The Huffington Post today launched an afternoon free e-mail newsletter, "HuffPost Hill," focused on politics in Washington D.C, MediaBistro reported. The newsletter will be "the equivalent of an afternoon newspaper when you're on your way home, except now you're reading it on a handheld," Arianna Huffington told the Washington Post.

The new feature introduced today encapsulates today's and tomorrow events in a conversational writing style with catchy headlines, but it won't have much in the way of graphics or photos, FishBowlDC on MediaBistro reported. The content will target to those interested in worldly politics with news on unusually-themed fundraisers, embassy parties, free parties and Hill birthday celebrations. Nora McAlvanah, former editor of NJ's Wake-Up Call and Last Call, helped create this feature.

Taking cues from Politico's Playbook, written by Mike Allen, Huffington said the newsletter is more like "an afternoon fix for political junkies ... It's a new media spin on the old afternoon newspaper - both a breezy and useful daily recap and a timely look at what's ahead - more than likely to be read on a Blackberry, iPhone, or Android," according to MediaBistro.

Chief congressional correspondent of the Huffington Post, Ryan Grim, will be the editor of HuffPost Hill. Grim told the Washington Post that the newsletter will also include information on fundraisers and happy hours to boost attendees at events.

Those obsessed with politics and happenings in the global political arena can sign up for the free e-mail version of the evening newspaper on the Huffington Post.