Tag: Joel Gehrke

According to a top Senate Republican, the IRS is "unable or unwilling" to implement cybersecurity law. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Senator: IRS ‘unable or unwilling’ to implement cybersecurity law

Joel Gehrke · September 9, 2016 6:14 pm

Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho is a conservative supporter of sentencing reform bills that have been percolating in the House Judiciary Committee for months. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Proponents look to lame duck for sentencing reform bill

Joel Gehrke · September 9, 2016 1:00 pm

U.S. officials don't expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict anytime soon. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. pours cold water on Moscow’s Israel-Palestine summit

Joel Gehrke · September 8, 2016 8:33 pm

Koskinen told the Tuesday Group that that he provided inaccurate information by mistake. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

IRS chief asks GOP moderates to save him from impeachment

Joel Gehrke · September 7, 2016 9:44 pm

Obama traveled to China for the G-20 summit last week, but they didn't provide a staircase to descend from the main exit of Air Force One as is customary. (AP Photo)

State Dept. brushes off China’s Obama snub

Joel Gehrke · September 6, 2016 7:59 pm

"Every child that comes down with Zika ... is a tragedy in and of itself, from a health standpoint, from the child's standpoint," said House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Hoyer: Zika babies cost $10 million each

Joel Gehrke · September 6, 2016 6:39 pm

Mexican cartels make billions of dollars a year smuggling drugs into the United States across its weak southwestern border, according to a new Senate report. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Senate: Drug cartels make billions off weak U.S. border

Joel Gehrke · September 1, 2016 8:41 pm

National Security

Watch: State Department briefing gets ugly over Iran deal secret exemptions

Joel Gehrke · September 1, 2016 8:13 pm

"I'm not going to talk about the specific work of the joint commission," said State Department spokesman John Kirby. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

State Dept. stonewalls questions about Iran deal exemptions

Joel Gehrke · September 1, 2016 6:59 pm

"Is it unusual for prior secretaries of state to communicate with current staff, particularly not long after they've left? Absolutely, that's not unusual at all," John Kirby said. (AP Photo)

State downplays new Clinton email: ‘Lowest level of classification’

Joel Gehrke · August 31, 2016 8:12 pm

Donald Trump is visiting Mexico at the invitation of the nation's president. Above, a man wears a Mexican wrestling mask and holds a sign reading in Spanish; "Stop the offenses of Trump and EPN," referring to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

State Dept.: U.S.-Mexico relationship ‘strong enough to weather’ Trump trip

Joel Gehrke · August 31, 2016 6:52 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he'll travel to Japan in December, following Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe trip to Russia in May. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool)

National Security

State Dept. ‘not worried’ about stronger Russia-Japan ties

Joel Gehrke · August 30, 2016 8:32 pm