Tag: Minusextra

Neither party mentioned Cooper's role in ordering a large tree cut down from a public park for Trump's rally. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

City official resigns after tree from public park cut down for Trump rally

Anna Giaritelli · December 29, 2016 11:25 pm

U.S. intelligence agencies have said Russia was behind the DNC hacking during the election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, reacting to Russian sanctions, says time to ‘move on to bigger and better things’

Alex Pappas · December 29, 2016 11:05 pm

The president-elect did not win the North Star State on Election Day, but he was 44,000 votes shy in a state he was supposed to lose by a predicted 8 percentage points. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Red-state tide could flood into Minnesota

Salena Zito · December 29, 2016 10:47 pm

The tweet included a photo of a duck with the word "LAME" plastered over it. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

National Security

Russian embassy mocks Obama after sanctions announced

Caitlin Yilek · December 29, 2016 10:22 pm

Approximately half of Hillary Clinton's supporters believe Russia tampered with vote tallies, according to a recent survey. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Beltway Confidential

Media continue to spread false info with sloppy ‘hacked election’ headlines

Becket Adams · December 29, 2016 10:19 pm

Transnistria is a pro-Russian, disputed nation that is a cauldron of simmering Cold War antipathies. (Wikimedia Commons)

National Security

The obscure Eastern European country that could further roil US-Russia relations in 2017

Susan Katz Keating · December 29, 2016 10:17 pm

Unlike the others, White is a proponent of the "prosperity gospel" — the belief that God blesses the faithful with health and wealth. (from Twitter @Paula_White)

Conservative Christians pan ‘prosperity gospel’ Trump inaugural preacher

W. James Antle III · December 29, 2016 10:12 pm

He says other radio talk show hosts and lawmakers believe Obama is Muslim but are too afraid to say it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

Former Rep. Joe Walsh: Obama hates Israel because he’s a Muslim

Daniel Chaitin · December 29, 2016 9:33 pm

Peskov suggested that Putin might delay Russian payback over the sanctions until after Trump takes office. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Putin hopes Trump will lift sanctions, says ‘no need to rush’ retaliation

Joel Gehrke · December 29, 2016 9:26 pm

Religious leaders in Singapore are calling for prayers ahead of the arrival of President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Beltway Confidential

Devil’s bargain: Obama aide explains why evangelicals went Trump

Philip Wegmann · December 29, 2016 9:20 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the chairman of the committee, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., released a joint statement calling the sanctions levied on Russia by Obama "long overdue." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

McCain, Graham promise more Russia sanctions in 2017

Jacqueline Klimas · December 29, 2016 9:19 pm

A joint report released Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security and FBI has shed light on how federal investigators concluded that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic political institutions in the presidential election. (iStock Photo)

National Security

DHS, FBI release joint report on Russian cyberactivity

Gabby Morrongiello · December 29, 2016 9:16 pm