1/ Good morning from the Manhattan criminal courthouse for Day 17 of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. Star witness Michael Cohen is set to retake the stand. I joined The Excerpt to share what we learned yesterday. You can listen here: art19.com/shows/5-things… 2/ Cohen said something major yesterday: that Donald Trump *approved* a scheme to reimburse Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels through a scheme to spread out payments over 2017 and call them payments under a legal retainer.

1/ Good morning from the Manhattan criminal courthouse. I'm here for @USATODAY for Day 16 – a potentially big day – of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. We could hear from a star witness for the prosecution, Michael Cohen, today. What might Cohen say? 2/ Cohen was involved in the two major sides of the prosecution's case: he made the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels less than two weeks before the 2016 presidential election, and he received the 2017 payments that are tied to the allegedly falsified records in the case.

1/ Good morning from the Manhattan criminal courthouse. I'm in the courtroom for Day 14 of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial. Want to know where we left off Tuesday? I shared the latest on The Excerpt after Stormy Daniels' started testifying: art19.com/shows/5-things… 2/ We learned something big after court ended on Tuesday (Wednesday was an off day). The judge told Trump's lawyer he heard Trump cursing from the defense table as Stormy Daniels testified, and he "won't tolerate that." The judge made the comment privately at his bench, but...

1/ Good morning from Trump's Manhattan criminal court, where I'm covering Day 8 of the trial for @USATODAY. David Pecker is slated to re-take the stand as Trump lawyer Emil Bove cross-examines him. 2/ Pecker, the ex-tabloid executive, has been testifying since late Monday. He described agreeing in 2015 to publish positive stories about Trump and negative stories about Trump's political opponents, and to catch+kill women's damaging Trump stories, ahead of the 2016 election.

1/ Good morning from the Manhattan criminal courthouse, where we’re gearing up for Day 6 of the Trump criminal trial. I joined @USATODAY’s The Excerpt to recap opening statements and the rest of Day 5. You can listen here: art19.com/shows/5-things… 2/ In the courtroom and still waiting for the prosecution and Trump defense teams to arrive. Wondering what it's like in the courtroom? Many U.S. newsrooms, and some foreign outlets, have each been given one reserved seat in the main courtroom now that jury selection is over. ...