Tag: Minusextra

Democrats are asking Trump to drop his support of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits women on Medicaid and Medicare and federal employees — including women in the military — from using government-funded insurance to pay for abortions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Democrats ask Trump to drop federally funded abortion ban

Nicole Duran · December 20, 2016 3:48 pm

Two men appointed by the Michigan governor to oversee the city of Flint are facing charges in the Flint water crisis. Both men are accused of allowing the Flint Water Plant to continue to operate despite evidence showing it was not safe to do so. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Energy and Environment

Michigan governor’s appointees charged in Flint water crisis

Kyle Feldscher · December 20, 2016 3:43 pm

Sen. Mazie Hirono earned a law degree from Georgetown University and has experience working in the Hawaii attorney general's office. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Hirono to join Senate Judiciary Committee

Ryan Lovelace · December 20, 2016 3:38 pm

Washington Secrets

Obama legacy: $1 trillion in regs, 754,208,700 paperwork hours added

Paul Bedard · December 20, 2016 3:32 pm

Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr., have been accused of selling access to their father through million-dollar donations through a new nonprofit organization they set up less than a week ago. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Report: Trump sons accused of selling access to father with new nonprofit

Kyle Feldscher · December 20, 2016 3:32 pm

Danish police patrol the pedestrian street in the center of Copenhagen, Denmark on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. John Kirby, said the terrorist attack in Berlin is a prime example of why people need to be extra cautious when traveling to Europe during the holiday season. (Tariq Mikkel Khan/Polfoto via AP)

National Security

State Department spokesman tells Americans to be vigilant traveling to Europe

Kyle Feldscher · December 20, 2016 3:21 pm

The bill Mayor Muriel Bowser signed would enable someone 18 years or older who is mentally capable and terminally ill to end their life. It sets up reporting requirements for physicians and the district's Department of Health. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DC mayor signs assisted suicide bill

Robert King · December 20, 2016 2:47 pm

President Barack Obama, center, hugs Santa Claus, with James Taylor, right, during the lighting ceremony for the 2016 National Christmas Tree is seen before the lighting ceremony on the Ellipse near the White House, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

VA hospitals welcome Christ back to Christmas

Paul Bedard · December 20, 2016 2:10 pm

The New York Times said the Electoral College is outdated and that the president should be elected by a popular vote. (iStock photo)

New York Times: End ‘antiquated’ Electoral College

Eddie Scarry · December 20, 2016 2:08 pm

GOP lawmaker: Bill Clinton ‘doesn’t want to let go’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 20, 2016 1:49 pm

President-elect Trump took a shot at former President Bill Clinton following the 42nd president's comments in a paper that Trump "doesn't know much." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump fights back after Bill Clinton says he ‘doesn’t know much’

Kyle Feldscher · December 20, 2016 1:33 pm

First lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey have a discussion on Trailblazing the Path for the Next Generation of Women during the White House Summit on the United State of Women in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Washington Secrets

Post White House ‘truffle hunt’ for Michelle O

Paul Bedard · December 20, 2016 1:25 pm