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Former Vice President Dick Cheney waves during the groundbreaking ceremony for the President George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP)

The vindication of Dick Cheney

Glenn Greenwald
Obama has won the War on Terror debate -- for the American Right. And they're quite appreciative
FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama meets with China's President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama to honor China’s president with state dinner

Darlene Superville
After being denied the honor on his first visit five years ago, President Hu Jintao will pack a black tie this time
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2010 file photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel speaks at a press conference in Chicago. Emanuel's rival in the race, Danny Davis issued a news release Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, asking former President Bill Clinton to stay out of the Chicago mayor's race after hearing Clinton would be coming to campaig for Emanuel. Davis warned Clinton that he could jeopardize his "long and fruitful relationship" with African Americans by choosing Emanuel. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) (AP)

Bill Clinton to campaign in Chicago for Emanuel

Don Babwin
Will Bubba be Rahmbo's silver bullet?
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New Tunisian gun fight, new leader

Elaine Ganley, Bouazza Ben Bouazza
Central city violence delivers another interim president
A2REAC Cuba Havana bicycle taxi moving past Viva Cuba wall mural (Alamy)

Obama to ease Cuba travel restrictions

Brendan Farrington
Students seeking academic credit and churches traveling for religious purposes would be allowed to go unrestricted
epa00714364 Outgoing Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi reacts while speaking at a farewell press conference at Chigi Palace in Rome, Tuesday, 16 May 2006. Italy's new President Giorgio Napolitano today gave centre-left coalition leader and former European commission chief Romano Prodi a mandate to form a new centre-left government. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI (Epa)

Silvio Berlusconi dismisses prostitution probe

Alessandra Rizzo
Italy's prime minister calls investigation into whether he had sex with a minor "absurd"
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shares a light moment with Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq early Thursday for talks with the new government's leaders about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year's end. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (AP)

Biden addresses U.S. troops in Baghdad

Lara Jakes
On first U.S. visit since new Iraqi Cabinet, Vice President promises to end war "responsibly"
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) (Jacquelyn Martin)

Fanning the flames of paranoia

Peter D. Kramer
A psychiatrist wonders how a culture of Birthers and Truthers feeds the delusions of people like Jared Loughner
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a rally in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (Jae C. Hong)

OK, so it’s not going to be Sarah Palin in ’12 …

Steve Kornacki
... but the Republicans still have to nominate someone to run against Barack Obama. Who will it be?
Jared Loughner

Documents detail Ariz. suspect’s college outbursts

Michael R. Blood
Newly released school records detail the suspected gunman's trouble as a student
President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

From the pundits: The finest speech of Obama’s presidency

Adam Clark Estes
Healer-in-chief Barack Obama addressed the nation at the Tucson memorial. Here are a few key reactions
In this Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, holds the congresswoman's hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was shot in the head during a political event in Tucson on Saturday. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) (AP)

Giffords is “one of the lucky ones,” say doctors

Alicia Chang
Few people who take a bullet to the brain -- just 10 percent -- survive such a devastating wound
President Barack Obama hugs Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (AP)

Obama to those at service: ‘We can be better’

AP/Salon
Read the full prepared text of the president's speech at the Tucson Memorial Service
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Tucson, Ariz., to attend a memorial service for victims of last Saturday's shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Obama visits Giffords at Arizona hospital

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
An unscheduled stop brings the president to Giffords' bedside on his visit to speak at the Tuscon Memorial
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President heads straight to hospital

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
Barack and Michelle Obama meet privately with Rep. Giffords and others at University Medical Center in Tucson

Watch Bill Clinton’s Oklahoma City speech

Salon Staff
Will Barack Obama rise to occasion tonight the way the 42nd president did back in 1995?
The home of Jared Loughner, at 7741 N Soledad Ave., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 in Tucson, Az. Loughner is accused of attempting to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six other people Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 during a "Congress on your Corner" event at a mall in Tucson, Az. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle) (AP)

Loughner’s dad pursued him before shooting

Amanda Lee Myers, Justin Pritchard
Sheriff's investigators say Randy Loughner chased Jared, who had a mysterious black bag, into desert in his truck
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri meets with President Barack Obama,, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Lebanon’s government falls as Hezbollah pulls out

Zeina Karam
Hezbollah and allies force collapse; crisis deepens
U.S. President George W. Bush is cheered by supporters at a "Victory 2004" election rally in Holland, Michigan, September 13, 2004. Bush is campaigning on a bus tour throughout Michigan before heading to Colorado later in the day. REUTERS/Jason Reed US ELECTION JIR (© Reuters Photographer / Reuters)

The five worldviews that define American politics

Michael Lind
Did you ever wonder why there are so few fundamental differences between Obama and Bush?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, shakes hand with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Biden says U.S. will not abandon Afghanistan

Tarek El-tablawy, Patrick Quinn
The vice president assured Hamid Karzai that the United States "won't leave in 2014" after handover
John L. Magee lithograph depicts Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner in 1856.

Our permanent culture of political violence

Glenn W. LaFantasie
And why the calls for civility in the wake of Saturday's shooting won't end up changing anything
Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck denounces those who seek to “reconstruct” our “system”

Alex Pareene
One host's response to the shootings: A comforting e-mail to Sarah Palin and thinly veiled attacks on liberals
The western facade of the United States Supreme Court building.

‘Birther’ leader stymied by Supreme Court

Associated Press
The 'birther' movement falls short of presenting its case in the Supreme Court
In this Dec. 15, 2010 photo, Jesse Paloger holds up a sign while standing on Wall Street as he hopes to find a job, in New York. Paloger, who has an accounting and economics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, has written on the bottom of his sign, "Go-getter from California looking for my shot!" Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP)

Is this the end of American economic dominance?

Adam Clark Estes
With top corporations expecting another year of record profits, economists offer a pessimistic vision of America
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