Tag: Minusextra

Privatization of air traffic controllers has been suggested by major airlines since the 1980s, but has been shot down whenever it is raised in Congress.

Trump could clear path for privatizing air traffic control

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 5:01 am

In less than two years, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey will be one of 10 Senate Democrats up for re-election in states President-elect Trump carried.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey tries to learn from the 2016 election

Salena Zito · January 3, 2017 5:01 am

Rick Erkel, senior legislative assistant for Rep. Velazquez, helps keep rent low for New York City's poor. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congressional staffer profile: For Rick Erkel, work on housing issues is a ‘humbling experience’

Nicole Duran · January 3, 2017 5:01 am

President Obama is trying to "delegitimize" Donald Trump's presidency, says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

WikiLeaks founder: Obama trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump presidency

Caitlin Yilek · January 3, 2017 4:11 am

A measure defanging the Office of Congressional Ethics, authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, will now be included in the House Rules package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP votes to defang outside ethics panel

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 2:03 am

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., above, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., announced a Thursday floor vote on the resolution opposing the UN's move.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

National Security

GOP sets Thursday vote to oppose UN’s Israel resolution

Pete Kasperowicz · January 3, 2017 1:53 am

Dylann Roof, who is on federal death row, will be getting a $1,400 stimulus check as part of the relief bill, according to Sen. Tom Cotton

Dylann Roof ruled competent to represent himself

Caitlin Yilek · January 3, 2017 12:16 am

Trump tweets forcing defense lobbyists ‘out of the shadows’

Jacqueline Klimas · January 3, 2017 12:01 am

Kim Jong Un said his military is close to testing a rocket powerful enough to reach the U.S. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

Trump says North Korean nuclear weapon ‘won’t happen’

Caitlin Yilek · January 2, 2017 11:32 pm

Fox News anchor will cover Russian hacking, the 2016 election and the Trump and Obama administrations. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

National Security

Hannity to interview WikiLeaks founder in London

Caitlin Yilek · January 2, 2017 10:59 pm

The cartoon shows a man standing in the aisle of a passenger airliner, one hand raised angrily. (Screengrab/The New Yorker)

Beltway Confidential

This anti-populism cartoon misses the mark

Becket Adams · January 2, 2017 10:53 pm

Musician and Democatic donor said he "felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Springsteen: Is Trump competent enough to be president?

Caitlin Yilek · January 2, 2017 10:11 pm