1. At the heart of last week’s congressional testimony by President Trump’s former lawyer was the accusation that the president made hush payments, right from the White House, to prevent alleged sexual misconduct from being exposed.

The checks were sent on a more or less monthly basis throughout 2017, Mr. Trump’s first year in office, according to two checks provided to the House committee last week and six checks provided to The Times this week. Mr. Cohen’s team said it was searching for two or three others.

The dates on the newly available checks open a window into the double life Mr. Trump was living: managing affairs of state while secretly paying to keep his personal secrets out of the public eye.