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Donald Trump will be back in court Monday for his New York trial, where key witness Michael Cohen is expected to testify. But for now, the former president is focusing his fury squarely at adult film star Stormy Daniels. Robert Costa has more.

With Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness stand Monday, Judge Juan Merchan has issued prosecutors a stern warning: Get Cohen to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump. (AP video: John Minchillo) (Production: Javier Arciga)

Judge Merchan asked prosecutors to direct Michael Cohen to refrain from commenting about Trump or the case on social media as he prepares take the stand.

Testimony continues with other witnesses Friday after tense exchanges during adult film actor Stormy Daniels' cross-examination on Thursday during former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial. Trump's legal team tried to discredit Daniels' story and failed to have the judge declare a mistrial over her testimony.

The former president made remarks about his upcoming campaign stops while in court for his criminal trial.

McDougal alleged she had a 10-month affair with former President Donald Trump in 2006 and was paid $150,000 in exchange for not speaking out about the affair.

STORY: Trump, 77, has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to Daniels, 45, for her silence ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election about the alleged encounter. Trump has denied ever having sex with Daniels. Trump, the Republican candidate challenging Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election, has called the trial a politically motivated attempt to undermine his campaign. Prosecutors have said Trump's efforts to obscure the paper trail for the payment to Daniels corrupted the 2016 election in which he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by preventing voters from learning about a story that might have swayed their vote. After testimony ended on Thursday, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche once again asked Justice Juan Merchan to declare a mistrial on the basis of Daniels' testimony.

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case denied a second request from defense attorneys to declare a mistrial over porn actor Stormy Daniels' testimony, which concluded Thursday. The trial resumes on Friday.

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, faced cross-examination Thursday by the defense team. CBS News' Errol Barnett and Katrina Kaufman are following the latest in the "hush money" trial.

Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Stormy Daniels is back on the witness stand in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial. Trump's attorneys will continue their cross-examination of the adult film star. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett has more.

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team argues that the order is unconstitutional as it violates his right to free speech.

A Georgia appeals court agreed to hear former President Donald Trump's argument that the Fulton County district attorney should be disqualified over her romance with her former special prosecutor.

STORY: “Folks, I'm here to talk about a great comeback story in America.” U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday visited southeastern Wisconsin to announce plans by Microsoft to build a $3.3 billion data center in the battleground state. And while it's common for a president seeking reelection to tout new initiatives and investments, this one is more pointed. The facility in Racine County will sit on the same land where former president Donald Trump in 2017 boasted electronics firm Foxconn would build a $10 billion factory. TRUMP 2017: "The company's initial investment of more than 10 billion dollars will create 3,000 jobs at a minimum, with the potential for up to 13,000 jobs in the very near future.” Trump grabbed golden shovels for the factory site groundbreaking in 2018 alongside former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, Foxconn founder Terry Gou, and others…. …before the company drastically scaled back the plan later. “They dug a hole with those golden shovels, and then they fell into it." Biden pounced on this fact during Wednesday’s speech. “Foxconn turned out to be just that - a con [FLASH] 83,500 total jobs left Wisconsin during my predecessor's term. But that's not on my watch. We're determined to turn it around. Thus far, since we've come to office, we've created and with the governors and overwhelming leadership, we've created over 178,000 jobs in Wisconsin. And We're going to create more here in Racine and big time.” The Democratic president will once again face Trump, a Republican, on Election Day in November. And Biden is eager to boost his flagging poll numbers with good economic news. According to the White House, Microsoft's plans will result in 2,300 union construction jobs and around 2,000 permanent jobs over time. It added that Microsoft will partner with Gateway Technical College to train 1,000 people for data center and other roles by 2030, and will work to train 1,000 business leaders to adopt artificial intelligence in their operations. “It's going to be transformative, not just here, but worldwide. It's not only a significant investment in infrastructure in Racine, but for the people of Racine.” Biden also used his fourth trip this year to Wisconsin - one of seven swing states critical to his 2024 reelection bid - to meet with volunteers in Racine's Black community. Biden is seeking to shore up support among Black voters ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, with national polls showing him essentially tied in a rematch with Trump.