Tag: Minusextra

Walker gained national attention when he took on the unions with right-to-work legislation. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Walker’s proposed welfare reforms are an exciting example for the rest of the country

Tarren Bragdon · February 23, 2017 1:00 am

"This wasn't an artificial crowd. It wasn't manufactured. It was real people with real concerns." (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford shoots down White House claim of ‘manufactured’ town hall crowds

Anna Giaritelli · February 23, 2017 12:23 am

Under Trump's guidance, states will now be able to individually interpret whether the protections under the Education Amendments Act's Title IX apply to transgender students. (iStock photo)

Trump removes Obama-era transgender bathroom guidelines

Kelly Cohen, Ryan Lovelace · February 23, 2017 12:09 am

The fact that trolley lines can't be easily or inexpensively moved, as bus lines can, means that entrepreneurs will build bars and restaurants on trolley-served streets, which D.C.'s H Street N.E. will be if the proposed trolley line is up and operating. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

A year after opening, DC Streetcar is just an expensive relic of the past

David Williams · February 23, 2017 12:00 am

The first congressional recess of the new Congress is playing out exactly how a group of dejected former Democratic Hill staffers had hoped in the wake of President Trump's victory. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Liberals copy Tea Party tactics to protest Trump at town halls

Nicole Duran · February 22, 2017 11:50 pm

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh skewered what he called the double standard of the Left. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Rush Limbaugh: If Milo were liberal he’d be emceeing the Oscars

Mairead McArdle · February 22, 2017 11:49 pm

The order was originally expected to come this week, amid a legal battle over language in the previous order. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

White House postpones travel ban order until next week

Sarah Bedford · February 22, 2017 11:48 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., on Wednesday met with Pope Francis in Vatican City to discuss the millions of refugees from countries in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Kaine, Pope Francis talk refugees during Vatican City meeting

Anna Giaritelli · February 22, 2017 11:10 pm

Some protesters left the North Dakota encampment as a federal deadline approached, while others set fires. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Energy and Environment

Dakota Access protesters set fire to camp

John Siciliano · February 22, 2017 11:05 pm

The online trolling from Democrats follows several weeks of protesters and angry crowds inundating town halls. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hillary Clinton roasts Republicans who ‘can’t take the heat’ of town halls

Daniel Chaitin · February 22, 2017 10:35 pm

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Bernanke's book, "The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath," went on sale in bookstores Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Ben Bernanke spotted at White House

Joseph Lawler · February 22, 2017 9:45 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made a surprise visit to Syria to meet with coalition forces fighting against ISIS, according to a new report. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

National Security

Report: McCain traveled to Syria

Joel Gehrke · February 22, 2017 9:42 pm