Tag: Travel

An EPA official said the agency submits the same security-related waiver for Scott Pruitt to fly first class before each trip. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

EPA backs away from ‘blanket waiver’ explanation for Scott Pruitt’s travel

Josh Siegel · February 15, 2018 4:55 pm

The ruling Thursday marks the second time a federal appeals court has ruled against Trump's third travel ban, which the Trump administration rolled out in September. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Second federal appeals court rules against Trump’s third travel ban

Melissa Quinn · February 15, 2018 4:33 pm

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General released a report Wednesday that said VA staff purposefully bent the rules to allow David Shulkin's wife to travel with him on the taxpayers' dime. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers scold VA secretary for fraud that led to taxpayer-funded Europe trip

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2018 1:56 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey and other Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are urging the EPA's inspector general to expand an existing probe of Scott Pruitt's travel habits to include the circumstances behind the waiver. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Democrats ask EPA watchdog to investigate Scott Pruitt’s ‘blanket waiver’ for first-class flights

Josh Siegel · February 14, 2018 9:14 pm

The internal watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs released a report Wednesday that said David Shulkin acted improperly when he accepted tickets to Wimbledon and misrepresented how he obtained the tickets to the agency's ethics officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP lawmaker: VA Secretary David Shulkin should resign after watchdog says he misled officials about Europe trip

Melissa Quinn · February 14, 2018 6:37 pm

According to an inspector general report, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin's 11-day Europe trip cost taxpayers more than $122,000 and was subsequently misrepresented to ethics lawyers after Shulkin returned to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s VA secretary misused government funds for European trip, watchdog says

Gabby Morrongiello · February 14, 2018 5:14 pm

While Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt requires a full-time security detail to protect him from environmental terrorists, the degree and cost of his security arrangements are significantly higher than those of his predecessors. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is playing taxpayers and Trump

Tom Rogan · February 12, 2018 9:30 pm

A passenger offered to buy a ticket for a peacock to travel with her on a plane. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

People who try to carry peacocks on planes should be forced to travel in the cargo hold

Tom Rogan · January 31, 2018 5:13 pm

North American Moving Services recently released a report detailing state-to-state moves during 2017 using Census data. (iStock)

Americans are on the move to freer pastures

Dean Stansel · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2011, attacks on the U.S., Mexico said it would put Mexican security agents on various flights. However, U.S. officials were barred from boarding Mexico's commercial flights. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg)

National Security

US and Mexico weighing whether federal air marshals could be placed on commercial cross-border flights: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 30, 2018 3:08 am

In September 2017, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Mike Faulk was arrested while covering protests in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

An onslaught against journalists in the US

Robert Mahoney · January 27, 2018 5:01 am

Through conversations with policymakers, party leaders, and current and former White House officials, the Washington Examiner identified four areas where President Trump has left his greatest mark after one year in office, and gauged his plans for the year ahead. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Shutdown caps Trump’s contentious first year in office

Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · January 20, 2018 8:06 pm