Tag: Minusextra

Wall Street Journal: Refugee ban ‘no doubt legal’

Eddie Scarry · January 30, 2017 2:49 pm

Two creditable sources argue that the president has powers that go well beyond what is generally recognized. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Two really audacious proposals for Trump and the Republicans

Michael Barone · January 30, 2017 2:37 pm

Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Secrets

‘Taxpayers First’ in Trump White House

Paul Bedard · January 30, 2017 1:52 pm

President Trump will announce his pick for the open Supreme Court justice position at 8 p.m. Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump to announce Supreme Court pick Tuesday

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 1:49 pm

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., argued that President Trump's executive order on immigration would ultimately "get Americans killed" because it would boost the notion that America is at war with Muslims. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrat: Trump’s temporary immigrant ban will ‘get Americans killed’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2017 1:27 pm

Starbucks plans to hire 10,000 refugees at its locations around the world in the next five years, CEO Howard Schultz announced during the uproar over President Trump's ban on Syrian refugees entering the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Starbucks plans to hire 10,000 refugees in stores around the world

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 1:24 pm

White House aide Stephen Miller said that the temporary immigration ban shouldn't surprise anyone because President Trump is doing what he promised to do on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

White House aide: Trump’s immigration order shouldn’t surprise anyone

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 1:11 pm

President Trump signed an executive order for border security and immigration enforcement improvements. The executive order explicitly banned immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for at least 90 days. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump says immigration order needed to stop ‘bad dudes’

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 12:49 pm

President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. This set off a whirlwind of protests in major cities and in airports around the country where refugees and immigrants were being stopped by Customs and Border Protection agents. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Iraqi parliament votes to ban US travelers in response to Trump’s ban

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 12:28 pm

All human beings subconsciously seek out data that sustain their prejudices.

The Left loves fake news

Dan Hannan · January 30, 2017 5:05 am

President Barack Obama took it upon himself to recreate the United States in his own image. He acted often in spite of Congress and without constitutional authority. He quipped. He clawed. He pontificated until the primary check on his audacity was his own sense of shame. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lawlessness is Obama’s real legacy

Ken Paxton · January 30, 2017 5:04 am

NIST issued revisions to the 2014 framework just before the Obama administration left office this month, and this process won't be affected by President Trump's executive order freezing regulatory actions.

Pieces of Trump’s cyber policy coming into focus

Charlie Mitchell · January 30, 2017 5:01 am