Tag: Minusextra

Forecasters had expected claims to rebound after hitting an ultra-low 234,000 in the first week of February. (Patti Blake/News Herald via AP)

Jobless claims hover at ultra-low 239,000

Joseph Lawler · February 16, 2017 1:31 pm

Sen. Rand Paul said that Mike Flynn needs to be investigated and prosecuted if he broke the law, but some attention needs to be given to the role the intelligence community played in bringing him down. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

National Security

Paul: Leaks that brought down Flynn threaten ‘free society’

Kyle Feldscher · February 16, 2017 1:24 pm

Trump: ‘This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine’

Alex Pappas · February 16, 2017 1:15 pm

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., blamed Obama administration officials who still work in the government for the leaks that have plagued the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

House intel chairman blames old Obama officials for leaks

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2017 12:59 pm

President Trump said the media should apologize for writing about leaks from his administration, and promised to catch the leakers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump promises to catch ‘low-life leakers’

Kyle Feldscher · February 16, 2017 12:35 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's not sure if the sequester will survive in the new Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell not sure if budget ‘sequester’ survives this year

Susan Ferrechio · February 16, 2017 12:28 pm

The eyes of the labor world were on Boeing's 3,000 workers in South Carolina this week as nearly 95 percent of them turned out to vote in an election on whether they wanted to be represented by the International Association of Machinists. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Join the union? Boeing’s S.C. workers say ‘hell no’

David Freddoso · February 16, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump on Thursday took credit for rising optimism that is fueling a surge in stock prices. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump talks up stock market performance

Kyle Feldscher · February 16, 2017 11:46 am

Hugh Hewitt to Republicans: Get your head out of the Wall Street Journal

David M. Drucker · February 16, 2017 11:21 am

New GOP poll gives Trump high marks for delivering positive change

David M. Drucker · February 16, 2017 11:00 am

The political right just doesn't do boycotts very well — or often. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

To boycott or not to boycott

Robert Ehrlich · February 16, 2017 5:04 am

Roger Stone, political consultant for President Trump, has been banned from multiple television networks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Roger Stone: CNN ‘cowards’ won’t interview me

Eddie Scarry · February 16, 2017 5:01 am