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SCOTUS to rule on gay marriage Wednesday
Mark Sherman
Issues include California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act
Obama on climate change: “We need to act”
Matthew Daly, Josh Lederman
The president vowed Tuesday "to put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution"
Putin denies US extradition request for Snowden
Vladimir Isachenkov, Matti Huuhtanen
The Russian president says the intelligence leaker is free to travel as he pleases
SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act
Mark Sherman
Court rules states with a history of discrimination no longer need federal approval to change voting regulations
IRS chief: Tea Party wasn’t the only group inappropriately targeted
Alan Fram
Groups selected for closer examination contained the terms "Israel," "Progressive" and "Occupy"
Berlusconi convicted in sex-for-hire trial
Associated Press
The former Italian premier has been sentenced to seven years in prison, and is barred from public office for life
Christopher Hitchens’ lies do atheism no favors
Curtis White
I'm also an atheist and believe the religious right is a problem. But so is Hitchens' intellectual dishonesty
Obama’s aversion to leaks channels Reagan
Kevin Gosztola
Both presidents vigorously opposed the idea that leaks strengthen America -- and sought to criminalize them
The White House never had a red phone
Tom Clavin
During the Cold War, the US and USSR built a hotline that pop culture has completely reimagined
Male Fox News guest to female Democratic consultant: “Know your role and shut your mouth”
David Bauder
Bill Cunningham also asked Tamara Holder, "Are you going to cry?"
Must-see morning clip: Why are Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama so unfriendly?
Prachi Gupta
Maybe it's because Putin stole Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring
US tries to salvage talks with Taliban
Amir Shah, David Rising
Afghan President Hamid Karzai recently scuttled a peace delegation to the Islamist group
Darrell Issa is terrible at his job
Alex Pareene
As usual, the House Oversight Committee chairman is losing the plot on the IRS investigation
Obama: NSA surveillance has saved lives
Associated Press
The president estimates the spy program has helped avert at least 50 threats
Obama mum on US arms to Syrian rebels
Associated Press
The president praised the G-8 plan to seek a negotiated peace, but offered no clues as to his course of action
House passes sweeping anti-abortion bill
Jim Abrams
The legislation would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception
How cash secretly rules surveillance policy
David Sirota
Today's congressional hearing was a joke. The reason: Firms like Booz Allen bankroll and own Congress. Here's how
US begins peace talks with Taliban
Patrick Quinn
American officials are hopeful it's the first step towards the political group renouncing all ties to al-Qaida
Gitmo “indefinite detainees” revealed
Natasha Lennard
Following FOIA requests, U.S. identifies 46 men deemed, contra international law, too dangerous for trial, transfer
Syrian warplanes hit rebels near military base
Barbara Surk
Assad's forces are also waging an offensive against opposition fighters in Aleppo
Barack and Bill on Syria: What’s really happening
Aaron David Miller
To understand the current Democratic president’s predicament, consider the last one’s experiences -- and commentary
Why Sarah Palin actually matters again
Joan Walsh
With a new Fox contract and sharp words on immigration, the former Alaska gov. is the smiley face of white backlash
The theme song of the radical right
John Stauffer, Benjamin Soskis
How "Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- Reagan's favorite song -- became the background music of the modern GOP
From Ike to “The Matrix”: Welcome to the American dystopia
Andrew O'Hehir
Part Orwellian security state, part Huxley wonderland and part "Matrix," America is three dystopias in one!
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