Marjorie Taylor Greene is no longer a member of the Freedom Caucus after a vote last month, according to one member of the conservative group's board.  —  News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.

Exclusive: Special counsel prosecutors question witnesses about chaotic Oval Office meeting after Trump lost the 2020 election  —  Special counsel Jack Smith's team has signaled a continued interest in a chaotic Oval Office meeting that took place in the final days of the Trump administration …

Man who served as interpreter in Afghanistan, escaped after Taliban takeover killed in DC working as Lyft driver  —  Nasrat Ahmad Yar, a 31-year-old father of four, moved from Afghanistan to Pennsylvania after the Taliban takeover, and then to Alexandria in 2022.

Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case are facing threats  —  FBI says it is working with partner agencies to assess and respond to threats as classified-documents prosecution moves forward  —  Individual prosecutors involved in the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump …

Cocaine found in the White House was in a different location than previously reported, sources say  —  The sources maintain that the area is highly trafficked, keeping with Jean-Pierre's characterization in yesterday's briefing.  —  White House shares new details on location where cocaine was found

The Mayor Had a Photo of a Fallen Officer.  Was His Story About It True?  —  Mayor Eric Adams has often talked about a wrinkled photo of a fallen police officer that he kept in his wallet.  Now that photo and the story have been called into question.  —  In Mayor Eric Adams's first month in office …

Biden Weighs Giving Ukraine Weapons Banned by Many U.S. Allies  —  Ukraine is seeking cluster munitions, which are known to cause grievous injuries to civilians, as its ammunition supply runs low.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  For more than six months, President Biden and his aides …

Two former employees accuse Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe of sexual harassment  —  Two former staffers for Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe filed a lawsuit Thursday detailing allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted touching by the freshman Republican lawmaker.  —  The lawsuit says Basabe …

Marianne Williamson keeps bleeding staff.  Six more depart in internal feud.  —  The staffers left through a round of firings and resignations.  —  Hours after Marianne Williamson announced the hiring of her third campaign manager in five months, six staffers left her team through a round of firings and resignations.

Judge rules Trump can be deposed in lawsuit from ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok  —  A federal judge ruled Thursday that Donald Trump can be deposed in the lawsuit ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok brought against the Justice Department for his wrongful termination after the Russia investigation.

Yes, Trump is getting more reckless on social media  —  Posting the alleged address of Barack Obama — and leaving it up a week after an armed man apparently seized upon the information — reinforces that.  —  A week ago, a Jan. 6 defendant was arrested near Barack Obama's Washington, D.C. …

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads  —  The Scoop  —  Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform, accusing the social media giant of poaching former employees to create a “copycat” application.

The leader of Belarus has gained new prominence in Russia's politics.  —  The president of Belarus told reporters that the Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny in Russia, is in St. Petersburg.  The claim could not be confirmed.  —  Here's what we're covering:

New York State Built Elon Musk a $1 Billion Factory.  ‘It Was a Bad Deal.’  —  New Tesla facility in Buffalo was supposed to house a huge solar-panel operation, but the project hasn't turned out as planned.  —  BUFFALO, N.Y.—New York spent nearly $1 billion over the past decade …

Youngkin officials quietly pull LGBTQ+ youth resources offline  —  Youngkin's administration has at least three times in the past year and a half removed information from the website without consulting its own subject-matter experts  —  The administration of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin …

The Leader of the JFK-QAnon Cult Is Dead.  His Followers Think It's All Part of the Plan.  —  Members of Michael Protzman's conspiracy cult abandoned their families and spent their life savings to follow him to Trump rallies around the country.  —  The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands …

'That isn't true': Michele Bachmann says slavery was not ‘sinful’ at America's inception  —  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) celebrated America's birthday by declaring that slavery was not a “sinful” part of the nation's founding.  —  In a July 4 appearance on the Christian program Flashpoint …

Why a sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists  —  Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures  —  A remarkable spate of historic heat is hitting the planet, raising alarm over looming extreme weather dangers …

Marriage built to last: Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter mark 77th anniversary  —  Numbers don't lie.  Especially when they are so beautiful.On Friday, July 7, or 7/7, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter will reach their 77th wedding anniversary.The Georgia couple, who famously served as president of the United States …

DeSantis hauls in $20 million in fundraising in first six weeks of his 2024 GOP presidential campaign  —  Never Back Down, the pro-DeSantis super PAC, brought in a staggering $130 million since launching in March  —  FIRST ON FOX - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brought in an impressive $20 million …

Biden says he's heading to MTG's backyard for a groundbreaking  —  The president said he will tout his legislation in the district of his chief GOP tormentor.  —  Joe Biden says he'll soon make a swing to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's backyard.  —  On Thursday, the president said he plans …

Shootings in New York Drop by a Quarter as Surge of Violence Eases  —  Murders and rapes were also down, part of a nationwide trend after a post-pandemic spike.  —  Shootings in New York City dropped by about 25 percent through the first half of this year compared with the same period last year …

5 Noteworthy Falsehoods Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Promoted  —  A longtime vaccine skeptic, Mr. Kennedy is leaning heavily on misinformation as he mounts a long-shot 2024 campaign.  —  He has promoted a conspiracy theory that coronavirus vaccines were developed to control people via microchips.

Inside the subsea cable firm secretly helping America take on China  —  SubCom, a New Jersey company born out of a Cold War spy project, has become a key player in the U.S.-China tech war.  It's laying internet cables on the ocean floor to boost Washington's economic and military might …

Did Supporting Trump Change Republican Voters?  —  “Fake it until you make it” goes both ways.  —  ∙ Paid  —  I'm back.  I hope everyone had a restful 4th of July holiday with family and friends.  —  NB: Sarah Longwell is back on The Next Level!

Welcome to the Age of the Cage Match  —  These days, powerful men want to beat one another.  Literally.  —  Call it the melee of the middle-aged men.  —  We already know the main event.  That would be Elon Musk versus Mark Zuckerberg in Las Vegas, or maybe the Colosseum in Rome.

A new justice makes herself heard  —  In her first year on the bench, Ketanji Brown Jackson voiced strong perspectives on race, history and the rights of criminal defendants.  But did she sway votes?  —  When Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest justice last summer …

DeSantis targets a significant primary demographic: Insecure men  —  There are three obvious reasons that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign promoted an aggressively anti-LGBTQ+ ad on social media last week.  —  The first is that DeSantis is not making any headway in his efforts …

After a Stolen Supreme Court Seat, What's a Norms-Lover to Do?  —  Hey, it's Tim, taking a turn sitting in for Charlie while he is on holiday.  You can also catch me in the host chair for The Bulwark Podcast later today with Ben Wittes and tomorrow with Tommy Vietor.