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Morning Roundup: Dec. 20
Va. officials meet to discuss possible Silver Line overruns; Deadly night in D.C.; Gingrich to Richmond; Maryland GOP: New map protects powerful Democrats; Md. judge hears redistricting suit; D.C. wants to overhaul cabs; Judge hears update about Wilder-led bankrupt slavery museum.
PICKET: Krugman wins media watchdog group's quote of the year
The Alexandria, Virginia based conservative media watch dog organization Media Research Center released their "twenty-fourth annual awards for the year's worst reporting." A panel of 48 radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, columnists, editorial writers, and expert media observers (of which I was one) voted on 18 different media categories ranging from "The Obamagasm Award" to "Flunk the Founding Fathers Award."
Morning Roundup: Dec. 19
P.G. cracks down on clubs, other venues beset by violence; McDonnell announces biennial budget; D.C. police to release findings of internal investigation involving fed agents; PlanMaryland hits O'Malley's desk; Report out on Virginia uranium mining; Proposed Md. redistricting map targets GOP delegates; Hearing for accused White House shooter.
PICKET: New PPP poll shows Gingrich support dropping in Iowa; Paul takes lead
The Democratic leaning Public Policy Polling Company released new data on Sunday night showing numbers in Iowa dropping for former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
PICKET: Bachmann continues Freddie Mac attack on Newt
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican and GOP presidential candidate, is campaigning around Iowa’s 99 counties in the run up to the Iowa caucuses on January 3 and is reminding voters that fellow candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich should return the $1.6 million dollars Freddie Mac paid him.
What's up with that?
The IRS filed a tax lien on D.C. Council member Marion Barry, Ward 8 Democrat, for more than $3,200 in unpaid federal income taxes for last year. What's up with that?
Obama 'saddened' by Havel's death
President Obama on Sunday said he was saddened by the death of Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who went on to become a hero of Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against totalitarian rule and later was elected the country's first post-Communist democratic president.
JT3 discusses ex-Hoya Jeff Green's health
Former Georgetown star to miss NBA season with aneurysm
Analyzing hardship waivers and Crowton's departure
Assessing the news du jour from College Park
McDonnell seeks quick end to detested sales-tax program
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell trickled out more of his budget plan for the next biennium Friday, announcing that he would seek $50 million to virtually eliminate a program that requires certain retailers to remit sales tax payments a month early.
House votes to cap parking spaces at Mark Center
Tucked into the 2012 omnibus spending bill that cleared the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday are two measures of huge import for Northern Virginia commuters: language in the bill caps the number of parking spaces at 2,000 at the Mark Center in Alexandria and requires the Army to comply with recently-issued recommendations from the Defense Department's inspector general.
Ethics panel extends probe of Rep. Waters
The House Ethics Committee has formally extended the special counsel investigation into conflict-of-interest allegations against Rep. Maxine Waters and whether the panel itself overzealously pursued the case against the California Democrat.
South Carolina Gov. Haley embraces Romney
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley endorsed Mitt Romney on Friday, saying he is "not a creature of Washington" and represents the party's best bet of defeating President Obama in the 2012 election.
Eli, Peyton and the NFL’s greatest siblings
Where would YOU rate the Manning boys on the all-time list?
Al-Amiri also attended U.S. Chamber luncheon
A former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps who accompanied Iraq's prime minister at a White House meeting Monday also attended a U.S. Chamber of Commerce luncheon the day after.
TWT OPINION: Sioux City GOP Debate Live Analysis
Starting at 8:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, December 15th, 2011, the Editorial Board will be providing up-to-the-minute analysis of the Republican Presidential Debate Live from Iowa.
Obama: U.S. holding 2,500 terror detainees
The United States is holding about 2,500 detainees captured in operations against al Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist forces, President Obama told congressional leaders in a letter Thursday.
PICKET: GOP polls in Iowa show voters still undecided
A number of polls regarding where the Republican candidates stand in Iowa. The various polls are fairly conflicting and likely indicative that likely Iowa GOP caucus voters have not settled down on a primary candidate.
