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November 8, 2012, 5:48 pm
By
Alexandra Jaffe
Acress Ashley Judd isn't running for Senate, but she doesn't seem to have ruled out the possibility of a contest to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the future.
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November 8, 2012, 4:42 pm
By
Judy Kurtz
Bono is headed to Washington.
The U2 frontman is one of the many ultra-VIP guests slated to attend next week’s inaugural Hero Summit, a ceremony billed as a way to “pay tribute to America’s deep tradition of service.” While he’s in town, the “Mysterious Ways” singer is also poised to give a talk at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business on Monday. Other celebrities and lawmakers who will be joining the swank affair hosted by Newsweek editor-in-chief Tina Brown: “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin, Gen. David Petraeus, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Adm. William McRaven, White House social secretary Jeremy Bernard, Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.), fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, “CBS This Morning” anchor Charlie Rose, Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, actress Jennifer Beals and NBC’s Andrea Mitchell. A press release says the Wednesday event will be streamed on The Daily Beast website. Photo: Wikimedia
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November 8, 2012, 3:24 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
David Axelrod on Thursday suggested a charity where Donald Trump can send the $5 million he offered in exchange for President Obama's college records and passport application. Obama's senior campaign strategist taunted Trump on Twitter, saying the Obama campaign had "saved" him $5 million.
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November 8, 2012, 1:41 pm
By
Elise Viebeck
The group claims Obama's junk-food habit glamorizes unhealthy eating before a country that already faces an obesity crisis.
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November 8, 2012, 1:12 pm
By
Judy Kurtz
It’s Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s (R) party, but he’ll let Sen. Marco Rubio be the star, if he wants to.
The Florida Republican will “headline” Branstad’s birthday fundraiser next Saturday in Iowa, according to a Twitter message posted Thursday by Rubio’s press secretary, Alex Conant. Branstad is turning 66 that day.
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November 8, 2012, 11:11 am
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Vice President Biden will appear on the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" next Thursday, but he filmed the top secret cameo back in July.
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November 8, 2012, 10:18 am
By
Judy Kurtz
Meghan McCain says on election nights, her family can rely on one tradition: Mexican food and movies.
The MSNBC contributor and daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told Anderson Cooper on Wednesday’s “Anderson Live” that a Mexican feast and flick is a key part of the festivities when the lawmaker’s up for reelection.
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November 7, 2012, 3:43 pm
By
Judy Kurtz
Not only did he win the presidential election, it turns turns out that when it comes to dairy product preferences in Washington, President Obama remains the big cheese.
On Wednesday, the day after the election, the Park Hyatt in Georgetown released the ooey gooey results of its presidential cheese-off between Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
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November 7, 2012, 1:27 pm
By
Judy Kurtz
Pop superstar Beyoncé, who hasn’t been shy about her support for President Obama, posted a message on her Tumblr, Facebook and Instagram accounts that poked fun at GOP candidate Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential election.
A photo of a handwritten note that reads, “Take That Mitches” appeared on the “Love on Top” singer’s accounts on Tuesday night. The phrase is a play on a PG-13-rated taunt that includes the “b” word.
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November 7, 2012, 11:40 am
By
Judy Kurtz
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says he was “mortified” after learning that video of him getting his groove on at a President Obama rally earlier this week was captured on video and had been posted on the Internet.
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