Taylor Swift name-dropped in Senate hearing on leaked Signal war chat

As one of the most famous people on the planet, Taylor Swift has probably come to expect that her name will be invoked in all kinds of situations. But even she must wonder how she became a talking point in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Tuesday.

It turns out that Swift’s name came up as outraged senators sought an explanation for how top Trump officials inadvertently included a journalist in a group chat about detailed plans to bomb Houthi militia forces in Yemen. At one point...