Tag: Minusextra

The National Park Service has filed documents securing large swaths of the Mall for inauguration events, essentially shutting them off to protesters. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Mall sites shut down for protests during inauguration

Kyle Feldscher · December 9, 2016 3:27 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he will introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms members of the Senate and the House can serve. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Cruz to introduce constitutional amendment for term limits

Al Weaver · December 9, 2016 3:23 pm

Lisa Monaco, senior adviser to President Obama, said Friday the greatest threat the next administration faces on the homeland security front is the emergence of infectious diseases.

National Security

WH adviser: Infectious disease a major US security threat

Gabby Morrongiello · December 9, 2016 3:03 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan is meeting Friday morning with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the transition and fiscal 2017 legislative agenda. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ryan ‘very excited’ to start 2017 after Trump meeting

Susan Ferrechio · December 9, 2016 2:36 pm

Senator: The Wall will be built, ‘not that expensive, shovel ready, works’

Paul Bedard · December 9, 2016 2:26 pm

Boeing still plans to give $1 million to help pay for President-elect Trump's inaugural festivities. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

National Security

Boeing to follow through on $1 million commitment for Trump inaugural

Kyle Feldscher · December 9, 2016 2:04 pm

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, avoided any talk of President-elect Trump while attending an awards ceremony Thursday night in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Bezos avoids Trump talk in Washington

Eddie Scarry · December 9, 2016 1:56 pm

Former Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine may be in line to become the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, according to a report. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Report: Baseball manager Bobby Valentine could be ambassador to Japan

Kyle Feldscher · December 9, 2016 1:45 pm

Labor secretary pick seen as anti-Trump on immigration

W. James Antle III · December 9, 2016 5:02 am

For every story in which a person gets the opportunity to exercise autonomy, we hear a story from someone who is sick or vulnerable about how their autonomy was taken away. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Physician-assisted suicide often steals the autonomy it promises to deliver

Cullen Herout · December 9, 2016 5:02 am

It came as little surprise on Nov. 30 when the predominantly Middle Eastern members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries announced an alliance with Russia to cut global energy production and push up the price drivers will pay at the pump. The cost for a barrel of oil leaped nearly $10. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Energy and Environment

A stark reminder from OPEC

Jim Talent · December 9, 2016 5:02 am

Sen. Charles Schumer is plotting the Democratic Party's return to power in Washington but could face opposition from liberal hardliners. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Schumer looking over his shoulder at progressives

David M. Drucker · December 9, 2016 5:01 am