Tag: Minusextra

Washington Secrets

Obama regs cost $164 billion, 11,500 jobs, ‘midnight rules’ to add $30 billion

Paul Bedard · January 10, 2017 4:11 pm

"I'm stepping beyond my bailiwick, but it's quite amazing to me when I think of the hoops I had to jump through with respect to papers submitted and documentation and tax returns and a whole bunch of things," John Kerry said. "Suddenly, that's gone 'poof' and it's not as important." (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

National Security

Kerry: Trump’s Cabinet skimping on ethics info

Joel Gehrke · January 10, 2017 4:00 pm

People are signing up for Obamacare at a higher pace than last year, with more than 11.5 million individuals applying for coverage. (Bloomberg Photo)

Obamacare signups pass 11 million

Robert King · January 10, 2017 4:00 pm

Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., on Tuesday rehung a high school student's painting in the Capitol that depicts police as pigs. (Kelly Cohen/Washington Examiner)

‘Cops as Pigs’ painting becomes political skirmish

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2017 3:55 pm

Attorney general-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions pledged to recuse himself on any investigations related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sessions will recuse himself on Hillary Clinton investigations

Susan Crabtree · January 10, 2017 3:54 pm

Susan English, foreground, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, applauds Clinton's televised concession speech, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at the Maugus Restaurant in Wellesley, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Washington Secrets

Liberalism reached new high in 2016 and still lost

Paul Bedard · January 10, 2017 3:48 pm

Sessions tells Judiciary Committee: ‘I abhor the Klan’

Ryan Lovelace · January 10, 2017 3:47 pm

There were just 1.3 jobless workers for every advertised job opening in November, the Department of Labor announced Tuesday, a level not seen before this year in 16 years. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Unemployed workers per job opening falls to lowest level since 2001

Joseph Lawler · January 10, 2017 3:46 pm

Backpage.com, regarded as the Internet's top space for selling sex, concealed evidence of criminality, including underage prostitution, a Senate investigation unveiled. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Bipartisan investigation reveals Backpage.com covered up signs of child sex trafficking

Kyle Feldscher · January 10, 2017 3:44 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said that Republicans plan to pass an Obamacare repeal measure later this year that will also include provisions to replace the law. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Speaker Ryan: Goal is to repeal and replace Obamacare ‘concurrently’

Susan Ferrechio · January 10, 2017 3:43 pm

Sen. Jeff Sessions has clashed with tech companies who want cheaper labor, while Sen. Cory Booker got rich off Silicon Valley while in office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Booker vs. Sessions: A Wall Street-backed corporatist vs a populist

Timothy P. Carney · January 10, 2017 3:38 pm

She never had a candidate in mind, it turns out, just "likely an African-American," as reported in Mike Allen's newsletter today. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

‘Likely an African-American,’ Clinton saw EPA as opportunity for quota-filling

Philip Wegmann · January 10, 2017 3:37 pm