Tag: Minusextra

Meryl Streep poses in the press room with the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards Jan. 8, 2017, where she called out President Trump. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Washington Secrets

Oscars warned: ‘Diss Trump and face a theater boycott

Paul Bedard · February 23, 2017 1:57 pm

Private-sector forecasters had anticipated that jobless claims would gently rise from an ultra-low 239,000 the week before to 244,000. (Patti Blake/News Herald via AP)

Jobless claims rise to 244,000, running at lowest in four decades

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2017 1:32 pm

Beltway Confidential

Republican governors call for welfare reform at state level

Philip Wegmann · February 23, 2017 1:25 pm

"It's a 'build you up to tear you down' kind of town," Kellyanne Conway said. "That's OK. I'm focused on why we're here." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Conway says she gets ‘different set of questions’ on TV

Kyle Feldscher · February 23, 2017 1:17 pm

Rather than raise revenues through the border adjustment, also referred to as an import tax, Gramm wrote that Republicans should accept a higher corporate tax rate than the 20 percent rate they are currently targeting. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Phil Gramm rips GOP’s import tax plans

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2017 1:10 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that he's worried about the government-sponsored bank subsidizing big business. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mnuchin warns against Ex-Im subsidizing ‘certain large corporations’

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2017 12:52 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested that the eventual legislative product would be a "combined plan." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mnuchin: Tax reform by August

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2017 12:37 pm

VA secretary: Some employees are ‘going to be fired’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 23, 2017 12:24 pm

Why are Evangelicals loyal to Trump? He’s on their side.

David M. Drucker · February 23, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump may have an opportunity to attract the Olympics to the U.S. for the first time in decades. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Olympic bid offers Trump a symbolic chance at ‘winning again’

Sarah Bedford · February 23, 2017 5:11 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that the Palestinians recognize the Jewish state and insists on ensuring that all of Israel's security needs are met. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The two-state solution: With caution for Israel

Eli Hazan · February 23, 2017 5:05 am

Lawmakers say the protesters at town halls are being paid by Democratic activists, so they're going virtual. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Republicans turn to the telephone to avoid hostile crowds

Robert King · February 23, 2017 5:01 am