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Detractors are quick to point out potential flaws in the CEO surtax, especially that the policy would incentivize companies to leave Portland.

Portland looks to cash in on high CEO pay

Joseph Lawler · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, Congress may establish the Eureka Prizes Competitions: Retrospective monetary rewards for achieving specific, well-defined technological goals. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Beltway Confidential

How Eureka Prizes will create a new age of discovery

Robert Graboyes · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

President-elect Trump's pick for secretary of education is Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

The faction that kept Nancy Pelosi in power

Susan Ferrechio · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

In 2011, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned that sequestration would lead to the termination of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter program. But despite delays and technical problems, the program is still churning out aircraft. (AP Photo)

Sequester special report: Warships, fighters, vehicles mostly saved

Jacqueline Klimas · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

The open ocean, which goes beyond a nation's territorial waters and extended economic zone, is perhaps the most analogous realm to consider because of its strategic similarities to deep space.

Obama should staff up on intelligence oversight

Washington Examiner Staff · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

The Treasury Department plays an enormous regulatory role in overseeing how financial firms protect themselves against hacks.

Trump Cabinet picks are weak on cyber knowledge

Charlie Mitchell · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

Children in La Esperanza, Cuba, wait in the street for the passing of Fidel Castro's funeral procession on Nov. 30 that retraces his march into Havana nearly six decades ago. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Unpacking Trump’s ‘better deal’ on Cuba

Sarah Bedford · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairwoman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the top Democrat on the panel, Maria Cantwell, want the energy bill to get passed this year. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Energy bill dead as GOP looks for better deal under Trump

John Siciliano · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

People are not only the most important part of the military, but also the most expensive. And they're the first to be hit by budgets cuts. Above, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus speaks to Marines. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Sequester special report: Military men and women hardest hit

Jamie McIntyre · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

Cindy Simms is the director of member services and coalitions with the Committee on Homeland Security. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: This California native once worked for Ah-nuld

Susan Crabtree · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

Boosting defense investment at the expense of civilian investment doesn't make sense from either a national security or a business standpoint. AIA is also calling for increased investment in our space enterprise and in the modernization of our air traffic management system. (AP Photo)

Aerospace Industries Association: Why we’re optimistic about defense spending under Trump

Retired Lt. Gen. David Melcher · December 5, 2016 5:01 am