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President Barack Obama exits Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, before boarding Air Force One to travel to Texas. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

Obama mocks Republican position on immigration

Erica Werner, Darlene Superville
"Maybe they'll say we need a moat. Or alligators in the moat," the president said, speaking in El Paso
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, as he travels to the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, to speak about immigration reform, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Does Obama’s trip to the border actually matter?

Natasha Lennard
The president is calling for immigration reform -- but there's reason to treat it as an empty gesture
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks to local residents during a breakfast meeting at a Pizza Ranch restaurant, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (AP)

Conservatives’ plea: Let’s all support Pawlenty now

Alex Pareene
Republicans start worrying as the electable one who's not Romney still trails in every poll
A rebel fighter eats bread in a checkpoint in Ajdabiya, Libya, Monday, May 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (AP)

First U.S. aid shipment for Libyan rebels arrives

Associated Press
A shipment of 10,000 meals arrived in Benghazi, medical supplies and more are en route
FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at a Democratic party fundraiser in New York. Unlikely as it may seem, President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress actually do share some common ground on the need to curb Medicare costs. Embedded in both the House GOP plan to replace Medicare with a voucher-like system and in Obama's counter-proposal is the idea of putting a limit on the growth of the $500-billion program, and making sure it sticks. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) (AP)

Obama pushing for immigration overhaul in El Paso

Erica Werner
President to make case for comprehensive reform during border speech Tuesday
Clockwise from upper left: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain

There’s still time for a white knight — if the GOP can find one

Steve Kornacki
Republicans yearn for a fresh White House option. But are these the choices they're stuck with?
FILE -This undated file photo, shows Osama bin Laden. Americans are expected to get a glimpse of Osama bin Laden's daily life with the disclosure of home videos showing him strolling around his secret compound, along with propaganda tapes that have never been made public (AP Photo/File) (AP)

Bin Laden home videos expected to be released

Lolita C. Baldor, Kimberly Dozier
Footage and propaganda tapes shot at terror leader's Abbottabad compound could be passed to media later today
Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami, listen to their leaders during a rally to condemn the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and U. S. for violating Pakistan's sovereignty in an operation to kill Bin Laden, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, May 6, 2011. Osama bin Laden was killed by a helicopter-borne U.S. military force on Monday, in a fortress-like compound on the outskirts of Pakistani city of Abbottabad.(AP Photo/Shakil Adil) (AP)

Obama’s promised trip to Pakistan now uncertain

Julie Pace
Questions loom as White House tries determine whether Islamabad government helped safeguard bin Laden
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U.S. tries to assassinate U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki

Glenn Greenwald
Without being charged with a crime, the American-born cleric, Anwar Awlaki, has drone missiles shot at him in Yemen
John Yoo on Eliot Spitzer's CNN show, "In the Arena."

Bush torture architect: Killing Osama was wrong!

Emma Mustich
John Yoo argues that "a deliberately small force" was sent to Pakistan to ensure bin Laden wouldn't come back alive

Right-wingers believe Obama hates flags now

Alex Pareene
Did the president really demand the removal of Old Glory from Ground Zero? (No.)
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, to respond to criticism by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. on the budget impasse. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

With Medicare retreat, GOP raises the stakes for ’12

Steve Kornacki
Why the news that the GOP is "dropping" its plan to end Medicare doesn't actually mean that much
President Barack Obama and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Richard Trumka declares labor’s independence

Joan Walsh
The man who shamed Democrats for anti-Obama racism vows to put AFL-CIO cash into its own future, not the party's
The iconic shot inside the Situation Room, May 1, 2011.

What is Obama watching here?

Emma Mustich
The photo of the week raises all sorts of questions. Here are the best answers we can find
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2010, file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks in Washington. The jockeying to find a nominee to challenge President Barack Obama is a crowded, unsettled affair, but one thing's clear: It will be more conservative, to tp bottom, than was the Republican Primary four years ago, and several before that. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (AP)

Mike Huckabee’s favorite Holocaust anecdote

Steve Kornacki
He's in hot water for likening the Holocaust to the debt ceiling -- and he's used the exact same anecdote before
President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush

Source: Bush didn’t go to New York today because he wants credit for bin Laden kill

Alex Pareene
Did the former president skip a New York trip out of politeness -- or was it an unjustified snub?

Why won’t President Obama release a photo of Osama bin Laden in hell?

Alex Pareene
Only visual evidence of our worst enemy burning eternally will allow Sarah Palin, rest of the nation to move on
President Barack Obama greets guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 2, 2011, following a ceremony where he awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to U.S. Army Private First Class Anthony T. KahoÍohanohano and U.S. Army Private First Class Henry Svehla for conspicuous gallantry during the Korean War. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Who’s soft on terror now?

Gene Lyons
As a symbol, bin Laden maintained a stranglehold on the American psyche. As a man, he was increasingly irrelevant

Why we keep calling Osama “Obama”

Natasha Lennard
Linguists and speech pathologists explain why we constantly make this mistake -- but not the other way around
Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of 600 people during a gathering of Republican women's groups, Thursday, April 28, 2011, in Las Vegas. Trump's flirtation with a White House bid continued Thursday night with a lavish reception at the Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP)

The Fox News-ification of Donald Trump

Steve Kornacki
It may be time to write an obituary for the Trump brand we've known for more than two decades
In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama makes a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 1, 2011. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is pictured at right. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza) (AP)

Is Obama “American” enough for the far right now?

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Why even killing of the world's most notorious terrorist probably won't eradicate the scourge of "birtherism"
Jimmy Carter in his famous "moral equivalent of war" fireside chat in 1977.

Not so fast! Obama still hasn’t shaken the Carter syndrome

Andrew Leonard
Memo to the president: In 1980, the economic disasters were at least as damaging as the foreign policy debacles
President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush

A patriot’s guide to still hating Obama for killing Osama

Alex Pareene
How dare this president take credit for the tireless work of George Bush and the power of torture

Just what kind of student was Donald Trump?

Justin Elliott
He claims President Obama was a "terrible" student, but Trump's own academic history raises serious questions
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