Trials
Our Local Correspondents
Donald Trump’s Trial of the Century
Manhattan prosecutors have argued that the Stormy Daniels case—the first criminal trial of a former President in American history—is about much more than hush money. And legal experts believe that a conviction is likely.
Page-Turner
When Preachers Were Rock Stars
A classic New Yorker account of the Henry Ward Beecher adultery trial recalls a time in America that seems both incomprehensible and familiar.
Our Local Correspondents
The Donald Trump Doom Loop
Sitting in a courtroom, feet away from the woman he sexually assaulted, the ex-President keeps trying to outrun the consequences of his own bad acts.
Our Columnists
Donald Trump’s Victim Shtick Is Getting Old
The New York civil case against him will be decided on the basis of facts, not political speeches.
Our Columnists
What Trump’s Civil Trial Tells Us About His Upcoming Criminal Cases
The former President’s time in the witness-box generally does his defense more harm than good.
Cultural Comment
Ivanka Trump’s Tricky Comeback Tour
From Kim Kardashian’s birthday party in Beverly Hills to her father’s civil fraud trial in New York.
Our Columnists
Ivanka Trump’s Shockingly Smooth Case of Selective Amnesia
On the witness stand, Donald Trump’s daughter couldn’t remember many details from her time at the Trump Organization, but the prosecution’s document trail proved to be telling.
Our Local Correspondents
Will Sam Bankman-Fried’s Guilty Verdict Change Anything?
The former C.E.O. of FTX now faces up to a hundred and ten years in prison. But, beyond resetting his personal fate, it’s not yet clear what the trial accomplished.
Our Columnists
Some Lasting Lessons from a Dramatic Week at Trump’s Civil Trial
Among them: the former President is trying to undermine the court system, and prosecutors shouldn’t put too much faith in Michael Cohen.
News Desk
The First Week of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Criminal Trial
The initial days set up the question at the heart of the case: Is the crypto mogul a fraudster, or did he simply lose control of a company that grew too fast?
California Chronicles
The Trial of the Malibu Shooter
Anthony Rauda, who was accused of terrorizing residents of Malibu, one of California’s wealthiest and safest communities, has been convicted of killing a man sleeping in a tent with his two young daughters.
The Political Scene
Will Trump’s Crimes Matter on the Campaign Trail?
The former President has faced two impeachments and countless accusations of public and private wrongdoing. Yet his approval rating is pretty much unchanged.
Blind Justice Dept.
On the Docket with Donald Trump
One was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing. One allegedly kicked someone in the back. And one, uncuffed, was charged with falsifying business records.
Comment
How Will Donald Trump’s Trial Play on the Campaign Trail?
Trump must now operate with two calendars in mind—the court’s and the campaign’s—and so must much of the machinery of American politics.
News Desk
The Lingering Mystery of the Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial
The jury reached a guilty verdict in less than three hours, but for many observers the human element of the story didn’t quite add up.
Daily Comment
“Argentina, 1985” Gets an Oscar Nod
The film tells the improbable—and history-making—story of how a military dictatorship was brought to justice.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Elon Musk Sees Trial as Way to Finally Force People to Be in Same Room with Him
“I thought if I required Twitter employees to come to work in the office, that would do the trick,” Musk said. “Instead, they quit en masse.”
Shouts & Murmurs
Court Transcript Recorded Moments After the Defense Heard “Landslide” for the First Time
For the record, time makes you bolder, even children get older. And the defense is getting older, too.
Page-Turner
Is Publishing About Art or Commerce?
The antitrust trial to block the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster has riveted the industry—and raised larger questions about the business of books.
Profiles
Emmanuel Carrère Writes His Way Through a Breakdown
France’s renowned author, known for his penetrating portraits of murderers and disaster victims, trains his eye on his own emotional collapse.