• MSNBC

    Trump’s trial starts: After failed delay tactics, Trump becomes 1st ex-POTUS to face criminal trial

    MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by Joy Reid, Lawrence O’Donnell, Jen Psaki, and Chris Hayes to discuss day one of his criminal trial in New York. (Bookmark The Beat’s YouTube playlist, updated daily: https://msnbc.com/ari. Connect with Ari on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AriMelber IG: https://www.instagram.com/arimelber Merch: msnbc.com/beat5)

  • The jurors: who is on the Trump trial jury?

    Seven men and five women have been chosen to sit on the jury in the

  • The Trump Trial Isn't About 'Hush Money'

    The trial of former President Donald Trump got underway on Monday and, as befitting all political trials, the defendant is being tried for something entirely different than what the indictment said he did wrong.

  • How Ivermectin Trials Were Designed To Fail

    How Ivermectin Trials Were Designed To Fail Authored by Yuhong Dong via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 is an ongoing debate. The central conflict is that while many doctors have reported success in using ivermectin, some studies published in major journals suggest it is in fact ineffective. (eloresnorwood/Shutterstock) Even as the FDA recently has been removing misinformation it posted about ivermectin, the agency has maintained its...

  • Trump's trial is putting journalism to the test

    Monday was genuinely historic. For the first time since the nation was founded, a jury sat down to hear criminal charges against a man who once served as the nation’s highest executive. Despite months in which pundits had dismissed this case as the weakest of the criminal cases Donald Trump is facing, the prosecution got off to a powerful start, outlining for the jury Trump’s long history of scandal, cover-up, and playing fast and loose with legalities. Judge Juan Merchan kept things moving...

  • Opening statements are complete in the Trump trial

    Opening statements are complete in the Trump trial, and our Josh Kovensky has done a tremendous job covering it in real time.

    • WLNS

    Man convicted in ‘Kaz’ murder trial

    A jury has convicted a man today for the murder of beloved community member Curshawn ‘Kaz’ Terrell.

    • MSNBC

    Why there should be no argument in the Trump trial's opening statements

    This week, with a jury seated and sworn, trial will begin in a Manhattan courtroom in the false records case brought by District Attorney Alvin Bragg against former President Donald Trump. The trial will begin with opening statements, an important part of the trial. But do not expect to hear on Monday any arguments about the strength of the case or the weight of the evidence. Hollywood routinely mangles courtroom scenes. But that was mostly not true for the 1992 comedy “My Cousin Vinny.” Vinny...

    • MSNBC

    These are all the jurors in Trump's hush money trial

    After a weeklong jury selection process, 12 jurors and six alternates have been seated in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial. The difficulty of selecting a group of impartial jurors in the criminal trial of a former president was on full display. Media reporting on the jurors’ personal details — including one plainly critical segment from Fox News' Jesse Watters — sparked criticism from Judge Juan Merchan, who ordered journalists not to report on many specifics about their backgrounds. ...

    • CNN

    The week that life in Dubai ground to a halt

    The scenes from Dubai this week seemed apocalyptic to residents who are more used to the tranquil nature of the sunny metropolis in the desert. This city hadn’t witnessed a natural disaster of such magnitude since records began, and the destruction it left behind only became apparent after the storm cleared. The United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is part, saw the heaviest rainfall in at least 75 years, with more than a year’s worth of precipitation in 24 hours. Life for many in the glitzy...

  • Technical trials for easing the (cosmological) tension

    Thanks to the dizzying growth of cosmic observations and measurement tools and some new advancements (primarily the "discovery" of what we call dark matter and dark energy) all against the backdrop of General Relativity, the early 2000s were a time when nothing seemed capable of challenging the advancement of our knowledge about the cosmos, its origins, and its future evolution.

  • The Disturbing Criminal Trial That Inspired 'Split'

    M. Night Shyamalan drew inspiration from the real court case of Billy Milligan for the character of Kevin.