Stories by Warren Rojas:
Nov. 29, 2012
President Barack Obama has invited the general public to lobby on its own behalf, prompting average Americans to sound off about how allowing expiring middle-class tax cuts to careen off the fiscal cliff would affect individual households.
Nov. 28, 2012
It’s been a little more than a decade since the passing of progressive pit bull Sen. Paul Wellstone. Lawmakers are marking the occasion Wednesday night by gathering with the Minnesota Democrat’s family and former colleagues to honor both his and wife’s life’s work.
Nov. 27, 2012
Rambunctious rocker Andrew W.K. has decided he will not be party to all the disinformation being spread about him by the State Department, detailing the origin of his now-ill fated trip in an interview with HOH.
Nov. 26, 2012
President Barack Obama took daughters Sasha and Malia out for some early Christmas shopping over the weekend, popping into One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., to pick up some page-turners to pack under other people’s trees.
Nov. 21, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!
Nov. 21, 2012
A group of wealthy Americans willing to pay higher taxes isn’t getting much traction with staffers for the Senate GOP’s top tax writer, Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah., if a recent meeting is any guide.
Nov. 20, 2012
Thanksgiving may still be a few days away, but that did not stop the regional staffs for Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and Republican Sen. Roy Blunt from gathering ’round the table Monday for a friendly feast.
Nov. 19, 2012
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III made returning to work a lot more palatable for Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller by surprising his home-state colleague with a case of pepperoni rolls.
Nov. 19, 2012
A week of great eating begins now.
Nov. 16, 2012
Ex-Rep. Rahm Emanuel skipped town a few years back to become mayor of Chicago, but he hasn’t forgotten his favorite haunts here in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 15, 2012
While many outside the Beltway bubble loathe D.C. bureaucracy, several local restaurants are capitalizing on this town’s love affair with all things political.
Nov. 15, 2012
Food scribe Beth Kanter so loves the D.C. dining scene that she’s penned insider-y shopping guides and travel resources urging others to come spend their money here. But her latest tome, “Washington, DC Chef’s Table,” gets even more intimate, heading into the kitchen with some culinary players for a true taste of the good life.
Nov. 14, 2012
For some members of Congress, one term or less just isn’t enough to get to them. Today, HOH bids adieu to the freshman members of the 112th Congress whom, alas, we won’t get to know better.
Nov. 14, 2012
Day Two of of the lame-duck and the freshman gaffes keep coming.
Nov. 14, 2012
“Too funny. First power meeting with E. Warren and D. Fischer? In the Senators-only women’s bathroom. Gonna need a bigger bathroom.” — Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is making friends left and right in the close quarters that are the female-friendlySenate facilities.
Nov. 13, 2012
It’s time to say farewell to some newly displaced members of Congress we’re sad to see go.
Nov. 13, 2012
Congress has been back for just a few hours and already the hijinks have resumed. Wednesday’s projected nuttiness: Oxfam America is posting a giant inflatable duck outside of the Capitol and slipping lawmakers sweet little reminders to not be “lame” the rest of this session.
Nov. 13, 2012
Suna, the experimental fine-dining restaurant taking up residence above sibling eatery Acqua Al 2, will serve its first artfully executed multicourse tasting menu Wednesday night.
Nov. 13, 2012
Texas Democratic Rep.-elect Beto O’Rourke’s punk rock days are long behind him.
Nov. 13, 2012
With new member orientation starting today, Capitol Hill welcomes a brand new crop of lawmakers. In their midst are a few freshmen HOH is particularly interested in getting to know better.
Nov. 12, 2012
The spiky-haired scion of the Simpsons clan stuck it to “Bush’s Brain” on Sunday night, scribbling an election denier’s mantra across the blackboard during the show’s opening sequence:
Nov. 9, 2012
Electoral agitator Cory Stephens became an instant celebrity this week after a number of web aggregators latched onto his seemingly absurd endorsement of “A GAY DOG” to be our new commander in chief.
Nov. 9, 2012
For all of their disdain of mainstream media, Republican leaders and surrogates are flocking to the safe harbors they know to perform the requisite post-election-defeat hand-wringing.
Nov. 8, 2012
As the 2012election postmortems continue rolling in, the pundits have seized upon a fairly obvious theme: The Republican Party has a serious diversity problem.
Nov. 7, 2012
The West Coast kept things interesting this Election Day without causing too much drama for re-elected President Barack Obama.
