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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talk before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in the House chamber Tuesday.

The State of the Union is … saucy!

By Jason Dick, Niels Lesniewski and Jim Saksa
Posted February 8, 2023 at 6:05pm
Maybe Denzel Washington would be interested in one of the scripts? Political Theater talks to Washington-based screenwriters.

Where do Hollywood screenplays come from? Sometimes Washington

By Jason Dick and Chris Wright
Posted January 30, 2023 at 4:43pm
Donald Trump, Stone Cold Steve Austin and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon on March 28, 2007 at Trump Tower.

Comeback angles: Trump, McMahon and the art of never quitting

By Jason Dick
Posted January 23, 2023 at 3:59pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy exchanges flags with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at the end of his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the Capitol on Dec. 21, 2022.

‘The Flagmakers’ sews a portrait of an icon and the people who make it

By Jason Dick
Posted January 11, 2023 at 4:17pm
The relationship between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and President Joe Biden goes back decades. They are pictured here along with McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, during a reenactment swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 6, 2015.

Bridge to Somewhere: Joe and Mitch on the Ohio River

By Jason Dick and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 5, 2023 at 5:45pm
Samantha Power, currently head of the U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator, has long advocated for the United States to deal with genocide; she is a key figure in the documentary "The Corridors of Power."

The impossible debate in ‘The Corridors of Power’

By Jason Dick
Posted December 12, 2022 at 2:12pm
Matthew Heineman attends the Premiere Screening of his documentary film 'Retrograde', at Picturehouse Central on Nov. 2, 2022 in London.

‘Retrograde’ chronicles the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Jason Dick
Posted December 7, 2022 at 12:46pm
Herschel Walker, left, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, right, are facing off in the Georgia runoff.

Race, football and religion: Sorting through the Georgia Senate runoff

By Jason Dick
Posted December 1, 2022 at 9:01pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she is stepping down from her leadership position on the House floor of the Capitol on Nov. 17, 2022.

Measure for measure: Drama of 2022 midterms starts to conclude

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 17, 2022 at 2:45pm
Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., speaks during the Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus event at Shanghai Plaza in Las Vegas on October 22, the first day of early voting in Nevada. In the background are Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolack and Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. The results of the House Democrats' races and Cortez Masto's Senate campaign might presage what kind of nationwide results we can expect in the 2022 midterm elections.

The known knowns of the 2022 midterm election

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 3, 2022 at 4:58pm