In what’s becoming an annual event, FamousDC teamed up last night with the American Gaming Association to tip off  March Madness mayhem. Political debate was set aside for the most important contest of the evening – the NCAA basketball tournament. Guests mingled, buzzers beat and brackets busted as large screen TVs …

Rockstar energy reporter, Amy Harder, is leaving National Journal after almost six years to join the Wall Street Journal to cover energy. She will remain based in Washington, D.C. Prior to National Journal, she had stints covering legal journalism and on the cops beat at the Bellingham Herald, a local …

WSJ’s Elizabeth Williamson: Trivial Pursuit: One Man’s Quest to Catalog Presidential Minutiae We consider Mark Knoller’s Twitter feed a must-follow. You can join in here.

Gillian Reagan wonders: has Matt Drudge lost his edge? New York Observer: Are the Days of Drudge Over? Jonathan Weisman, who covers the Obama administration for The Wall Street Journal, seemed to back up that idea. “Matt Drudge has no influence whatsoever,” he said. “When Drudge picks up one of our …

If Republicans think Obama isn’t good for the economy, that might change after they read this post. Abercrombie Posts Slight Rise in Net “Despite a tough selling environment, we produced bottom-line growth while still remaining true to the aspirational positioning of our brands,” Chief Executive Mike Jeffries said. “We continue …

Former Bush speech writer, William McGurn, authors a must read in today’s WSJ.  [Press Corps Quagmire] When a man hangs up his byline to write for a president, he gets more than a new job. He gets to see how the press and pundit corps look from the other side of …