Stories by Warren Rojas:
Feb. 28, 2013
The main problem with playing a pol in Hollywood is the whole topsy-turvy power structure.
Feb. 27, 2013
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has taken to social media to build his case for what he considers are more sensible spending cuts, prodding taxpayers to weigh in on the potentially devastating sequestration rollbacks by advocating to #CutThisNotThat.
Feb. 27, 2013
Freshman senator and Notre Dame alumnus Joe Donnelly has taken a page poster from his alma mater’s playbook, motivating his Capitol Hill staff with this wonky take on the Fighting Irish’s work ethic:
Feb. 24, 2013
Aspiring rapper John Conyers III, the eldest son of long-standing Michigan Democrat John Conyers Jr., wants the world to know he’s done with the trifling haters who clouded his youth. And he’s spreading the good word via song and the Web.
Feb. 22, 2013
There are those in Washington who insist there is no rhyme or reason to the looming sequester cuts. The Heritage Foundation flack Amy Payne would beg to differ — and has whimsically done so via her “Seuss-quester.”
Feb. 22, 2013
Comedy Central poseur pundit Stephen Colbert recently opened up to late-night host Jimmy Fallon about his personal debt to his sister and South Carolina Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Colbert Busch.
Feb. 21, 2013
Skip Greer, current front man for pioneering punk rockers the Dead Kennedys, told HOH that before breezing into town last week for a show at the Rock N Roll Hotel, he simply felt too far removed from the machinations of the nation’s capital.
Feb. 20, 2013
In what’s fast becoming a trend on Capitol Hill, former Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M., has admitted to fathering a son outside of wedlock — with the daughter of ex-Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev.
Feb. 19, 2013
We’ve spent all weekend trying to wrap our head around why anyone, particularly a public official, would knowingly siphon work-related funds to satisfy personal fetishes.
Feb. 19, 2013
This may come as a shock to you, dear HOH reader, but many Americans elected to spend Presidents Day weekend NOT celebrating the birthday of the father of our country, taking instead to Twitter to engage in some bare-knuckled ideological brawling.
Feb. 14, 2013
Lifelong activist Harris L. Wofford, who first visited the White House to keep a lunch date with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, will again walk the hallowed halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW on Friday, when he collects his latest award, the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Feb. 14, 2013
Now that the election is firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time to put away yesteryear’s distractions and move on to the next great time suck.
Feb. 13, 2013
Sen. Ted Cruz was utterly speechless on the day after the State of the Union — not because he didn’t have anything to add to the rhetorical cacophony in the Capitol. The guy just plain lost his voice.
Feb. 13, 2013
For those new to social media, everyone’s a critic in the public domain.
Feb. 13, 2013
While mainstream media got all hot and bothered about Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s post-SOTU drinking habits (Poland Spring ought to flood his political action committee with loot), Internet denizens have much more burning questions about the rising GOP star.
Feb. 12, 2013
Determined to score a front row seat to history? Slipping the commander in chief a few cold ones probably wouldn’t hurt.
Feb. 12, 2013
Another candid shot (thanks press office!) of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., biding his time until he gets to officially lay into President Barack Obama Tuesday night.
Feb. 12, 2013
The press shop for Sen. Marco Rubio wants people to see the Florida Republican rehearsing the official rebuttal of President Barack Obama’s forthcoming State of the Union address.
Feb. 12, 2013
With President Barack Obama set to take over the public airwaves in just a few short hours, now might be a good time to figure out how best to entertain yourself tonight. We’ve pulled togetheroptions for five major constituencies:
Feb. 11, 2013
Political junkie John Hogan wants to help you wear your (bleeding) heart — as well as your pedigree, tax bracket and personal values — on your sleeve with his prospective pastime, “The United States of Entitlement”:
Feb. 8, 2013
Yo! Sushi is cutting the oft-forgotten cog of the congressional machine a break this weekend, offering current interns a 25 percent discount on its signature, conveyor belt-delivered cuisine.
Feb. 7, 2013
“Find me authentic kolache!” Shana Teehan, spokeswoman for Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, pleaded while we discussed my idea for a new, semi-regular food feature about reuniting displaced congressional staffers with the foods they miss most.
Feb. 7, 2013
Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who was misidentified in the program for the Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner as being from New Mexico, drew belly laughs Wednesday night after throwing colleagues under the bus, but still trailed newcomer Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., as funniest pol.
Feb. 6, 2013
Cheflebrity Andrew Zimmern has made a career out of playfully prodding local diners to embrace dining gems hidden in plain sight. But Washingtonians have serious work to do, and it involves fighting a Darwinian menace with our forks.
Feb. 5, 2013
Viral vid haven BuzzFeed is getting all journalistic on Tuesday evening, pinning down Sen. Marco Rubio at 201 Bar for the debut of political Q&A series dubbed “BuzzFeed Brews.”
