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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

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

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Gary Byrne’s Clinton White House expose arrives Tuesday

For weeks, nonstop press coverage, breathless buzz and strategically released excerpts has kept an unpublished book on radar. "Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate" has drawn intense public interest and big headlines, both pro and con.

June 26, 2016
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., greets people outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Former Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio announced he will run for re-election to the Senate from Florida, reversing his retirement plans under pressure from GOP leaders determined to hang onto his seat and Senate control. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Marco Rubio draws endorsements, accolades for new Senate re-election campaign

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is not destined to be a forgotten presidential also-ran. He has emerged intact from a campaign arena that included 16 other combatants and much saber-rattling. The tenacious Republican made his decision to run for re-election on Father's Day, surrounded by his wife and four children.

June 23, 2016
Former President Bill Clinton will host a fundraiser for his wife in Chicago, with a price per ticket for a "host" costing $50,000. A "champion" can get through the front door for $33,400. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton, a $247 million candidate who talks populist but acts pricey

There are lots of feel-good promises coming from Hillary Clinton about wages, jobs, opportunity and so forth and so on -- skewed to portray the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee as a true woman of the people who understands household financial challenges and kitchen table economics

June 22, 2016
A CNN poll released Tuesday finds that 29 percent of registered voters said they would be "excited" if Hillary Clinton won the presidency. (Associated Press)

Early fatigue: Just 29 percent of voters ‘excited’ about Hillary Clinton, poll finds

Gone are the dramatic days of President Obama's campaigns for the White House, when "hope and change" was the rallying cry, zeal was plentiful and emotions ran high. An early case of voter fatigue appears to have set in among many Americans this time around. Just 29 percent of registered voters said they would be "excited" if Hillary Clinton won the presidency according to a CNN poll released Tuesday.

June 21, 2016
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is strongly favored by evangelicals over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, evangelical voters find common ground

In the middle of campaign turmoil and negative press attacks, Donald Trump has some allies. Evangelical voters favor the presumptive Republican nominee, this according to a Fox News poll, which finds that 58 percent of evangelicals would vote for Mr. Trump if the election were held today, compared with 21 percent who favored Hillary Clinton. But there is work to do. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump meets with 900 evangelical leaders in a New York City hotel to make his case before this sizable voting bloc. Accompanied by former GOP rival Ben Carson, the nominee plans a "conversation about America's future" and a call to arms for people of faith in tumultuous times.

June 20, 2016
An airplane landing at Reagan National Airport, over Gravelly Point Park — which some say should be renamed Nancy Reagan Memorial Park. (ted eylan)

Jody Hice and Grover Norquist push for Nancy Reagan Memorial Park at Reagan Airport

In the typical whirlwind of legislation comes H.R. 5457, a nice breeze of a bill was introduced this week by Rep. Jody Hice. The Georgia Republican simply proposes that Gravelly Point Park -- located on the Potomac River at the foot of the main runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport -- be renamed Nancy Reagan Memorial Park.

June 16, 2016
Long before technology, and the way it was: The New York Times newsroom in 1942. (Library of Congress)

State of the media: Tech companies dominate journalism to the ‘very core’

Every year, the Pew Research Center issues a massive "State of the Media" report which plumbs the troubled depths of journalism, from content to audience to revenue. A new one just arrived, providing more evidence that the press has been in an identity crisis ever since the internet, technology and the 2008 recession transformed the business and challenged old ways.

June 15, 2016
Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaks during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **

1.6 million GOP primary voters cast their ballots for ex-candidates

Some Republican voters never lost faith in their preferred presidential candidate. Though they set a record by casting over 30 million votes in primaries and caucuses, a significant number of die-hard supporters still voted for candidates who had already exited the race.

June 15, 2016
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the dust of Manhattan on the morning of 9/11 attacks. He has decried President Obama's apparent inability to say the words "Islamic terrorism." (ABC News)

Inside the Beltway: Giuliani on Obama: “Completely inane inability to say Islamic extremist’

As mayor of New York City during the 9/11 attacks, Rudy Giuliani saw someone leap to their death from one of the burning twin towers. He attended the funerals of 200 first responders. Mr. Giuliani, who also served as associate attorney general in the Reagan administration, has weighed in on President Obama's reluctance to characterize the origins of the Orlando nightclub attack.

June 14, 2016
Exterior of the U.S. Capitol (image from Architect of the Capitol) ** FILE **

Congress inspires ‘little or no confidence’ in Americans: Gallup poll

A new Gallup poll reveals that the overall average of Americans expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in 14 national institutions is below 33 percent for the third straight year. When particulars are considered, it gets worse. At the bottom of the heap are lawmakers: Only 9 percent of the public has confidence in Congress.

June 14, 2016