Sean Higgins

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In its "Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists" the SPLC says, "the evidence suggests that Nawaz is far more interested in self-promotion and money than in any particular ideological dispute. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP)

National Security

Maher wants to be a part of lawsuit against Southern Poverty Law Center

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 5:17 pm

The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, a branch of the Government Communications Headquarters, is investigating the incident. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

National Security

UK parliament hacked, lawmakers’ email targeted

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 4:37 pm

The State Department confirmed that Laurel Miller, the acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, had her last day on Friday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

State Department’s top Southeast Asia official leaves

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 3:46 pm

Coulter had complained that the interview was ended before she had a chance to discuss Cohn's appointment as director of the National Economic Council. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Sean Hannity tells Ann Coulter to ‘cut the BS’ after she alleges censorship

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 2:49 pm

The Trump administration was going to make stopping them a top priority, he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) â©

National Security

CIA Director Mike Pompeo ‘counting on’ stopping and punishing leakers soon

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 12:40 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to nudge up from 234,000 the week before to 239,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

House votes to expand job training to welfare recipients

Sean Higgins · June 23, 2017 3:02 pm

As President Trump has previously proposed privatizing air traffic control, it would appear that he supports the House version of the bill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Air traffic control privatization bill introduced

Sean Higgins · June 22, 2017 9:23 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday that President Trump doesn't believe current U.S. trade deals amount to a free trade system because they resulted in trade deficits. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer: Trump wants to ‘go after’ unfair trade practices

Sean Higgins · June 22, 2017 3:38 pm

"Marvin Kaplan has the qualifications to be an effective member of the National Labor Relations Board." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lamar Alexander promises to move quickly Trump’s NLRB nominee

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2017 4:57 pm

There are an estimated 346 VA employees who do no actual work for the taxpayers, according to a January report by the nonpartisan Government Accounting Office. Instead, these federal workers spend all of their time doing union work. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

VA Secretary Shulkin says reform needed for union official time

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2017 4:38 pm

Shulkin stressed that this was a reform, not an elimination of the civil service protections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

VA secretary: Bill making it easier to fire workers a ‘different’ but necessary step

Sean Higgins · June 20, 2017 4:01 pm

Virginia senator said he is worried about accountability in the program, for which President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Broad bipartisan support’ on apprenticeships, Democrat Scott says

Sean Higgins · June 15, 2017 6:09 pm