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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Ken Bennett, the Arizona Secretary of State who is threatening to take President Obama off the state ballot, turns out to be Mitt Romney’s state campaign co-chair. Will he investigate Romney’s birth certificate too?