Businessman Herman Cain formally endorsed Mitt Romney’s presidential bid in an event on Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon. The move marks Cain’s third endorsement since suspending his own White House run last December amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year affair. Read full article > >

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The Keystone XL oil sands pipeline takes center stage on Capitol Hill –­ again — as congressional and campaign politics collide: Read full article > >

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Congress and the campaign game (Monday’s Trail Mix video)

An uncharacteristic Iranian group has had a resurgent presence on Capitol Hill leaving some experts and academics wondering how the group’s quest has made it this far.

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The MEK in the USA: Inside the Campaign to De-List the Terror Group

The Senate will move ahead later this week with the House version of a congressional ethics package, including a formal ban against insider trading on Capitol Hill, but jettisoning tough provisions that had won bipartisan approval in the Senate. Read full article > >

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Senate to vote on STOCK Act

When Margaret Doyle’s temper exploded inside the Virginia General Assembly a few weeks ago, a photograph of her being ejected from the state Capitol became a symbol of front-line resistance to legislative assaults on women’s reproductive rights. Read full article > >

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Consider the case of the angry white woman

Watching with growing unease as the GOP presidential nomination fight promises to stretch into the spring, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are making moves to protect their own reelection prospects in the fall. Read full article > >

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As GOP waits for dust to settle, party leaders sharpen case for reelection

Allegedly planning an attack on the Capitol.

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Feds Arrest Man in Suicide-Bomb Plot

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Is there a poet in the House? Congress’s unofficial bard has added to his body of work, composing verses that were inserted into the Congressional Record this week in tribute to some legendary astronauts . Albert Carey Caswell , a longtime member of the Capitol guide service, has been contributing dozens of poems to the official record of Congress for years. He debuted his latest this week, an ode to the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor : John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. Read full article > >

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Thousands of demonstrators swarmed Wisconsin’s Capitol last winter, opposing cuts to collective bargaining rights and workers’ benefits. A handful are still there.

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Wisconsin Protesters, in Smaller Numbers, Remain

For Larry Frankel, veteran D.C. cabbie, driving a taxi is like fishing. You have to know the spots. When Congress is in session, he prowls Capitol Hill at lunchtime; during the evenings, he cruises out-of-the-way restaurants; and in the wee hours, around closing time, he lurks in front of the most popular bars. Read full article > >

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Does it pay to drive a cab in D.C.? A look at the fair wage debate in the nation’s capital

The federal watchdog who first raised concerns over the federal loan program used for the now-defunct solar company Solyndra is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Wednesday–his first appearance since the story broke. Gregory H. Friedman is slated to tell lawmakers that the Energy Department ‘s efforts to quickly distribute $35.2 billion in economic stimulus funding “was more challenging than many had originally envisioned.” Read full article > >

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The $16 muffin that became a reviled symbol of government waste didn’t cost $16 after all. That’s the new conclusion of Justice Department auditors, who last month had criticized the department for spending $16.80 apiece for the notorious pastries at a conference at the Capitol Hilton in Washington. Read full article > >

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For all the attention being devoted to the congressional “supercommittee,” the panel’s deficit-cutting is actually designed to be a team effort. Under the law that created the new panel, every standing House and Senate committee was tasked with passing along recommendations for what spending to cut within their own jurisdictions. That includes the panel that helps run half of the Capitol — the House Administration Committee . And not surprisingly, Republicans and Democrats don’t see eye to eye on what Congress should slash from its own budget. Read full article > >

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On the supercommittee agenda: Cutting Congress’s budget

As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, the backroom wrangling of Democratic votes to support President Obama’s jobs bill passed for Washington intrigue. Then the Capitol got a reminder of what real scheming looks like when Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced a foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador . After that, the talk in Washington turned to FBI informants, conspiracy, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps and Mexican drug cartels. Read full article > >

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Iran terror plot reminds Washington of the old days of cloak and dagger