New York

Prosecutors in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial secured permission from the judge to admit evidence connected to his overall political strategy in 2016, bolstering their case.

The New York Philharmonic said the musicians would not perform for now, after a magazine article brought new attention to allegations of misconduct. They have denied wrongdoing.

Jury selection began in the Manhattan criminal case, but many who might weigh Donald J. Trump’s fate told a judge that they could not be impartial.

She was a founder of the Fun Gallery, which staged early shows by Keith Haring and other artists who defined the city’s downtown scene in the 1980s.

The agreement could clear the way for the construction of hundreds of thousands of homes and make it more difficult for landlords to evict renters.

The former president flashed signs of irritation at times, but also seemed to fall asleep, before jolting back awake.

But the judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s hush-money trial said the jury can be told what he said in the clip, where he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals.

Pro-Trump protesters gathered near the Manhattan courthouse where the former president’s criminal trial is taking place.

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers had called on Justice Juan M. Merchan to remove himself from the case, citing his daughter’s work as a Democratic consultant. Ethics experts had dismissed the idea that the judge was compromised.

The president’s campaign and other Democrats believe that the court proceedings will do their work for them and that messaging should focus on Mr. Biden’s record.