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hington Post Accessibility statement Politics Opinions Style Investigations Climate Well+Being Tech World D.C., Md. & Va. Sports Sign in Logo of The Washington Post Democracy Dies in Darkness Advertisement TRUMP N.Y. HUSH MONEY CASE How Cohen went from Trump’s fixer to a key witness against him By Hannah Knowles , Rachel Weiner and Shayna Jacobs Testimony ties Trump to hush money payment By Shayna Jacobs , Rachel Weiner , Hannah Knowles and Devlin Barrett Post journalists discuss the trial. (Video: The Post; ) Michael Cohen didn’t sound like a ‘jerk,’ and other takeaways By Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett Analysis Trump is gagged. So his surrogates say the forbidden stuff for him. By Aaron Blake (AFP/Getty Images) Russia’s new defense minister shows economy is firmly on war footing Putin’s choice of an economist for the top job suggests that he views managing budgets and curbing corruption to be the key components to victory in Ukraine. By Mary Ilyushina MORE COVERAGE Blinken visits Ukraine to push U.S. support as Russia pummels Kharkiv (Illustrations by Rafael Varona for The Post) Advice A personal finance expert cuts through the bad money advice proliferating on social media Social media is full of financial influencers — or finfluencers” — dispensing advice. How credible would you rate their recommendations? Take our quiz to find out. By Michelle Singletary and Charla Freeland Better Living Easy wins. Good habits. Are pizza boxes recyclable or not? Three recycling myths you should discard. By Allyson Chiu Perspective How a rescue dog helped me grow up — and made me rethink marriage By Marisa Kashino No dining table? You can still throw a grown-up dinner party. By Michelle Brunner Why you should embrace using cold water, almost all the time By Allyson Chiu Latest from The Post Blinken visits Ukraine to push U.S. support as Russia pummels Kharkiv Updated 19 minutes ago Tom Brady will make analyst debut in Cowboys-Browns Week 1 game on Fox 1 hour ago OpenAI wants users to act natural around ChatGPT GameStop shares soar again after ‘Roaring Kitty’ returns to social media ‘Spacey Unmasked’ surfaces new allegations Lisa Bluder, who coached Caitlin Clark at Iowa, announces retirement Nationals-White Sox rained out; Josiah Gray edges closer to return U.S. bans Russian uranium imports, key to nuclear fuel supply More from The Post THE 7 MORNING BRIEFING Opinions (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP) Will Zionism survive the war? As Israel marks its Independence Day, the nation’s Zionist ideology faces hard questions. Opinion by Yuval Noah Harari How is any of this making Israel more secure? 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