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Stormy Daniels is back on the stand today. On Tuesday she gave explicit details about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in a Lake Tahoe hotel suite.

The trial is now on a lunch break. Just before the break, defense attorney Todd Blanche said he had three applications he’d like to raise.

Ben Feuerherd

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is seated in the front row of the courtroom today.

Ben Feuerherd

Photographers have just been told that they will no longer be allowed into the courtroom at the beginning of each day to snap photos of Trump at the defense table.

Josh Gerstein

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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah.

Foreign Affairs

Israel-Hamas hostage deal talks paused amid Rafah fighting

Hamas has largely stepped back from the table because of Israel’s operation in the city.

By Erin Banco

Congress

Vulnerable Senate Dems lukewarm on reported White House plan for Palestinian refugees

By Ursula Perano and Burgess Everett

Foreign Affairs

Biden says US will cut off offensive weapons to Israel ‘if they go into Rafah’

By Jonathan Lemire and Jennifer Haberkorn

A passenger jet takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Congress

With House-passed short-term patch in hand, Senate slogs toward FAA bill agreement

By Anthony Adragna

California

Gavin Newsom’s top policy adviser to depart administration

By Christopher Cadelago

California

Gavin Newsom is coming for your car, and he wants you to know it

By Wes Venteicher

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol.

Politics

Opinion | The Culture of House Republicans Is Warped

Time to isolate Marjorie Taylor Greene and her comrades.

Opinion by Brendan Buck

Jim Jordan speaks during a rally hosted by FreedomWorks.

Exclusive

FreedomWorks Is Closing — And Blaming Trump

The libertarian organization couldn’t survive the populist shift in the Republican Party.

By Luke Mullins

Liberal member of Parliament Anthony Housefather talks to reporters.

Q&A

A Justin Trudeau Ally Nearly Quit the Party Over its Israel Policy

A prominent Jewish member of Canada’s Parliament says he couldn’t abide efforts targeting Israel amid the war in Gaza.

By Nick Taylor-Vaisey

Stormy Daniels, seen through a window, arrives for a court hearing at the US Courthouse in New York.

Q&A

Evangelicals Hate Stormy Daniels But Love Trump. Here’s Why.

Trump may have sinned, but evangelicals still admire his masculinity and power.

By Dylon Jones

Column | Rules of Law

Being Held in Contempt Might Not Be Trump’s Biggest Problem

Trump could be talking himself into a prison sentence if he’s convicted.

By Ankush Khardori

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem holds a gun while visiting troops during an exercise.

COLUMN | CAPITAL CITY

Kristi Noem’s Team Told Her to Nix the Dog Story 2 Years Ago

It would have violated the first rule of campaign memoirs: Do no harm.

By Michael Schaffer

Reporters sit around a table in a black-and-white photo of the Kansas City bureau of the Associated Press.

The Media Issue | FOURTH ESTATE

The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It

The decline of the media is sapping journalism of a crucial tool.

By Jack Shafer

A pro-life sidewalk volunteer holds a placard that reads “Abortion pill reversal. It is not late”.

Letter From Florida

‘They May Be Republicans, But They Still Come in for Services’

Many Latinas in conservative South Florida support abortion rights. But will they vote to enshrine the right in the state constitution?

By Kathy Gilsinan

A photo-illustration of Evan Morris (from left), Jim Courtovich and Donald Trump.

Politics

The Many Reinventions of a Legendary Washington Influence Peddler

Jim Courtovich has survived lobbying reform, the suicide of a prized client and the disruption of Donald Trump.

By Brody Mullins and Luke Mullins

Rep. Jerrold Nadler is seen during a House Rules Committee meeting.

Q&A

‘The Republicans Are Being Total Hypocrites’

Rep. Jerry Nadler hits back against GOP efforts to weaponize antisemitism.

By Ryan Lizza

America's youngest president Theodore Roosevelt.

History Dept.

Our Most Macho President Owed Everything to Women

You can’t know the real TR without knowing the women who shaped him.

By Edward F. O’Keefe

Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments.

LAW AND ORDER

The Cavalry Comes for Trump

The Manhattan courthouse scene left Trump feeling isolated and unsupported. He got some backup from old friends and acquaintances — but it wasn't clear they were there just for him.

By Calder McHugh

INTERACTIVES

Photo illustration of Joe Biden signing a bill (center) paired with photos surrounding him of (left to right): A broadband tower outside the Comporium, Inc. building in Brevard, NC, ; Biden walking with workers in Chandler, Arizona, at the Intel Ocotillo Campus; The Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Biden speaking to a roomful of people at the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Tracking the Trump criminal cases

A picture of a form that allows readers to select a state to find out if abortion is legal there.

Trump says abortion should be up to states. Here’s where it’s banned — and where it’s protected.

Photo illustration of dollar bills in the shape of a bar chart

How online donations are fueling the election

TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign event.

Trump wins further delay in another one of his criminal cases — this time in Georgia

It comes shortly after Trump's judge in his Florida case indefinitely delayed the trial there.

By Kyle Cheney

Jurors take notes as Stormy Daniels testifies in Manhattan criminal court, as depicted in a courtroom sketch.

Stormy spoke. Trump fumed. Jurors were captivated — but also cringed.

By Josh Gerstein

Stormy Daniels arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007.

From porn star to prosecution’s key witness: The evolution of Stormy Daniels

By Meridith McGraw

Trump: I will ‘sacrifice’ jail time over gag order

Trump on going to jail over gag order: 'I'll do that sacrifice'

By Brittany Gibson

CONGRESS

Mike Johnson looks on during a press conference.

Johnson defeats attempt to end his speakership

Eleven Republicans voted to move forward on the attempt, but Democrats helped block it.

By Jordain Carney and Olivia Beavers

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) and House Speaker Mike Johnson are seen.

Johnson, McConnell demand Biden explanation on delay in sending weapons to Israel

By Burgess Everett

Progressives cheer Biden’s Israel weapons pause while Republicans fume

By Joe Gould, Nicholas Wu and Connor O’Brien

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wears a MAGA hat during a press conference announcing that she will trigger a vote on her motion to remove Rep. Mike Johnson outside the U.S. Capitol.

What MTG wants from Mike Johnson

By Rachael Bade

2024 ELECTIONS

Donald Trump in front of a large audience at a campaign event.

Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ veepstakes: TV hits, fundraising and attacking Biden

The rush of activity shows how the behind-the-scenes maneuvering is escalating.

By Alex Isenstadt

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem answers a question.

Kristi Noem snaps at Fox Business host over dog questions: ‘This interview is ridiculous’

By Kierra Frazier

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump walks out in front of a large audience of supporters at a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center.

Unexpected warning signs for Trump in busy Indiana primary

By Adam Wren and Madison Fernandez

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks to a press conference.

Kevin McCarthy on veepstakes: Trump’s gonna play this like ‘The Apprentice’

By Melanie Mason

LEGAL

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his attorneys Susan Necheles and Emil Bove in Manhattan criminal court.

Trump’s political fate likely won’t be decided by the courts after all

The former president is on trial in Manhattan, but his other cases seem increasingly stalled.

By Josh Gerstein

Top RNC lawyer resigns after less than 2 months

By Alex Isenstadt

Stacks of boxes can be observed in a bathroom and shower in The Mar-a-Lago Club’s Lake Room.

Prosecutors: Docs in boxes seized from Mar-a-Lago were inadvertently jumbled

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) testifies during a House Rules Committee.

Cuellar and wife charged with accepting $600k in bribes

By Daniella Diaz and Nicholas Wu

WHITE HOUSE

Biden decries ‘ferocious surge’ in antisemitism

Biden warns of a ‘ferocious’ surge in antisemitism in the U.S. and across the globe

The address by Biden comes as he is managing a series of crises, with protests rattling college campuses and Israel appearing ready to forge ahead with a planned Rafah invasion.

By Myah Ward, Adam Cancryn and Jonathan Lemire