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Weekly News Roundup: Muslims, Gays, Nazis and More!

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

Katie Halper

After obsessing over Muslim background of suspected Times Square bomber, media becomes enlightened and religiously tolerant, and overlooks fact that the man who helped foil bomb plot was Muslim.

Gulf Oil Spill Spin: Was The Obama Administration There On Day One?

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — To hear Obama administration officials tell it, they've been fully engaged on the Gulf Coast oil spill since Day One, bringing ever...

The Misfortunates: Obama and Offshore Drilling

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Heilbrunn

Obama thought he was being oh-so-clever by embracing offshore testing and drilling along the Atlantic coast. Now that oil is gushing out of the Gulf of Mexico, the oiliness of that decision is patent.

Nobody Knows the Trouble We'll See

James Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

James Moore

BP, which has been marketing itself as an energy company "beyond petroleum," is setting loose upon the planet what is quickly turning into humankind's worst environmental disaster.

BP's Oily Political Connections, From the Bush to Obama Era

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Nikolas Kozloff

BP contributed $1.1 million to candidates in the 2000 election, most of which went to Republicans. Yet beneath the rhetoric and Obama does not emerge as any less oily than the GOP.

Gulf Oil Spill: Obama Gives Oil Spill Commission Orders, Demands Thorough Probe

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gave the leaders of an independent commission investigating the Gulf oil spill marching orders Tuesday to th...

Obama: Ongoing Oil Spill 'Enraging,' 'Heartbreaking'

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama said Saturday that the failure of BP's latest effort to stop the damaging flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico i...