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Trendsetters in Art and Politics

June 30, 2008

It’s fitting that three women standing in the far corner of one of the galleries at the National Museum of Women in the Arts are talking about the challenges faced by female artists over time.

Members Take Time to Thank Troops

June 30, 2008

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) held up two photographs on a recent afternoon as he looked directly into a video camera and spoke openly about the men in the pictures. They are his sons, both of whom served in Iraq.

Hill Climbers: An Energy Boost

June 30, 2008

High gas prices and questions about alternative energy have been on the minds of most Americans in recent weeks, but for David Marks, they are especially relevant. Marks recently became press secretary for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Hill Talk: Heritage Trail Plans Nearly Finished

June 30, 2008

Blueprints for the H Street Heritage Trail are almost complete and will be submitted for review in September. Cultural Tourism DC has prepared a tentative route map as well as sign locations and content, said Jane Freundel Levey, a historian with the organization.

Photo of the Week: Maybe Another Time

June 30, 2008

Sen. Joseph Biden’s (D-Del.) chief counsel, Todd Hinnen, breaks the news to witnesses that there will be no Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. Republicans used a procedural tactic known as the “two-hour rule” to block the hearing from going forward as a protest over President Bush’s stalled judicial nominations.