Tag: Minusextra

The United States is terminating some sales of military arms to Saudi Arabia over concerns about the killing of civilians in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition, a senior U.S. official said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

National Security

US halts some Saudi arms sales over Yemen deaths concerns

Associated Press · December 13, 2016 7:26 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, who sits on the Foreign Relations panel, offers positive statement. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Bush officials support for Tillerson impresses key senator

Susan Crabtree · December 13, 2016 7:26 pm

Stewart rolls out tenuous relationships and 15-year-old quotes to make this case. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

NYT op-ed tries, fails to paint Trump’s education pick as religious extremist

Jason Russell · December 13, 2016 7:03 pm

Scientists are worried Trump may remove the data from public view. (AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO AND POOL / Mark RALSTON)

Energy and Environment

Climate scientists copy government data in fear of possible Trump deletion

Kyle Feldscher · December 13, 2016 6:57 pm

"They are still trying to recruit deranged individuals from all around the world who will act in their name and that is something that is very hard to stop," McGurk said. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

Special envoy: Lone wolf terror attacks still ‘very hard to stop’

Gabby Morrongiello · December 13, 2016 6:54 pm

2016 in pop culture and politics

Associated Press · December 13, 2016 6:53 pm

People shop for guns at a gun show hosted by Florida Gun Shows, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Washington Secrets

Gun stores report 100% sales surge as crime victims stock up

Paul Bedard · December 13, 2016 6:51 pm

"ISIL terrorists are now trapped in Mosul. They're unable to resupply or replenish their dwindling ranks," said special envoy Brett McGurk at a White House briefing Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

National Security

McGurk: Kicking ISIS out of Mosul will ‘take as long as it takes’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 13, 2016 6:43 pm

"We now find ourselves uniquely positioned to repeal the [Affordable Care Act], which was rife with failures and the broken promise of lowering healthcare costs for the American people, and advance alternatives to it," the committee wrote in a letter to the Republican Governors Association. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Republicans to weigh Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 13, 2016 6:20 pm

Tillerson has business ties to Russia that senators in both parties are sure to explore. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Beltway Confidential

Tillerson nomination shines spotlight on Trump, Russia

W. James Antle III · December 13, 2016 6:06 pm

The eyes of the labor world were on Boeing's 3,000 workers in South Carolina this week as nearly 95 percent of them turned out to vote in an election on whether they wanted to be represented by the International Association of Machinists. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

National Security

Boeing Defense moving executive shop to DC

David Brown · December 13, 2016 5:45 pm

The retaking of Aleppo is a major victory for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, depriving U.S.-backed rebels and anti-Assad jihadists of their most important city and driving a geographic wedge between the remaining rebel-held regions. (SANA via AP)

Report: Assad recaptures major Syrian city

Joel Gehrke · December 13, 2016 5:43 pm