Tag: Minusextra

"Suspect possibly fled on EB train," the police added, referring to the east-bound Orange Line train that runs into the city. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Update: Police arrest knife attack suspect on DC Metro

Pete Kasperowicz · December 19, 2016 2:32 pm

Electors from around the country will gather on Monday to cast their votes for president in one of the final acts of the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)

The Electoral College votes today. What happens next?

Kyle Feldscher · December 19, 2016 2:06 pm

National Security

Trump nominates Viola as secretary of the Army

David Brown · December 19, 2016 2:01 pm

Faithless elector: Time to ‘pull the brake’ to stop Trump

Pete Kasperowicz · December 19, 2016 1:41 pm

Electors are gathering in every state Monday to formally elect Donald Trump president even as anti-Trump forces try one last time to deny him the White House. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Poll: 45 percent of voters want to get rid of Electoral College

Kyle Feldscher · December 19, 2016 1:03 pm

Sen. Jeff Sessions' attitude worries reform advocates like Robert Everett Johnson, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, which has defended numerous people trying to get their seized property back. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Why does Sessions think the police should be able to legally rob you?

Johnny Kampis · December 19, 2016 1:00 pm

The Electoral College can only be justified if, sometimes, it is appropriate for a candidate to win the presidency without winning the popular vote. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Why we have to keep the Electoral College

Brad Smith · December 19, 2016 12:00 pm

Some lawmakers had backed the change in order to protect House Speaker Paul Ryan from conservatives like Rep. Mark Meadows. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP scraps plan to protect Ryan from coup

Susan Ferrechio · December 19, 2016 11:01 am

Francisco Marroquin University has been turning out free-marketeers for 45 years. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Bond villain libertarians of Guatemala

Dan Hannan · December 19, 2016 5:03 am

President-elect Donald Trump's pick of CKE Restaurants chief executive Andrew Puzder to head the U.S. Department of Labor was a solid one. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)

Andy Puzder: A wise choice for American workers

Heather Greenaway · December 19, 2016 5:03 am

The president-elect could be thinking about carbon capture technology, scrubbers or zero-emission plants. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Energy and Environment

A look at Trump’s ‘clean coal’ options

John Siciliano · December 19, 2016 5:01 am

Oil refiners may be taxed more and drivers may see higher taxes at the pump if the House Republican tax plan becomes law, lobbyists and analysts have realized upon sorting through its provisions. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Refiners, drivers could lose under GOP tax plan

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2016 5:01 am