Tag: Minusextra

Will the Supreme Court take-up the issue of whether Congress can award government contracts on the basis of race? (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Will the Supreme Court finally get it right on race?

William Perry Pendley · March 1, 2017 6:35 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called President Trump's speech Tuesday "probably one of his finest moments." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Labor warms to Trump on immigration

Sean Higgins · March 1, 2017 6:34 pm

"Trump's been very, very anti-union," the AFL-CIO president said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

How much will the unions cozy up to Trump?

David Freddoso · March 1, 2017 6:26 pm

Not enough GOP members present to support Seema Verma's nomination. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Republicans stall on approving Obamacare chief Seema Verma

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 1, 2017 6:12 pm

White House officials expressed support Wednesday for the "clean reauthorization" of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a law that establishes procedures on how the government can collect electronic communications.

White House backs ‘clean reauthorization’ of surveillance law

Gabby Morrongiello · March 1, 2017 6:10 pm

Stocks surged and the dollar strengthened as markets priced in expectations about growth and earnings. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow surges past 21,000 in wake of Trump speech

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2017 5:53 pm

The Trump White House appears completely uninterested in waging the culture wars that defined the last sixteen years. (Washington Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Republican Rebranding: Trump completely skips social issues

Philip Wegmann · March 1, 2017 5:48 pm

Russian jets bombed an area of northern Syria Tuesday killing an undisclosed number of U.S.-backed Syrian fighters. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

National Security

Pentagon: Russian jets bombed U.S.-backed fighters in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · March 1, 2017 5:47 pm

"Ms. Conway has acknowledged her understanding of the standards" and will abide by them. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House: Conway plugged Ivanka Trump brand ‘inadvertently’

Sarah Bedford · March 1, 2017 5:32 pm

Spicer said critics are missing the point by arguing that her appearance was just a good photo op for Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Spicer rejects complaints that fallen SEAL’s widow was a ‘prop’

Gabby Morrongiello · March 1, 2017 5:32 pm

Special election results in Connecticut and Delaware confirm the recent surge in Democratic interest in voting and activism. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Beltway Confidential

Special elections: Increased Dem turnout shows midterm headwinds already howling for Republicans

David Freddoso · March 1, 2017 5:32 pm

This booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Lee Robert Moore. Federal authorities say Moore, a Secret Service agent from Maryland, sent obscene images and texts to someone he thought was a young Delaware girl, sometimes doing it while on duty at the White House. (Delaware Department of Justice via AP)

Secret Service officer pleads guilty to sexting, photo exchanges with minors

Kyle Feldscher · March 1, 2017 5:21 pm