Tag: Elections

President Trump singled out Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Wednesday for her votes on healthcare Tuesday, and said she let down Republicans and people all around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Murkowski to use August work extension to approve energy nominees

John Siciliano · July 20, 2017 3:05 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously confirmed Christopher Wray to be the next director of the FBI. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Senate Judiciary Committee approves FBI nominee Christopher Wray

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · July 20, 2017 2:13 pm

Senate Banking Committee will consider Joseph Otting, the nominee to be the comptroller of the Currency, and Randal Quarles, tapped to be the vice chairman of supervision at the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Trump’s top banking nominees to get Senate hearing next week

Joseph Lawler · July 19, 2017 9:03 pm

Grenell was the longest-serving spokesman for the U.S. at the United Nations during former President George W. Bush's administration. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump intends to nominate Richard Grenell to ambassador to Germany: Report

Melissa Quinn · July 19, 2017 8:25 pm

The head of the DNC said Trump's commission is a "propaganda factory." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tom Perez: Greater likelihood of being struck by lightning than witnessing voter fraud

Sean Langille · July 19, 2017 4:58 pm

It will be because he's modeling his campaign after Bernie Sanders, not because he's named Abdul. (Wikimedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

Michigan isn’t racist, but that doesn’t mean Abdul El-Sayed will be elected governor

Jason Russell · July 19, 2017 4:52 pm

Trump's election commission has faced controversy in the weeks since Kobach asked all 50 states to provide detailed information about their registered voters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump on states that rejected election commission: ‘One has to wonder what they’re worried about’

Sarah Bedford · July 19, 2017 4:05 pm

William Emanuel is a shareholder with Littler Mendelson, a management-side law firm that specializes in labor matters, often before the labor board. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump labor board picks advance to full Senate

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2017 3:48 pm

The White House will announce this week that Mark Esper will be President Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Army, an administration official tells the Washington Examiner. (Screenshot)

National Security

Exclusive: Trump to nominate Mark Esper as Army secretary

Jamie McIntyre · July 19, 2017 3:04 pm

The former Utah governor also served as ambassador to China under Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to nominate Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia

Josh Siegel · July 18, 2017 10:48 pm

Zuckerberg, like so many members of the global-minded elite, seems to regard nationalism as somehow akin to Nazism, always and invariably vicious. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mark Zuckerberg in a dead heat with Trump in 2020 election poll

Victor I. Nava · July 18, 2017 10:26 pm

Christie was asked on MSNBC what he owes the president and whether he thought his loyalty was returned. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Gov. Chris Christie: ‘The president doesn’t owe me anything’

Matthew Trunko · July 18, 2017 10:20 pm