[2] In January 2017, Howley left Breitbart to start the far-right website Big League Politics.

"[10] In 2019, Howley broke the story of a blackface and KKK costume photograph in Virginia governor Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook after receiving a tip from a "concerned citizen".

[11] Howley's website also broke the news of sexual assault allegations against Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax.

[12][13] In 2020, writing for National File, Howley broke the story of then-Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham exchanging sexually suggestive texts with a woman who was not his wife.

"[14][15] Howley was suspended from Twitter in May 2022, following reporting by The Daily Beast on numerous antisemitic and racist tweets.