Tag: Minusextra

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Sanchez patrols along the Rio Grande near Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in Penitas, Texas. The numbers surged in October and November this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Washington Secrets

Border Patrol: 93,405 illegals nabbed in just two months, 42% spike

Paul Bedard · December 22, 2016 2:08 pm

Economic growth slowed to end 2016, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Feds say economy grew 3.5 percent in Q3

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2016 2:03 pm

President-elect Trump tweeted that Friday's U.N. Security Council vote against Israeli settlements will stand in the way of Middle East peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Trump, Ryan: US must veto UN resolution blocking Israeli settlements

Kyle Feldscher · December 22, 2016 1:46 pm

National Security

Conway: Trump focused on countries, not Muslims, to stop terrorism

Kyle Feldscher · December 22, 2016 1:24 pm

Two U.S. citizens were injured in Monday's terrorist attack in Berlin, after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Two Americans injured in Berlin attack

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2016 1:12 pm

America's population center of gravity appears to be, on the whole, shifting south and west. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Beltway Confidential

Is your state gaining or losing population?

David Freddoso · December 22, 2016 1:00 pm

Lewandowski: Jobs more important than ‘drain the swamp’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2016 12:45 pm

Gingrich says he ‘goofed’ by saying Trump discarded ‘drain the swamp’

Sarah Bedford · December 22, 2016 12:14 pm

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway will be a counselor to President-elect Trump in the White House. (Rex Features via AP Images)

Kellyanne Conway gets White House job as Trump counselor

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2016 12:00 pm

Sargent: Democratic comeback can start with governors’ races

David M. Drucker · December 22, 2016 11:00 am

There is no federal law that requires even the reporting of the number of abortions, let alone reporting of injuries and complications. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The back alley the justices created … and ignore

Clarke Forsythe · December 22, 2016 5:30 am

President-elect Donald Trump's son, Eric, said he will no longer fundraise for his personal charity foundation by giving away meetings with people close to the incoming Republican leader. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Eric Trump cancels auction with Ivanka due to conflict of interest

Anna Giaritelli · December 22, 2016 5:06 am