Tag: Minusextra

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pence: Trump will nominate a ‘strict constructionist’ to the court

Gabby Morrongiello · January 26, 2017 9:35 pm

British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed her hope that President Trump would work with her to strengthen the U.S.-U.K. relationship. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Theresa May compares Brexit to Trump’s victory

Sarah Bedford · January 26, 2017 9:33 pm

"The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for awhile," Bannon said. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

White House aide Stephen Bannon: The media is the ‘opposition party’

Al Weaver · January 26, 2017 9:02 pm

A foreign service labor union on Thursday dismissed worries about brain drain at the State Department, by saying senior diplomats who resign can be replaced easily. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

National Security

State Department union: Senior staff exits are OK

Joel Gehrke · January 26, 2017 8:52 pm

"If you tax that $50 billion [in Mexican imports] at 20 percent of imports...[you can] easily pay for the wall," Spicer said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

White House signals growing support for import tax to pay for the wall

Kyle Feldscher · January 26, 2017 8:42 pm

"He's not a believer in torture," Trump said about Defense Secretary James Mattis. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Pentagon: Mattis is dead-set against waterboarding

Jamie McIntyre · January 26, 2017 8:39 pm

Some journalists and commentators have said there is no benefit for the public in interviewing Conway. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Conway responds to proposed media boycott: I’ll do ‘any show at any time’

Eddie Scarry · January 26, 2017 8:23 pm

Economist and prominent Michigan charter schooling critic Douglas Harris labeled the charter schools situation in the Wolverine State as if it were "Westworld." (Courtesy photo)

Beltway Confidential

Michigan charter schools are not ‘Westworld’

Neal McCluskey · January 26, 2017 8:03 pm

Sylvia Burwell announced Thursday that she is using her transfer authority to reallocate $81 million for anti-Zika efforts, including developing a vaccine for the virus. (AP Photo)

Burwell lands at American University

Robert King · January 26, 2017 8:02 pm

People simply don't see it as the objective evil it is. They see it largely as a faith issue, and that doesn't help win over the secular. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Beltway Confidential

Religion is keeping abortion legal

Thomas McArdle · January 26, 2017 7:59 pm

The proclamation declares Jan. 22 through Jan. 28, 2017 as National School Choice Week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump proclaims this week ‘National School Choice Week’

Jason Russell · January 26, 2017 7:49 pm

Watch: Trump asks, ‘Where the hell is Pompeo?’

Nicole Duran · January 26, 2017 7:47 pm