House Judiciary Republicans Thursday launched an investigation into Charles McGonigal, the former FBI official in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office who was arrested in January over ties to a Russian billionaire.

I recently had the closest experience I will likely ever have to Woody Allen’s character in Annie Hall, irked by the guy pontificating behind him in the movie line, managing to summon Marshall McLuhan to tell the latter, “You know nothing of my work.” When a National Gallery of Art guard came over to tell two friends and me that multiple people had complained we were talking too loudly in the Vittore Carpaccio retrospective, I asked if he knew the museum’s handle recently tweeted “shushing people in a museum” was one of the 2023 “out” items.

Two House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday calling on him to create a select committee to confront antisemitism. Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) sent the letter just hours after House Republicans voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, following alleged comments...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) broke with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday when asked about the death of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by Capitol police during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, concluding she was not murdered, as Greene has said. “I think the police officer did his job,” McCarthy told reporters...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) chalked up a big victory on Thursday when Republicans rallied to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from her seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Omar, a frequent critic of Israel and its human rights record, has been a target of Republicans since her arrival on Capitol Hill in 2019, and McCarthy...

Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday that the company fell short of its expectations in the fourth quarter and last year, reporting that it lost $2 billion in profits. In a press release published Thursday, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that the company should have done "much better" in 2022. The press release said that in...

The U.S. announced a major expansion in the Philippines, with four new military bases expected in the Indo-Pacific nation. Tonight, we’re also going to break down the release of a high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainee and Ukraine’s warning that Russia is preparing some 500,000 troops for a fresh offensive. Plus, details on why the Pentagon is...

The Virginia governor’s recent push to remove his state from consideration for construction of an EV battery plant is making waves. We'll also look at House Republicans starting their climate oversight on the Biden administration. ♨️ Plus: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighs in on gas stoves. Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, your source...

“Who’s in charge here?” asked an officer from the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., amongst hundreds of people. On Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, the inhabitants of this wonderful city were surprised with a crowd surrounding the Washington Memorial, wearing light blue and white attire, pins and flags. The policeman, reasonably, appeared visibly concerned and...

The Senate Judiciary Committee sent Ticketmaster a not-so-subtle warning on Thursday after Beyoncé announced her world tour. "We're watching," the committee's account tweeted at Ticketmaster in response to an article about the chart-topping singer's announcement. The dig at the ticket marketplace comes after a high-profile debacle during the pre-sale portion of singer Taylor Swift's upcoming...