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No one knows Washington secrets like Paul Bedard. This longtime DC reporter joined The Washington Examiner in early 2012 after penning U.S. News & World Report's premiere political column, "Washington Whispers," for more than a decade. Be sure to follow Paul on Twitter at @SecretsBedard, subscribe to him on Facebook -- he's facebook.com/SecretsBedard -- and sign up for his email newsletter to get all of Paul's Washington Secrets delivered to your inbox every morning.
  • California teachers sue NEA over forced $1,000 union dues

    Paul Bedard

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Ten California schoolteachers on Tuesday sued the National Education Association and California Teachers Association to escape mandatory union fees in a case that piggybacks on a 2012 Supreme Court ruling against forced union dues. The teachers, represented by the Washington-based Center for...

  • 'Rodham': Movie on Hillary's Watergate role set for production

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    A new and acclaimed movie script about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's role in the 1974 impeachment of President Nixon is moving toward production, buoyed by the backing of the producers of the "Twilight" series. The indie movie about Clinton's early days in Washington with the...

  • Harvard: Young Americans slam Obama's job on gun control, economy

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Just one in four younger Americans believe the nation is headed in the right direction, and a majority of so-called Millennials disapprove of President Obama's gun control initiatives, according to a new Harvard University poll. Already slammed by the economy and their unemployment at a higher...

  • Bill requires Obama, Biden to sign up for Obamacare

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    President Obama, Vice President Biden, Congress and civilian federal workers would be forced into Obamacare under new legislation introduced by the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today. "If the ObamaCare exchanges are good enough for the hardworking Americans and small...

  • Poll-crazed Clinton even polled on his dog's name

    Paul Bedard

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Former President Bill Clinton required up to 60 polls a year to determine everything from his positions to vacation destinations and even polled on his Labrador retriever Buddy, according to a new book from U.S. News White House correspondent Kenneth T. Walsh. In "Prisoners of the White House,...

  • Book: Obama surrounds self with 'idolizers,' plots legacy with scholars

    Paul Bedard

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    A revealing new book from one of the media's longest serving White House correspondents reports that President Obama surrounds himself only with "idolizers," and top aides make sure that those whose view might "shake him up too much" are shoved aside. In "Prisoners of the White House, the...

  • Brzezinski says his name nearly cost him his job

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    Former Carter-era national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, in a revealing oral history about his career just posted on iTunes, said he has former Nixon-era adviser Henry Kissinger to thank for his job. But it's not because Kissinger was a mentor or put in a good word for the Polish-born...

  • Mainstream Media Scream: Matthews calls McConnell 'an SOB'

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    This week's Mainstream Media Scream features MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews ranting about Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. On his April 24 show, he noted McConnell's low unfavorable rating while rapping the Kentucky senator's vote against stricter background checks for gun...

  • Customs to tired travelers: 'Call your congressman'

    Paul Bedard

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    Customs and Border Protection agents at Washington Dulles International Airport told a shocked line of Americans returning from overseas trips Friday night to complain to their congressmen and senators eafter the three agents handling U.S. citizens were abruptly sent home in a sequester bid to...

  • Latin leaders hit Obama trip as 'social event'

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    Even before he travels to Mexico and Costa Rica later this week, Latin American leaders and experts are shrugging off President Obama's trip as a "photo op" and social visit meant boost his fight for immigration reform at home rather than revive languishing U.S.-Latin relations. "I think the...