Michael Cohen Agrees to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization  —  Donald J. Trump's former fixer had accused the company of failing to abide by the terms of a deal and refusing to pay more than $1 million in legal costs  —  Michael D. Cohen, the longtime fixer to Donald J. Trump …

Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry  —  Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say  —  The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results …

Trumpworld Quietly Prepares for a Chaotic Convention Fight  —  Trump may be projecting confidence, but he's trying to pack the convention floor with loyalists—just in case. … As the Trump campaign tells it, the 2024 Republican presidential primary is already over.

‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP  —  Growing population in America's highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party.  And Republicans are scrambling for answers. Animation by Shira Inbar for POLITICO

In rare move, Grassley releases unverified FBI source report alleging Biden involvement in bribe  —  The White House said the allegation is “debunked” and called the move a stunt.  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday released a confidential FBI informant's unverified claim that, years ago …

Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., have been calling state legislators about the map, which could affect control of Congress.  —  Alabama Republicans rejected calls …

DeSantis calls for state investment manager to consider action against Bud Light's parent company  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state's pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light's parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker's recent marketing efforts …

The political economy may have just hit its recession  —  Politicians may have to find new ways to stuff their coffers.  —  Candidates for office were practically swimming in grassroots money over the last few cycles, as politics increasingly went online and the money followed.

Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail  —  Celeste Burgess, 19, and her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, were charged last year after the police obtained their private Facebook messages.  —  A Nebraska teenager who used abortion pills to terminate her pregnancy …

Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution  —  The high court allowed the execution of James Barber despite botched attempts to execute other inmates last year.  —  WASHINGTON — The three liberal Supreme Court justices took aim at their conservative colleagues …

Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier  —  The Justice Department told Texas Thursday that it intends to file legal action against the placement of floating barriers in the Rio Grande River as part of the state's operation along the Texas-Mexico border …

History Has a Warning for Kevin McCarthy About Expunging Trump's Impeachments  —  Expunging Wrongdoing Didn't Save Andrew Jackson.  It Won't Save Donald Trump Either.  —  POLITICO illustration/Photos by Getty Images, Library of Congress  —  It was singularly ironic that Thomas Hart Benton …

Why Supreme Court ethics reform might hit the Senate floor  —  DEMS TO SCHUMER: FORCE GOP TO FILIBUSTER SCOTUS ETHICS REFORM  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has yet to say how he'll approach his party's Supreme Court ethics legislation - a historic bid to check the high court …

Trump appointee convicted of 8 felonies for joining assault on police on Jan. 6  —  A federal judge convicted Federico Klein of six counts of assaulting or impeding police and two other felonies for joining a violent mob during the Capitol riot.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge convicted …

Analyzing Joe Biden's drip  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from producer Raymond Rapada  —  It would probably come as a shock to many that an American president was more sharply dressed than his European counterparts.