By Jamie Ross and Hannah Jewell  Email Listen to this briefing Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 14, and we can’t stop laughing at the mispronounced graduation ceremony at Ta-mul-may Jefferson University — watch it here. Now let’s get to the news.   Michael Cohen testified in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. Yesterday: Cohen said Trump approved a payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet before the 2016 election. He spoke calmly in court — not, as feared, like a “jerk.” Why it matters: Trump’s former attorney is the star witness in prosecutors’ efforts to link Trump to an illegal hush money plot. His testimony is expected to continue today. What else to know: Trump’s surrogates are helping him get around a gag order. Read this story            A U.N. staff member in a clearly marked car was killed in Gaza yesterday. Who was he? Waibhav Anil Kale, 46, an Indian national. He was the first international U.N. casualty since the war began, the U.N. said. It’s not clear who was responsible. In the U.S: An Army officer resigned in protest of U.S. support for Israel. Maj. Harrison Mann said he felt “shame and guilt” that his work contributed to the deaths of Palestinians. Read this story              Canadian wildfires are sending harmful smoke into the northern U.S. What to know: Zombie fires from last year’s historic season have roared back to life. At least 500,000 acres have burned, leading to air quality alerts in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In the South: Severe storms this week could bring damaging winds, destructive hail, tornadoes and flooding along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. Read this story            Some key U.S. Senate races will start to take shape today. In Maryland: Rep. David Trone and Angela Alsobrooks are vying to replace retiring Ben Cardin in an expensive Democratic primary. The winner is likely to face former governor Larry Hogan. In West Virginia: A seat is open with Joe Manchin (D) retiring. In the Republican primary, Gov. Jim Justice has the endorsement of Trump, who won the state by 39 points in 2020. The bigger picture: Democrats hold a 51-49 advantage in the Senate. But this fall, they’re defending three seats in red states — Montana, Ohio and West Virginia. Read this story            ADVERTISEMENT     Home prices have increased 5.8% nationwide in the past year. (The Washington Post) What to know: Prices grew faster in many small cities and rural areas compared to big cities, a new Post analysis shows. Search here to see the change in your neighborhood. Zooming out: Prices are rising more steadily after the volatile pandemic years. But high borrowing costs and years of price jumps continue to make things difficult for home buyers. Read this story            Google is adding AI-generated answers to your search results. The idea: The product answers queries with multi-paragraph repliesinstead of links to other sites or snippets of information. Google announced a wider rollout last month. Be careful with it: It can make up facts, misinterpret questions and just generally prattle on — all while making it harder to find sites written by humans. Read this story            One of the world’s most important coin collections is headed to auction. This coin that once belonged to Danish King Frederick VII is part of the collection. (James Brooks/AP) What is it? Nearly 20,000 coins, medals, bank notes and books assembled over decades by a Danish businessman who died in 1923. Want to buy it? The collection — which was kept hidden for more than 100 years — goes on sale this fall. It’s expected to fetch up to $72 million. Read this story