Tag: Minusextra

Paul Beeson, director of DHS' Joint Task Force —" West, told the House Homeland Security Committee that the government continues to face challenges at the border and within the U.S. due to the expanding "reach and influence" of these cartels. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan)

Homeland Security: Drug cartel clout ‘stretches across and beyond’ the border

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2017 5:46 pm

Rule expanded who must automatically be entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Beltway Confidential

Blatant media dishonesty on Republicans letting the mentally ill get guns

Becket Adams · February 16, 2017 5:44 pm

The resolution repeals the Interior Department's Stream Protection Rule, which critics said was rushed out in the waning weeks of the Obama administration, piling on strict new rules for the coal mining industry. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Trump signs bill repealing Obama’s last-minute coal rule

John Siciliano · February 16, 2017 5:38 pm

According to Big Labor, the Labor Department exists to promote organized labor. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Puzder’s withdrawal was a win for Big Labor

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · February 16, 2017 5:35 pm

By fiscal 2019, the F-35A, which takes off and lands on runways, will cost between $80-85 million each. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

National Security

F-35 price expected to drop to about $80 million per plane by fiscal 2019

Jacqueline Klimas · February 16, 2017 5:34 pm

A pair of Russian Su-24 jets pass within close proximity of the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter while the ship conducts routine maritime operations in international waters. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

National Security

Navy releases photos of Russian jets buzzing destroyer

Washington Examiner · February 16, 2017 5:26 pm

"I believe David Friedman deserves the support of this committee and the full Senate," a former senator told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while introducing Friedman at his confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Joe Lieberman: ‘A shame’ if Democrats oppose Trump’s ambassador to Israel

Joel Gehrke · February 16, 2017 5:18 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP to introduce health insurance reform plan after next week

Susan Ferrechio · February 16, 2017 5:08 pm

WATCH LIVE: President Trump holds a press conference to announce his new labor secretary nominee

Washington Examiner Staff · February 16, 2017 5:07 pm

R. Alexander Acosta would bring a wealth of law and labor experience to the job. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump taps dean Alexander Acosta, Florida law school dean, as new Labor nominee

Sean Higgins · February 16, 2017 5:05 pm

The Women's March announced this week its much-anticipated "general strike" will be March 8.

Beltway Confidential

Is the Women’s March rejecting ‘lean-in feminism’?

Emily Jashinsky · February 16, 2017 5:05 pm

oto, Seema Verma, President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, refused to endorse giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

CMS pick won’t commit to Medicare drug price negotiations

Robert King · February 16, 2017 4:59 pm