Tag: Minusextra

At just under 5.1 million, hiring is lower than it was a year ago and has been trending lower. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Hiring falls for third straight month

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2016 3:48 pm

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller said Wednesday that the additional active-duty Marines authorized in this year's defense policy bill will be used to boost capabilities like intelligence, cyber and maintenance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Marine commandant: Extra forces will go toward intel, maintenance

Jacqueline Klimas · December 7, 2016 3:44 pm

Freezing enrollment would cap the number of people within Obamacare. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans should cap new Obamacare enrollment on day one

Philip Klein · December 7, 2016 3:38 pm

"I think the media have to be very clear, very transparent, and not fall into — no offense intended — the sickness of coprophilia, that is, always wanting to cover scandals, covering nasty things, even if they are true," Francis said. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis accuses media of feeding crap to the public

Kyle Feldscher · December 7, 2016 3:34 pm

"We're going to work something out that's going to make people happy and proud," Trump said. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Trump to Dreamers: ‘We’re going to work something out’

Sarah Bedford · December 7, 2016 3:25 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending the decision to use the budget stopgap bill as a vehicle for legislation that would let the Senate quickly consider retired Gen. James Mattis as President-elect Trump's secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Ryan defends Mattis exception: ‘He is exception worthy’

Al Weaver · December 7, 2016 3:21 pm

Homeland Security: 900 percent surge in asylum demands, only half of illegals caught

Paul Bedard · December 7, 2016 2:49 pm

"What I told our committees a year ago was assume we get the White House and Congress and, come 2018, what do you want to have accomplished for the country?" (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ryan: GOP’s long-term planning will pay off in 2017

Kyle Feldscher · December 7, 2016 2:36 pm

National Security

Dems cool to GOP’s Mattis strategy

Susan Crabtree · December 7, 2016 1:47 pm

Dem: GOP ‘terrified’ of repealing Obamacare

Kyle Feldscher · December 7, 2016 1:38 pm

"This is not about religion — this is about terror and keeping our country safe." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

National Security

Trump denies stringing Romney along for secretary of state

Kyle Feldscher · December 7, 2016 1:28 pm

Democratic strategists have discussed privately but are reticent to promote publicly for fear of alienating green activists. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Was environmentalism the Democrats’ great unsung villain in 2016?

David Freddoso · December 7, 2016 1:00 pm