Prosecutors will call a new witness Monday when former President Donald Trump's hush money trial moves on from a dramatic cameo by Hope Hicks, a key former Trump aide who broke down in tears while describing the hectic days around the 2016 election and reports of hush payments.

Congressional Republicans paint Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner as the anti-cop, pro-criminal architect of the city's crime crisis, while Democrats say the city is now experiencing some of its lowest levels of violence in years.

The White House kicked off the daily press briefing with an appearance by "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill.

The Justice Department indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife on Friday for allegedly accepting bribes of close to $600,000.

Mick Jagger briefly waded into Louisiana politics, taking a verbal jab at the state's conservative governor, as The Rolling Stones performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Sen. John Fetterman is urging the lefty college students and faculty members protesting the Israel-Hamas war to take a good look in the mirror, after a Houthi-led Yemen university offered those expelled a "safe haven" to continue their studies.