Tag: Minusextra

Intel ranking member says Congress needs cooperation of FBI to do its own probe. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Schiff: Comey isn’t telling us everything about Russia

Nicole Duran · March 2, 2017 8:30 pm

It's not like Attorney General Jeff Sessions hasn't already thought about recusal. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Why didn’t Jeff Sessions recuse himself earlier?

Byron York · March 2, 2017 8:28 pm

Leftist law professors are trying to influence Congress with a letter to Congress opposing Jeff Sessions as the nominee for attorney general. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

Jeff Sessions to hold press conference at 4 p.m.

Kelly Cohen · March 2, 2017 8:27 pm

The influx has fueled an opioid epidemic that has claimed more lives than gun homicides in the U.S. in 2015.

National Security

State Department: At least 90 percent of heroin destined for the U.S. comes from Mexico

Joel Gehrke · March 2, 2017 8:19 pm

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking to Navy and shipyard personnel aboard nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2017. The ship which is still under construction is due to be delivered to the Navy later this year. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

Trump: Ending sequester will help the Navy ‘control costs’

Sarah Bedford · March 2, 2017 8:10 pm

President Trump won't be speaking at Notre Dame's commencement this year, but Mike Pence will. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

Notre Dame splits the baby, invites Pence to commencement

David Freddoso · March 2, 2017 8:10 pm

"Policymakers should address the debt limit well in advance of the 'X-Date' range if they want to guarantee that the Treasury can continue to pay all of its bills in full and on time," said Shai Akabas, the group's fiscal policy director. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Debt limit could hit same day as government funding runs out

Joseph Lawler · March 2, 2017 7:59 pm

For months, activists have spent their days and nights camped in the Texas desert, keeping careful watch on construction of the Trans-Pecos pipeline, a 148-mile project designed to move natural gas across the border to Mexico. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Beltway Confidential

‘A bunch of good looking kids:’ Rapist pipeline protestor welcomes children into camp

Philip Wegmann · March 2, 2017 7:59 pm

Sessions responded to a question that Franken never asked. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The weirdest aspect of Jeff Sessions’ answer to Al Franken over Russia contacts

Philip Klein · March 2, 2017 7:57 pm

Marine One, with President Donald Trump aboard, lands on nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2017. Trump traveled to Virginia to meet with sailors and shipbuilders on aircraft carrier which is scheduled to be commissioned this year after cost overruns and delays. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

Moody’s: ‘Trump bump’ will revive defense industry

Paul Bedard · March 2, 2017 7:52 pm

"It is imperative we find a way to better screen refugee applicants to maintain national security," Paxton said. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Securities fraud charges against Texas attorney general dismissed

Ryan Lovelace · March 2, 2017 7:46 pm

Women political operatives may have some advantages over men

David M. Drucker · March 2, 2017 7:44 pm