Given an election year is just five months away, there’s no evidence the economic policy paralysis in Washington DC will not get a lot worse before it gets better — assuming it ever does.
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Crikey Says: Crikey says: Washington’s economic policy paralysis
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a meeting with the most powerful person in the world
Julia Gillard leaves tomorrow for her first American Journey as prime minister.
Elite Oz soldiers in covert operations for top-secret Alliance Base
Elite Australian soldiers are involved in covert operations for the Americans in the “war on terror”, co-ordinated through the top-secret, Paris-based centre Alliance Base.
Politico‘s Mike Allen: The most powerful journalist in DC
The NYT profiles Politico’s Chief White House Correspondent Mike Allen, the man whose Playbook drives the nation’s daily political discourse.
Going to the chapel of love and hate
Gay marriage got the go-ahead in Washington, D.C, but as the first married gay couples excitedly walked out of city hall, the crazy ‘God hates gays’ protesters were waiting. Amanda Hess explains what happened next.
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Politico and Wash Post to engage in DC territorial pissing
Online political news site Politico is going to launch a local Washington DC edition of the site, headed up by the former editor of WashingtonPost.com. It’s a pretty direct attack on The Washington Post’s DC supremacy, and HuffPo has its hands on an internal memo that outlines the plans.
Washington is the new Wall St
Wall St is no longer the financial capital of the USA, says the Washington Post. Since the country’s economy was plunged into crisis a year ago and the government intervened to prevent total carnage, the new financial power-players and puppet masters are all in Washington.
Evangelical Christian heads world’s largest biomedical research organisation
On Friday born-again, evangelical Christian Francis S. Collins went up to Capitol Hill and was confirmed by the US Senate to the most powerful scientists position in the world — director of the US National Institutes of Health, writes Michael James.
The top ten firms lobbying Washington on climate change
A new analysis of Senate disclosure records shows that more than 880 businesses and interest groups registered to lobby on climate change in the first quarter of 2009 — up more than 14%.
Cool Capitol reception for Netanyahu
Washington is no longer a welcoming the Israeli PM with open arms
Chris Gregoire, the newspaper saviour
An interview with Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, who recently signed into law a 40% corporate-tax break for newspapers and publishers within her state.
Where in the world is Matt Drudge?
Matt Drudge remains one of the most powerful figures in journalism. So why has he gone almost completely underground?
