Tag: Minusextra

"The president-elect is up on the issues and very concerned about the department and veterans issues," said Lockheed Martin Senior Vice President Leo Mackay. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump weighing Lockheed Martin executive to lead Veterans Affairs

Sarah Bedford · January 3, 2017 9:56 pm

President-elect Trump's pick for U.S. trade representative has a history of favoring protectionist policies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lighthizer pick is bad news for free-traders

Clark Packard · January 3, 2017 9:44 pm

President-elect Trump criticized Chinese leaders on Monday after North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un declared that his regime is in "the last stage" of testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, following a flurry of nuclear weapons tests in 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

State Dept.: Trump wrong about China’s stance on North Korea

Joel Gehrke · January 3, 2017 9:42 pm

Timothy Massad, appointed by President Obama in mid-2014, had a term set to end in April. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama derivatives regulator to step down before Trump inauguration

Joseph Lawler · January 3, 2017 9:39 pm

Omarosa Manigault, the former contestant on "The Apprentice," has been hired for a White House job. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘Apprentice’ star Omarosa Manigault hired for White House job

Alex Pappas · January 3, 2017 9:35 pm

Rank-and-file House Republicans created a public relations headache for House Speaker Paul Ryan for the second time in as many months. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP scars its opening-day rollout with ethics bungle

Nicole Duran · January 3, 2017 9:19 pm

The contract for the F-35 is not for $1.5 trillion as Trump claimed. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

National Security

Expert: Trump uses ‘completely meaningless’ figure for F-35 cost

Jacqueline Klimas · January 3, 2017 9:10 pm

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, above, along with Sen. Dean Heller, are pressing Congress to act on a bill to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a dramatic but symbolic action that also would fulfill a campaign promise President-elect Trump mad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rubio, Cruz join forces to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Susan Crabtree · January 3, 2017 9:10 pm

McCain said in an interview Tuesday that he will meet with Tillerson to discuss a "whole range of concerns." (AP Photos)

McCain, Tillerson to meet this week

Al Weaver · January 3, 2017 9:08 pm

George H.W. and Barbara Bush are not attending inauguration because of age

Alex Pappas · January 3, 2017 8:56 pm

This isn't the first time McAuliffe has tried to move an aggressive criminal justice reform plan. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Va. governor proposes new wave of criminal justice reforms

Kelly Cohen · January 3, 2017 8:56 pm

Biden: GOP showed ‘wise judgment’ by reversing ethics move

Al Weaver · January 3, 2017 8:53 pm