The White House says that another debt limit showdown will be political suicide … for Republicans.

Harry Reid to Senate GOP: Drop your “blind adherence to Tea Party extremism” on tax policy.

Democrats see a political opening with Eduardo Saverin’s decision to renounce his citizenship to dodge U.S. taxes and eagerly move to exploit it.

UK auction site claims to have for sale a vial that once contained the blood of Ronald Reagan.

You have to step back for a moment to grasp the sheer preposterousness of the suggestion that Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital might really be off-limits in the presidential campaign. Read More

A great piece from Reuters’ Marcus Stern on the serious financial troubles plaguing what was once Newt Gingrich’s business empire.

Facebook confirms that it has begun testing new looks for “Timelines.”

Perhaps feeling the pain of another Arizona official grabbing the birther spotlight, Sheriff Joe Arpaio dispatched a deputy and a member of his volunteer posse to the Hawaii Department of Health on Monday seeking Obama’s birth certificate.

After a series of delays, including one Saturday that occurred at the last moment before liftoff, the private, commercial Dragon spacecraft was successfully launched early this morning from Cape Canaveral.

Before you write off Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett as another one of those fringy state officials diving deep into the birther waters of Hawaii, consider this: He is one of the co-chairs of the Romney campaign in Arizona. Read More