Tag: Minusextra

Ethics experts say President-elect Trump would have to divest himself of his business and put his wealth into a blind trust. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump would have trouble cutting conflicts of interest even if he wanted to

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2016 5:01 am

President-elect Trump nominated retired Gen. John Kelly for secretary of homeland security on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration hawks have room for optimism after DHS pick

W. James Antle III · December 8, 2016 5:01 am

Kellyanne Conway walks past reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

The Kellyanne factor

Diana Banister · December 8, 2016 5:00 am

Leonardo DiCaprio met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday in New York to discuss a green jobs plan. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Energy and Environment

DiCaprio floats green jobs plan at meeting with Trump

John Siciliano · December 8, 2016 4:33 am

Former House Speaker John Boehner said President-elect Trump reminds him of Teddy Roosevelt for his titanic personality, who put that quality to use when he entered the White House in 1901 to push reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Boehner: Trump is like Teddy Roosevelt

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2016 4:14 am

Beltway Confidential

The collapse of the political Left

Michael Barone · December 8, 2016 4:04 am

President Obama said his biggest policy disappointment as president was not passing gun control laws, according to an interview CNN aired Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Agustin Marcarian)

National Security

Obama is ‘most frustrated’ he couldn’t pass gun control

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2016 3:47 am

President Obama admitted to CNN's Fareed Zakaria, in a TV special "The Legacy of Barack Obama," that his administration underestimated the Islamic State terrorist group. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

National Security

Obama underestimated Islamic State: ‘Not on my intelligence radar screen’

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2016 3:27 am

Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka are expected to step down from the president-elect's real estate company, but he still intends to keep a stake in the business. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

Report: Trump wants to keep stake in his company as president

Caitlin Yilek · December 8, 2016 2:41 am

Jill Stein’s recount push in Michigan screeches to a halt

Daniel Chaitin · December 8, 2016 2:30 am

President Barack Obama and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., smile as they walk down the steps of Air Force One after their arrival at Miami International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in Miami. Obama is at his highest popularity in his second term. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Democrats’ conundrum: Retrieve Trump Dems or cater to base

David M. Drucker · December 8, 2016 2:07 am

"Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers. No wonder companies flee country!" Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Trump fires back at Carrier union boss: He’s done a ‘terrible’ job

Caitlin Yilek · December 8, 2016 1:14 am