During a town hall segment for a talk show in Abu Dhabi today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton labeled alleged Arizona shoot Jared Lee Loughner an "extremist," National Journal reports.

"Look, we have extremists in my country," Clinton said. "A wonderful, incredibly brave young woman Congress member, Congresswoman Giffords was just shot in our country. We have the same kinds of problems. So rather than standing off from each other, we should work to try to prevent the extremists anywhere from being able to commit violence."

Meet your newest nemesis, Batman: the right-wing American blogosphere.

First, a little back story. In the December issues of the Batman comics, the superhero has set up Batman Incorporated to recruit an ally in cities across the globe, the AFP reports.

Enter Nightrunner -- the alter ego of Bilal Asselah -- the 22-year-old Muslim son of immigrants who seeks to make things right in his riotous neighborhood of Paris. He's trained in parkour acrobatics, and his Muslim upbringing encourages him to reject hate and fear.

The Secret Service recently paid a visit to UFC fighter Jacob Volkmann after he said he wanted to "knock some sense into that idiot" Obama.

According to Volkmann -- who recounted the visit to sherdog.com -- a "cop and a Secret Service guy" visited his home:

Jon Stewart was excited to hear that the Constitution would be read in its entirety on the House floor yesterday, but he ended up being less pleased with the results.

"Well, you've done it," Stewart said last night. "You've managed to make the reading of one of our nation's most treasured and sacred founding documents and combined it with the efficiency of the DMV and the dramatic chops of family members who demand to be called to the bima during your bat mitzvah."

In his first big interview as Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) told NBC's Brian Williams that he believes President Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen, but won't tell the other members of his caucus "what to think."

"The state of Hawaii has said that President Obama was born there," Boehner said. "That's good enough for me."

A former CIA officer was arrested in St. Louis today on charges that he improperly disclosed classified information.

According to the release, Jeffrey Sterling faces "six counts of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information, and one count each of unlawful retention of national defense information, mail fraud, unauthorized conveyance of government property and obstruction of justice."

Paging Jon Stewart: Vice President Joe Biden has only a few words of advice for the daughters of the new members of Congress: "No dates until you're 30."

As he greeted families yesterday at the swearing in of the new Congress, he made a point to repeat himself over and over again.

Confused about all this talk about raising the country's debt ceiling? Don't worry, MSNBC has you covered, and this time, actions speak louder than words.

Instead of just saying it's the maximum amount the federal government can borrow, this morning MSNBC's Richard Lui donned a "spending" t-shirt, stood in a money-lined box and bumped his head against a foam "debt ceiling."

Stephen Colbert last night took on Monday's Republican National Committee chair debate, deeming Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus as the candidate to beat.

"Folks, this could be the perfect name for the chairman of the RNC, which I believe is pronounced "'Reince,'" Colbert said.

After the 112th Congress convened yesterday, Jon Stewart celebrated his pick for the Senate's grumpiest member: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

"McCain's old-man crankiness has gone off the charts," Stewart said last night. "On the scale, he's clearly gone from a man of wisdom all the way to full Gran Torino."