Tag: Minusextra

Media trying to put the "Trump Bizarro world" frame around garden-variety Republican nominations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Cabinet picks might be the most normal thing to happen since his election

David Freddoso · December 9, 2016 9:17 pm

Social Security subcommittee chairman Sam Johnson introduced a reform plan that would seek to shore up Social Security's finances without tax cuts by raising the retirement age to 69. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Democrats raise the alarm over GOP Social Security plan

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2016 9:06 pm

Trump's attacks on the media have intensified in the days since his victory stunned the political press corps. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: ‘We have exposed the credibility of the press’

Sarah Bedford · December 9, 2016 8:44 pm

Kerry rallied U.S. embassy staff for a diplomatic push before leaving office. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

National Security

John Kerry ‘tired of these meetings’ about Syria

Joel Gehrke · December 9, 2016 8:32 pm

The White House threw its full support behind a group of Democratic senators who have threatened to shut down the government over a stopgap spending bill that omits a one-year extension of soon-to-expire health benefits for coal miners. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House pans Republicans in government shutdown fight

Gabby Morrongiello · December 9, 2016 8:20 pm

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been eliminated from contention for the job of secretary of state, according to a new report. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Giuliani no longer being considered for secretary of state or any other administration role

Joel Gehrke · December 9, 2016 8:02 pm

Only 64 percent of doctors warn patients of opioid addiction when prescribing, poll finds. (AP Photo/Carla K. Johnson)

One-third of long-term opioid users become addicted

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 9, 2016 7:31 pm

President Obama is expected to join "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" next week, the White House confirmed Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘The Daily Show’ nabs first post-election TV interview with Obama

Gabby Morrongiello · December 9, 2016 7:20 pm

White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz said that President Obama's request for a "full review" of recent cyberattacks on U.S. political institutions is not meant to undermine the results of the election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House: Cyber activity review ‘not an effort to challenge’ election outcome

Gabby Morrongiello · December 9, 2016 6:56 pm

Megyn Kelly is among the women who have said Ailes made inappropriate advances on her. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Roger Ailes-Megyn Kelly sexual harassment movie in the works: Report

Eddie Scarry · December 9, 2016 6:55 pm

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the issue is highly personal for coal miners and their widows in West Virginia. AP Photo/Steve Helber)

GOP senator: Trump should weigh in on coal miner dispute

Al Weaver, Susan Crabtree · December 9, 2016 6:53 pm

A federal judge could force the Dakota Access oil pipeline to be completed after last week's decision by the Obama administration to halt the project near an Indian reservation . (AP Photo/ Blake Nicholson, File)

Energy and Environment

Federal judge could force completion of Dakota Access pipeline

John Siciliano · December 9, 2016 6:47 pm