What do Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Major League Baseball player Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals have in common? They’re both regulars at George at the Four Seasons, which celebrated its $100,000 salon renovation with an al fresco party last night. A model with her...
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 16, 2013.
Pelosi’s Salon Celebrates Its Makeover
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Cast member Christiane Noll and author E.L. Doctorow attend curtain call at the Broadway opening of 'Rag Time' at the Neil Simon Theatre on in this 2009 file photo in New York City.
Pelosi, Baucus: ‘Ragtime’ vs. ‘Oklahoma!’
Emergency workers who responded to the devastation in West, Texas, Newtown, Connecticut, and Boston were honored at last night’s Ford’s Theatre Annual Gala, where Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance. The theater, which is known for its all-American musical productions,...
Read more »Pelosi ‘Very Confident’ Supreme Court Will Overturn Marriage Law
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she was “very confident having heard the debate” that a majority of the nine justices would vote to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act. “On the basis of what I heard, the questions of...
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Political Chocoholics Visit Pentagon Shop for Valentine’s Day
One question former Sen. Chuck Hagel hasn’t been asked during his confirmation hearings for defense secretary: Does he like chocolate? Chris Edwards would like to know. His family’s Edward Marc Chocolatier shop in the Pentagon is the Department of Defense’s...
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Photos of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims sits at a small memorial near the school on Jan. 14, 2013 in Newtown, Connecticut.
Newtown Will Be Well Represented at State of the Union Address
While the attendance of Ted Nugent at President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address presumably guarantees camera-time for the rocker-and-gun-enthusiast, especially when the speech focuses on gun control, other guests in the U.S. House gallery audience also will be paying...
Read more »Biden’s Swearing-In for a Second Term
First came Biden: At 8:21am EST today, Joe Biden was sworn in for a second term as vice president in a private ceremony at the Naval Ceremony attended by about 120 people, including family, congressmen and women and former members....
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Rep. Diana DeGette, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on banning high-capacity clips in the Capitol on Dec. 19, 2012.
House Democrats Gun-Shy on Guns?
As House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California led her colleagues in calling for restoring the assault weapons ban and restrictions on high-capacity ammunition magazines, she was asked about why she didn’t take such actions when Democrats controlled the White...
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media flanked by fellow members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5, 2012.
Pelosi’s Team: `Looks Like America’
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, “beaming with pride” at the “diversity” among her party’s leadership, today introduced the new top Democrats on House committees. Pelosi spoke to reporters after the House Democratic Caucus elected Nita Lowey to be the top...
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Timothy F. Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary.
Geithner Going to the Hill: Fiscal Cliff
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, has complained about President Barack Obama operating more in campaign mode than negotiating gear in the fiscal cliff talks. The president summoned middle-class Americans to the White House grounds today, and implored them to...
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President Barack Obama with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, following their meeting at her residence in Yangon on Nov. 19, 2012.
Washington Daybook: ‘Worst’ Form of Government
In the immortal words of Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried. President Barack Obama is in Myanmar — or is it Burma? — celebrating that country’s move...
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