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 …

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 …

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

Ron DeSantis Threatens Bud Light's Parent Company With Legal Action  —  The “anti-woke” governor is targeting the beer brand's parent company, suggesting it “breached legal duties” by using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney for marketing purposes.  —  The conservative backlash …

Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump's classified documents case in Florida  —  A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Inside Starbucks' Dirty War Against Organized Labor  —  NOTTINGHAM, Md. — Agnes Torregoza came to this country when she was a toddler, brought from the Philippines by her parents.  Her mother found a teaching job in the Baltimore County Public School District, and the family set about cobbling together a new life.

Republicans love RFK Jr. because his conspiracy theories are theirs  —  It's a short distance from “covid is a bioweapon” to “build the wall.”  —  ∙ Paid … “I am being censored here,” Democratic presidential challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared at a hearing Thursday on the …

Manchin and Sinema back to bedeviling Democrats  —  The West Virginian is flirting with a third-party presidential bid and rejecting Biden nominees.  And the Arizonan is drawing the ire of Democrats, too.  —  The on-again, off-again standoff between two famous Senate centrists and the Democratic coalition is back on.

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 …

U.S. Ambassador to China Hacked in China-Linked Spying Operation  —  Spying campaign also is said to have compromised a State Department official who oversees East Asia  —  Hackers linked to Beijing accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns …