Here’s a bust of President Barack Obama created by a Smithsonian team from 3-D scan data. Obama is the first sitting president to be scanned for this purpose. The bust was displayed yesterday at the White House Maker Faire, and the data and models will become part of the National …

We like this Time Magazine political memoir title generator, including its refresh button which reads “We can do better.” Here are some working titles for our next political book. There are hard choices and then there are hard choices—like what to call your political memoir. As with politics, the genre …

By popular demand, we partnered up with our friends over at Photox again for a little fun with some of our favorite politicos.

People say DC is Hollywood for ugly people, but as District fanatics, we take slight offense to that notion – at least most of the time. However, as a city always on the go, it’s hard to look perfect all of the time – especially when your day starts with …

Story Partners, in honor of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner,  hosted a slew of Washington influentials at their inaugural “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism” event. The party, co-hosted by Story Partners’ Gloria Dittus, NBC’s Betsy Fischer Martin,Washingtonian’s Cathy Merrill Williams, CNN’s Dana Bash, CBS News’ Jan Crawford, and The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe definitely kicked off the weekend …

We will live by the promise of hashtag #NATL Can we watch all sports with this filter on?; Here are 45 names the NYT’s Upshot rejected that you can use for your new data journalism organization; #MyNYPD; O, Canada; Goodbye Google+; Hannity vs. Stewart; Comcast vs. Netflix; Andy Warhol created …

Vice President Joe Biden’s first photo of the VP sitting behind his aviators at his desk, shuffling papers and surrounded by Americana. The only situation that could make this photo better: him holding a sandwich while riding a train. Follow the VP here.

BREAKING in news you never knew you wanted to know: It’s true: I’m not a #Belieber. “Senator Mark Warner offers to sign petition to deport Justin Bieber” http://t.co/KQwY6hcN1a — Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) February 4, 2014   via The Hill h/t Phillip Herndon

Chris Matthews chose the Greenberg Theatre at American University as the venue to interview the President this Thursday. The interview bumped a dress rehearsal of the Nutcracker, keeping young traveling ballerinas aged 5-14 from practicing that night and kicking them out on the streets. Read on for the full letter from the Artistic …

So many presidents, so much road [blockage] Tuesday morning just isn’t cute enough without [baby tigers] Know what’s not cute? The upcoming [debt limit] Then again, neither is this giant [road slab] Photo by Kevin Wolf

We had the FamousDC research team crunch the numbers from today’s Etch a Sketch sales. All of the facts are based on Twitter mentions, Facebook likes, raw Amazon data and the speed at which Santorum-supported microsites popped up online. We will update as additional precincts report.  

We clicked, so they win. Fresh headline from POLITICO: Can Obama legally kill you? The first graph is just as dramatic. Should the president have the right to kill you? And if so, under what circumstances? Find out whether or not Obama can legally kill you by clicking this link right …

WSJ’s Carol E. Lee: Calendar Conflict: Obama Schedules Jobs Speech on GOP Debate Night President Barack Obama intends to deliver his much-anticipated speech laying out his jobs agenda and plan to cut the federal deficit on Sept. 7 to a joint session of Congress. Mr. Obama’s timing steps directly on …

This young girl only wants to play outside and she’s SITTING ON THE PRESIDENT’S DESK! July 12, 2011 – President Obama talks with the outgoing Chief of Staff from the Office of Intellectual Property Andrew Kline while his daughter sits on the desk. Cutest thing you’ll see all week. H/T Marty …

His team is rumored to be making calls into the early states …