Tag: Minusextra

Trump is also weighing the creation of an advisory committee on VA reform. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Trump considering ‘public-private option’ for VA reform

Sarah Bedford · December 28, 2016 11:24 pm

"Subsequent reports, however, suggest that President Trump may still be using his personal smartphone." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump talks by phone to Obama after blasting him on Twitter

Alex Pappas · December 28, 2016 11:21 pm

Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., has expressed concerns about the civil liberties implications of an info-sharing proposal, but also cited the need for a legal framework allowing sharing between government and the private sector. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

New York Times is terrified of Trump’s budget chief

Philip Wegmann · December 28, 2016 11:03 pm

When Scott Pruitt takes over, he will have his work cut out for him. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Time for Trump’s EPA pick to rein in the agency

Boyden Gray · December 28, 2016 11:00 pm

The note was a direct response to President-elect Trump's tweet about the U.S.-Israel relationship. (Dan Balilty/Pool photo via AP)

National Security

Israeli official: After staying strong 3,000 years, another 30 days won’t kill us

Daniel Chaitin · December 28, 2016 10:49 pm

Trump claims Sprint to return 5,000 outsourced jobs to US

Gabby Morrongiello · December 28, 2016 10:31 pm

The new monuments will rankle Republican lawmakers in western states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Energy and Environment

Obama administration announces controversial Utah and Nevada national monuments

Kyle Feldscher · December 28, 2016 10:00 pm

Historian Douglas Brinkley mentioned that Trump "was very interested in a man going to the moon and the moon shot so we were talking a little bit about that." (Neil Armstrong/NASA photo)

Trump ‘very interested in a man going to the moon,’ says historian

Alex Pappas · December 28, 2016 9:25 pm

National Security

AIPAC: Kerry places too much blame on Israel for failed peace process

Kyle Feldscher · December 28, 2016 9:04 pm

Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., condemned the decision to let the United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Tomorrow’s Democratic leaders are a dead end for Obama’s last-minute Israel gambit

David Freddoso · December 28, 2016 9:03 pm

Republican lawmakers had harsh words for Kerry. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

‘A pointless tirade’: GOP lawmakers dismissive of Kerry’s Israel address

Kyle Feldscher · December 28, 2016 8:36 pm

Hillary Clinton was snapped at breakfast looking at her phone at the Mohonk Mountain House in Upstate New York. (Carolyn Ryan via Mike Smith, Twitter)

Hillary Clinton spotted at a ‘Victorian castle resort’

Daniel Chaitin · December 28, 2016 8:35 pm