Tag: Minusextra

Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., said it was "just another day in the office" when he was told by President Trump he was killing the party by not supporting the GOP plan to eliminate Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Charlie Dent: Trump yelling at me was ‘just another day in the office’

Kyle Feldscher · March 27, 2017 12:54 pm

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who left the House Freedom Caucus over its opposition to the GOP plan to repeal and replace parts of Obamacare, says it's time for Republicans to lead and stop saying "no." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ted Poe: House Freedom Caucus can’t ‘say no to everything’

Kyle Feldscher · March 27, 2017 12:40 pm

It's been nearly half a century since Berkeley, Calif., became the first locality to be named a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Since then, more than 400 states, towns, counties and college campuses have limited the ways law enforcement officers may cooperate with federal immigration officials. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Sanctuary madness

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2017 12:29 pm

Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest is joining NBC News as a political analyst, according to a report. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Josh Earnest joins NBC News

Eddie Scarry · March 27, 2017 12:09 pm

Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest advisers, could face questioning in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee as a part of its investigation into possible ties between Russia and Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Senate committee to question Jared Kushner over Russia meetings: Report

Kyle Feldscher · March 27, 2017 12:02 pm

Anthony Scaramucci, an informal adviser to Trump, said that Trump didn't know Fox News hosts was going to call for Speaker Paul Ryan's head on the show.

Anthony Scaramucci: Fox host’s call for Paul Ryan to step down was a coincidence

Kyle Feldscher · March 27, 2017 11:48 am

Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, talks to a reporters as he leaves the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Washington Secrets

Another record haul for House GOP, building ‘shock and awe’ warchest

Paul Bedard · March 27, 2017 11:27 am

The Surface Transportation Board has broad economic oversight of the nation's freight railroads. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The time is right for freight rail reform

Mike Walls · March 27, 2017 10:00 am

President Trump has proposed eliminating funding for public broadcasting. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Beltway Confidential

What do other countries know about public broadcasting that the US doesn’t?

Dom Caristi · March 27, 2017 5:00 am

Police officers stand guard on a road leading to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 13. On Wednesday a man went on a deadly rampage, first driving a car into pedestrians then stabbing a police officer to death before being fatally shot by police within Parliament's grounds. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The real danger to democracy

Dan Hannan · March 27, 2017 4:05 am

Any infrastructure plan "certainly should include broadband. It's important that the entire nation be served," Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., vice chairman of the House Energy Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)

Broadband Internet expansion: Fight brewing over how to pay for it all

Daniel Chaitin · March 27, 2017 4:01 am

A United Nations armored vehicle passes displaced people walking towards the U.N. camp in Malakal, South Sudan. President Trump's proposed deep cuts in foreign aid could mark the retreat of U.S. support for South Sudan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump’s ‘soft power’ budget cuts draw hard opposition

Sarah Bedford · March 27, 2017 4:01 am