Tag: Minusextra

The moment was immortalized on CSPAN's Trump Tower lobby cam. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

WATCH: North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp boards Trump Tower elevator with the Naked Cowboy

Madeleine Morgenstern · December 2, 2016 7:02 pm

Watch: GOP senator pledges his ‘full support’ to Trump

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2016 6:54 pm

"Beginning in August, we saw the enemy make eight attempts to seize provincial capitols inside the country. Every one of these attempts failed," John Nicholson said in a Pentagon briefing Friday. (AP Photo)

National Security

US general says Afghan forces ‘prevailing’ in fight against Taliban

Jamie McIntyre · December 2, 2016 6:53 pm

The aim of the bill is to "expose and deter unlawful and subversive foreign interference in elections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Congress revives Cold War tool to counter Russian propaganda

Joel Gehrke · December 2, 2016 6:36 pm

Sheldon Whitehouse pledged that Democrats will do all they can to ensure that Trump voters know that "their champion" who promised to "drain the swamp" is now "waist deep in swamp alligators." (AP Photo)

Sen. Whitehouse: Trump ‘waist deep in swamp alligators’

Susan Crabtree · December 2, 2016 6:25 pm

Voters are directed to empty booths to mark their ballots at the Brooklyn Museum polling site, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2016, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Washington Secrets

FEC Dem: Rich white guys block women, minorities from office

Paul Bedard · December 2, 2016 6:17 pm

It's all about to become education secretary designee Betsy DeVos' problem. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Beltway Confidential

Big student loan programs will cost much more than the Dept. of Ed. predicted

Neal McCluskey · December 2, 2016 6:04 pm

President-elect Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday evening his Supreme Court search is in its final stages and he will be making a decision soon. (AP Photo)

Trump narrows Supreme Court choices to ‘probably 3 or 4’ people

Ryan Lovelace · December 2, 2016 6:02 pm

That letter called for a "thorough review" of its screening processes. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Dem bill requires TSA to develop transgender screening plan

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2016 5:58 pm

President-elect Trump spoke with Rodrigo Duterte by phone on Friday in what an aide to the Filipino leader later described as a "very engaging, animated" conversation, according to Reuters. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: Trump invites controversial Philippines president to the WH

Gabby Morrongiello · December 2, 2016 5:56 pm

As taxpayers fill out returns leading up to Tax Day on Wednesday, they are for the first time encountering questions about the Obamacare tax. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare repeal that only helps cronies is for the birds

Charles Sauer · December 2, 2016 5:52 pm

The deal with the Indiana air-conditioning giant, Bernie Sanders argued in the Washington Post, wasted taxpayer dollars and set a dangerous precedent. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders’ fleeting free-market moment

Philip Wegmann · December 2, 2016 5:50 pm