President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a New York state court from sentencing him for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.

The court turned down Trump's last-minute bid to prevent his sentencing, scheduled for Friday in New York state court in ...

Trump's lawyers argued that the justices should step in and pause his sentencing "to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the presidency." ...

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New ...

Trump's two-pronged effort comes after a lower-level New York appeals court on Tuesday rejected his latest effort to postpone ...

Trump said Friday's sentencing should be paused while he argues to the Supreme Court his conviction should be overturned due ...

In a filing Wednesday, Trump's attorneys argued the Supreme Court needed ... and the New York state Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court, denied Trump's bid to halt the sentencing on ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Thursday Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing in a New York state court for the ...

During a lobbying effort in the Albany last year, advocates noted that in New York City, a state Supreme Court justice can have 2,500 cases on his or her docket and 400 motions awaiting decisions.

The president-elect filed an emergency application at the high court, which previously granted him broad criminal immunity. He wanted to block his Friday sentencing.