Tag: Minusextra

Rep. Keith Ellison's bid for chairman of the Democratic National Committee is at risk of being upended by early resistance from deep-pocketed campaign contributors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The big hurdle to Ellison’s DNC bid: Money

David M. Drucker · December 17, 2016 5:01 am

How the political rules changed in 2016

Michael Barone · December 17, 2016 5:01 am

Trump can’t resist joke about Evan ‘McMuffin’

Anna Giaritelli · December 17, 2016 3:19 am

President-elect Trump called the Pulse nightclub attack "the deadliest assault on the LGBTQ community." (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)

In Orlando, Trump pledges to keep terrorists ‘the hell out of our country’

Anna Giaritelli · December 17, 2016 3:08 am

"No foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed an attack on our homeland that was directed from overseas," President Obama said at his year-end White House press conference. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s victory lap on terror comes with a lot of caveats

Becket Adams · December 17, 2016 1:15 am

President Obama celebrated Pope Francis on his 80th birthday Friday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama touts Pope Francis’ work to fight climate change in birthday message

Anna Giaritelli · December 17, 2016 1:00 am

National Security

No intel briefing for Electoral College

Anna Giaritelli · December 17, 2016 12:55 am

After Cooper's upset win over Gov. Pat McCrory, above, Republicans are clearly bitter. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Beltway Confidential

North Carolina Republicans learned obstruction from Democrats

Philip Wegmann · December 17, 2016 12:51 am

A group of nine senators, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel, the government's independent investigative and prosecutorial agency, saying a questionnaire sent by the Trump team to the Energy Department a week ago "violated long-standing federal laws designed to protect civil servants against coercion for partisan purposes." (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Energy and Environment

Dems call for investigation into Trump’s energy questionnaire

John Siciliano · December 17, 2016 12:15 am

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds a ‘Thank You’ rally in Orlando, Fla.

Washington Examiner Staff · December 17, 2016 12:11 am

The UNDP shockingly dismisses the major way women contribute to African economies through the informal sector. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)

Beltway Confidential

The UN is misleading people about the gender pay gap in Africa

Stacy Ndlovu · December 17, 2016 12:00 am

President-elect Trump did not appear anywhere on the cover of the influential, keepsake issue of People magazine. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Because of anti-Trump bias, People should fire its editorial director

Myra Adams · December 17, 2016 12:00 am