The state court's decision is a setback for the president-elect, who now must pin his hopes of freezing the case at the nation's top judicial body.

NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block his sentencing this week for covering up hush money payments to a porn star while he appeals his...

NEW YORK: New York's top court rejected on Thursday (Jan 9) Donald Trump's request to halt the president-elect's sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, with a decision on a possible delay now in the hands of the US Supreme Court. The state court's de

The clock is running out on Donald Trump’s efforts in the New York judicial system to delay criminal sentencing, as a judge in the state’s highest court rejected his motion Thursday morning. Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of business fraud stemming from his “hush money” case. Manhattan Dist...

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's last ditch attempt to delay Friday's sentencing in his hush-money conviction that was decided back in May.

The decision leaves the US Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place tomorrow.