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Decoder Wire Michelle Obama vacation: Will critics slam this trip too? (+video)

Michelle Obama vacation plans this summer reportedly may include a lengthy stay with Sasha and Malia on tony Martha's Vineyard. That's in addition to accompanying her husband overseas.

Energy Voices Keystone XL: Hot topic in D.C. Ho-hum in rest of US.

Opinion Is Washington too 'broken' to handle big problems such as immigration reform?

Chapter & Verse Carol Burnett will receive the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Why 'spokesperson' still irks me

Burmese optimistic after historic White House visit

Tornado season off to a late but deadly start

Apple 'tax gimmicks': rotten to the core or sensible business? (+video)

Is that the Sony PlayStation 4 or a blurry, black brick?

Myanmar's White House bow: well done, but not mission accomplished

The Unwinding

Why it's John McCain, maverick, stumping for Gomez in Massachusetts

Obama administration targets Fox News reporter in 'chilling' echo of AP probe (+video)

Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide.

Robert Reich How corporations pressure government into tax breaks and subsidies

Opinion Obama must hold Myanmar's Thein Sein accountable for human rights violations

Chinese premier visits India, talks up trade and trust

Why IRS investigation is already Obama's Watergate – and Benghazi, too (+video)

Report reveals inmates suffer high levels of sexual abuse from guards

And the Powerball winner is... someone in Florida

With Hezbollah's help, Syrian troops push to regain Lebanese border areas

North Korea pops off another projectile into the Pacific

Will Pinterest ruin your wedding?

Pavlof Volcano ash cloud shows Alaska's threat to air travel (+video)

Google Glass worries lawmakers, casino operators