Tag: Minusextra

President-elect Donald Trump has already bucked party conservatives during the transition with impromptu interviews and tweets.

Republicans in Congress buckle up for an unconventional president with Trump

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

President-elect Donald Trump might have been expected to shun movement conservatives in his executive branch appointments, carving out space only for early supporters. This hasn't been the case. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski for the Washington Examiner)

In Trump’s Cabinet picks, a peace offering to the Republican Party

W. James Antle III · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Several U.S. cities, including major metropolitan centers like Philadelphia and Detroit, are following Finland's lead and pursuing baby box programs in an effort to reduce baby deaths.

Cities look to cardboard boxes to save babies

Robert King · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Over 36 years, the department's mission has morphed from energy security to industrial policy, disguised as advanced energy research and innovation.

It’s time to consider killing the Department of Energy

Washington Examiner Staff · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Protesters gather outside a Burger King in College Park, Ga., restaurant during a demonstration by fast-food workers and activists calling for the federal minimum wage to be raised to $15. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Trump scrambles the politics of the minimum wage

Sean Higgins · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

The bill, titled the SuperPAC Elimination Act of 2017, "follows principles of free speech and transparency. It is all about empowering citizens to speak and ensuring transparency," Sen. Ted Cruz said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cruz plan would make super PACs ‘irrelevant’

Al Weaver · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Andrea Aguilera sits at the Erie Neighborhood House in Chicago on Nov. 17. Aguilera, 20, a student at a suburban Chicago college, said she feels uncertain since the election. She was brought to the country illegally as a child and has been able to get a work permit and avoid deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Trump’s first immigration compromise could be how he treats Dreamers

Gabby Morrongiello · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Healthcare industry lining up for Obamacare repeal

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Emily Murry is staff director of the Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Health. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: She’s on the forefront of the Obamacare repeal

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly is a bit of an unknown quantity to many within the cyber policy community. (Peter Foley via AP Images)

With Gen. John Kelly pick, cyber may fade as DHS priority

Charlie Mitchell · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called House Speaker Paul Ryan a "coward." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Harry Reid spokesman sends out a ‘reminder’ that Speaker Ryan is a ‘coward’

Daniel Chaitin · December 12, 2016 4:52 am

Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to deal. (Abir Sultan, Pool via AP)

Netanyahu wants to work with Trump on two-state solution

Jeremy Lott · December 12, 2016 2:04 am