A burden of proof ... and politics

First: The trial against Donald Trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case - a timeline careening into a campaign. Meanwhile, the former president issues a plea to the Supreme Court. 

Plus: Kevin McCarthy unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel's indictment, sidestepping Trump's election lies that led to a deadly attack in the building where the Speaker of the House serves. 

And: New CNN reporting spotlights Joe Biden's strategy to make sure Americans know their roads, dams and ports, and jobs attached to them are thanks to him. 

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