With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge, and prosecutors aren’t opposing it. That would mean no jail time, no probation and no fines would be imposed, but nothing is final until Friday’s proceeding is done.

West Wing office space has long been a status symbol in official Washington where proximity and access to the president can equate to influence.

While President Harry Truman once famously remarked that the only sure way to find a friend in the American capital was to “get a dog,” President-elect Trump has chosen to keep his White House among the 55 percent of American residences that don’t have a canine companion among them.

President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning on felony charges — a history-making moment he had tried desperately to make sure wouldn't happen before his inauguration 10 days from now.