Tag: Minusextra

Sen. Chris Murphy tweeted that "Public schools weren't a 'dead end' for me, my parents, my wife, or my kids," as the Democrats opposed and delayed Betsy DeVos' nomination to be the education secretary. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

White guy from wealthy suburban high school comes out against school choice

Timothy P. Carney · February 7, 2017 3:06 pm

Obama joins Richard Branson for kitesurfing in the Caribbean (VIDEO)

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:59 pm

Security personnel stand guard at the site of a suicide attack on the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. A suicide bomber on Tuesday targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

20 dead in explosion near US Embassy in Kabul

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:49 pm

"Right now, we have a legal immigration system that is not working for American workers," Cotton said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Cotton wants to crack down on legal immigration

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:48 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said Friday he supports the Trump administration's tougher new policy against North Korea. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP lawmaker: ‘What’s another 90 days’ to refugees who’ve waited years to come to US?

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:38 pm

The handles of a shower are seen during a tour of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary holding facility near the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Donna, Texas. The tent facility, primarily to be used as a temporary holding site for children and families who have entered the county illegally, is due to process up to 500 people a day. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Illegals lodge 13,000 complaints about their amnesty ‘rights,’ long lines

Paul Bedard · February 7, 2017 2:31 pm

The White House has tapped a veteran top aide to House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve as its chief liaison to the House of Representatives. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

White House chooses Ryan aide to head House lobbying shop

David M. Drucker · February 7, 2017 2:12 pm

Hillary Clinton is inserting herself back into the spotlight, urging women to stand up for their "rights, opportunities and values." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Clinton says women wondering whether their rights will ‘endure’

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 1:35 pm

A Democratic senator thinks the 24-hour Senate-floor speechifying against Betsy Devos, nominee for secretary of education, won't end up bearing fruit. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Democratic senator doesn’t expect to defeat DeVos

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 1:07 pm

President Trump tweeted, "I don't know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and the haters are going crazy - yet Obama can make a deal with Iran, #1 in terror, no problem!" (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Trump: ‘The haters’ won’t get over me and Putin, whom ‘I don’t know’

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 12:23 pm

Enter Sens. Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders to wax eloquent on Obamacare and to personify the political battles we're met with on social media. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Three things to expect from the Cruz vs. Sanders healthcare debate

Beverly Hallberg · February 7, 2017 12:00 pm

Chuck Schumer knows he can count on Tammy Baldwin during the brawl. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

If Democrats defeat Neil Gorsuch, they could kick Republicans out of Wisconsin

Philip Wegmann · February 7, 2017 12:00 pm