"Federal Appeals Court Upholds Gag Order in Trump Cases, Supreme Court Next"

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has declined to rehear former President Donald Trump's appeal of the gag order imposed on him in the federal election interference case, leaving the Supreme Court as his final option. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed the gag order on Trump last year after he made disparaging comments about her, special counsel Jack Smith, and potential witnesses in the case. The former president has challenged the order in court since it was issued, and a three-judge panel of the same appeals court is expected to soon issue a ruling on Trump's effort to dismiss the federal election interference case against him through a claim of presidential immunity.