Tag: Minusextra

Senate Democrats deployed an obscure rule on Tuesday to delay a committee vote on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats use procedure to delay Sessions vote again

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2017 6:54 pm

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton says Senate may have to "vote to have the sergeant at arms track them [Senators] down, haul them to work." (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Tom Cotton suggests ordering sergeant at arms to force Dems to vote on nominations

Joseph Lawler · January 31, 2017 6:54 pm

Minority Leader invokes Watergate in criticizing firing of the acting attorney general. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schumer: Trump carried out a ‘Monday night massacre’

Susan Crabtree · January 31, 2017 6:35 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended its decision to remove acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructed her agency not to defend an executive order. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House defends firing Yates after ‘bewildering’ actions

Sarah Bedford · January 31, 2017 6:31 pm

Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman, the two contenders for the Supreme Court nomination, are headed to Washington. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Report: Supreme Court candidates Hardiman, Gorsuch headed to DC

Ryan Lovelace · January 31, 2017 6:31 pm

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pauses while speaking at a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to discuss the operational implementation of the president's executive orders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Kelly: Homeland Security didn’t ignore court order on refugees

Gabby Morrongiello · January 31, 2017 6:31 pm

Puzder's hearing, which had been set for Feb. 7, was abruptly called off Tuesday and a new date has not been set. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate again delays Labor nominee Puzder’s hearing

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2017 6:28 pm

"My staff had no control of the language contained in the president's executive order," Goodlatte said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Goodlatte defends staff work on Trump immigration order

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2017 6:17 pm

"Travelers will be assessed at our border based on the passport they present, not any dual national status," Kevin McAleenan, the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Homeland Security: Dual nationals from allies exempt from Trump’s order

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2017 6:13 pm

Rep. Adam Smith called Trump's civilian hiring freeze and pledge to rebuild the military a "bait-and-switch." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

Top Democrat says Trump’s hiring freeze hurts military maintenance, cyber

Jacqueline Klimas · January 31, 2017 6:09 pm

Hoyer said the past ten days of the Trump presidency have been "authoritarian" in nature. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats: Trump’s immigration order makes him a ‘coward’

Al Weaver · January 31, 2017 6:05 pm

The Trump administration did not quietly amend the language to the Bill of Rights as it appears on the White House website, contrary to a claim spread this week on Twitter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

No, the Trump White House didn’t just rewrite the Bill of Rights

Becket Adams · January 31, 2017 5:51 pm