Tag: Minusextra

Beltway Confidential

‘This is library!’ Watch as UW Trump protesters get shut down

David Freddoso · January 23, 2017 8:38 pm

The opportunity for CNN to ask a question came well into the event and after many of the network's competitors had been called upon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CNN gets a question in at first White House brief under Trump

Eddie Scarry · January 23, 2017 8:21 pm

Former President Barack Obama boards a Marine helicopter during a departure ceremony the East Front of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, after Donald Trump was inaugurated (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Obama jammed 1 year’s worth of regulations in last 2 months

Paul Bedard · January 23, 2017 8:20 pm

As abortion rights providers and groups have demonstrated time after time, their baseline is this: We are the summit (and the foundation) of women’s rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Beltway Confidential

Abortion providers have an absurd baseline on foreign aid for abortions

Helen Alvaré · January 23, 2017 8:20 pm

Jesse Jackson has long been a Democratic stalwart and a major voice in the party. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Keith Ellison picks up Jesse Jackson endorsement for DNC chairman

Kyle Feldscher · January 23, 2017 8:18 pm

President Trump issued a notice of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House sends pro-trade signal with talk of bilateral deals

Sarah Bedford · January 23, 2017 8:12 pm

Experts cautioned defense industry not to get overly excited for the increased defense budgets predicted under President Trump because it's unlikely the proposed numbers can actually pass Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Higher defense spending under Trump is far from a done deal, experts say

Jacqueline Klimas · January 23, 2017 7:54 pm

He first called on the New York Post. Then, the Christian Broadcasting Network. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Spicer skips over mainstream media in first briefing

Pete Kasperowicz · January 23, 2017 7:47 pm

The Pentagon says U.S. airstrikes have taken out 143 of the boats that the Islamic State uses. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

National Security

US blasts 10 ISIS boats out of the water in Iraq

Jamie McIntyre · January 23, 2017 7:47 pm

The Washington Post reported that the Spanish-language site on the White House page had disappeared under Trump. (Image courtesy screenshot/web.archive.org)

Spicer indicates Spanish-language White House page coming soon

Pete Kasperowicz · January 23, 2017 7:29 pm

Also defends his integrity, saying White House seeks never to lie to the press. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Spicer stands by statement that Trump’s inauguration audience was largest ever

Sarah Bedford · January 23, 2017 7:28 pm

Under the three-pronged proposal, states could keep the law's main tenets in place, replace its subsidies and Medicaid expansion with money that goes directly to tax-free health savings accounts or design their own health reform without any federal assistance. (iStock photo)

New Obamacare replacement proposal leaves repeal up to states

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 23, 2017 7:23 pm