Prince Harry praised New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s leadership during Hurricane Sandy as they toured the Jersey shore on Tuesday.

“It's fantastic. The American spirit — everyone getting together and making things right,” Prince Harry told the press.

“The governor here did absolutely fantastic,” the prince added as he put an arm around Christie.

Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reportedly turned down — but is still mulling over — an offer from “Survivor” producer Mark Burnett to host a syndicated daytime television talk show.

Alex Trebek says it’s “kind of neat” to be considered the eighth most-trusted guy in the United States.

In a recent “Most Trusted People in America” survey by Reader’s Digest, the “Jeopardy!” host fared far better than some political figures.

While Trebek took the No. 8 slot, President Obama placed at number 65. Former President Carter and first lady Michelle Obama came in 24th and 19th place, respectively. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ranked No. 51.

ITK chatted with the veteran game show host at a Thursday dedication ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Trebek was on hand to donate some “Jeopardy!” artifacts for a new exhibit with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences focused on daytime TV.

The Democratic National Committee chairwoman is a breast cancer survivor.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he plans to call Bryce Harper's parents today after the Washington Nationals' star outfielder injured himself running into a wall Monday night.

"I told the Republican leader I was going to talk to his family," Reid said Tuesday morning on the Senate floor with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "I'll talk to his mom or dad to find how he's doing."

There will be a wolf roaming Capitol Hill on Wednesday, but officials are making its handlers keep the animal outside.

Defenders of Wildlife planned to bring Atka, an arctic wolf, into the Rayburn House Office Building for an event, but the "sergeant at arms put the kibosh on having a wolf in the building," according to organizers.

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Former Rep. Steve Largent doesn’t count himself among the growing chorus of critics calling for the Washington Redskins to change the team’s name.

The Oklahoma Republican and ex-National Football League player told ITK when we caught up with him recently, “I’m kind of a traditionalist and I kind of believe in, you know, keeping the traditional name.”

Largent played for 14 seasons as a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks before putting down the pigskin for good in 1989.

Some opponents of the Redskins’ name call it racist and insensitive. Earlier this year, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) told The Hill the Redskins should seriously consider a name change. Lewis noted, “We have to be sensitive” while Holmes Norton said in a phone interview, “Nobody would let a comparable name to blacks stand.”

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a member of the Chickasaw Nation, has also called on the Redskins to scrap the name.

Rep. Mike Pompeo took a page out of the Carly Rae Jepsen songbook amid reports that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records from Associated Press (AP) staffers.

In a Monday post on Twitter, the Kansas Republican wrote:

Hey I just met you and this is crazy, but I just subpoenaed all the AP's numbers and violated the Constituion [sic], maybe twitter.com/RepMikePompeo/…

— Mike Pompeo (@RepMikePompeo) May 13, 2013

The message, a play on the lyrics of the 2012 mega-hit “Call Me Maybe,” included a photo of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

“Saturday Night Live” pulled a name switch-a-roo over the weekend, when an opening sketch on the Benghazi hearings identified Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, as a completely different congressman.

In the skit, cast member Kenan Thompson appears to portray the Maryland Democrat, but a nameplate mislabels him Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.).

Besides being on different sides of the aisle, the lawmakers — Hastings is white and Cummings is black — aren’t exactly look-alikes.