Tag: Minusextra

The president's defense spending request comes weeks after he promised to provide better resources to military personnel. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Trump to ask for $54 billion increase in defense spending

Gabby Morrongiello · February 27, 2017 4:08 pm

"In other words, maybe he shouldn't tweet out every thought he has," Sean Hannity said. "Maybe he's a little too sensitive at times, I think." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sean Hannity: Trump ‘a little too sensitive at times’

Eddie Scarry · February 27, 2017 4:05 pm

In the very same fact check of Trump's claim, Politifact explicitly verified it, writing, "The numbers check out." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Politifact calling a literally true Trump claim ‘Mostly False’ shows fact-checkers’ limitations

Emily Jashinsky · February 27, 2017 4:04 pm

Trump discussed healthcare, taxes, infrastructure spending, trade and border security in a speech during the National Governors Association meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump previews ‘lean’ budget, Obamacare replacement plans

Sarah Bedford · February 27, 2017 4:00 pm

"The pressure on my family was really pretty tremendous," Puzder said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Puzder describes family threats, ‘intense disappointment’ after failed nomination

Al Weaver · February 27, 2017 3:18 pm

Relying on character assassination rather than substantive discussion will not win the policy debate. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

The bizarre campaign against Trump aide Seb Gorka

Michael Rubin · February 27, 2017 3:10 pm

National Governors Association Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks at a dinner reception for the governors during the annual National Governors Association winter meeting Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Washington Secrets

Virginia Gov. McAuliffe: ‘I might’ run for president

Paul Bedard · February 27, 2017 3:10 pm

"Where would you find the olive branch in the first six weeks? I haven't seen it," Durbin said. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Durbin says Trump is doing nothing to unite the country

Kyle Feldscher · February 27, 2017 3:03 pm

Trump set to remake FEC, name all commissioners

Paul Bedard · February 27, 2017 3:00 pm

"I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy," Bush said. "We need an independent media to hold people like me to account. Power can be vindictive and corrosive, and we need the media to call out people who abuse their power." (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Bush disagrees with Trump, says press not an ‘enemy’

Kyle Feldscher · February 27, 2017 1:44 pm

In an interview with Politico published Monday, Brazile, a former CNN contributor, acknowledged the emails "allegedly" show her passing advantageous information to Clinton's campaign. She said, however, that those emails don't show full context. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Brazile: I ‘allegedly’ sent CNN questions to Clinton team

Eddie Scarry · February 27, 2017 1:35 pm

Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Jimmy Kimmel’s serious Oscar comment about putting aside differences and talking to one another as Americans

Madeleine Morgenstern · February 27, 2017 1:01 pm