Oil billionaires Harold Hamm and Kelcy Warren are hosting a fundraiser lunch for Trump in Texas next week, per invite reviewed by Post. Hamm helped orchestrate dinner at Mar-a-Lago where Trump asked oil executives to raise $1 billion for him and called it a 'deal.'

'Don't make it about yourself': Michael Cohen faces grilling from defense. What you missed on Day 17 of Trump's hush money trial. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

As Todd Blanche begins his cross, he asks Cohen if he remembers calling him “a crying little shit” on TikTok. Cohen responds: “Sounds like something I would say.”

Alina Habba is coy outside court when asked if Michael Cohen is in for a rough cross examination. “We’ll see - we got a lot of context,” she said.

New: Senator Bill Hagerty, one of the special guests at the Trump fundraiser tonight, had an off-the-record dinner with Trump donors and policy advisers in Manhattan last night, per attendee

Good morning from the Trump hush money trial where Michael Cohen has again taken the stand and is testifying to submitting false invoices to Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg.

There were no services rendered and no retainer agreement, even as Cohen was paid $420k in 2017, he says

Trump allies who will attend today’s trial in lower Manhattan:

Speaker Mike Johnson
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds
U.S. Rep. Rep. Cory Mills
Vivek Ramaswamy

🚨NEWS — Speaker Mike Johnson is expected at the courthouse in NYC this morning in support of former President Donald Trump.

'The benefit of Mr. Trump': Longtime fixer Cohen testifies in hush money trial. What you missed on Day 16. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

Drudge Report homepage as we await the start of Day 16 in Donald Trump’s hush money trial where Michael Cohen will take the stand

Via Adam Reiss: Veteran prosecutor Susan Hoffinger will question Michael Cohen tomorrow under direct exam at the Donald Trump hush money trial. Hoffinger has been preparing Cohen for this day for a year. 

Cohen’s time on the stand is expected to last at least a couple of days

Donald Trump has added six additional “special guests” to his May 14 fundraiser in NYC, per an email from Michael Whatley obtained by NBC News

Sen. Bill Hagerty (TN)
Sen. Marco Rubio (FL)
Sen. Rick Scott (FL)
Sen. Tim Scott (SC)
Gov. Doug Burgum (ND)
Gov. Kristi Noem (SD)

Michael Cohen appeared on TikTok Wednesday night in a t-shirt showing Donald Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars, Todd Blanche said.

He asked that Cohen, a star witness for the prosecution, be instructed to stop talking publicly about the case

Michael Cohen will begin his testimony in the Trump hush money trial Monday, NBC News has learned nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

What's on Trump's mind? At 2:20 AM, he posted that Rupert Murdoch should fire Paul Ryan from the board of Fox News. 'Ryan is a loser, always has been, and always will be. He was the WEAKEST & MOST INCOMPETENT Speaker of the House in its History,' he wrote.

What you missed on Day 14 of the hush money trial: More Stormy Daniels testimony, new witnesses and Trump's office habits nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

NEW: Trump lawyer Todd Blanche tells Judge Merchan the DA’s office has confirmed it will not call Karen McDougal as a witness.