During an election year, the campaign trail receives constant coverage. That attention typically surrounds those folks campaigning for office, as it is important that we get to know the person we’re electing – everything from their fiscal policies to their hairstyles are scrutinized by the media. What is often forgotten, however, …

At any given moment D.C. is rampant with interns. They’re on the metro, sitting on a bench during their lunch break, and standing next you in line at Starbucks. Interns are to D.C. what yellow cabs are to New York. With the holiday season upon us, you may find yourself scrambling …

Being an intern in D.C. is unlike any experience you’ve had before. You can intern in many cities across the country, but none of them will be quite like your experience in the nation’s capital. D.C. interns are a Type A breed that are a force to be reckoned with. …

Interns are a unique breed in the human world. They’re at the bottom of the food chain, yet are crucial to its everyday functioning. They graduated with honors and are some of the brightest young minds in the industry, yet their hardest task of the day might be juggling 16 …

You’ve landed an internship on Capitol Hill and you finally figured out your way around Rayburn. Now what? Back in 2011 we were feeling particularly empathetic of the trials and tribulations faced by our Hill staffer friends, so we created a chart to help provide some guidance in an otherwise intimidating …

When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We polled all of the LCs and former LCs we could get in touch with to ask how their time is spent at work. This week, we have how a legislative correspondent’s day can be divided.

Meet Donté Stallworth. You may know him from his previous working life – an NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and the Washington Redskins. Now, he’s a National Security Fellow at the Huffington Post. We caught up with him …

by Nicole Tieman As professionals in D.C., we’ve seen the entire gamut of intern personalities. Capitol Hill is brimming with wannabe politicos who try to pass off plots from House of Cards as their own; K Street is lousy with ambitious over-achievers dressed in their best Olivia Pope knock-off suits, …

#NATIONAL D-Day in photos; This 93 year old man is parachuting into Normandy again in full dress; And just one more D-Day story for you; Don’t make Kevin Spacey go all Frank Underwood on your ass; Will Obama wrestle a bear next?; Those curls are intimidating the world; And yet, …

Enjoy this post from the FamousDC vault. You know the subject matter well. For many offices, the summer intern hunting season is officially over.  This means it is time to gawk, chortle, snicker and generally decry some of the more…special applicants that came through this year. Let it be known, …

We were inspired by Nathan Gonzales‘ sheer August creativity in coming up with 6 Things Losing Candidates Say, passed along by Shira Toeplitz. Here’s another take on his list: 5 things DC interns say: 1. I just won a happy hour at McFaddens! 2. No, I don’t just get them coffee, I’m really an …

If you’ve yet to catch the web series Cap South, you’re missing out. Cap South takes a humorous, and often times over the top look at everyday life on Capitol Hill. After enjoying a lot of success and plenty of good ink this past season, the final episode was posted …

For many offices, intern hunting season has officially begun–and no this is not like “wabbit season” in Looney Toons. It is the time of year most offices begin their fall intern searches. This means it is time to gawk, chortle, snicker and generally decry some of the more…special applicants. Let …

Now that we’ve entered the throes of intern season, we thought it’d be fun to point out a few archetypical characters that fill our halls of power and proudly sport their badges. Let’s start with the various forms of the TMItern. This intern can take many forms. One, a derivative …

Famous 5: Alex Becker, DC Dream App Winner Meet Alex Becker, winner of our DC Dream App contest and Huffington Post intern. We were just as shocked as any to find out Alex was an intern when he won the contest with his DC Intern Fashion Fail Detector app. Born in …