Tag: Minusextra

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he will not take a position in President-elect Trump's administration and will instead stay in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Manchin says he won’t take a position in the Trump administration

Al Weaver · December 13, 2016 4:24 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right , and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., engage in a light-hearted moment during a business meeting of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Awkward: Dem critics of Jeff Sessions spent 20 years praising him

Paul Bedard · December 13, 2016 4:22 pm

A liberal activist group on Tuesday endorsed Rep. Keith Ellison for Democratic National Committee chairman. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Key liberal group backs Keith Ellison for DNC chairman

David M. Drucker · December 13, 2016 4:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Rex Tillerson "will bring these critical skills, knowledge and capabilities into an important role after eight years of the Obama administration's uncertain leadership." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

McConnell backs Tillerson

Susan Ferrechio · December 13, 2016 4:10 pm

A V-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, on Tuesday, the Marine Corps said. (Navy photo)

National Security

MV-22 Osprey crash-lands off Okinawa; crew rescued

David Brown · December 13, 2016 3:56 pm

A commemorative plaque is seen next to La Belle Equipe restaurant, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. A Dec. 4 coalition airstrike in Syria killed three Islamic State leaders, including two facilitators of the Nov. 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris, according to the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

Airstrike kills Islamic State leaders involved in Paris terror attacks

David Brown · December 13, 2016 3:32 pm

A Republican congressman said that Rex Tillerson, the president-elect's pick for secretary for state, needs to divest all his holdings in Exxon Mobil before he leads the nation's diplomatic efforts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmaker calls on Rex Tillerson to divest from Exxon Mobil

Kyle Feldscher · December 13, 2016 3:29 pm

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said that the selection of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state is troubling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senate Dem: Tillerson has no foreign policy, diplomatic experience

Kyle Feldscher · December 13, 2016 3:00 pm

"The Constitution and federal law specifically protect the freedom of religious communities to establish houses of worship," Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Justice Dept. sues Virginia county for blocking mosque construction

Kelly Cohen · December 13, 2016 2:56 pm

Trump meets Kanye West: ‘We’ve been friends for a long time’

Gabby Morrongiello · December 13, 2016 2:32 pm

National Security

Obama warns Trump on briefings: ‘It doesn’t matter how smart you are’

Meghana Kurup · December 13, 2016 2:07 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Race to the runway

Washington Examiner · December 13, 2016 2:00 pm