McCarthy skips Pelosi's retirement speech as some Republicans pay grudging respect  —  WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement from congressional leadership on Thursday, the House chamber was packed with Democratic lawmakers in anticipation of the announcement from an icon of American politics.

Resignations Roil Twitter as Elon Musk Tries Persuading Some Workers to Stay  —  Mr. Musk, Twitter's new owner, had given employees a Thursday deadline to decide whether to leave or stay “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”  —  Hours before a Thursday deadline that Elon Musk …

US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing  —  The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia's crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate …

GOP operative found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump  —  A Republican political strategist was convicted of illegally helping a Russian businessman contribute to Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.  —  Jesse Benton, 44, was pardoned by Trump in 2020 for a different campaign finance crime …

Congress took millions from FTX.  Now lawmakers face a crypto reckoning.  —  The stunning collapse of the world's third-largest exchange has forced politicians to grapple with the costs of legislative inaction  —  The sudden collapse of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges rattled …

Rep. Lauren Boebert race too close to call, with margin inside recount threshold  —  With nearly all votes counted, the Republican incumbent led Democrat Adam Frisch by a small margin  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert, a far-right Republican from Colorado, was locked in a race that was too close …

North Korea test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire US  —  North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters Friday in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland.

Trumps had role in fraud scheme, Allen Weisselberg testifies at company's trial  —  Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified in court Thursday, describing how Donald Trump and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities.

Writer Who Accused Trump of Rape to File New Defamation Lawsuit  —  E. Jean Carroll, whose first defamation lawsuit faced challenges because Donald J. Trump was then the president, will sue him again over similar statements he made after leaving office.  —  When the writer E. Jean Carroll …

Jan. 6 committee interviews former Trump Secret Service agent Bobby Engel  —  WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee on Thursday interviewed Bobby Engel, who was the lead Secret Service agent for then-President Donald Trump when the insurrection took place, three sources familiar with the session said.

4 largest cities in America will be led by Black mayors  —  When Rep. Karen Bass is sworn in as Los Angeles mayor next month, Black people will be leading the four largest cities in America.  —  “As Black mayors continue to win elections this cycle, we are excited that, for the first time …

Biden's Top Aides Plan Exit as Economy Takes Center Stage in 2024 Election  —  President Joe Biden's top economic adviser, Brian Deese, is expected to leave the White House next year, part of a broader reshuffle that will offer Biden a chance to make over his coterie of aides on an issue central to an expected reelection bid.

Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of Stores Nationally  —  Workers said they were protesting the company's refusal to bargain in good faith and other anti-union activity.  —  Starbucks employees went on strike on Thursday at dozens of unionized locations nationwide, citing …

Exclusive: Ex-Russian spy flees to the NATO country that captured him, delivering another embarrassing blow to Moscow  —  TALLINN, Estonia — “The Russians have no idea,” Alexander Toots, the head of Estonian counterintelligence, tells me, laughing.  —  “They have absolutely no idea he is here.

Los Angeles Voters Ousted Their Sheriff—and Then Just Kept Going  —  Voters last week took every opportunity at their disposal to challenge the scandal-ridden Los Angeles County's sheriff department and demand change.  —  Angelenos ousted Alex Villanueva, a first-term sheriff dubbed the …

GOP plans to punish ‘woke’ Wall Street  —  Wall Street loves Republican tax cuts and deregulation.  It's going to hate the GOP's plans for 2023.  —  Republican lawmakers, who will be in the House majority come January, are pressing party leaders to send a message to big financial firms …