Tag: Minusextra

To jump-start economic growth and increase employment, the incoming Trump administration and GOP-led Congress should make reforming America's legal system a priority. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

What President Trump can do on Day One to reform America’s legal system

jim-copland, Rafael Mangual · December 28, 2016 4:04 am

The bottom half of the Green Party's recent presidential ticket says "so be it" if Jill Stein's candidacy played spoiler to Democrat Hillary Clinton's election chances. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jill Stein’s running mate: ‘So be it’ if we played spoiler to Clinton

Daniel Chaitin · December 28, 2016 3:30 am

Aides to President-elect Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio lashed out at each other on social media Tuesday night in a dispute over who ought to pay for the emergency responders who were dispatched to Trump Tower earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Aides to Trump, de Blasio fighting over who will pay a bill

Anna Giaritelli · December 28, 2016 2:55 am

President-elect Trump unshackled populism from any ideology. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Tim Carney, failed pundit, got EVERYTHING wrong this year. Sad!

Timothy P. Carney · December 28, 2016 12:58 am

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., plans to reintroduce the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny — or REINS — Act when the new Congress is seated Jan. 3. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

House could take up regulatory reform on first day

Nicole Duran · December 28, 2016 12:39 am

Secretary of State John Kerry advised Egyptian and Palestinian diplomats on how to write a resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction that would avoid an American veto, but he did not "orchestrate" the international rebuke, according to a spokesman. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA pool via AP)

National Security

State Department: US discussed Israel resolution throughout the fall

Joel Gehrke · December 28, 2016 12:35 am

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law two ballot measures on Tuesday that will give residents who are not affiliated with either political party the ability to vote in future primaries. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado governor dissolves presidential caucuses for new primary system

Anna Giaritelli · December 28, 2016 12:01 am

The Department of Energy was conceived in dark and pessimistic beliefs and forecasts that have proven totally wrong. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Beltway Confidential

Abolish the Department of Energy

Peter Grossman · December 28, 2016 12:00 am

The Secret Service's greatest challenge is not external. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

The Secret Service is its own worst enemy

Gary Byrne · December 28, 2016 12:00 am

"If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis," the yellow sign states. (Courtesy of Ariana M./Cafe 8 1/2 Yelp)

Yelp users get revenge after Hawaii cafe bans Trump supporters

Anna Giaritelli · December 27, 2016 11:23 pm

After taking the oath of office, President Trump will get to work rounding out the judicial roster by filling more than a hundred vacancies on benches around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Beltway Confidential

No, Republican obstructionism didn’t make Trump’s judiciary overhaul possible

Philip Wegmann · December 27, 2016 11:15 pm

An evacuation has been ordered at Trump Tower — where President-elect Donald Trump lives and works in New York — due to a suspicious package Tuesday, says a New York City Police Department media relations officer. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

All clear after evacuation ordered at Trump Tower

Alex Pappas · December 27, 2016 9:52 pm