Tag: Minusextra

President Trump and congressional Republicans speak with one voice in arguing that, to boost economic growth, which has been feeble for years, credit must flow more easily to businesses. (Illustration by Nate Beeler for the Washington Examiner)

Banks ready to break free from regulations under Trump

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

If North Korea were to make good on its threat to develop a missile with the range to strike the U.S. mainland, commanders would rely on a layer of the missile shield which consists of 36 interceptor missiles at Fort Greely, Ala., and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (AP Photo)

Can the US shoot down North Korean missiles?

Jamie McIntyre · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

This year, North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx, 73, became the first woman to take up the gavel of the House Education and Workforce Committee since New Jersey Democrat Mary Teresa Norton in 1947. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is on a quest to roll back Obama’s workplace rules

Sean Higgins · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

President Trump told congressional lawmakers that in addition to securing the border, he wants the United States to utilize a merit-based immigration system. (AP Photo)

Trump revives immigration debate on Capitol Hill

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, confers with Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Top 5 lawmakers to watch in the Dodd-Frank repeal

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Alabama is the only state in the country that allows its judges to override juries on death penalty and life sentences, though the order is more often used in favor of capital punishment.

Alabama looks to end its last-in-the-US death penalty policy

Anna Giaritelli · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Opponents of the wall say it would be a nearly impossible feat of engineering to build a wall along the entire border. The Rio Grande makes up much of the border, while the rest travels through barren desert and rugged mountains. (AP Photo)

Democrats’ new strategy to stop Trump’s wall: It will hurt the environment

Kyle Feldscher · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Top consultants say the Trump agenda needs to be paired with a longer-term strategy that looks at more advanced technology such as carbon capture and storage, or CCS, which strips carbon pollution from coal plant emissions. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s coal council to drill down on advanced technology

John Siciliano · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., issued an apology late Sunday for a joke he told last week about a photo showing White House adviser Kellyanne Conway kneeling on a sofa in the Oval Office as President Trump met with leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Champion for women’ Rep. Cedric Richmond apologizes for joke about Kellyanne Conway kneeling on a couch

Daniel Chaitin · March 6, 2017 3:54 am

North Korea launched four ballistic missiles in the direction of Japan's territorial waters on Sunday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

North Korea fires four ballistic missiles

Joel Gehrke · March 6, 2017 3:45 am

As the country grows wealthier, the amount of resources available to devote to protecting the environment and invest in energy-saving technologies grows. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)

Beltway Confidential

Sorry, Huffington Post: Economic growth really will help solve ‘that whole environment thing’

Andrew Wilford · March 6, 2017 1:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The EPA must be more forthcoming about who they use as sources for their regulations — here’s how

merritt-lander, Robert Henneke · March 6, 2017 12:00 am