Bob Dole (1923-2021): A Vet to Remember
• December 6, 2021

“Veteran who gave his most for his country.” Bob Dole said he wanted to be remembered that way. But for Bob Dole, giving “his most” included an almost impossible-to-remember-it-all list of […]

Covering Hot News on the Hill a Waiting Game
• October 1, 2021

  Congressional reporters inside the U.S. Capitol Thursday evening were excited as Sept. 30 wound down. In the next few hours, the hottest news in the nation was scheduled to […]

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The Wonder of an 80th Birthday  
• July 22, 2021

Anyone watching the news the last few days has to marvel about the wonders of highly achieving people hitting that once shocking age of 80. There’s the new heroine astronaut […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, April 15, 2021
• April 15, 2021

Ford’s is presenting a radio play and GALA will reopen with a show about radio plays. This Saturday: a streamed performance by the Thalea String Quartet.

BIDEN TIME
• November 11, 2020

Anyone who was paying attention on Saturday, Nov. 7, heard and saw much of America rejoicing outside, on the sidewalks and on the streets, after the media call that proclaimed […]

Democrats Open Unconventional Convention
• August 17, 2020

D.C. events include a kickoff at 6:30 p.m. with former Georgia Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, and the opening event at 7:30 p.m. with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Mayor Muriel Bowser. 

House Bill on D.C. Statehood Likely to Pass
• June 25, 2020

Proposed by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the bill, H.R.51, to be discussed and voted on tomorrow, would declare the city a new state, named “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.”

Evening of Smiling Eyes, Good Will Honors Nancy Pelosi
• March 26, 2020

A bipartisan group of Washington political leaders gathered March 11 with Irish brethren to pay tribute to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Matthew Shay and Rep. Peter King at the 28th […]

Politics, Impeachment Are Heating Up
• January 16, 2020

The looming impeachment process slowly swallowed up everything else. Formally, that occurred with the delivery, on Thursday, of the two articles of impeachment against President Trump.

Impeachment Coverage: A Screen Split Like the Nation
• December 19, 2019

At the very time when Democrats and Republicans were loudly debating and preparing to vote on two articles of impeachment, Trump was speaking at a rally in the electorally critical state of Michigan.