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.

• Prosecutors have also struck deals with Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro.

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.

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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."

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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.

• Taco Bell filed legal petitions in May aiming to cancel the trademark registrations.

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