Trump’s legal challenges are just getting started

Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate for a second time this weekend, but his legal troubles may just be beginning. CNN has a roundup of his post-impeachment legal challenges. And Vox looks at recent developments in Trump investigations in Georgia and New York.

Today, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization. Politico breaks down the challenges she is facing during a tumultuous period of global trade. And Okonjo-Iweala tells Time that among her biggest priorities will be the role of the WTO in combating climate change and addressing the coronavirus pandemic.

Attacks against Asian Americans are on the rise, including in the San Francisco Bay Area. NPR spoke with the executive director of the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, which has documented nearly 3,000 incidents of attacks against anti-Asian from across the country since the pandemic began last March. And NBC News reports on recent actions by the Biden administration to tackle this issue.

In 2019, Taylor Swift announced that she would rerecord and rerelease her back catalog. On Friday, she dropped her new version of “Love Story,” and the song has already topped the U.S. iTunes chart. The Atlantic explains why this enterprise is such a savvy business move.