Tag: Paul Ryan

Ryan is pleading ignorance of details in order to avoid confronting inflated numbers coming out of the White House. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan supports a Trump budget he hasn’t even read

Philip Wegmann · May 23, 2017 4:36 pm

Ryan said the U.S. must be "vigorous," in protecting the United States from terrorist attacks and praised President Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Ryan: Manchester attack ‘cowardice in its most heinous form’

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2017 3:44 pm

Lawmakers praise Trump budget but don't plan to adopt it in full. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House GOP: We’ll write our own budget

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2017 3:38 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., center, standing with Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., right, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, speaks during a news conference on the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republican group runs ad to defend Obamacare repeal from CBO score

David M. Drucker · May 23, 2017 10:00 am

Emergency services personnel speak to people outside Manchester Arena after reports of an explosion at the venue during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, Monday. Several people have died following an explosion Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England, police and witnesses said. The singer was not injured, according to a representative. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

US lawmakers decry Manchester bombing

Anna Giaritelli · May 23, 2017 1:41 am

John Podesta said in an interview that President Trump is "unfit for office" and that his actions are "absolutely crazy." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John Podesta: Trump’s actions are ‘absolutely crazy’

Melissa Quinn · May 22, 2017 6:18 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan knows the healthcare bill's passage is just the first of a three-stage process: "House, Senate, then conference." He also understands widespread confusion and concern with the bill, calling it "such a personal issue ... such an important issue in people's lives." (Illustration by Piotr Lesniak for the Washington Examiner)

Paul Ryan’s plan to kill them with kindness all the way to 2018

Salena Zito · May 22, 2017 4:01 am

The defections by young Republicans actually accelerated after President Trump had been a front-runner and after the Republican obstruction of Congress, suggesting these may not have been the principal drivers of the rapid decline, which accelerated after December 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Tips for reporting on Trump: Assume the worst and dismiss the context

Eddie Scarry · May 20, 2017 12:00 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan admitted Friday that President Trump had a rough two weeks after his decision to fire James Comey as FBI director. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Paul Ryan: Trump had a ‘bad two weeks’ after Comey firing

Al Weaver · May 19, 2017 1:22 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said they are pushing forward with their policy agenda despite White House "drama." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

GOP pushes ahead with agenda despite Trump ‘drama’

Susan Ferrechio · May 18, 2017 4:26 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said that Republicans campaigned on a promise to deliver relief and scale back the size of government. We pledged that we would repeal regulations to create jobs and get the economy moving again. Now, we are delivering on that promise.(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paul Ryan: Obama’s regulatory tailspin has been repealed

Speaker Paul Ryan · May 18, 2017 12:00 pm

The Justice Department's move to appoint a special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation is the latest sign that President Trump is failing to make the leaks fueling allegations against him the "real story." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Trump losing battle to make leaks ‘the real story’ in Russia probe

Sarah Bedford · May 18, 2017 5:00 am