Tag: Minusextra

"AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself," Chaffetz tweeted Thursday morning. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Jason Chaffetz calls on Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Russia probes

Sarah Bedford · March 2, 2017 1:53 pm

"I've been on the Armed Services Com for 10 years. No call or meeting w/Russian ambassador. Ever," McCaskill tweeted. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Claire McCaskill: Meeting with Russians not a regular part of the job for Armed Services members

Kelly Cohen · March 2, 2017 1:48 pm

New applications for unemployment benefits fell to 223,000 for the week, well below investors' expectations for 245,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Jobless claims plunge to lowest level since 1973

Joseph Lawler · March 2, 2017 1:35 pm

It’s high time to end the notion that USAID is an independent agency. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Beltway Confidential

Cutting foreign aid will make the world safer

James Jay Carafano · March 2, 2017 1:35 pm

"I have not met with any Russians at any time to discuss any political campaign. And those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false," he said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sessions: ‘I will recuse myself’ from investigations when appropriate

Pete Kasperowicz · March 2, 2017 1:00 pm

Trump supporter: Sessions revelation ‘gives me some pause’

Pete Kasperowicz · March 2, 2017 12:33 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., joined other Democrats in demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions resign after reports that he had two contacts with Russian officials. Sessions has said those contacts were informal and had nothing to do with the Trump campaign. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Elizabeth Warren calls for Jeff Sessions to resign ‘now’

Susan Crabtree · March 2, 2017 12:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

The time for ‘small thinking’ on paid family leave is over

Hadley Heath Manning · March 2, 2017 12:00 pm

Even after the most successful speech of President Trump's political career, questions about how he plans to govern remain. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The questions President Trump left unanswered

W. James Antle III · March 2, 2017 5:24 am

Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., speaks with members of the media during a news conference at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The budget committee game plan for 2017 – tackling big problems with bold solutions

Chairman Diane Black · March 2, 2017 5:04 am

History buffs regale us with sordid tales of libel, slander and methods of reputational damage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A downward spiral

Robert Ehrlich · March 2, 2017 5:03 am

The president has been largely absent from the legislative process. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

GOP wants newly focused Trump to discipline the caucus

David M. Drucker · March 2, 2017 5:01 am