Tag: Minusextra

"The Office of Government Ethics letter makes crystal clear that the transition team's collusion with Senate Republicans to jam through these cabinet nominees before they've been thoroughly vetted is unprecedented," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schumer: Trump team and GOP senators colluding on Cabinet nominees

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 4:29 pm

"When I am President, Russia will respect us far more than they do now," said President-elect Trump. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

National Security

Trump: Only ‘stupid’ people think good relationship with Russia is bad

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 3:35 pm

National Security

5,000 National Guard troops will be deployed for Trump swearing in

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 3:24 pm

The operations performed by WikiLeaks, led by founder Julian Assange, became a major point of discussion during and after the presidential election. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

WikiLeaks disavows verified account after doxxing tweet

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 3:13 pm

"Particularly in these times, this designation is simply the right and obvious thing to do," said Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feds will guard voting machines after Russian hack

John Siciliano · January 7, 2017 2:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Six questions about the Russia hacking report

Byron York · January 7, 2017 2:24 pm

The Obama administration is at work planning for humanity's survival in the event of an asteroid impact. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The White House has a plan to handle dangerous asteroids

David Freddoso · January 7, 2017 2:00 pm

Newly released emails show the Office of Government Ethics sometimes struggled to make contact with the Trump transition team, according to a report released early Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Report: Ethics office had trouble connecting with Trump team

Daniel Chaitin · January 7, 2017 1:57 pm

Washington Secrets

Cops: 4 of 5 charged in MS-13 murder are illegals

Paul Bedard · January 7, 2017 1:52 pm

Barbed wire surrounds the site of a cancelled Ford auto manufacturing plant, one day after the U.S. auto company announced the project was called off, in Villa de Reyes, outside San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. The perception in this region was largely that President-elect Donald Trump, who had promised for months to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. while at the same time disparaging Mexicans, had made good before even settling into the White House. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Washington Secrets

PEOTUS Report Card: Trump Tower is Trump Power

Paul Bedard · January 7, 2017 1:17 pm

During his time in Congress, Coats served on the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump officially names Dan Coats his director of national intelligence

Alex Pappas · January 7, 2017 11:43 am

President Obama will break tradition next week to deliver his farewell speech outside of the beltway, a move he said on Saturday is meant as a salute to the town that gave him his start in politics. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Why Obama is bucking tradition to deliver a Chicago farewell address

Anna Giaritelli · January 7, 2017 11:00 am