Tag: Minusextra

The citizens of the countries that make up the EU have very little in common culturally or economically. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Beltway Confidential

Babbling on in Brussels

Daniel Allott · January 5, 2017 8:37 pm

Pension costs have long been the unsung villain behind many states' and municipalities' fiscal problems. In California and other states, they have been exacerbated by politically motivated investment decisions and anemic annual returns compared to both the market and their over-optimistic projections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Beltway Confidential

Courts giving California the green light for needed pension reforms

David Freddoso · January 5, 2017 8:22 pm

The DNI post is one of the three remaining Cabinet-level positions the president-elect has yet to fill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump expected to name Dan Coats for director of national intelligence

Gabby Morrongiello, Alex Pappas · January 5, 2017 8:07 pm

Kerry said it's clear the U.S. needs to take the issue seriously, since it may be past the tipping point. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Kerry: 2016 the best year ever for ‘environmental diplomacy’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 5, 2017 7:51 pm

GOP to Dems: Assault on Sessions will carry a price

Susan Crabtree · January 5, 2017 7:23 pm

The show will cover and analyze politics "and beyond," according to MSNBC's announcement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Greta Van Susteren joins MSNBC

Eddie Scarry · January 5, 2017 7:19 pm

The Washington Post Express mistakenly used a male symbol in place of a female symbol on its cover story about the Women's March on Washington. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Oops: Washington Post uses wrong gender symbol on front page

Becket Adams · January 5, 2017 7:18 pm

Fracking has made the U.S. a top oil and natural gas producer. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Energy and Environment

Feds: US will be a net exporter of natural gas in 2017

John Siciliano · January 5, 2017 7:17 pm

In this Nov. 17, 2016 photo, Nancy Villa stands on a street in Chicago. Villa was brought to the U.S. illegally from Mexico while a child. She has a work permit through a 2012 federal program started under Obama's administration and works at a Chicago child care center and attends college. She and three siblings have DACA, while two siblings are U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

DHS: Obama created 750,000 ‘Dreamers,’ bigger than Boston, DC populations

Paul Bedard · January 5, 2017 7:12 pm

Washington Post blogger: Torture video showcases ‘pro-Trump narratives’

Eddie Scarry · January 5, 2017 7:07 pm

President-elect Trump will be briefed Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Intelligence officials brief Obama on Russia hacking report

Gabby Morrongiello · January 5, 2017 6:50 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts participated in oral arguments before realizing he had a conflict of interest. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Chief Justice Roberts recuses himself from patent case

Ryan Lovelace · January 5, 2017 6:39 pm