Tag: Minusextra

President-elect Trump's reported selection of retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to be secretary of homeland security brings the number of former generals on his national security team to three. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Too many generals? Trump’s newest nomination causing jitters

Jamie McIntyre · December 7, 2016 8:53 pm

Republican Josh Mandel, right, announced his bid for Senate in Ohio, setting up a possible rematch with Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Sen. Sherrod Brown draws first potential challenger

David M. Drucker · December 7, 2016 8:50 pm

Oceania Marina will be the first to set sail, and will leave Miami on March 7 and cruise to Havana. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

National Security

Cruise lines get approval to sail to Cuba

Kelly Cohen · December 7, 2016 8:33 pm

The Ohio legislature sent a bill to Gov. John Kasich that would outlaw most abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Getting to the heart of Ohio’s new pro-life bill

Daniel Allott · December 7, 2016 8:12 pm

White house press secretary Josh Earnest said Russia "bears a special responsibility" to move the agreement forward because it has been an ally to the Syrian regime. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

National Security

US, Western leaders demand immediate cease-fire in Aleppo

Gabby Morrongiello · December 7, 2016 7:40 pm

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Investor may be FDA pick

Robert King · December 7, 2016 7:40 pm

President Obama has said he will sign the bill, that gives new funding to NIH and the FDA. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Senate passes Cures bill

Robert King · December 7, 2016 7:16 pm

Boeing AH-64E Apache Longbow helicopters are among the items funded in the short-term spending measure expected to pass this week. (Army photo)

National Security

Short-term funding measure makes exception for new subs, helos, tankers

Jacqueline Klimas · December 7, 2016 7:15 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, to deliver over million petition signatures demanding that President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress "keep their hands off the American people's earned Medicare benefits." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dems urge Trump to promise no Medicare, Medicaid cuts

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 7, 2016 7:11 pm

"You can say again, 'Merry Christmas,' because Donald Trump is now the president," Corey Lewandowski said. "You can say it again, it's OK to say, it's not a pejorative word anymore." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Corey Lewandowski’s offhand Christmas greeting triggers media outrage

Philip Wegmann · December 7, 2016 7:04 pm

"Panel Republicans have made serious allegations of criminal misconduct, including 'criminal referrals' to state or local law enforcement officials based on secret, unsourced, unverified documents and information," ranking member Rep. Jan Schakowsky and five other Democrats wrote. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dems demand access to fetal tissue documents

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 7, 2016 6:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: The law already allows Donald Trump to build the wall

Byron York · December 7, 2016 6:42 pm