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Get ready for a history-making week in American politics. By the end of it, the jury of 12 ordinary American citizens may actually finish their deliberations and decide whether to make Donald Trump a convicted felon. No matter the outcome, both the Trump and Biden campaigns will have huge, strategic decisions to make on how much, if at all, to focus on that verdict in the final months before elect...

First: Trump was loudly booed as he asks for Libertarians’ votes, during their convention. How is Trump’s hush money trial resonating with voters? Plus: The prosecution and defense teams gear up for crucial final hours in Trump’s hush money trial.  And: Two years after the deadly school shooting in Uvalde Texas, Rep. Tony Gonzales fights for his job over gun vote.  Learn more about your ad choices...

First: "Unhinged" and "power hungry." That's how the Biden campaign is describing Donald Trump in a new campaign ad. Their strategy is clear, but it's a message that doesn't seem to be translating in the polls. Dana asks a top Biden campaign aide why they think this will work.  Plus: Campaigning in the Bronx, one of the most diverse areas in the country, the former president tries to make inroads...

First: Nikki Haley makes official what was long assumed - she'll pick Trump over Biden despite the former president's racist and sexist taunts, not to mention his attack on her husband while he was serving his country overseas.  Plus: He did it again. The New York Times reports that Justice Samuel Alito flew a flag used by Stop the Steal supporters and some Christian nationalists above his second...

First: Former President Donald Trump is now backtracking after suggesting he's open to restrictions on birth control, and he deleted a social media video that referred to a "unified Reich" if he wins.  Plus: Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries may not have the Speaker's gavel, but he could be the most powerful person in the House anyway. New CNN reporting on how he's seizing on the GOP's fractured m...

Courting controversy. Yesterday, President Biden took to the stage at an historically black college as he struggles with young and black voters. And debating the debates. Biden and Trump agree to go head-to-head. How the historic face-offs can shake up the race. Plus, final hours. Trump’s trial nears its end as Republicans flock to Manhattan and Democrats dodge when it comes to their own. Learn mo...

First: President Joe Biden spoke at African American history museum, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education in an effort to bolster crucial support among Black voters. Plus: Israeli military recovers the bodies of three hostages in a tunnel in Gaza. Jeremy Diamond reports from Jerusalem. And: A New York Times report outside Justice Alito’s home displaying a “Stop The Sea...

First: Joe Biden and Donald Trump don't agree on much, but they do agree it's time to debate. They both accepted an invitation from CNN to hold the first presidential debate on June 27.  Plus: It's round two of Todd Blanche versus Michael Cohen, as Trump's top defense attorney is trying to paint the prosecution's star witness as a sworn henchmen out for revenge.  And: Can Republicans pick up a US...

On the beach. The testimony and the delays shaping the race as Biden criss-crosses the country, while RFK sends alarm bells ringing. Plus, isolated. Biden pleases no-one, new reporting as Democrats fret up and down the ballot, while the race for the Senate in Maryland gets vicious. The control of the chamber at stake. Finally, on trial. The other big court case kicking off today, that of Sen. Bob...

First: Joe Biden is doing what only incumbents can do, heading to a must-win swing state with the gift of jobs. Dana talks to a top Biden campaign official about the latest strategy for taking on Donald Trump.  Plus: Stormy Daniels is back on the stand tomorrow after dishing salacious details about her alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump, right down to his set of pajamas. But does her testi...

First: Lashing out. Behind closed doors, Trump compares the Biden administration to the Gestapo as VP hopefuls descend on Mar-a-Lago just hours after that blockbuster testimony. Plus: Democrats on edge. Gaza protests split the party, leaving Biden in the middle. And: Republican rift. New reporting on the in-fighting plaguing the GOP. Finally: In the weeds. Amid historic movement on marijuana, the...

Protests intensify on college campuses across the country. Police are being called in to quell the violence and multiple arrests have been made. Our reporters and special guests bring you up to speed on the latest developments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Campus clashes are growing and getting uglier, with police stepping up arrests. And in some cases it's devolving from war protests to blatant displays of Jewish hate.  Plus: We bring you new reporting on Hunter Biden's strategy to fight back against his critics, particularly Fox News.  And: Who will testify next in Trump's hush money trial? We let you know what to expect when court resumes...

A new CNN poll shows Trump leading Biden 40% to 43%. Trump's delay tactics appeared to pay off, as hush money allegations roil the race. And new reporting on how that GOP plans to target red-state Democrats. Plus, boiling point -- as college campuses reel, Republicans pounce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins at the Supreme Court where the justices appear deeply divided over one of the biggest abortion cases since Roe vs. Wade was overturned. The issue is whether an Idaho abortion ban prevents doctors from performing abortions for women who are having a medical emergency that may not be life-threatening, but is a threat to her health. CNN's Paula Reid and Meg Tirrell join Dana to br...

First: Trump on Trial. As Donald Trump makes history in the courtroom, Biden spends the week on the trail. How will Trumps case reshape the race? Plus: An exclusive interview with Vice President Harris And: Johnson in jeopardy. New behind the scenes details as Speaker Johnson takes on his right flank, but will it cost him his job? Plus: End of an era. Our exclusive sit down with two Senate dealmak...

Jury selection is nearly complete in the case the People of the State of New York versus Donald J. Trump. 12 jurors and one alternate have been sworn in, and the judge and lawyers from both sides are trying to fill up the panel with five more alternates. Trump is inside the room and we're told that he's been looking right at jurors as they answer questions and whispering with his attorney.  Learn...

First: As of last night, seven jurors were seated in the Donald Trump hush money trial. Now, there are only six.  Plus: Will Mike Johnson's decision to push a Ukraine aid bill cost him his gavel?  And: A Kennedy family reunion with a notable no-show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: For the first time in nearly 150 years, a cabinet member will be tried in the Senate for high crimes.  Plus: We're minutes away from the start of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial, which could be over soon after it starts.  And: "Israel makes it own decisions." That's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's message to the world and his own political coalition.  L...

First: Jury selection in the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump continues. CNN is inside and outside the courtroom with all the breaking details on this critical moment in American history.  Plus: Joe Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania to channel his working class roots and talk about taxes.  And: "I am not resigning." That was Mike Johnson's message t...

First: Vice President Harris is on her way to Arizona where she'll attack Republicans for the state's civil war abortion ban that could soon be back in effect. It's an issue the Biden campaign hopes will carry them to reelection.  Plus: The people of the state of New York versus Donald Trump kicks off on Monday. The former and perhaps future president will spend the next two months in court fighti...

First: An Arizona court ruling rolls abortion rights back to the civil war era, igniting a massive GOP problem in November that Donald Trump thought he had just tamped down.  Plus: New economic numbers show inflation on key items is, once again, headed in the wrong direction.  And: Behind the Republican fight to change the way Nebraska awards its electoral votes.  Learn more about your ad choices....

As today's show begins, James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the teenager who killed four students in a 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, are about to be sentenced, weeks after they were convicted of manslaughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Breaking point. Biden puts Israel on notice as pressure over Gaza ramps up, will it move the needle? Plus: Trench warfare. Exclusive new details of Democrats plan to take back the House. Where are they spending their millions? And: As Republicans try to pull off a stunner in Maryland, will it decide control of the Senate this Fall? Also: Total eclipse. How solar eclipses have captivated Was...

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, with tremors even felt as far away as Washington DC. The quake hit at the region 10:23 am and caused a full ground stop at JFK and Newark airports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices