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By: Laura Barro, Ali Schmitz, Shrai Popat
Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island turned out for their states’ presidential primaries. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports on what the results mean for the upcoming election and discusses the latest NewsHour/Marist poll on voter attitudes to the frontrunners and election integrity.
By: William Brangham, Ali Schmitz, Matt Loffman
The nation is about to enter uncharted territory. On Monday, for the first time in American history, a former president will be tried in a court of law. Donald Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to prevent news of an alleged extramarital affair from becoming public. William Brangham previews this complicated, historic case.
By: William Brangham, Ali Schmitz
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial started Monday in New York City. In the first criminal trial of any former president, he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged extramarital affair that surfaced during his 2016 campaign. William Brangham has been covering the former president’s legal cases and reports from New York.
A new report reveals a historic amount of turnover within local elections offices, but also the resiliency of that workforce. Stephanie Sy takes a closer look.
By: William Brangham, Ali Schmitz
A full jury has been seated in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, but jury selection had a rocky start with two previously selected jurors dismissed. One was excused after she said her personal information had been made public. The other was dismissed after prosecutors raised concerns that he may have not been honest in a questionnaire. William Brangham discussed more with Jessica Roth.
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including Democrats helping Speaker Johnson get a foreign aid package through the House as he faces backlash from far-right members of his caucus and President Biden's role in easing tensions between Israel and Iran.
By: William Brangham, Ali Schmitz
Opening statements began Monday in the first criminal trial of Donald Trump. Prosecutors accused Trump and his associates of falsifying business records during his 2016 campaign to conceal an alleged extramarital affair. But the former president’s attorney said he was not involved in the payments, which they argue weren’t illegal, and did not commit a crime. William Brangham reports.
By: Kyle Midura, Ali Schmitz
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including legal cases involving former Donald Trump and associates playing out in state courts, the Supreme Court and the court of public opinion, as foreign aid begins to arrive in Ukraine and the Middle East, protests boil over on campuses across the U.S.
By: William Brangham, Ali Schmitz
On the stand Thursday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial was Los Angeles lawyer Keith Davidson. He negotiated both the Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal hush money agreements at the center of the case against the former president. William Brangham was in the courthouse and breaks down the latest.
One of former President Trump’s most senior aides took the stand during his trial in New York. Hope Hicks served as Trump’s press secretary during the 2016 campaign and was his White House communications director. She detailed how Trump handled revelations about alleged extramarital affairs and the payments made to bury those stories. William Brangham discussed more with Andrea Bernstein of NPR.
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