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Jennifer Harper

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Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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Megyn Kelly's fans may not follow her from Fox News to NBC, a new poll finds, adding that ardent Republicans may simple turn away. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: GOP fans won’t follow Megyn Kelly to NBC

Megyn Kelly's sudden decision to leave Fox News to host three shows on another network is a complicated one, drawing mixed reviews from marketing and media gurus. Her most ardent Republican fans, meanwhile, may simply turn away.

January 11, 2017
President Obama will address a hometown Chicago crowd Tuesday in commemoration of the final days of his eight years in the White House. (Associated Press)

Tickets for free Obama farewell address reselling for $5,000 on eBay, Craigslist

It is a farewell address to be reckoned with. President Obama steps before a huge audience in Chicago on Tuesday night to deliver a formal goodbye to the nation, delivered in 360-degree video and broadcast live in prime time by all major networks. Tickets to the free event are reportedly being resold for $5,000 each on Craigslist and eBay, prompting consumer warnings from the local Better Business Bureau.

January 9, 2017
1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment of Fort Hood, Texas will be among the 8,000 participants in President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade on Jan. 20. (U.S. Army)

Donald Trump musters a heartland army for his inauguration

A joke has backfired on the news media: Gleeful journalists who cackled over the celebrity boycott of the presidential inauguration must now face a new phenomenon. President-elect Donald Trump and his staff are winning praise for their "refreshing" ideas as they return inaugural culture to its more traditional, less complicated origins.

January 8, 2017
Work continues on the stand for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Trump will be sworn in at noon on Jan. 20, 2017 as America's 45th president. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump wins applause for his ‘refreshing’ celebrity-free inauguration

It is ironic that President-elect Donald Trump, a genuine celebrity in his own right, is shunned by many famous folk who refuse to be civil as inauguration day approaches? Who cares? So asks Roger L. Simon, founder of PJ Media and an award-winning Hollywood screenplay writer, who thinks the lack of celebrities is a "great thing."

January 7, 2017
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton being urged to run for mayor of New York

Even after the turmoil of the 2016 presidential bout, political hubbub continues. Consider that Hillary Clinton is now considering a run for New York City mayor in an election that will take place in just nine months. No, really.

January 5, 2017
In this Nov. 18, 2016, photo, the U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump promises big tax cuts, a border wall and massive spending on infrastructure. That’s a recipe for bigger deficits that fiscal conservative Republicans have railed against during President Barack Obama’s tenure. Trump’s agenda runs counter to years of promises by congressional Republicans to try to balance the federal budget. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Inside the Beltway: The new Congress is 91 percent Christian

"The share of U.S. adults who describe themselves as Christians has been declining for decades, but the U.S. Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s. Among members of the new 115th Congress, 91 percent describe themselves as Christians," reports the Pew Research Center in an analysis that compares today's lawmakers to 1961-62, when 95 percent of the House and the Senate were Christian.

January 3, 2017
President Obama stages his farewell address on Jan. 10 in Chicago at McCormick Place, the nation's biggest convention center. (White house)

Obama ‘Farewell Address’ is anything but goodbye

There's a bodacious presidential event in the making, and it's not the inauguration. President Obama is planning a major farewell address which does not appear to be a farewell at all. It portends to be a dramatic foreshadowing of his future plans, and it is bound to be a doozy, staged at Chicago's McCormick Place -- the biggest convention center in the entire nation.

January 2, 2017
The first official oil portrait of President-elect Donald Trump was unveiled Wednesday. (Image courtesy of C-SPAN and Chas Fagan)

First presidential oil portrait of Donald Trump unveiled by C-SPAN

It has golden undertones, and there's a definite twinkle in the blue eyes. The very first formal oil portrait of President-elect Donald Trump was made public Wednesday by C-SPAN -- "the first portrait created since he was elected," the public affairs channel noted.

December 28, 2016
Rep. Chris Collins of New York. ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: Trump’s ‘true’ friends on Capitol Hill

It will be interesting to watch one of the world's most canny dealmakers enter the White House. President-elect Donald Trump knows that dealmaking is an art rather than science, and wrote a best-selling book on the subject. There's finesse, strategy, imagination and muscle involved. But part of the knack is sensing which friends are genuine when the going gets tough, tricky and complicated.

December 27, 2016
Active-duty and veteran sailers petitioned the White House to restore ranks like "seaman" and "corpsman" after the Navy decreed it was jettisoning them in favor of more gender-neutral titles. (U.S. Navy)

Welcome home ‘seaman’: Navy restores traditional job titles lost to political correctness

It is a teachable moment: The U.S. military is fierce and protective about its heritage. Three months ago the Navy announced it would jettison 21 long-standing "ratings" titles in the name of gender-neutral modernity. Such traditional names as "fireman," "corpsman" and even "seaman" were about to disappear until a whole fleet of authentic sailors sounded the alarm.

December 25, 2016
Many say Hillary Clinton's campaign has been recalibrated to revise the election narrative and protect her political legacy. (Associated Press)

Team Clinton fights to revise the election narrative

Things are not as they seem. After losing the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton gave a single speech, then made a few strategic appearances as a private citizen on nature walks or browsing in local bookstores. But her campaign is still percolating with vigor, now recalibrated to revise the election narrative.

December 21, 2016