issued executive orders claiming to promote…
The Trump Justice Department has fundamentally restructured federal law enforcement priorities in 2026, dramatically scaling back prosecutions across…
The Trump Justice Department has launched a constitutional assault on the Presidential Records Act, arguing in April 2026 that Congress exceeded its…
The Trump transparency controversy refers to a coordinated effort by the Trump administration to restrict public access to government information through…
The Trump Justice Department has taken an extraordinary position: the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional.
Trump’s 2026 trade policy is built around two core mechanisms: universal baseline tariffs of 10% applied to virtually all countries, combined with steep…
Trump’s tariffs create significant disruption to the global economy by raising costs for American businesses and consumers while straining relationships…
Trump’s 2025 trade strategy produced mixed results that defied a simple narrative of success or failure.
Trump’s economic policies have delivered mixed results for American households in 2026, with significant variations depending on income level and…
We cover the Trump administration because that is the beat, and we report what documents say rather than what either side says about them. Where a claim is contested we name who contests it and link both records.
Primary sources: court dockets and filings, the Federal Register, agency press releases and rulemaking notices, SEC filings, state Attorney General announcements and inspector-general reports. Each report links the document it is built on.
No. We report what a settlement covers and link the official claims administrator, which is the only place that can answer eligibility. We are not lawyers and nothing here is legal advice.
The executive-order tracker lists orders as signed, by date. The second-term clock counts to noon Eastern on 20 January 2029, the moment fixed by the 20th Amendment. Both run in your browser from published figures, with the sources set out on each page.
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