One of the fun parts of being governor, Chris Christie tells the schoolchildren: “Any bugs on your desk, you’re allowed to kill them without getting in trouble.” Faced with an uninvited visitor making himself comfortable in his office, the New...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a town hall meeting at Raritan Valley Community College, on April 11, 2013, in Branchburg, N.J.
Christie Kills Spider for Schoolkids, Channeling Obama’s Fly-Swatting
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, check on judges former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn., left, and House Chaplain Patrick Conroy during the second annual 'hotdish' competition in the Capitol Visitor Center, featuring casserole-like dishes from members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, on March 7, 2012. The dishes of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., tied for first place in the competition.
Tater Tots and Pepperoni (Hold the SPAM) — What Congress is Cooking
Can you smell what Congress is cooking? Tater-tots and more, washed down with Jell-O. Not to mention Rep. Michele Bachmann’s volcanic “Metro” dish with a whole can of sweet corn, or Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s hold-the-SPAM (not to be confused with e-mail) pepperoni...
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Farmworker Deal: Harvest of Pride?
Anyone remember “Harvest of Shame?” Edward R. Murrow? This was no Anderson Cooper 360. This was an awakening for Americans who knew little of their own nation’s practices. This was about how “the humans who feed the best-fed people in...
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, arrives for the weekly Republican policy luncheon on the Capitol on April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC.
McConnell Turns Table on ‘Liberal Left:’ Louisville Fundraising Bonanza
There is Hollywood, and then there is Louisville. And Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate from Kentucky who privately discussed ways to “do out” anyone who opposes him for re-election, has turned an audio-taping of that February...
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A Palestinian activist wearing a mask of President Barack Obama, holds a Rosa Parks' mug shot, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on March 20, 2013.
Obama’s Welcome: Palestinian Rappers
Many Palestinians may not be as overjoyed about President Barack Obama’s arrival in the Middle East today as the Palestinian rappers in a video prepared by the American Consulate General in Israel suggests. “We welcome you to Palestine,” the rappers...
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Beyonce in Berlin in this file photo.
Beyonce Belts Out Anthem: Super Bowl Preview
Beyonce played Obama’s inauguration. Beyonce is going to play the Super Bowl. The singer was lip-syncing outside the Capitol on Inauguration Day. She was not lip-syncing, it appeared, at her news conference today in advance of her Super Bowl half-time...
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Notre Dame inside linebacker Manti Te'o during the Discover BCS National Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Manti Te’o: Meet the Senate’s Budget
Everybody on Twitter seems to have jokes when it comes to Manti Te’o and the hoax of his fictitious girlfriend. So far be it from the National Republican Congressional Committee to miss out on its chance. “The last time the...
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The Capitol building stands in Washington.
Washington Daybook: Stepping Closer to the Cliff
House Speaker John Boehner will hold a news conference this morning to lay out the next steps on averting the fiscal cliff after yielding to anti-tax resistance within his own party and scrapping “Plan B” to allow higher rates on...
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President Barack Obama gets a hug after speaking at the Rodon Group, which manufactures over 95% of the parts for K'NEX Brands toys, on Nov. 30, 2012, in Hatfield, Pa.
Obama’s ’12 (Fiscal Cliff) Campaign
“The polling is with the president on this,” one media commentator says. The president campaigned on this, another says of President Barack Obama’s plan to tax the wealthiest Americans more — “the clear mandate of this election.” While Republican leaders...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney prepare to cast their ballots at Beech Street Center on November 6, 2012 in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Romney Votes, McCartney Endorses
Mitt and Ann Romney voted this morning near their home in Belmont, Massachusetts. Asked who won his vote, Romney said, “I think you know.” President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama already had voted early, and returned from their...
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