Divided House Approves G.O.P. Inquiry Into ‘Weaponization’ of Government  —  Republicans pushed through a measure to create a powerful new committee to scrutinize what they have charged is an effort by the government to target and silence conservatives.  —  WASHINGTON — A divided House voted …

Trump's Longtime Finance Chief Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail  —  Allen H. Weisselberg served the family company for decades but agreed to testify about its tax fraud in exchange for a lighter punishment.  —  Allen H. Weisselberg, once one of Donald J. Trump's most loyal lieutenants …

Biden ‘surprised’ by classified documents as Hill demands more information  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) both requested more details from the administration about the discovery.  —  President Biden said Tuesday that he was “surprised” to learn classified documents …

‘We started running’: Pelosi aide tells jurors about flight from Jan. 6 chaos  —  While rioters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, Emily Berret was hunkered down with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Fort McNair when an image popped on the TV screen that stopped her in her tracks.

In Remembrance of a Beloved and Very Online Journalist  —  Blake Hounshell, a witty and astute political observer who possessed a special knack for understanding the dynamics of internet journalism and became one of the driving forces behind POLITICO's success over nearly a decade, died Tuesday morning at age 44.

Xi Jinping's plan to reset China's economy and win back friends … The costs of China's chaotic exit from its zero-Covid strategy are surging.  In spite of a virtually static official death toll, a slew of obituaries for elderly public figures from academics to opera singers demonstrate …

Prince Harry says he was bred to offer spare organs to heir William  —  FOLLOW THE STORY  —  Prince Harry bitterly believes he was only bred to offer literal spare parts for his brother in case the heir apparent ever needed new organs.  —  “Two years older than me, Willy was the Heir …

How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation  —  The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda.  Here's what other countries can learn from its success.  —  A typical lesson that Saara Martikka, a teacher in Hameenlinna, Finland …

Assault weapon sales now illegal in Illinois: ‘This will save lives,’ Pritzker says after quickly signing bill into law  —  The governor paid tribute to some of the lives lost to assault weapons: “We have done this for Highland Park's Kevin and Irina McCarthy, Jacquelyn Sundheim …

Curious about George: House Republicans debate Santos' fate  —  House Republicans know George Santos is a problem.  They're just not sure what to do about him yet.  —  The New York Republican landed on the Hill for his first term last week with a reputation marred by multiple public falsehoods …

Rep. Katie Porter announces bid for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat  —  Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic star known for her incisive questioning of corporate leaders and use of a whiteboard to distill complex concepts in congressional hearings, announced Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate.

Biden Is Coming for Your Gas Stove  —  The Consumer Product Safety Commission enlists in the crusade to ban fossil fuels from the kitchen.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Welcome to the 2024 Horse Race for the Presidency  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x

U.S. Supreme Court considers narrowing federal protections for unions  —  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with a labor dispute that could narrow federal protections for unions by making it easier for employers to sue over strikes that result in damage to company property.

Lynette Hardaway, of Pro-Trump Duo Diamond and Silk, Dies at 51  —  Ms. Hardaway rose to fame with one of her sisters as a conservative media celebrity.  —  Lynette Hardaway, who was better known as Diamond from Diamond and Silk, the outspoken sisters who became prominent conservative media personalities …

McCarthy, GOP, Dems unite behind new China committee: ‘The era of trusting communist China is over’  —  Several Democrats spoke in favor of new committee during House debate  —  Criticism of McCarthy fair, but he has ‘opportunity to reach out to Democrats’: Ford Jr.

Southern states rebel against RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel  —  A growing Sunbelt uprising among GOP activists at the state and local level has emerged as a threat — or at least a noisy nuisance — to Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel's bid for another term.

Flights across U.S. affected after FAA experiences computer outage  —  Flights across the United States were affected Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it experienced a computer outage.  —  All flights in the U.S. were grounded following the incident …

Turkey Is Sending Cold War-Era Cluster Bombs to Ukraine  —  The artillery-fired cluster munitions could be lethal to Russian troops-and Ukrainian civilians.  —  Turkey began sending Ukraine a form of U.S.-designed, artillery-fired cluster bomb in late 2022 after months of Kyiv pleading …

Twitter bans account for D.C. area bus system without explanation  —  The social media app suspended the @metrobusinfo account on Tuesday and gave Metro transit officials no explanation why.  —  Twitter suspended the account Tuesday that the D.C.-area's largest transit system uses …

Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF's Bay Bridge Hours After Elon Musk Announces “Self-Driving” Feature … Highway surveillance footage from Thanksgiving Day shows a Tesla Model S vehicle changing lanes and then abruptly braking in the far-left lane of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash.

Trump's tax returns show he was a bigger risk than we realized  —  ‘That was a surprise’ What we learned from Trump's revealed tax returns  —  Last month the House Ways and Means Committee published six years of former President Trump's tax returns — documents that should have been released years earlier …

The Party's Over for Us.  Where Do We Go Now?  —  For decades, conservative values have been central to Bret Stephens's and David Brooks's political beliefs, and the Republican Party was the vehicle to extend those beliefs into policy.  But in recent years, both the party …

Tory MP Suspended for Comparing Covid Vaccine to the Holocaust  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suspended a member of his ruling Conservative Party after MP Andrew Bridgen compared Covid-19 vaccinations to the Holocaust.  —  Bridgen shared a link and chart on Twitter on Wednesday …

Counter-terrorism police investigate after uranium seized at Heathrow  —  Border Force officials found small amount on passenger flight from Oman on 29 December  —  Counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation after Border Force officials seized material containing uranium at Heathrow.

U.S., Japan set to announce shake-up of Marine Corps units to deter China  —  In a deepening of the two countries' strategic alliance, a Marine regiment on Okinawa will be able to fire missiles at Chinese ships in the event of a Taiwan conflict  —  Japan, already Washington's most important ally …

Federal Charges Announced Against Maine Man Who Carried Out Machete Attack in Times Square on New Year's Eve in Name of Jihad  —  Trevor Thomas Bickford Traveled to Times Square for the Purpose of Killing U.S. Officials in the Name of Radical Islamic Jihad, and Used a Machete-Style Knife …