Plus: 4-hour speaker bid | Tuesday, October 24, 2023
| | | | | | | Presented By Walmart | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · Oct 24, 2023 | | 👋 Happy Tuesday! Today's PM — edited by Noah Bressner — is 498 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for the copy edit. 🎤 Join Axios' Ashley Gold and Maria Curi tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET for a virtual event looking at the state of public trust around AI. Register here. | | | | | | 1 big thing: Trump's lawyer trap | | Jenna Ellis tearfully pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case today. Photo: John Bazemore/AP Three Trump-aligned lawyers have flipped in less than a week and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case. - Why it matters: The plea deals could help Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis with her case against former President Trump.
What's happening: Jenna Ellis — who had been a member of Trump's legal team after the 2020 election — pleaded guilty this morning to a single felony charge, Axios' Erin Doherty writes. Screenshot: CNN Zoom in: The lawyers were all part of Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. - "If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges," Ellis said.
Trump also squared off with Michael Cohen, another former lawyer, in a New York courtroom today. - Cohen, with Trump in attendance, testified that the former president would arbitrarily come up with net worth estimations, according to NBC News.
Share this story. |     | | | | | | 2. 🚨 Breaking: Emmer drops out | | GOP speaker nominee Tom Emmer leaves a House Republican candidates forum yesterday. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) abruptly dropped out of the speaker race four hours after he became the GOP nominee, Axios' Andrew Solender writes. - Why it matters: He's the third GOP nominee to fall short during the House's three-week speaker vacancy.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), who narrowly lost to Emmer earlier this afternoon, is now a likely front-runner in the next round. - Emmer — a relative moderate — faced animosity from former President Trump, who said that voting for him "would be a tragic mistake."
Keep reading. | | | | | | | | A message from Walmart | | “Walmart stands behind us. It's priceless.” - Thereasa Black | | |  | | | | America's largest company supports veteran-owned businesses. Walmart has spent nearly $1 billion with veteran-owned businesses like Bon AppéSweet, helping Navy veteran Thereasa Black and her small business gain nationwide success. Learn about Walmart's commitment to U.S. manufacturing. | | | | | | 3. Catch me up |  Data: Society of Family Planning, Census Bureau. Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios (Note: Includes abortions provided by clinics, private medical offices, hospitals and virtual-only clinics.) - 🧮 The total number of legal abortions in the U.S. increased slightly in the year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, Axios' Jason Millman writes.
- ✈️ An off-duty pilot who police say tried to cut the engines on a jet was experimenting with psychedelic mushrooms, according to a federal complaint. Go deeper ... Read the complaint.
- 📱 Dozens of state attorneys general sued Facebook and Instagram parent Meta for allegedly lying about risks to children and teens, Axios' Sara Fischer writes.
- 🚘 The California DMV suspended Cruise's driverless car permit, citing safety concerns. The autonomous vehicle company is majority-owned by GM. Go deeper.
| | | | | | | | 4. 🌮 1 fun thing: Freeing "Taco Tuesday" |  | | | Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios | | | | A drawn-out saga over the "Taco Tuesday" trademark is over: The popular phrase is now free to use in all 50 states, Axios' Kelly Tyko writes. - Taco Bell announced today — a Tuesday, of course — that a local restaurant has relinquished its registration of the trademark in New Jersey.
A Wyoming-based chain gave up the rights to the phrase in 49 other states this summer. Keep reading. | | | | | | | | A message from Walmart | | Walmart partnered with over 2,600 diverse small businesses | | |  | | | | Walmart is creating more American jobs by supporting veteran-owned businesses like Bon AppéSweet. Key numbers: In 2021, the retailer sourced $13.3 billion in goods and services from roughly 2,600 diverse small businesses. Learn how Walmart supports U.S. manufacturing. | | |  | Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it. | | | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters.
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