Tag: Minusextra

Federal law enforcement agents seized 44 illegal immigrants hiding out in a stash house in Donna, Texas, this week, Customs and Border Protection said Friday. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

Report: Trump team wants Congress, not Mexico to fund border wall

Anna Giaritelli · January 6, 2017 2:28 am

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin praised President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, saying he has the "right experience" for the job. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Energy and Environment

Manchin: Trump’s EPA pick is ‘right’ for the job

John Siciliano · January 6, 2017 2:15 am

Obama and Trump's at first surprisingly cordial rapport has devolved into an occasionally bitter public feud. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Report: Trump orders Obama-appointed ambassadors to leave posts by inauguration

Caitlin Yilek · January 6, 2017 2:07 am

According to his daily schedule, Vice President Joe Biden is slated to sign the drawer of the desk in his Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located next to the West Wing on the White House grounds, at 4:20 p.m. (Photo courtesy of the White House)

Joe Biden to leave his mark on desk drawer

Daniel Chaitin · January 6, 2017 1:55 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said on Thursday that he would accept a potential nomination if President-elect Trump named him to the land's highest court. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mike Lee ‘would not say no’ if Trump nominated him for Supreme Court

Anna Giaritelli · January 6, 2017 1:30 am

More than half of Democrats want President-elect Trump to succeed as commander in chief. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Majority of Democrats want Trump to succeed

Anna Giaritelli · January 6, 2017 1:19 am

The bill would require a joint resolution and the president's signature before any regulatory agency can finalize new "major" rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP moves to check federal regulators

Nicole Duran · January 6, 2017 1:10 am

National Security

James Woolsey exits Trump transition team: ‘I didn’t want to fly under false colors’

Anna Giaritelli · January 6, 2017 12:51 am

National Security

House rebukes Obama, UN over Israel vote

Joel Gehrke · January 6, 2017 12:10 am

New technologies raise questions about our legal rights in the digital age. (Photo by Casey Rodgers/Invision for Microsoft/AP Images)

Criminals in 2017 may have to commit crime like it’s 1999

Arthur Rizer, Zach Graves · January 6, 2017 12:00 am

If we misunderstand the energy policies of the past, we won't get the future right either. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Liberals should understand the Department of Energy before defending it

Peter Grossman · January 6, 2017 12:00 am

"I think they should see who they nominate and vote on them." (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Biden to Senate Dems: Give Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a vote

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2017 11:52 pm