WTOP: Rains today bring 1 to 3 inches WASHINGTON — The heavy rains and chance of storms in the next two days are a welcome relief from the recent summer drought for farmers and gardeners, but the area will remain far short of the average rainfall for this time of …

Two gentlemen enter. One gentleman leaves. Roll Call’s Jackie Kucinich: Hoyer Criticizes Colbert’s Testimony Before House Panel The testimony that comedian Stephen Colbert made to a House subcommittee last week was “inappropriate,” according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. “I think it was an embarrassment for Mr. Colbert more than …

Celebrate with special guest Chris Martin, Honorary Chair of the Host Committee, and join fellow contemporary art lovers and philanthropists for the much-anticipated launch of NOW at the Corcoran—an exciting program of exhibitions presenting new and site-specific work by emerging and mid-career artists. Friday, October 1 8 p.m. to Midnight …

In the words of Roxanne and Argetsinger, “Live by the tweet, die by the tweet.” With just three days’ notice, Meghan McCain canceled a book tour appearance Thursday at Pennsylvania’s Juniata College because of “several unforeseen professional responsibilities,” her rep told the college. Busted. The Chronicle of Higher Education looked …

The NFL season is in full swing and Brad Kanus has agreed to join us for another year. FamousDC presents … Fantasy Football Rantworthy: Week 3 This week is going to be short.  My wife birthed our little future fantasy champion in time for me to catch all the NFL …

Colbert: “I hope my star power can bump this up all the way to C-SPAN 1.”

Don Draper doesn’t like the new DNC logo, Obama is losing the cactus vote, Editor’s note: Roll Call co-produces a weekly television program on Comcast, It handled great- I just hate the girl that gave it to me and haven’t used it since, the parking Gods smiled on David Almacy, …

h/t DCist’s Aaron Morrissey

Are you ready for some football?! …this chick is and although the football season is well underway, I love picking out my favorite spots to watch the games! Couch surfing is fun but nothing beats cheering on your beloved NFL and college teams over beer and wings. So where to …

Residents say most of the stench is coming from Capitol Hill.

Some people panicked and some people just spent more time on the “new Twitter.” Facebook calls Thursday’s downtime the “worst outage we’ve had in over four years.” In post on the site, Facebook says it was unreachable for 2.5 hours because of “an unfortunate handling of an error condition.” Rich …

One of these things is not like the other… h/t J. Swift

GOP unveils new agenda at a lumber yard. Sean Duffy was jealous.

We were so happy not to see an “Eagles room.”

Who recently said this? “The momentum is with us.” A. Jet’s Head Coach Rex Ryan B. Republican Whip Eric Cantor C. Nancy Pelosi D. Dancing with the Stars contestant “The Situation” Find out here.