Wake Up Call: Trump Lawyer Says He Paid Porn Star Out of Own Pocket

• President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, told the New York Times that he paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket, and that he hasn’t gotten his money back. Cohen didn’t say what the payment was for, but Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, had claimed to have had an affair with Trump. ( New York Times )

• Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a rare, bare-knuckle approach to its legal fights over climate change: going after the opposing lawyers. That means attacking at least 30 people and organizations, including Matthew Pawa, whose firm, Hagens Berman, has ...