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.

Trump State Department appointee found guilty of seven felonies in Jan. 6 case  —  Federico Klein had a bench trial before another Trump appointee.  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump political appointee who attempted to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6 was convicted of seven felonies on Thursday …

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 …

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 …

No one wants to talk about Trump in Aspen  —  A return of Donald Trump to the White House could upend strategies Aspen attendees are devising to tackle major global challenges.  —  ASPEN, Colo. — The Aspen Security Forum is a place for elites to discuss U.S.-China competition …

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Sent Hunter Biden Nudes to a Bunch of Minors … In her desperation to prove wrongdoing by Hunter Biden, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene may have sent his nude photos to minors.  —  The House Oversight Committee heard testimony on Wednesday from two IRS agents …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …