This Year’s White House Christmas Decorations Include Massive Sunny and Bo...
On Tuesday, the White House welcomed military service members, their families, and media for an early look at this year’s holiday decorations. Volunteers from 33 states, the District, and Puerto Rico...
View ArticleThese Holiday Decorations Will Get You in the Christmas Spirit
It’s only the beginning of December, but Christmas decorations are up and all around Washington. It’s never too early to organize the biggest Christmas tree, the most beautiful lights, and the greatest...
View ArticleHow the Obamas Changed Washington
On January 20, while Donald Trump is being sworn in a few blocks up Pennsylvania Avenue, movers will finish carting the Obamas’ possessions out of the White House. The family won’t be going far: The...
View ArticleHow I Got a Tampon Dispenser Installed in the West Wing
The West Wing bathroom situation is probably not what you’d expect. When I started in 2009 as President Obama’s director of scheduling and advance (later I was deputy chief of staff for operations),...
View ArticleMeet Matt Boyle, Breitbart’s (Other) Man in the White House
On his first-ever trip to the White House, Matt Boyle blows right past the security gate without stopping to show his identification. An annoyed Secret Service agent thumps on the glass and motions for...
View ArticlePHOTOS: The 2017 White House Christmas Decorations
The White House unveiled its holiday decorations for 2017 Monday. Staffers were still putting on the finishing touches as journalists made their way through the doors of the East Wing to document the...
View ArticleDC’s Year in Review, As Told By Instagram
It was a tumultuous year—and you got it all on camera. January: Women’s March That's right… A post shared by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Jan 21, 2017 at 7:32pm PST DC was the epicenter of women’s marches...
View ArticleSwooning Over Michelle’s Every Look—and Curve
While expectations are sky-high for her husband, Barack Obama—his first 100 days, boosters seem to say, will solve all the world’s problems—another set of expectations may be even higher: that First...
View ArticleBringing the Windy City to the Nation’s Capital
Michelle Obama Title: First Lady Connections: Former U of Chicago Medical Center vice president for community and external affairs. Former lawyer in Mayor Daley’s city hall, hired by Valerie Jarrett....
View ArticleWho Are the Wealthiest Members of the Obama Administration?
It’s no surprise that the big money in government is in defense. But monied people seem to go there, too. In the April edition of the magazine, available today, we examine the wealthiest Cabinet...
View ArticleWhite House Easter Egg Roll Tickets Available Now
Parents, start your engines: Tickets for the White House Easter Egg Roll are now available. And for the first time ever, you don't need to leave your desk to get them—the free tickets are being given...
View ArticleOuch! Careful With That Arm, Hillary
And you thought the only health-care problems in Washington were those that came in the debate over the congressional legislation. Turns out this year was especially hard on officials at all levels. In...
View ArticleWhat, No Sari?
Tareq and Michaele Salahi burst into the headlines with their gate-crashing stunt at a White House state dinner. A year and a half earlier—long before she became a potential player in Bravo’s Real...
View ArticleA War to Remember—but How?
When Virginia governor Bob McDonnell initially failed to mention slavery as he reinstated the Old Dominion’s observance of Confederate History Month this year, President Obama joined the chorus of...
View ArticleWith Kris’s Departure, Obama Loses a Key Lawyer
David Kris is stepping down as the head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, and he leaves some very big shoes to fill. Kris is regarded as one of the best minds of his generation on...
View ArticleBin Laden’s Death Prompts Partying Outside White House (Photos)
Hundreds of revelers gathered outside the White House early Monday morning as news of the death of Osama Bin Laden reached critical mass. Washingtonian contributors Melissa McCart and Joshua Yospyn...
View ArticleWhite House Source: President Will Have to Vacate Oval Office Next Year
The Oval Office, shown here in May 2011, may have to close next year for renovations. Official White House photograph by Pete Souza.Update: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about our...
View ArticleLin-Manuel Miranda is Live-Tweeting His Trip to DC Today (UPDATED)
Broadway smash Hamilton won’t be playing in town anytime soon, but you do have the off-chance of seeing show creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda on the streets of DC today—either on social media or in...
View ArticleYour Weekend Bucket List for Washington, DC
Updated on December 28, 2016. Washington is a big place—okay, not Los Angeles or London big, but large enough to make seeing all its attractions in a day or two nearly impossible. Consider these the...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Will 3-D Print White Houses Tonight to Count Electoral Votes
From 7 pm on Tuesday evening, the Washington Post plans to use 3-D printers to track the accumulation of electoral votes–by 3-D printing a pair of five-inch-wide models of the White House. The...
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