Stephen Replogle headed over to Wal-Mart, Fawn Johnson got a Drudge bomb with her federal aid for broadcasters story, Brian Walsh joined Twitter, TOTUS took a dive at the White House, Cathy Merrill Williams defended Katharine Weymouth on Facebook, Jim VandeHei returned from a two-week vaycay, Aaron Bernstein and Katie …

So long as members of his party continue to take trips to Argentina, some experts believe that Republican Rep. Eric Cantor might just have a chance in 2012. Cantor, who boasts one of the most seasoned staffs on Capitol Hill, recently shelled out some cash money for a few speech …

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If there’s a juicy news story, Politico seems to be all over it these days. The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused …

From Last Call: Gov. Sanford is headed out of town this weekend with his wife for a short vacation. In related news, his mistress has announced she will be hiking the Appalachian Trail. Well played.

We get our health care via a Swedish witch doctor, so we don’t have a dog in this fight – but we do enjoy passing along good viral videos that don’t suck.

Black Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Harry Alford accused Senator Boxer (D-CA) of playing race politics during an EPW Committee hearing on green jobs.

They’ve been profiled in the Politico and Roll Call and are known to turn a few heads every time they take the field. We thought you’d want to learn a little bit more about the softball team simply known as “Scared Hitless.” 1) We know Matt Pollack and Jeffrey Ostermayer …

Trust us, after the pictures are posted via some sort of interactive photo gallery, you’ll know exactly what we mean… For those of you unfamiliar with the Capital Club’s annual ode to Frank Sinatra, you’re missing out. The soiree, that bares the legendary musician’s name, is best known for being …

Note to anyone who utters the phrase "I’m glad this isn’t on tape right now" – it probably is …especially when it deals with "Mayor for Life" Marion Barry. The Washington Post’s editorial today suggests the DC Council should look into Marion Barry’s dubious earmarks. But the best part of …

In the spirit of health care reform and because the economy isn’t likely to recover anytime soon – sometimes you have to be creative. [that’s one way to save] h/t RT via Jalopnik

The recent protests following the June 12 Iranian election have made media headlines for the past several weeks because of the severe government crackdowns that violated and continue to violate the civic rights of the Iranian people to a free and fair election and to protest: rights which are guaranteed …

Meghan McCain, in an interview with Out magazine . "Joe the Plumber — you can quote me — is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing." h/t Taegan

Fox news is reporting shots fired on Capitol Hill in near one of the Senate buildings… UPDATE: Brett Baier reports the incident is near the lower Senate Park. Police are not allowing anyone to exit the capitol premises. UDPATE 2: Reports that one person is in police custody [tipster] UPDATE …