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It's a good day to be Joe.

Win of the day: The real Joe Biden

The VP is the cream of today's cyber crop after confronting his Onion doppelgänger

 
House Republican leaders lay down the law for Congress: "No budget, no pay"

Republicans back down on the debt ceiling: What's next?

The GOP makes a hasty retreat, but the budget negotiations are far from over

 
Boy Scouts salute a funeral procession for Benjamin Wheeler, 6, who was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

The disturbing rise of Sandy Hook conspiracy theories

Claims that the massacre was a hoax have gone viral

 
Oh, Joe.

The 6 best Onion parodies of Joe Biden

The gaffe-prone veep has long been the butt of The Onion's jokes. Here's a look at some of the satirical newspaper's best work

 
The Democratic Party: Pulled in two different directions?

Would entitlement cuts spark a Democratic civil war?

Looming budget battles could divide the Democratic Party's moderates and liberals

 
On Jan. 16, President Obama hugs children who wrote letters to the White House about gun violence.

Is Obama exploiting kids to push gun control?

Some conservatives say it's wrong for the president to spotlight children's pleas to end gun violence as he rallies support for his policies

 
Older, but happier?

Then and now: Obama's 2009 portrait vs. Obama's 2013 portrait

A bigger grin, but more grays...

 
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says Republicans are opening the door to, at least, a short-term compromise on the debt ceiling.

Why Republicans will vote to raise the debt ceiling

President Obama is demanding a "clean" vote to raise the debt ceiling. Surprisingly, he'll probably get it

 
Well, it was a nice try, anyway.

President Obama's second term: The end of bipartisanship

Obama spent much of his first term trying to bridge the ideological divide. Now he's taking a different tack

 
Paul Krugman: Nobel laureate and trillion-dollar coin advocate.

The worrying rise of reckless liberal pundits

Sure, many conservatives are engaging in juvenile brinksmanship. But Paul Krugman and Co. are succumbing to shockingly magical thinking

 
Matt K. Lewis

Matt K. Lewis: Hollywood must condemn gratuitous violence

Violent video games and movies contribute to violent behavior. It's time the entertainment world stopped pretending otherwise

 
Will House Speaker John Boehner be forced to give up his gavel?

Could Republicans lose the House in 2014?

The districting map favors the GOP, but Republicans worry that dysfunction could jeopardize the party's majority

 
A hero's welcome?

Vogue's offensive Hurricane Sandy fashion spread

Next time, let's nix the leggy couture-wearing models, shall we?

 
"Let us return to our places of worship and pray for help," said Texas Gov. Rick Perry in response to Obama's gun control initiative. 

5 outraged reactions to Obama's gun proposals

Most gun-rights activists met President Obama's executive actions on gun violence with a yawn. Others, not so much

 
President Obama may be willing to use parts of his gun proposal as bargaining chips to ensure the passage of others.

Is Obama's gun plan doomed?

President Obama proposed the most sweeping gun-control measures in a generation. There's only one problem: Congress

 
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