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@thehill 's In the Know Columnist. @hoyajournalism Instructor.

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6 years
Roseanne cancelled. From ABC: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."
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Asked by @HowardStern if she's "upset" with @BernieSanders for taking his time endorsing her in 2016, @HillaryClinton replies, "No, disappointed. And I hope he doesn't do it again to whoever gets the nomination. Once is enough."
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. @Alyssa_Milano tells me: "Abbott and his Texas Taliban have shown over and over and over again that they don't care about women, the poor, or people of color. But they do care about money, above all else."
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@NikkiSchwab Vice President Harris wearing Valentino for tonight’s state dinner.
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Shaquille O'Neal tells me enough with the recounts, Trump won "won fair and square. We have to give him a chance."
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3 years
SCOOP:  @Alyssa_Milano tells me she's eyeing a 2024 House bid against @RepMcClintock : "It's going to take someone with, I think, name recognition and deep pockets to be able to run against McClintock, and so I'm considering it."
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7 years
Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness (MAR-A-LAGO) Act = A+ bill acronym trolling effort...
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6 years
Just your average day covering FLOTUS and ballerinas at the White House...
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@NikkiSchwab Asked how it feels to be back at the White House, former President Clinton tells me, “Great, especially for this.”
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3 years
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, says paid leave "should be a national right" in a letter to Pelosi and Schumer: "This isn’t about Right or Left, it’s about right or wrong. This is about putting families above politics."
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@NikkiSchwab The Clintons appeared to get a kick out of former secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s portrait hanging up on the wall in the East Colonnade as they entered for the state dinner, pointing and smiling at it.
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5 years
Not just the White House in gingerbread form this year...display also includes DC monuments/memorials. Whole thing is made from 225 lbs of gingerbread dough!
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2 years
Asked if she has any "anxiety" about getting involved in politics in her paid family leave push, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, tells @andrewrsorkin , "I don't see this as a political issue, frankly."
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@NikkiSchwab Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrive hand-in-hand at the state dinner for Japan at the White House. Bezos didn’t answer when asked if he’d be donating to Biden’s campaign.
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@NikkiSchwab Robert De Niro, a vocal Trump critic, asked how he’s feeling about the election, replies, “What do you think?”
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@NikkiSchwab Naomi and Finnegan Biden among the last to enter for tonight’s state dinner.
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6 years
. @kathygriffin ’s take on #WHCD ? She told me moments after it wrapped: “It’s so ironic -- like Sarah Huckabee Sanders sitting there and having to take it was just heaven.”
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2 years
Prince Harry and Meghan to receive one of the top honors at the @naacpimageaward this weekend... @DerrickNAACP says the couple has "heeded the call to social justice and have joined the struggle for equity both in the US and around the world."
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2 years
Prince Harry, addressing the UN General Assembly for Mandela Day, says 2022 has been “a painful year in a painful decade.”
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@NikkiSchwab President Biden gives a shoutout to former President Clinton and Hillary Clinton as he delivers a toast at the state dinner. It’s rare, but not unprecedented, for a former POTUS to return to the White House for a state dinner.
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5 years
This pub is erupting, people yelling at TV during Meadows’ questioning of Cohen. After Meadows says he never heard Trump make a racist comment, people here shouting, “What?!”
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4 years
@HowardStern @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton More from Clinton's exchange with Stern about Sanders taking a month to endorse her in 2016: "There's no doubt about it, he hurt me."
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1 year
The White House typically displays menorahs that are on loan, but now has one of its own. This new White House menorah, crafted by the Executive Residence Carpentry Shop, was created from historic wood removed during a Truman-era renovation around 1950.
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White House transformed the East Colonnade for tonight’s state dinner for Japan. Floor features flowers, shiny golden butterflies, and koi fish. Jill Biden said idea is to have it look like a “vibrant spring garden."
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@HowardStern @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton Could she support Bloomberg in 2020, @HowardStern asks @HillaryClinton : "I'll support whoever the Democratic nominee is." Says she doesn't want "to get in the middle."
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. @HillaryClinton is booked to appear on @colbertlateshow on Friday, Sep. 21, CBS just announced...comes almost exactly a year after her last "Late Show" appearance.
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7 years
Weinstein's wife, Georgina Chapman, calls actions "unforgivable." She's leaving him & "heart breaks" for accusers.
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6 years
Former President Obama will be Letterman's first guest on his new talk show, "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction," Netflix just announced...
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@NikkiSchwab That’s a wrap from me and tonight’s Japan state dinner press corps…thanks for following along! 🇯🇵🇺🇸
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. @KamalaHarris just announced as a guest next Wednesday, 7/17, on @JimmyKimmelLive — the same night that @iamcardib is poised to perform on the show...
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When we get tired of speech prep there’s only one thing to do...
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Kristi Yamaguchi arriving at the state dinner. Told @NikkiSchwab she doesn’t plan on being on the campaign trail for Biden this year, but mouthed to reporters, “Go, Joe.”
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I'll admit I didn't have "Bette Midler" on my "What will Trump tweet about while in the UK?" bingo card tonight...
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1 year
Huge standing ovation for Paul Pelosi, who’s here at @kencen Honors with @SpeakerPelosi in his first DC appearance since he was attacked. He’s sporting a black hat and a glove.
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2 years
Prince Harry says in addition to the world facing COVID and climate change, there are “a few weaponizing lies and disinformation at the expense of the many.”
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Asked how seeing President Biden at the White House reception for Honorees was, Gladys Knight says, “I love him. I feel like he’s my brother.”
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4 years
Meghan Markle on speaking out: "Regardless of my experience over the last few years compared to anyone's experience, you can't take for granted the ability you have as a woman to be able to be heard."
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4 years
Regina King wears a Breonna Taylor shirt as she accepts Emmy for Lead Actress in a Limited Series and urges viewers to vote: “It is very important. Be a good human. Rest in power, RBG.”
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5 years
Totally packed room for @StormyDaniels at @the_wing in DC. Line out the door and down the block, too.
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2 years
Prince Harry also rails against the “rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States,” and says, “We are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom.”
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1 year
Biden furry family members Commander and Willow getting a lot of love in the holiday decor. They make three surprise cameos throughout the White House.
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7 years
But why is Bill walking — and not just sitting — there on Capitol Hill?! #sorrynotsorry
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There's a Halloween party for kids in the Senate and one is dressed as the bill from Schoolhouse Rock!!!!
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A star-studded cast — including @Alyssa_Milano @JohnLithgow @AlfreWoodard and more — will perform a one-night-only play "ripped from the pages of the Mueller report"...
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6 years
In case you were wondering, here's what's on the White House's menu for President Trump's lunch with Kanye... #themoreyouknow
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Denzel Washington, media critic. Tells me: "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed."
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Denzel Washington blasts media for selling "BS"
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Matt Damon says at @kencen Honors that George Clooney, a notorious prankster, once “stole Bill Clinton’s stationery and wrote fake notes to actors saying how much the president loved their movies.”
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2 years
A very #thistown press line at the @kencen Mark Twain Prize in DC: @jonstewart @jrpsaki @PeteButtigieg and @Chasten all walking the red carpet at the same time.
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Greetings from a sunny White House…where preps for tonight’s state dinner for Japan seem well underway. Saw a driveway sweeper and some chairs being unloaded from a truck by the West Wing. 🇯🇵🇺🇸
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6 years
A rather animated kid upon meeting @FLOTUS while decorating wreaths at the White House: “She’s beautiful — like an angel!”
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2 years
More from Meghan: "Look, there's certainly a precedent amongst my husband's family and the royal family of not having any involvement in politics. I mean paid leave, from my standpoint, is just a humanitarian issue."
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6 years
Bipartisan party chatter - Sen. @amyklobuchar talking with @KellyannePolls at book party for @greta in DC...
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Ariana Grande on politics: "I would rather sell fewer records and be outspoken about what I think is some f--kery than sell more records and be...Switzerland."
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3 years
In my latest @thehill Q&A, @Yamiche talks what drove her to journalism, binge-watching  @GreysABC , & bringing the laughs (off-camera): "When people meet me, they’re like, 'Why are you not a comedian? Why are you not Leslie Jones?' But I’m not funny on TV."
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1 year
Angelina Jolie has arrived at the White House for the South Korea state dinner with her 21-year-old (uber dapper!) son Maddox.
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8 years
Obama mentions Medal of Arts honoree Mel Brooks, calls "Blazing Saddles" a "great film."
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2 years
. @Lis_Smith tells me at her #AnyGivenTuesday book party: "I don’t care how much you hate Joe Biden, but you cannot deny that the guy has racked up more wins in the last few weeks than like the Patriots did in like f--king four seasons."
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, Robert De Niro, former President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Tim Cook are all on tonight’s guest list at the White House for the state dinner for Japan.
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1 year
Finally, a look at the official White House Christmas tree. Every year, the chandelier in the Blue Room has to be removed to fit the massive tree. This year’s concolor fir is 18.5 feet tall!
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White House Correspondents' Association skipping a Hollywood celeb next year for its annual dinner, tapping presidential biographer Ron Chernow as its headliner. Comes after Michelle Wolf's controversial set last spring...
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Letterman ends #TwainPrize w/ Twain quote: "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
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Editorial note: While guests at the Japan state dinner at the White House will be feasting on dry-aged rib eye with blistered shishito pepper butter, I will be dining tonight on 4-hour-old Tatte hummus.
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2 years
Editorial note: After looking at the Paige's Pastries menu, I'm now craving peach cobbler.
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6 years
Theme for holiday decor at White House this year: “Time-Honored Traditions”...
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Australian PM Scott Morrison compares Trump to fellow New Yorker Teddy Roosevelt, says he was a “doer,” “unconventional,” and a “maverick.”
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6 years
Given Trump’s penchant for grandeur, this year’s White House holiday decor is surprisingly much more understated compared to past years.
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Big group including Idina Menzel, Darren Criss, Debra Messing rehearsing "What the World Needs Now" at #DemsInPhilly
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In an appearance alongside @lizzo , @PeteButtigieg does his best riff on "Truth Hurts": "I am 100 percent that nominee..."
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The East Colonnade has proven to be a source of White House holiday decor controversy over the years. “Creepy” snowmen in Obama years and “blood trees” in Trump era ring a bell? This time around the Bidens went with a woodland animal-filled winter wonderland.
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. @Alyssa_Milano is part of a virtual delegation of stars with  @TheCreativeC  urging lawmakers today (via Zoom) to continue federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. She says the arts "has a way of allowing people to break free from cycles of violence and poverty."
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. @kathygriffin and @MichaelAvenatti teaming up to talk "how to beat Trump" as they headline 2018 @Politicon ...
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Whether it's Champ and Major Biden, or your average Fido, "Dog Whisperer" @cesarmillan is sharing some words of wisdom on adjusting pets to new digs: "Ask not what the dog can do for you, ask what you can do for the dog."
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Borat tells Biden: “You don’t look so good! Where has your glorious big belly gone and your pretty orange skin?”
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DC dive bar unveils new food special inspired by @AOC : "The Affordable Meal Act"
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First time the official portraits of the Obamas will be seen on the holiday tours at the White House. The portraits were just unveiled back in September. Former President Obama gets a prime spot in the Grand Foyer.
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Stormy Daniels teased that there was more to the story re: Avenatti during an appearance in DC in March: “My new attorney said today, ‘Things are about to get real interesting’... Sit down, ladies. It's about to get real f---ing good.”
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Good morning from the White House, where it’s beginning to look a lot like 🎄 🕎 ⛄️ ❄️! I’m getting a first glimpse at this year’s holiday decor theme: “We the People.”
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So Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, is here and just said, “I am told the president of USA Today is here. Where are you, Mr. Trump’s?”
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Here’s the official White House Menorah, which was created in 2021. It was made using wood removed from the White House 70+ years ago during a Truman-era renovation.
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If the latest @netflix teaser is any indication, it appears Kevin Spacey's @HouseofCards character has been killed off...
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Coming to you tonight from the @kencen Honors in DC, where I can report that things are already getting weird…
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Time to Netflix and chill with @AOC ? Netflix acquires rights to documentary on Ocasio-Cortez midterm campaign...
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President Biden is here at @kencen Honors, with @FLOTUS sitting next to Gladys Knight. @VP and @SpeakerPelosi also here.
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It’s not available to see during the public holiday tours, but the White House opened up the Diplomatic Reception Room for a rare peek.
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No Grinch sightings here (so far)…
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Lot of Real Housewives groupies at the Capitol...long line of fans waiting to take a pic with @LisaVanderpump .
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Back of @danjlevy ’s head sighting at @kencen Honors…
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Jill Biden says to applause she’s “looking forward to adding some menswear” to the Smithsonian’s First Ladies exhibit “in the future.”
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Gold Star trees are the first sight that visitors see when they enter the White House. The trees are decorated with ornaments inscribed with the names of fallen service members.
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