Tag: Minusextra

President-elect Trump's victory may have demonstrated that flipping the Rust Belt is the GOP's most plausible path to an Electoral College majority. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Could 2017 finally be the year of the Constitution?

W. James Antle III · December 30, 2016 3:40 pm

Abortion advocates should reconsider their reliance on the courts. In its place, they might want to learn the art of persuasion. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Can abortion advocates learn the art of persuasion?

Daniel Allott · December 30, 2016 3:30 pm

RNC communications director and chief strategist Sean Spicer arrives at Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Spicer warns media: ‘Business as usual is over!’

Paul Bedard · December 30, 2016 3:29 pm

Bannon touted the strength of the movement that delivered Trump the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bannon promises 2017 will be ‘more exciting’ than 2016

Sarah Bedford · December 30, 2016 3:28 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said Obama's decision to impose sanctions and expel 35 Russians intelligence agents for overstepping their diplomatic bounds into intelligence affairs isn't tough. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

GOP lawmaker questions Obama’s motive for sanctioning Russia

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 2:48 pm

Washington Secrets

Obama unleashes 3,853 regs, 18 for every law, record 97,110 pages of red tape

Paul Bedard · December 30, 2016 2:28 pm

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani suggested that President-elect Trump should have his own intelligence officials conduct a report on Russia's hand behind the hacking of Democratic political institutions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Giuliani tells Trump to order his own intelligence report on Russian hacking

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 2:01 pm

The New York Times' editorial board said that "While it is definitely too late, and may also be too little, there should be no doubt about the correctness of President Obama's decision to retaliate against Russia for hacking American computers and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Beltway Confidential

It’s definitely too late, but the New York Times editorial board has come around on Russia

David Freddoso · December 30, 2016 1:00 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells President Vladimir Putin to strike back at President Obama's move to expel 35 Russian diplomats by removing 35 American diplomats. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Putin says Russia will not expel 35 US diplomats after Obama retaliation

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 11:10 am

The Trump campaign's national political director Jim Murphy this week joined K Street lobbying giant Baker Hostetler. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

2016 in tweets from Donald Trump

Al Weaver · December 30, 2016 5:01 am

President-elect Trump may need to work with Congress to pass a new war authorization if he plans to make good on his pledge to fill Guantanamo Bay with "some bad dudes." (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

National Security

Why filling Gitmo with ‘bad dudes’ could require a new war authorization

Jacqueline Klimas · December 30, 2016 5:01 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., backed President Barack Obama late Thursday for imposing sanctions against Russia for its alleged hacking into U.S. databases, but sided with some GOP lawmakers who have said more ought to be done to punish Russia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rubio sides with McCain, Graham on sanctions

Anna Giaritelli · December 30, 2016 4:26 am