Tag: Minusextra

Beltway Confidential

Why Obama needs to go quietly into the night

Scott Jennings · January 8, 2017 12:00 am

Friday marked the latest in a string of hopeless and pitiful last-ditch efforts to thwart the election of President-elect Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Enough with the ‘weird tricks’ to overturn the election

Becket Adams · January 7, 2017 10:44 pm

Russia's Gazprom reported Saturday that daily supplies of natural gas being exported into Western Europe are soaring to record levels due to the cold, pumping 615.5 million cubic meters of natural gas to countries outside of the borders of the former Soviet Union on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Petr Shelomovskiy)

Energy and Environment

Russia cashes in as Europe experiences sub-zero temperatures

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 10:36 pm

"I was terrified that my friend Donald Trump would ask me to be part of his presidential campaign," said Burt Reynolds. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP, File)

Burt Reynolds: Trump ‘having a good time being arrogant’

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 9:52 pm

"There is no friction at all," said Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Secret Service: Trump private security won’t interfere in protecting president

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 9:30 pm

National Security

Military guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns undaunted by snow

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 8:35 pm

The final vote total shows the passage of Kentucky House Bill 1 in the Kentucky Senate, making it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Lawmakers vote to make Kentucky 27th right-to-work state

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 7:29 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed a letter he received from Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub, which said a number of Trump's nominees for his Cabinet have not yet completed the ethics review process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats: Senate Republicans should delay ‘rushed’ confirmation hearings

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 7:19 pm

he official, whose name was not disclosed, was seen in surveillance video that shows the gunman stalking the official in a parking garage, according to the Associated Press. (Photo courtesy of the U.S consulate)

National Security

US official shot in Mexico

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 6:44 pm

President-elect Trump's pick to be his senior director of strategic communications, Monica Crowley, plagiarized several passages in a 2012 book she wrote, according to a report Saturday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump communications pick accused of plagiarism

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 6:34 pm

Hillary Clinton is looking into a run for mayor of New York City after failing to win her presidential bid in 2016, according to a report. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Report: Clinton mulls run for New York City mayor

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 5:56 pm

National Security

FBI: Florida shooter came to commit ‘horrific attack’

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 5:00 pm