Trump Faces March 25 Trial in Hush-Money Criminal Case (2)

A judge in New York ruled Donald Trump’s trial over alleged hush-money payments to a porn star to influence the 2016 election will start as planned on March 25, making it the first of four criminal cases against the former president to go before a jury.

Trump appeared in a packed Manhattan courtroom Thursday as the schedule was set by Justice Juan Merchan, who had earlier put the trial on hold because of conflicts with plans for the other cases. Lawyers for Trump, the leading Republican candidate for president, had argued for a delay until after the November ...