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The House votes today on the Violence Against Women Act, with Republicans introducing amendments to tone down their version and escape some of the heat they’re getting and Democrats saying, not good enough.

Bloomberg says Facebook Co-founder could save a cool $67 million by dumping his US citizenship.

The new Washington Post/ABC poll shows independents are pretty negative on Gov. Romney’s proposal to repeal ‘Obamacare’ root and branch — yet at the same time, fairly big majorities of voters say they want the law repealed.

Senate Republicans back Speaker Boehner’s call for another debt limit showdown.

It having been proven (again, and again, and again) that President Obama is indeed a citizen of these United States of America, what’s left of the ‘birther’ brigade has been getting busy inventing other alternate histories. But not everyone on the lunatic fringe is happy about it.

So just why is the GOP toying with another debt limit disaster? Brian Beutler explains.

State Sen. Deb Fischer pulls off an upset in the Nebraska GOP Senate primary.

Depositors withdrew nearly $1 billion (U.S.) from Greek banks Monday.

Even Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) is evolving on gay rights — now saying that sexual orientation should not be considered when nominating judges to the state bench.