Unpacking the alleged crime that made Trump's alleged crime a felony  —  Attorneys offered opening arguments in the criminal trial of Donald Trump on Monday in Manhattan, beginning the process of presenting to the jury the state's case against the former president.

“The alternate reality Trump lives in is crumbling” with first criminal trial: ex-federal prosecutor  —  “I think that Donald Trump is probably trying to get himself thrown into prison”  —  With a jury now impaneled, Donald Trump's hush-money trial can finally begin in earnest.

Tensions are so high at Columbia ahead of Passover that all classes will be virtual today  —  Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins.

LIVE: Pro-Palestine protesters disperse from blocking intersection, move to Cross Campus  —  About 40 people have started to pray Maghrib on the upper half of Cross Campus.  Around 100 more people are sitting on the lawn and looking on, though it is again difficult to discern whether they are protesters or passersby.

House Republican infighting getting worse after foreign aid vote  —  One GOP lawmaker said he serves with “some real scumbags,” while others fought over Speaker Mike Johnson's strategy for bringing up the aid package  —  The House came together Saturday to pass a sweeping $95 billion foreign aid package …

The winner of this Congress?  Joe Biden  —  House Republicans came into the 118th Congress with big plans.  They were going to cut taxes and spending, impeach President Joe Biden and members of his Cabinet and use their leverage to force Democrats to accept stringent new border security and immigration policies.