Tag: Minusextra

Harry Truman lashed out at a Washington Post writer for an unflattering review of his daughter's concert. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett)

Beltway Confidential

Precedented: Trump’s fight for Ivanka’s brand echoes Truman

Michael Barone · February 9, 2017 3:23 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's critique of President Trump's attack on a federal judge should help his confirmation. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Grassley: Gorsuch’s critique of Trump ‘should be very satisfying to Democrats’

Joel Gehrke · February 9, 2017 3:18 pm

Gen. John Nicholson said he is a few thousand NATO troops short to meet his mission to train, advise and assist local forces. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Gen. Nicholson says Afghanistan training mission needs more NATO troops

Jacqueline Klimas · February 9, 2017 3:01 pm

President Trump on Monday appointed Thomas D. Homan to acting director of ICE. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Kelly to border, first move to build wall, stop drug, sex trafficking

Paul Bedard · February 9, 2017 2:37 pm

John McCain and Donald Trump

National Security

Trump rips McCain for criticizing Yemen raid in which SEAL died

Kyle Feldscher · February 9, 2017 2:12 pm

Sen. Richard Blumenthal said that he's standing by his statement that Judge Neil Gorsuch finds the president's criticism of judges "demoralizing." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Blumenthal defends his report on Gorsuch after Trump attack

Kyle Feldscher · February 9, 2017 1:47 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, stands next to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as Sessions speaks during a rally in Madison, Ala. The conservative, confirmed Wednesday as Attorney General, is an anchor of the Trump cabinet. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Washington Secrets

CPAC-ACU: Trump’s Cabinet the most conservative, surpassing Reagan

Paul Bedard · February 9, 2017 1:37 pm

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse confirmed that President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court criticized Trump's comments about federal judges in a private meeting with him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ben Sasse confirms Gorsuch criticized Trump’s ‘so-called judge’ comment

Kyle Feldscher · February 9, 2017 1:31 pm

On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in the previous week. Economists in the private sector had expected jobless claims to tick up to a still-low 250,000. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jobless claims running at 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2017 1:31 pm

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has been named Thursday to the U.S. Senate seat left empty by Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Alabama AG picked to take Sessions’ seat in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2017 1:27 pm

A Democratic senator said Thursday that President Trump is hurting the chances of getting Judge Neil Gorsuch, his Supreme Court pick, confirmed by the Senate by harassing judges over decisions when he disagrees with them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Coons: Trump hurting Gorsuch by criticizing judges

Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2017 1:15 pm

Kellyanne Conway said that there's no bad blood between President Trump and his pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Conway: Trump still backs Gorsuch after his ‘demoralizing’ remark

Kyle Feldscher · February 9, 2017 1:12 pm