Bono is applauding President Obama’s nomination of Mike Froman as the next U.S. Trade Representative.

In a Thursday statement following the president’s announcement at the White House earlier that morning, the lead singer of U2 and co-founder of The ONE Campaign said, “Mike is an inspired choice for America's top economic negotiator. He brings a head for business and a heart for humanity.”

Froman is currently Obama’s deputy national security adviser for international economics.

The producers behind the hit “Twilight” movie franchise are leaving vampires behind for their next flick and turning their attention to … Hillary Clinton.

According to Deadline.com, “Rodham” will focus on the former secretary of State’s early years in the 1970s after meeting Bill Clinton.

The site reports that producers are already on the lookout for actresses to play the part of the former first lady.

There’s a lot less of Rep. Tom Reed roaming the halls of the Longworth House Office Building these days.

The New York Republican has reportedly dropped more than 60 pounds in a matter of months since undergoing gastric bypass surgery.

The veteran diplomat offered joking encouragement to Clinton, noting that "four secretaries of state became president."

Forget President Obama — older Americans want Betty White to pass the salt as a guest at their dinner tables.

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) announced on her Facebook page Wednesday that she is expecting her first child.

Working on Capitol Hill can be like a game of “Survivor.”

That’s why Nicholas Balthazar says he penned The Capitol Hill Playbook: A Machiavellian Guide for Young Political Professionals.

“I wanted to distill in a book all the things a person just starting out in politics would need to know to be successful and to survive,” he says.

Balthazar, who wrote the just-released book under a pseudonym, is a congressional staffer. He was inspired to start writing the book two years ago when he noticed a young intern who didn’t have a mentor or anyone to guide her. He realized, much like the intern, that when he was starting out on Capitol Hill, he didn’t have someone to dole out advice.

Women are going under the knife in droves to get toned arms just like the first lady.

According to new statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the number of ladies opting for arm lifts has catapulted more than 4,000 percent in the last decade.

A news release from ASPS declares, “Doctors say there is no single reason behind the increase, though celebrities from the White House to the red carpet may be having an influence.”

A poll conducted for the group found that more and more women are eyeing the biceps of some of their favorite stars. ASPS writes that the poll indicates “women most admire the arms of first lady Michelle Obama.”

Rep. Jared Huffman’s been hard at work, clocking in on Capitol Hill by day and plucking a six string at night.

The California Democrat was gearing up over the past few weeks for his “Hootenanny” Tuesday fundraiser.

The congressman has been getting in some jam sessions with his band for the music-filled event in Petaluma, Calif. Huffman even bought a new guitar for his Washington abode so he can practice his licks while in the nation’s capital. We hear he was practicing his twist on the James Taylor classic, “Carolina in My Mind,” switching up the lyrics to “Petaluma in My Mind.”

Huffman Communications Director Paul Arden tells us while he hasn’t heard any sounds coming from his boss’s Longworth House Office Building work area — “Only legislating here,” he said — he does hold the lawmaker’s musical ability in high regard.