Sources: House Republicans no longer expected to take a formal role in Trump impeachment trial; Trump adds Ken Starr to impeachment legal team after previously calling him "a lunatic.., a disaster", Parnas says he watched Trump tell aide to fire US ambassador to Ukraine; Pompeo breaks silence, says State Dept. will investigate possible surveillance of ex-US ambassador to Ukraine; House impeachment managers expected to meet Sunday as staff work through the weekend; Dershowitz to present oral arguments at Senate trial; First vote on impeachment witnesses expected Tuesday; Sources: Tuesday Senate impeachment session could stretch hours, go behind closed doors; Clinton-era independent counsels Ken Starr, Robert Ray join Trump's impeachment team; Pentagon: Several US troops were treated for concussion symptoms after Iran missile attack

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Trump adds more lawyers to impeachment team including Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz; Sources: Contentious session expected Tuesday as Senators battle over impeachment witnesses; US troops in Iran missile

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The Trump trial follows the money trial. After two full weeks in the courtroom, the hush money case against Donald Trump begins to zero-in on the payoff to adult film star Stormy Daniels with testimony from Michael Cohen’s banker. Also on the stand is Donald Trump’s longtime assistant known for her appearances on The Apprentice. 
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Trump Seems Animated During Testimony By His Longtime Assistant

Double courtroom drama in the Trump trial and at the Supreme Court. In New York, sensational testimony against Donald Trump just wrapped up for the day, focusing for the first time on the hush money deal with adult star Stormy Daniels that’s central to the case. In Washington, Trump’s bid for criminal immunity has played out before the nation’s highest court. The justices offered some clues on how they may rule. 
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Cross-examination of Key Witness Expected to Resume Tomorrow

New protests erupt across college campuses in the United States as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war are growing. We track the confrontations and rising tensions with police and the political impacts. Also, the judge Donald Trump’s hush money trial could decide anytime if the former president violated his gag order. 
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Tense Campus Protests Over Israel-Hamas War Erupting Across U.S.

Explosive new testimony in the Trump trial after heated clashes between the judge and the former president’s lawyer. We take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel as the historic hush money criminal case unfolds. Tabloid executive David Pecker has wrapped up a second day on the stand as we await the judge’s ruling on whether Trump violated his gag order. 
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Pecker testifies about first time he paid to kill a story on Trump

The transcript of the opening statements in Trump's hush money trial has just been released. Prosecutors laid out their case as a criminal conspiracy and the defense argued that there is "nothing wrong with trying to influence an election." The first key witness, tabloid executive David Pecker, is set to resume his testimony in the trial tomorrow and one of Trump's former lawyer weighs in. Plus, a hearing is set for tomorrow morning on whether Trump violated a gag order and his legal bills are draining his leadership PAC.
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Trump adds more lawyers to impeachment team including Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz; Sources: Contentious session expected Tuesday as Senators battle over impeachment witnesses; US troops in Iran missile

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