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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during the Conservative Principles Conference hosted by U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, Saturday, March 26, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Charlie Neibergall)

Is there a real candidate left in this race?

Steve Kornacki
The longer the economy struggles, the more vulnerable Barack Obama looks for 2012. Unless ...
President Obama, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s personal experience with questionable Ivy League admittance standards

Alex Pareene
The prospective candidate accuses the president of being unqualified for the Ivy Leagues -- like his son-in-law was
President Barack Obama stands with the Easter Bunny during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 25, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

White House war on Easter: Party, but no proclamation?

Alex Pareene
How can we possibly trust a president who doesn't remind us that he knows which Christian holiday it is?
Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

US weighs sanctions against Syrian leaders

Matthew Lee
Obama administration mulls efforts against embattled Assad regime after weeks of brutal crackdowns
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Time magazine has named Giffords one of the 100 most influential people in the world. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Houston hospital: Giffords can attend launch

Ramit Plushnick-masti
Congresswoman is medically able to see her husband launched into space on Space Shuttle Endeavour

High court rejects quick review of health care law

Mark Sherman
Supreme Court will not honor Virginia's request to expedite the review process for the Affordable Care Act
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Leaked files reveal new info on Gitmo detainees

Adam Goldman
WikiLeaks' newest scoop, published by a number of newspapers Sunday night, has been condemned by the government
Bullet casings litter a street in the besieged city of Misrata, Libya, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Government troops retreated to the outskirts of Misrata under rebel fire Saturday and the opposition claimed victory after officials in Tripoli decided to pull back forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi following nearly two months of laying siege to the western city. (AP Photo) (AP)

Heavy fighting rages in Libyan city of Misrata

Karin Laub, Maggie Michael
Rebel advance continues as U.S. launches its first predator drone strike in country
Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Syria death toll hits 120 over two days

Bassem Mroue
Violence escalates as tens of thousands call for end to Assad regime
US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is seen as a child with his mother Ann Dunham in an undated family snapshot from the 1960's released by his presidential campaign, February 4, 2008. Obama, now a 46-year-old first-term U.S. senator from Illinois who would be the first black US president, heads into Super Tuesday's slate of 22 Democratic state primaries and caucuses in a tight race with Hillary Clinton to become the party's presidential nominee. REUTERS/Obama For America/Handout (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA). EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. (Reuters)

Barack Obama’s mother: The girl who ran away

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A new bio suggests that Ann Dunham's story fits the archetype of the curious woman who outgrows her surroundings
John Balazek of La Plata, Md., attends a rally by the U.S. Capitol in Washington Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Participants at the rally, organized under the name of Obama birth certificate rally, call into question the president's eligibility. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Associated Press)

Can the GOP solve its birther problem before it’s too late?

Steve Kornacki
A shocking new poll finds that barely three in 10 Republicans now believe Obama was born in this country
People gather near crosses -- 11 for the workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and one for the Gulf of Mexico, center -- during a vigil to mark the first anniversary of the BP PLC oil spill on a beach in Grand Isle, La., Wednesday, April 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

BP sues partners as Gulf marks year since spill

Cain Burdeau, Harry R. Weber
Still widely criticized for spill, the oil giant filed a $40 billion lawsuit alleging negligence by the rig owner

Matt Drudge hypes Jerome Corsi’s new birther book

Alex Pareene
With bonus Donald Trump appearance!
FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. More than 3,200 oil and gas wells classified as active lie abandoned beneath the Gulf of Mexico with none of the cement plugging normally required to help keep unused wells from leaking, threatening the same waters fouled by last year's BP oil spill, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) (AP)

Gulf oil disaster, one year later

Cain Burdeau, Harry R. Weber
Communities across the Gulf coast reflect on anniversary of Deepwater Horizon explosion
President Obama and Paul Ryan

Does anyone actually know how to fix the economy?

Michael Lind
Four plans that run the ideological gamut are on the table -- but none would achieve long-term growth and equity
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2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts

The Associated Press
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times each snag two prizes; Jennifer Egan wins for fiction

S&P downgrades U.S. credit outlook

Paul Wiseman
Long-term outlook on U.S. debt reduced from "stable" to "negative"
Annina Purdy, who was inside the Lowe's hardware store in Sanford, N.C. the previous day when a tornado destroyed the building, returned to the store's parking lot on Sunday, April 17, 2011, to reclaim personal belongings from her car. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson) (AP)

South looks to recover from deadly twisters

Brock Vergakis, Emery P. Dalesio
Region reeling after massive storm rips through eight states, killing at least 43

Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically

Stephen Ohlemacher
Forty-five percent of American households paid no federal income tax whatsoever
Former president Thomas Jefferson and President Barack Obama

Our original Libyan misadventure

Eric Scigliano
What President Obama should know about Thomas Jefferson's decision to confront a troublesome tyrant in Tripoli
FILE - In this President Barack Obama outlines his fiscal policy during an address at George Washington University in Washington. Obama said in April that he wants to do away with tax breaks to lower the rates and to reduce government borrowing. His proposal would result in $1 trillion in tax increases over the next 12 years. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama v. Obama on signing statements

Glenn Greenwald
Obama vowed "not to use signing statements as a way of doing an end run around Congress"; he just did exactly that
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on how the U.S. economy is affected by global unrest, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Geithner confident Congress will raise debt limit

Associated Press
Treasury secretary says Republicans plan to authorize raising debt ceiling
President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Friday, April 15, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Obama: GOP budget vision “is wrong for America”

Jim Kuhnhenn
President continues onslaught against Paul Ryan's budget plan
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s idea of “consistent”

Steve Kornacki
The worst president ever was George W. Bush. No, wait ... Jimmy Carter. I mean ... Barack Obama!
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