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The State Department is no Donald Trump
( The Washington Post, February 8, 2012; 8:22 AM )
 
Abramoff’s back, scolding lobbyists
( The Washington Post, February 2, 2012; 9:50 PM )
 
What really happens in Davos
( The Washington Post, January 31, 2012; 8:21 PM )
 
Mitt Romney’s tax return problem
( The Washington Post, January 26, 2012; 8:22 PM )
 
How to travel like a spy
( The Washington Post, January 24, 2012; 7:41 PM )
 
Republicans remember Reagan. Bush? Oh, right.
( The Washington Post, January 19, 2012; 7:33 PM )
 
The Republican candidates on drugs
( The Washington Post, January 17, 2012; 8:19 PM )
 
For Romney foes, it’s all over but the shouting
( The Washington Post, January 12, 2012; 7:57 PM )
 
The Cantor aide and the day the tweeting stopped
( The Washington Post, January 10, 2012; 7:55 PM )
 
Obama and Cordray enjoy their recess
( The Washington Post, January 5, 2012; 8:13 PM )
 
A sunny congressional delegation
( The Washington Post, December 22, 2011; 7:47 PM )
 
Among the GOP candidates, Romney leads the presidential cousin derby
( The Washington Post, December 20, 2011; 7:06 PM )
 
Betting on Mitt? Newt?
( The Washington Post, December 15, 2011; 7:47 PM )
 
Gift ideas for the politically inclined
( The Washington Post, December 13, 2011; 8:55 PM )
 
Republicans’ holiday spirit doesn’t extend to Obama nominees
( The Washington Post, December 8, 2011; 8:41 PM )
 
Gingrich privately courts conservatives
( The Washington Post, December 6, 2011; 7:01 PM )
 
Contest winners: Obama’s words, the real and the imagined
( The Washington Post, December 1, 2011; 8:17 PM )
 
The airlines lobby changes its name — you still pay for baggage
( The Washington Post, November 29, 2011; 8:16 PM )
 
Federal belts get too tight for Santa
( The Washington Post, November 22, 2011; 7:32 PM )
 
Here’s where Congress is still bipartisan
( The Washington Post, November 17, 2011; 8:20 PM )
 
How do Obama’s Cabinet members rate?
( The Washington Post, November 15, 2011; 9:51 PM )
 
The Friday-night media dump: It’s real
( The Washington Post, November 11, 2011; 12:03 AM )
 
It’s a tough life in the Cabinet
( The Washington Post, November 8, 2011; 7:56 PM )
 
Friends and frenemies from Asia
( The Washington Post, November 3, 2011; 8:19 PM )
 
What did Obama say?
( The Washington Post, November 1, 2011; 8:48 PM )
 
Occupy Wall Street: A long way from Congress
( The Washington Post, October 27, 2011; 8:03 PM )
 
The Hussein-Gaddafi nexus
( The Washington Post, October 25, 2011; 7:50 PM )
 
President Obama’s jobs glitch
( The Washington Post, October 20, 2011; 6:21 PM )
 
Here come the judges? Maybe not.
( The Washington Post, October 18, 2011; 6:19 PM )
 
Hungary’s Viktor Orban has no appetite for democracy
( The Washington Post, October 13, 2011; 8:56 PM )
 
Richard Nixon texts and tapes will be released soon
( The Washington Post, October 11, 2011; 8:05 PM )
 
Ronald Reagan, the original class warrior?
( The Washington Post, October 6, 2011; 7:57 PM )
 
Still waiting for air safety improvements
( The Washington Post, October 4, 2011; 7:52 PM )
 
Sizing up Gov. Christie’s chances
( The Washington Post, September 29, 2011; 6:19 PM )
 
Obama needs to be liked
( The Washington Post, September 27, 2011; 7:27 PM )
 
An addendum, if you will, to the Cheney book
( The Washington Post, September 22, 2011; 8:10 PM )
 
Cats and dogs on Capitol Hill. Literally, this time.
( The Washington Post, September 20, 2011; 9:17 PM )
 
Preparedness, for zombies and beyond
( The Washington Post, September 15, 2011; 6:41 PM )
 
So Iraq was about the oil after all?
( The Washington Post, September 13, 2011; 7:40 PM )
 
Does anyone care about foreign policy?
( The Washington Post, September 8, 2011; 8:00 PM )
 
Disabled protesters spark security scare in Kabul
( The Washington Post, August 16, 2011; 8:41 PM )
 
Betting the French credit rating drops next
( The Washington Post, August 12, 2011; 12:10 AM )
 
House members travel to Israel, courtesy of AIPAC lobby, not taxpayers
( The Washington Post, August 9, 2011; 8:32 PM )
 
FAA dispute’s winners and losers
( The Washington Post, August 4, 2011; 8:57 PM )
 
Birthday bashes for Obama’s big 5-0
( The Washington Post, August 2, 2011; 8:59 PM )
 
Lead birther Orly Taitz still on case, questioning Obama’s Social Security number
( The Washington Post, July 28, 2011; 7:15 PM )
 
‘What would Jesus cut?’
( The Washington Post, July 26, 2011; 7:56 PM )
 
Ethics on the links in Orlando
( The Washington Post, July 21, 2011; 6:47 PM )
 
Don’t cry for Palmer, Venezuela
( The Washington Post, July 19, 2011; 8:49 PM )