Tag: Minusextra

A Vermont utility was the victim of a cyberattack using a code linked to a Russian hacking operation, according to a report late Friday. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

Russia hacked Vermont utility, report says

Daniel Chaitin · December 31, 2016 1:13 am

New Year's Eve: a time for self-reflection and optimism. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Beltway Confidential

Why New Year’s Eve is the best holiday

Casey Given · December 31, 2016 12:00 am

Treasury secretary says "irresponsible actors in Congress" can use debt ceiling to threaten U.S. economic well-being. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Beltway Confidential

The worst government budget news of 2016

Sheila Weinberg · December 30, 2016 11:00 pm

President-elect Trump is considering appointing the husband of his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, to serve as U.S. solicitor general, according to a report. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Report: Trump considering naming Kellyanne Conway’s husband solicitor general

Alex Pappas · December 30, 2016 10:58 pm

Slate has managed to find a downside to the promise that self-driving cars will reduce the annual number of motor vehicle deaths. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Beltway Confidential

Finding a downside to reduced motor vehicle deaths

Becket Adams · December 30, 2016 10:58 pm

From the deserts of Yemen to DC: One freshman congressman’s journey

Washington Examiner Staff · December 30, 2016 10:56 pm

Trump didn't elaborate. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump: ‘Russians are playing CNN and NBC News for such fools’

Washington Examiner Staff · December 30, 2016 10:38 pm

Nancy Pelosi took a notably less generous view of minority rights while she wielded the speaker's gavel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Can both parties live up to new ethics rules?

Philip Wegmann · December 30, 2016 10:35 pm

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., plans to introduce a "sense of the Senate" resolution issuing the rebuke next week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Senate Republican to offer resolution rebuking UN’s Israel vote

Joel Gehrke · December 30, 2016 10:34 pm

Pro-Putin sentiment has surfaced in recent years in certain corners of the Right. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Beltway Confidential

Hey, let’s try not to sound like Putin fans, OK?

Becket Adams · December 30, 2016 10:16 pm

President-elect Trump met with former Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., where he has been spending time over the holidays. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump meets with several potential candidates for USDA

Alex Pappas · December 30, 2016 10:06 pm

Fabio Lanzoni, the Italian-American model-actor, was spotted Friday afternoon at Mar-a-Lago, where President-elect Trump has been spending his time over the holidays holding meetings. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

Fabio spotted at Mar-a-Lago

Alex Pappas · December 30, 2016 10:03 pm