From Jonathan Swan on NYT live blog: 'Trump’s lawyers seem on edge through this part of Cohen’s testimony. Todd Blanche and Emil Bove appear to pass a note. Trump, however, is very much not on edge. His eyes are closed and he appears to be dozing peacefully.'

NEW: The latest NYT poll shows just how big a role RFK Jr. could play in 2024 — pulling biggest share of support from younger voters, independents and Latinos.

And in a 5-candidate race, Biden was at just 49 percent among Black voters across battlegrounds…

Joe Biden awoke suddenly in his hotel room, curled up on the floor and fully clothed, and felt an electric surge inside his head, “a rip of pain like I never felt before,” as he later recalled.

It was 4:10 a.m. on a winter day in 1988. wapo.st/4an1T11

NEW: There's a trend helping to revive downtowns = Crowds are back in the evenings and weekends.

Most cities are 100%+ recovered to 2019 levels after work hours and on weekends. During the typical work day, urban cores are ~60% to 70% recovered.

(This is via cellphone data)

REMINDER: It was exactly two weeks ago today TIME Magazine published an interview w/ Trump in which he said he’d be making a statement on the Comstock Act—which could be used to enact a federal abortion ban—within 14 days.

He doesn’t appear to have said anything yet.

Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy are also attending court today with Trump.

Update: One of the American doctors trapped in Gaza by Israel's siege is Adam Hamaway, an Army veteran who famously saved the life of Tammy Duckworth after her helicopter crash in Iraq

In a ⁦⁦The Washington Post⁩ interview, Niger’s PM Ali Zeine detailed the extent of Niger’s frustrations with the United States and the level of disconnect between the two countries as they negotiated over the U.S. security presence, which is set to draw down in coming months

In Austin TX, RFK Jr. VP pick Nicole Shanahan gives her first stump speech since joining in March. She speaks on her past as a Dem donor, but said talks with Dem leaders about policy felt fruitless.

“In my more cynical moments, I wonder if they were just after me for my money.”

Stumpy’s days are numbered as the Park Service is installing fencing in preparation for a major renovation of the Tidal B asin.

Flashack to 2011, when I wrote PolitiFact's second-ever fact check of Donald Trump. When I asked Trump's office for supporting evidence, they sent me to Michael Cohen. politifact.com/factchecks/201…

On the front page of The Washington Post today: A fascinating look at a CO2 storage technology Biden and oil companies like but many Americans do not washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Update: John Carter Cash and his wife are no longer listed as performers at this week's RFK Jr. campaign event in Nashville. I'm not sure what the reason behind the change is. I've reached out to him and the campaign to find out.

Kari Lake catching a stray here

*whispers PSA loudly*

Most people aren’t yet paying attention to the presidential election

the small percentage of people who will likely be deciding the election in a small number of states aren’t locked in either

definitive proclamations about November are 👎

MORE CONTEXT on this bomb for folks in Washington and watching 2024.

Melinda has increasingly been getting POLITICAL — driven in part by her two kids, Rory and Phoebe.

Her last paragraph here suggests she is about to channel more and more of her money into politics.

Shanahan says she and Kennedy are about the file to be on the ballot in Texas. They were required to collect +81K signatures from voters who didn’t participate in the primaries, one of the more arduous ballot requirements. TBD if the state says they’re on the ballot.

Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban on abortion, seems poised to threaten prison and fines for residents who obtain the two drugs used for medication abortions without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice. Emily Wax wapo.st/3UEdxyz

Notable monologue from one of the TV anchors Biden often watches and talks about with others (one of the reasons Biden sat down with Zakaria).

The Libertarian presidential candidate endorsed by the controlling caucus of the party told John McCormack that alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos 'is a very brilliant guy.” Asked about his anti-Semitic rhetoric, he said 'I’m not here to check him.” thedispatch.com/article/will-t…