Mark Silva
is deputy managing editor for government news in Washington and editor of Political Capital. He has covered the White House and national politics.
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Ice cream makers Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of the brand, Ben & Jerry's, scoop ice cream.
Ben and Jerry’s: Free Cone, Free Buck
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, is trying to make a statement. So he is giving away dollar bills stamped with messages such as “Not To Be Used For Bribing Politicians.” It’s part of a “Stamp Stampede” campaign in...
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Vice President Joe Biden during a joint-statement with Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, on May 31, 2013.
Biden: Blistering Cruz, Paul — Wondering if Gore Has a Job for Him
A couple of vice presidents past and present showed up last night at a Washington fundraiser. The sitting VP, Joe Biden, a veteran of three-plus decades in the U.S. Senate, had some rough words for a couple of first-term Republican...
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U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey shakes hands with a supporter in Boston, on April 30, 2013 as he celebrates winning the Democratic primary for the special U.S. Senate election.
Cashing in On Digital Privacy: Wyden Fundraising Appeal for Markey ($23?)
It was sure to come to this: There’s fundraising gold in them thar personal privacy versus national security hills. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has been at the forefront of concern over government surveillance in the name of...
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Former President George W. Bush shows three fingers for "W" as his wife and former first lady Laura Bush after the opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Bush is Back: Positive Polling
George W. Bush is back. In positive territory, that is. Barely. Not since 2005, the folks at Gallup say, have more Americans held a positive view of the 43rd president than those who had a negative view. Not until now:...
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Attendees arrive at Google Inc.'s headquarters for the company's annual shareholders meeting in Mountain View, California, on June 6, 2013.
Google: ‘Nothing to Hide’
Google says its lips are sealed, but complains its hands are tied. Its obligation to secrecy about the number of requests for information it gets from the Federal Intelligence Surveillance court prevents it from fulfilling its obligation to transparency with...
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U.S. Representative and former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, tries Google Glass after leaving a meeting Republican Party Caucus on Capitol Hill on May 15, 2013.
Bachmann: ‘Lord Calling Me’ to Retire
“Michelle, My Belle,” the theme music plays in the introduction to Mike Huckabee’s interview with Michele Bachmann today — he being someone who won the Iowa Republican caucuses, she being someone who bombed in Iowa. Bachmann explains her impending retirement from Congress...
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A newly naturalized American citizen Fayick Suleman, from Ghana, center, stands for a photograph with his wife Hanadi Suleman, left, and son Laeyth Suleman, 2, with his certificate of citizenship after a Naturalization Ceremony in New York, on April 19, 2013.
Obama: Citizenship Key to Immigration, ‘Driving Force’
Four in 10 Fortune 500 companies were started by first- or second-generation immigrants, President Barack Obama said today in a White House speech kicking off weeks of Senate debate over an immigration bill. Immigration has been “a driving force” of...
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Supporters gather in support of National Security Administration (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden in Manhattan's Union Square on June 10, 2013 in New York City.
Snowden Fired: Booz Allen Was Paying Security Contractor $122,000
Edward Snowden is out of a job. Booz Allen Hamilton, the mammoth government contractor that employed the contract security worker for less than three months, said today that he was fired Monday for violating the firm’s policies. Snowden, 29, has...
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The National Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Maryland.
Public Supports Phone Surveillance, Divided Over E-Mail: Poll
Most Americans – 56 percent – say the National Security Agency’s surveillance of telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way to investigate terrorism, the Pew Research Center reports today, while “a substantial minority” – 41 percent –...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton writes on her cell phone with Roberta S. Jacobson, left, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon, right, in Brasilia, Brazil, before heading to Brussels on April 17, 2012.
#tweetsfromHillary: Wife, Mom, Hair Icon, Pantsuit Afficionado
Updated at 1:45 pm EDT Question: What goes from Zero to 65,301 in 60 minutes? Hint: “Wife, mom, lawyer…” Need more hints? “Women & kids advocate…” This should settle it: “FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState” Then there are bonus hints:...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
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Emma Fidel
is political editor for Bloomberg.com in Washington. She previously covered financial regulation as a Bloomberg intern. -
Don Frederick
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Gregory Giroux
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Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
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Richard Rubin
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Lisa Lerer
covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico. -
John McCormick
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Hans Nichols
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Margaret Talev
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Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
