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April 2011

Top 16 foul-mouthed politicians

F#&$. S%&!. A@$. Not quite the language you’d expect from U.S. politicians. But that’s never stopped them from expressing themselves, in private and in public, as we saw during a recent speech by Donald Trump.

Obama in Alabama: ‘Never seen devastation like this’

President Obama toured tornado damage in Alabama on Friday, saying the federal government would “do everything we can to help these communities rebuild.”

Appeals court lifts ban on funding for stem cell research

A federal court has given the Obama administration the go-ahead to continue embryonic stem cell research.

Groupon pulls ads from Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ site

Guns, abortion and Donald Trump: Three topics so controversial that Groupon doesn’t want its brand anywhere near them.

Boehner in bind between budget and jobs

In Washington, threading one’s way between budget-cutting rhetoric and the pleas of constituents is part of the political two-step. But John Boehner is caught in a bind,

Cain: Right should denounce Trump, Palin

Will Cain says that while conservatives are reluctant to criticize those in their own camp, Donald Trump and Sarah Palin are the exact wrong type of leaders to be humoring

Clock ticking for Obama’s security team

President Obama’s new national security team has just 18 months to trim hundreds of billions of dollars from the Pentagon budget, wind down two wars and prepare for conflicts elsewhere.

‘Sideshow’ over Obama’s legitimacy goes on

Some “birthers” have said that doubts about President Obama’s birthplace are now over since he released his birth certificate. But others are moving on to new conspiracy theories.

Trump has a long history of assisting Democrats

When it comes to political contributions, Donald Trump has no problem spreading the wealth around.

Obama appears to rule out acting on his own on immigration

President Barack Obama on Thursday appeared to rule out acting on his own to implement some provisions of an immigration reform bill that failed to win congressional approval last year.