James Rosen will discuss his new book, and interview with the former vice president, this Saturday at Politics and Prose.
In the midst of another tough fight for same-sex marriage in Maryland, proponents of marriage equality have recruited some powerful allies. But few may make the case as well as Michael K. Williams, the actor known best for playing Omar Little in the HBO Baltimore crime drama “The Wire,” and former Vice President Dick Cheney.
ABC7 reports that anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney rallied yesterday with demonstrators outside the White House to protest the War in Iraq outside the CIA to protest the use of Predator drones in Pakistan. Around 70 protesters joined Sheehan outside CIA HQ in Virginia, and half of them then marched out to McLean for a throwback protest near former Vice President Dick Cheney’s house. It should be noted that Cheney no…
Breaking right now from the Washington Times: Former Vice President Dick Cheney is at The George Washington University Hospital this morning to undergo elective surgery on his spine. Cheney visited GWU Hospital something like 643 times over the course of the Bush administration, typically taking his massive motorcade along for the ride, the Secret Service keen on shutting down nearby streets. But now that he’s no longer in office, we’re curious to hear from…
Yesterday evening, White House press secretary Dana Perino had to make a final announcement regarding outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney: He hurt himself while helping with his move to McLean, Virginia and pulled a back muscle. Yes, Cheney, with his history of heart trouble, was apparently helping with the move. His doctor said he should use a wheelchair for the next few days—which means he’ll be attending the Inauguration in a wheelchair. “The vice…
Vice President Dick Cheney puts his troubled heart in the care of George Washington University Medical Center (check out The Colonialist’s photos of Cheney waving to the crowd as he left yesterday afternoon), but the Liaison Committee on Medical Education has since put the medical school for which the hospital serves as a training ground on probation. The Post characterizes the probationary status of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences as…
For those of you who live or work near The George Washington University Medical Center, heads up that Vice President Dick Cheney is heading back there today to see his regular heart doctor. The Associated Press is reporting that Cheney experienced an irregular heart beat this morning, and has since canceled a campaign event on behalf of John McCain and “scheduled a hospital visit to ‘restore his normal rhythm.'” Cheney is well known to Foggy…
>> Both the White House Christmas Tree and the Capitol Christmas Tree arrived in Washington today. >> D.C. fire officials are warning people not to overload electrical circuits in their homes this holiday season in the wake of a fatal garage fire over the weekend. [WTOP] >> Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an irregular heartbeat Monday and will be heading to George Washington University Hospital to have it checked out — in case you…
Good morning, Washington. Recent increases in gun-related crime in the city seems to be today’s main topic of news, just as the Supreme Court may announce today whether it intends to take another look at D.C.’s handgun ban. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has scheduled a press conference this morning to address the District’s position on its gun safety law, but in the meantime the Washington Post is questioning the law’s effectiveness and just last…
Yesterday we threw together a list of the people in the District we considered influential, taking after a similar annual list put together by GQ that compiles the movers and shakers on the federal side of the city. One of our nominees was Dorothy Brizill, a well-known civic activist and political gadfly who runs DC Watch, the closest thing we have to a citizens’ inspector general. And as we expected, last night she offered us…
