On Today’s Episode:

• Protesters Take Over Building on Columbia Campus, by Eryn Davis, Liset Cruz and Karla Marie Sanford

• Trump, Venting About Lawyer in His Criminal Trial, Seeks More Aggression, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

• Trump Faces Possible $10,000 Contempt Fine as Trial Resumes, by Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich

• 8 Officers Are Shot, 4 Fatally, While Serving Warrant in Charlotte, by Sopan Deb, Livia Albeck-Ripka, Eduardo Medina and Remy Tumin

• Surrounded by Fighters and Haunted by Famine, Sudan City Fears Worst, by Declan Walsh

• A.I. Start-Ups Face a Rough Financial Reality Check, by Cade Metz, Karen Weise and Tripp Mickle

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