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Revelers celebrate in front of the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan's west village following the passing of the same sex marriage bill by a vote of 33 to 29, Friday, June 24, 2011, in New York. Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by state lawmakers Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. The gay rights movement is considered to have started with the Stonewall riots in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1969. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano) (AP)

Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact

David Crary
Proponents hope that New York's landmark legislation will build momentum in other states
President Barack Obama greets members of the military before boarding Air Force One at the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base in Coraopolis, Pa., Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Congress vs. the president on war powers

Glenn Greenwald
The significance of yesterday's Libya vote shouldn't be minimized. Plus: Reaction to same-sex marriage in New York
Gay marriage supporters and opponents rally in the hallways at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Friday, June 24, 2011. Security was tight in the Capitol as opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage clogged the marble hallways after a week of rising tensions and great expectations. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) (Hans Pennink)

The biggest victory for gay marriage yet

Alex Pareene
The arc of history bends closer to equality -- with Republican votes!
President Obama lets a kid use his telephone to call whoever he wants.

Today’s must-see viral videos

Drew Grant
Watch: The Tea Party gets a trailer, Louis C.K. will trade sexual acts for pills, and Obama lends his car phone
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Farah

Birthers: You know who else wasn’t eligible for the presidency? Hitler!

Alex Pareene
World Net Daily finally asks to see der Fuhrer's birth certificate
In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, June 19, 2011. The Libyan government accused NATO of bombing a residential neighborhood in the capital and killing civilians early Sunday, adding to its charges that the alliance is striking non-military targets. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck) (AP)

House rejects measure to continue U.S. role in Libya

Donna Cassata
The congressional action had no immediate effect on U.S. involvement in the NATO-led mission
President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama invites top senators for debt talks

Andrew Taylor
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican leader Mitch McConnell will meet Obama separately Monday
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Did Obama “wimp out” on gay marriage?

Emma Mustich
Gay marriage supporters express disappointment with the president following his Thursday night remarks
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2011. Boehner reasserted that the scandal surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, had become a distraction from the important work in Congress. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

House weighs cutting off funds for Libya mission

Donna Cassata
Boehner: "We have to defend our responsibility under the Constitution"
FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2001 file photo, Osama bin Laden, left, and his top lieutenant Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, right, are seen at an undisclosed location in this television image broadcast. Al-Qaida has selected its longtime No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, to succeed Osama bin Laden following last month's U.S. commando raid that killed the terror leader, according to a statement posted Thursday, June 16, 2011 on a website affiliated with the network. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera, File) (AP)

Osama wanted new name for al-Qaida to repair image

Matt Apuzzo
In his final writings, the terrorist leader lamented that the West was winning the public relations fight
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Mullen sees risk in quicker Afghanistan withdrawal

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
"Only the president, in the end, can really determine the acceptable level of risk we must take"
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., meets with reporters in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2011. Cantor praised Vice President Joe Biden for his shepherding of the bi-partisan Congressional panel working to solve the debt crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Top Republican Cantor exits budget talks

Andrew Taylor
The Virginia Republican said in a statement that the Republican-dominated House simply won't support tax increases
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Primer: Reactions to Obama’s Afghanistan plan

Natasha Lennard
The president's announcement gets some approval abroad, but appeases neither war critics nor hawks at home
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Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
"The tide of war is receding" he declares in an address to Americans
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA) (C), former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), take the stage during a photo opportunity before the start of the first New Hampshire debate of the 2012 campaign at St. Anselms College in Manchester, New Hampshire June 13, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)

When the GOP doubled down on crazy

Gene Lyons
The end of the Bush presidency could have prompted some serious self-examination on the right. But it didn't
President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on his plan to drawdown U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Afghanistan peace dividend in our time?

Andrew Leonard
President Obama announces the withdrawal of 33,000 troops. Can we focus on the domestic economy now?
CORRECTS DATE TO JUNE 15, 2010 - FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to set course for drawing down Afghan war

Julie Pace, Robert Burns
In Wednesday address, the president is expected to announce plans to bring roughly 10,000 American troops home
(AP Photo/Solomon Moore)

AP Source: Troop cut this year likely near 10,000

Robert Burns
President Obama will announce extent of Afghan withdrawal on Wednesday
The 9/11 commemorative pin being sold by Grassfire Nation

Profiting off of the 10th anniversary of 9/11

Justin Elliott
Conservative political groups observe the 10th anniversary of the attacks by selling commemorative merchandise
First lady Michelle Obama holds a bouquet of flowers, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, are draped in blankets given to them upon landing in Pretoria, en route to Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, June 20, 2011, as they begin their week long trip to Africa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool) (AP)

Michelle Obama meets with Nelson Mandela

Darlene Superville
First lady pays respects to South Africa's first elected black president
FILE - In this June 10, 2011 file photo, possible 2012 presidential hopeful, former Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, speaks to a reporter at a gathering at the home of Nancy and Wally Stickney in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (AP)

Jon Huntsman joins GOP presidential scrum

Beth Fouhy
Former Utah governor is the eighth candidate to officially enter the race
FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to move U.S. closer to leaving Afghanistan

Julie Pace
The president will announce a plan today to bring thousands of troops home, starting next month
FILE - In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. Nearing a critical benchmark in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama is considering both how many U.S. troops to bring home next month and a broader withdrawal plan to give Afghans control of their security in 2014. But there are deep divisions over how to achieve that, with military leaders favoring a gradual troop reduction and other advisers pushing for a significant decrease in coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Barack Obama should come out for gay marriage already

Alex Pareene
It's time for the president to finish "evolving" on equality
Clockwise, top left: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, Michelle Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty

Why the GOP should nominate Barack Obama in 2012

Michael Lind
A modest proposal stemming from the president's apparent rejection of his own party's liberal tradition
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