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Rubio, Obama win Whopper for fiscal cliff debate performance 01/05/2013 08:43am • The fiscal cliff debate has been a gift that keeps on giving -- at least to fact checkers. And before it fades to a distant, bitter memory, we thought it useful to sort out a couple of bigger claims made by political leaders.President Barack Obama has crowed about the deal passed on New Year's Day, Cole pushes for new voter identification legislation 01/05/2013 03:42am • Kathy Stewart, wtop.com WASHINGTON - In Virginia, the documents that residents are allowed to use as forms of voter identification may change soon. Delegate Mark Cole, who represents the 88th District in the Fredericksburg area, is introducing a new voter identification bill during this year's Expected deal to mean social security tax increase for American workers 12/31/2012 11:18pm • Jill Schlesinger, editor at large, CBS Moneywatch.com 'Debt ceiling roulette': Sen. Warner sounds off on 'cliff' deal 12/21/2012 11:12am • WASHINGTON - With time growing short and the prospects of a "fiscal cliff" plunge dead ahead, legislators are scrambling to find a deal. But Virginia Sen. Mark Warner says when they do, it won't be a one-sided offering from either party. "The speaker has tried to do a Republican-only deal in th Local school systems focusing on security amid concerns 12/20/2012 04:00pm • WASHINGTON - At least four area school systems have posted notices about security on their homepages in an effort to squash rumors swirling on social media. "There's been a lot of chatter tied to recent events in Connecticut and the superstitions tied to the Mayan calendar," says Philip Kavits, t Cuccinelli Warns of Holiday Scams 12/19/2012 03:45pm • It’s a season for giving, but apparently some scam artists are instead using the opportunity for taking. The Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office is warning residents to watch out for holiday scams, particularly those involving false charities and phishing. Some groups use n New evidence hints at deadlier plan in Conn. massacre 12/16/2012 06:36pm • By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN and MATT APUZZO Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage shot his mother four times in the head before going to the school and gunning down 26, authorities said Sunday as details emerged suggesting that Adam Lanza had planned an ev Hollywood Casino Official Rules 12/14/2012 12:26pm • WTOP - NEW YEAR'S EVE HOLLYWOOD CASINO SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES 1. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. In order to enter, from Monday, December 17, 2012, through 11:59:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, go to the www.wtop.com website, click on the "Contest" icon under the living secti Europe Meets D.C.: The American Dream and celebrity news 12/11/2012 12:12pm • Editors Note: They traveled 1,230 miles to come to Washington, D.C. -- Christine Amdam flew all the way from Norway and Alina Braun from Germany. This fall, they studyied journalism at American University and worked as interns for WTOP. They quickly discovered that Washington and the American cultur Where Social Security stands in 'fiscal cliff' negotiations 12/10/2012 12:36pm • Dave McConnell, WTOP's Capitol Hill correspondent Senator Durbin's comments don't reflect reality on Social Security 11/30/2012 06:09pm • In the negotiating and positioning about the fiscal cliff, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., argued that Social Security should be off the table, and shouldn't be part of the discussion on what entitlement programs to cut."Social Security does not add one penny to our debt, not a penny," the Don't draw Social Security the second you're able 11/27/2012 02:53am • Knight Kiplinger, editor in chief, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Government spent more than $16 billion on advertising, marketing in last decade 11/16/2012 03:01pm • The government has spent more than $16 billion over the last decade on outside advertising, marketing and public relations contractors, feeding a cottage industry of inside-the-Beltway and Madison Avenue firms that help federal agencies burnish their images and tailor their messages, an investigatio Carbon tax would hit the poor hardest, congressional budget office says 11/14/2012 06:36am • Any new carbon tax imposed in exchange for lower income tax rates would hit the poor the most unless lawmakers take additional steps to offset higher costs, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.In a working paper issued Tuesday, CBO said lower rates alone would tilt relief to the White House has not talked about Social Security reform yet 11/09/2012 12:31pm • Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and host of Face The Nation