Wonkette did a little bit of poking around this afternoon and uncovered that the Marriott Wardman Park — currently hosting the annual Conservative Political Action Conference — might just have some problems with bedbugs. (You know, now that I think about it, this news might make for a couple of funny jokes!) It could always be worse for the Michele Bachmann devotees of the world, I guess: at least the conference attendees aren’t sleeping inside…

George Washington University always finds itself at or near the top of lists lining out the nation’s most expensive schools. But I’m willing to wager that most students and parents don’t factor in a large one-time cost of dry cleaning linens and clothing into their budgets. That’s too bad, because G.W. has bedbugs.

Maybe we just have a short memory, but yesterday was the first day of the summer that felt oppressively awful in that distinctly D.C.-ish way. Apparently we weren’t the only ones — NBC4 says that a bunch of kids from the National Student Leadership Council who were visiting Capitol Hill became sick from the heat, requiring treatment in a Senate office building (they’re all fine). Today promises to be two degrees hotter. Md. Teacher Sentenced…