Tag: Minusextra

Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.

Democrats come out against Mnuchin ahead of vote

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2017 8:43 pm

More than 100 agency officials are internally protesting the president's order on immigration. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Spicer to State officials on immigration: ‘Get with the program’ or go

Gabby Morrongiello · January 30, 2017 8:28 pm

The decision on whether to fly a U.S. Navy SEAL team into a remote area of Yemen at the risk of American lives, or to attack with drones from a safe distance away, fell to President Trump, just seven days in office. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump gave the OK on risky commando raid in Yemen

Jamie McIntyre · January 30, 2017 8:20 pm

U.S. Army soldiers, right, and Polish Army soldiers stand in front of their vehicles as they wait for the opening of their joint exercise in Poland. (AP Photo/Krzysztof Zatycki)

National Security

‘God bless American President Trump’: NATO trains with Polish military

Joel Gehrke · January 30, 2017 8:14 pm

Anyone who responded to the survey did so before the spike in media coverage over the weekend. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Beltway Confidential

Be skeptical of an outdated survey showing support for a refugee ban

Jason Russell · January 30, 2017 8:09 pm

From left, White House Senior Advisers Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn are seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, during a meeting between President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Media Scream: CNN’s Amanpour calls Bannon ‘Totalitarian’

Paul Bedard · January 30, 2017 7:57 pm

"The statement was written with the help of an individual who's both Jewish and the descendant of Holocaust survivors," Spicer said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: Criticism of Holocaust statement is ‘pathetic’

Sarah Bedford · January 30, 2017 7:51 pm

Tom Price was one of fewer than 20 U.S. investors who were invited last year to buy stock at a reduced price from Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd., an Australian biotech company, according to a report published Monday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Tom Price got special access to discounted stock, company says

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 30, 2017 7:40 pm

Wynn is a close friend of Trump, after years of animosity, and is estimated to be worth about $2.4 billion. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Report: Steve Wynn will be new RNC finance chairman

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 7:36 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up paperwork about the National Security Council as he speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Spicer: Report that Joint Chiefs, DNI downgraded at NSC ‘utter nonsense’

Sarah Bedford · January 30, 2017 7:33 pm

Most consumers would rather take a cab than listen to Lyft moralize about presidential politics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lyft’s virtue signaling threatens to wreck the car service

Philip Wegmann · January 30, 2017 7:32 pm

It all but guarantees that Obamacare will live on indefinitely in states that choose to maintain the status quo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Cassidy-Collins plan is a poor excuse for Obamacare replacement

Sally Pipes · January 30, 2017 7:32 pm