The official website for the Central Intelligence Agency crashed on Friday afternoon, in an attack claimed by activist hackers group Anonymous.
 
The site was down for at least an hour Friday afternoon.

Anonymous took credit for the unresponsive website on a Twitter account affiliated with the group, tweeting: “CIA TANGO DOWN.” No immediate reason was given for the apparent denial of service attack, but a follow-up tweet reads, “Anonymous - We do it for the lulz.”

Last month, the hackers group claimed to have crashed the Justice Department website, saying it was done in retaliation for prosecutors shutting down the file-sharing site Megaupload.com.

Rick Santorum's campaign says it has raised $2 million over the last week.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) likes to mix it up with his followers.

Rohrabacher stands out among members of Congress, who tend to use their Twitter accounts as a passive way to transmit information and soak up constituents’ responses.

Rohrabacher is known for interacting with his followers, sometimes in late-night tweet-offs. He often responds to both anonymous followers and those who are better known, such as conservative commentator Michelle Malkin.

Rohrabacher told The Hill that he sees Twitter as a way to get around the middleman in his communication with constituents.

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Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) isn't interested in rooting for the home team.

The Pennsylvania native is calling on the Washington Nationals to reverse a new policy under which only fans in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland can buy tickets to games between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies.

"I'm calling on the @Nationals to reverse course on a reported plan to block @Phillies fans from buying tickets," Casey tweeted Thursday. "@Phillies have some of the best fans in the world. They shouldn’t be left out in the cold because the Nats want a stronger home field adv."

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) met with Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira on Thursday to discuss the Afterschool Alliance organization.

“He may have turned me into a #Yankees fan!” Murkowski tweeted, along with a picture.

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House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) took a different take on the B horror movie genre, attacking President Obama's "monster" budget in a Web video released Thursday.

The song choices for Obama's reelection push include Al Green, James Taylor, No Doubt and a little bit of country.

Donald Trump, who has been involved in an ongoing feud with Jon Huntsman, on Wednesday asserted that contrary to Huntsman’s version of events, he said “no” to a meeting with the former GOP presidential candidate.

“Jon Huntsman called to see me,” Trump tweeted. “I said no, he gave away our country to China!”

Huntsman was previously President Obama's U.S. ambassador to China.

In an appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno on Tuesday evening, Huntsman said that unlike many of the other Republican candidates, he refused to meet with Trump or court his endorsement.

"I said 'No, hell no.' I'm not going to do those things. I'm just not going to show up for Donald Trump," Huntsman said. He also accused the real estate mogul of trying to “control” politics from the outside.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) took to the Twittersphere to take on Democrats participating in a hearing on Wednesday.

Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, frequently live-tweets from hearings.

He went after one member in particular, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, after the Ohio Democrat made some comments about the history of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.

.@RepKucinich: "Jimmy Hoffa defended worker rights." He should read "The Enemy WIthin" and what Hoffa actually did for and to workers,” Issa tweeted. Kucinich did not immediately reply.