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.

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 …

‘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

Judge Sets May 2024 Trial Date for Trump's Documents Trial  —  Judge Aileen Cannon rejects former president's efforts to delay trial until after the 2024 presidential campaign  —  A federal judge in Florida has pushed to May 2024 the prospective date of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trinity Nuclear Test's Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds  —  The research shows that the first atomic bomb explosion's effects had been underestimated, and could help more “downwinders” press for federal compensation.  —  In July 1945, as J. Robert Oppenheimer …

Arizona Trans Athlete Ban Blocked by Federal Judge  —  Arizona is one of several states that have enacted laws that limit access to sports on the basis of sex rather than gender identity  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …