Tag: Minusextra

It was President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who were repeatedly outplayed and embarrassed by Putin on Ukraine, Syria and the Baltics. At the very least, Russian President Vladimir Putin's preference would seem debatable. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

The real reasons for Russian electoral meddling

Rep. Chris Stewart · December 15, 2016 5:04 am

"Nobody can provide any evidence that the Russians hacked the election," said Rush Limbaugh. (Screen shot)

National Security

Limbaugh: Nobody can prove the Russians hacked the election

Mairead McArdle · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

The Yucca Mountain repository is just a $15 billion hole in the ground, thanks mostly to ferocious opposition from the retiring Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Perry, make Yucca Mountain great again

Washington Examiner · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

Potential opposition from a handful of Republicans threatens to put Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson on a very small list of Cabinet appointees the Senate has rejected over the past two centuries. ?(Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

History shows the Senate rarely rejects Cabinet picks

Susan Ferrechio · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

Several of President-elect Trump's choices for his Cabinet stand to reap tax benefits from joining the incoming administration, but those advantages are likely smaller and different from what the public may think. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How Trump’s Cabinet will and won’t get tax benefits

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Potential FDA chiefs eye faster drug approvals

Robert King · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

Energy and Environment

Jerry Brown: If Trump closes NASA, California will ‘launch its own damn satellite’

Anna Giaritelli · December 15, 2016 4:50 am

At least one local band has marched in each of the last five inaugural parades. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DC high school bands set to break inaugural parade tradition

Anna Giaritelli · December 15, 2016 3:36 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Keith Ellison offered a withering critique of the Democratic Party on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bernie Sanders: Dem leadership ‘has failed’

Daniel Chaitin · December 15, 2016 2:49 am

"What if we started talking to everybody?" asked Rep. Keith Ellison. (Screen shot)

Ellison: ‘What if we started talking to everybody?’

David M. Drucker · December 15, 2016 2:45 am

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee charged the media will never print a positive story about President-elect Trump "no matter what." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Huckabee: If Trump walked on water, the NY Times would say he can’t swim

Anna Giaritelli · December 15, 2016 2:13 am

President Obama gave a shout out to his failed Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, at a Hanukkah reception Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama gives props to failed Supreme Court nominee at Hanukkah event

Daniel Chaitin · December 15, 2016 1:21 am