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In this video frame grab provided by Michael Cohen, Cohen, left, interviews actor Ben Stiller for his podcast "Mea Culpa", in New York. Cohen says his new podcast "Mea Culpa" is changing the minds of listeners who supported President Donald Trump. The president's former lawyer and fixer is producing the podcast from his Manhattan apartment even as he serves the remainder of his prison sentence on home confinement. (Michael Cohen via AP)
Cohen seeks to dismantle Trump legacy, one podcast at a time

By Jim Mustian Jan. 09, 2021 07:39 AM EST

Jasper County Republican Party chairman Thad Nearmyer stands on his farm, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, near Monroe, Iowa. "It's the Trump factor," Nearmyer said about how Democrats lost House seats. "People were super excited to vote for the president." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
How Democrats came up short in bid to expand House majority

By Will Weissert And Thomas Beaumont Nov. 23, 2020 12:07 AM EST

President Donald Trump speaks about coronavirus testing strategy, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington. Trump’s long-hidden tax returns leaked out. His first debate performance ignited a firestorm over white supremacy. He was hospitalized for COVID-19 after months of playing down the threat of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans. And that was just this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
One month out, battered Trump campaign faces big challenges

By Jonathan Lemire And Steve Peoples Oct. 05, 2020 12:29 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks about coronavirus testing strategy, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington. Trump’s long-hidden tax returns leaked out. His first debate performance ignited a firestorm over white supremacy. He was hospitalized for COVID-19 after months of playing down the threat of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans. And that was just this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
One month out, battered Trump campaign faces big challenges

By Jonathan Lemire And Steve Peoples Oct. 04, 2020 10:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to the White House in Washington as he returns from Minnesota. The Republican president has trailed Democratic challenger Joe Biden in polls for most of the year. Trump’s approval ratings barely budge, consistently ranking him as among the weakest first-term presidents in living history. And for five consecutive months, no more than roughly 3 in 10 voters have believed the nation is moving in the right direction. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Colliding crises shake already chaotic campaign's last month

By Steve Peoples Oct. 03, 2020 04:08 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden touches his face as he speaks to members of the clergy and community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del., Monday, June 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
'Hate just hides': Biden vows to take on systematic racism

By Alexandra Jaffe, Steve Peoples And Will Weissert Jun. 01, 2020 01:54 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Biden said Friday, May 29, that the "open wound” of systemic racism was behind the police killing of a handcuffed black man in Minnesota, and swiped at President Donald Trump for inciting violence, without mentioning him by name. "We are a country with an open wound. None of us can turn away,” Biden in a brief online address. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Unrest demonstrates Biden's challenge in breaking through

By Alexandra Jaffe May. 31, 2020 08:57 PM EDT