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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

04/20/2011 13:10 EDT

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

04/19/2011 11:01 EDT

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

04/18/2011 19:53 EDT

S&P downgrades U.S. credit outlook

Paul Wiseman

Long-term outlook on U.S. debt reduced from "stable" to "negative"

04/18/2011 17:52 EDT

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

04/18/2011 12:25 EDT

Super rich see federal taxes drop dramatically

Stephen Ohlemacher

Forty-five percent of American households paid no federal income tax whatsoever

04/18/2011 12:13 EDT

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

04/17/2011 15:01 EDT

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

04/17/2011 14:18 EDT

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

04/17/2011 13:30 EDT

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

04/16/2011 13:11 EDT

Donald Trump’s idea of “consistent”

Steve Kornacki

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

04/15/2011 23:33 EDT

Barack Obama, Lady Gaga … who won’t Fox News blame for deaths?

Drew Grant

Network pulls article linking president's visit with suicide, replaces with story on pop star inspiring cat murder

04/15/2011 18:52 EDT

The grief the GOP just brought on itself

Steve Kornacki

House Republicans just went on record supporting a radical overhaul of Medicare. No wonder Democrats are smiling

04/15/2011 18:50 EDT

Mission transformation in Libya

Glenn Greenwald

After vowing that "regime change" would not be the goal, he vows to continue bombing until Gadhafi is gone

04/15/2011 16:16 EDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at podium, declares that he was "disappointed" in President Obama's speech on a federal spending plan, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., Ryan, Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

House will vote today on Paul Ryan’s budget plan

Andrew Taylor

Ryan's plan makes sharp cuts to entitlement programs, but stays away from social security

04/15/2011 13:10 EDT

Former President Jimmy Carter and President Barack Obama

How a president loses his party’s base

Steve Kornacki

Is Obama in Jimmy Carter territory yet?

04/15/2011 12:30 EDT

The biggest, dumbest wingnut site on the Web

Alex Pareene

And boy, WorldNetDaily sure is upset at us

04/14/2011 20:01 EDT

John Boehner’s search for the perfect budget tweet

Andrew Leonard

The House speaker tries to rally skeptical conservatives behind his budget deal -- in 140 characters or less

04/14/2011 17:30 EDT

Obama’s demagogic, Stalinist, class-warring, no good, very bad speech

Alex Pareene

Some people didn't care for the president's budget address

04/14/2011 12:30 EDT

Paul Ryan’s bad day

Andrew Leonard

The GOP's budget-cutting front man attacks Obama for being too partisan. Let's review the record...

04/13/2011 21:52 EDT

President Obama outlines his fiscal policy during an address at George Washington University on Wednesday

Obama climbs back into the ring

Andrew Leonard

Obama decries a GOP budget plan that would "end Medicare as we know it" in order to pay for tax cuts for the rich

04/13/2011 19:35 EDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, during an event to launch the national initiative to support and honor America's service members and their families. Retired Gen Stanley McChrystal, the former top US general in Afghanistan who was relieved of his duty last year , has been chosen to help lead the new initiative. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Obama’s “bad negotiating” is actually shrewd negotiating

Glenn Greenwald

Criticisms from liberal pundits falsely assume the president shares their policy outcome desires

04/13/2011 13:14 EDT

President Obama returns to the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

How America conducts foreign policy

Andrew J. Bacevich

Obama's administration, like those of his predecessors, blindly embraces military "solutions"

04/12/2011 16:15 EDT

Right-wing publisher: We run “some misinformation”

Justin Elliott

WorldNetDaily's Joseph Farah explains the journalistic standards at his Birther news website

04/11/2011 22:37 EDT