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Picture of the Day: 'This Is the F--ing Mayor, Please Hire This Woman' Facebook

Picture of the Day: 'This Is the F--ing Mayor, Please Hire This Woman'

A Chicago citizen gets an unexpected recommendation

Picture of the Day: 'Touch It, Dude!' White House

Picture of the Day: 'Touch It, Dude!'

What a photo of the president clowning with a five-year-old tells us about race in America today

Picture of the Day: The Metrosexual, Black Abe Lincoln Reuters / Wikimedia Commons / Chris Heller

Picture of the Day: The Metrosexual, Black Abe Lincoln

An artist's rendering of how one conservative group described President Obama's self-portrayal

Picture of the Day: Barack Obama Brandishes a Baguette Twitter via HuffPostPol

Picture of the Day: Barack Obama Brandishes a Baguette

The president visits a D.C. deli and brings a bite to eat to a meeting with Congressional leaders.

Picture of the Day: Barack Obama's Many Appearances in History Yfrog via Erick Erickson

Picture of the Day: Barack Obama's Many Appearances in History

The administration opens itself up to jokes by linking the president to his predecessors in their White House bios.

Picture of the Day: Obama's Warm Barnard Welcome Reuters

Picture of the Day: Obama's Warm Barnard Welcome

Youth support for the president may have slipped since four years ago, but he was treated like a rockstar during a commencement address.

Picture of the Day: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others Compass Colorado

Picture of the Day: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others

What do Barack Obama, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have in common? Not much, actually.

Picture of the Day: North Carolina, Gay Marriage, and Education Associated Press

Picture of the Day: North Carolina, Gay Marriage, and Education

There's a strong correlation between the state's colleges and universities and how counties voted on the same-sex marriage ban.

Picture of the Day: America's First Political Cartoon Turns 258 Library of Congress

Picture of the Day: America's First Political Cartoon Turns 258

May 9 marks the anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" woodcut.

Picture of the Day: Mitt Romney Is a Celtic Getty Images

Picture of the Day: Mitt Romney Is a Celtic

It says so right there on the towel in his hands.

Picture of the Day: Mitt and Michele, Frenemies Getty Images

Picture of the Day: Mitt and Michele, Frenemies

The Tea Party congresswoman has endorsed the GOP's presumptive nominee, but the fault lines of the primary aren't so easy to paper over.

Pictures of the Day: May Day in Union Square, 1912 and 2012 Library of Congress

Pictures of the Day: May Day in Union Square, 1912 and 2012

Class warfare? Demonstrations in the streets of New York? Our grandparents and great-grandparents saw it all, too.

Picture of the Day: Mitt Romney, Pizza Man Rick Gorka / Instagram

Picture of the Day: Mitt Romney, Pizza Man

The candidate tries to shore up his working-man credentials and counter Obama's attack over killing Bin Laden.

Picture of the Day: Two Generations of Edwards Fathers Reuters

Picture of the Day: Two Generations of Edwards Fathers

As hearings continue in the John Edwards trial, Wallace and Bobbie Edwards show support for their embattled son.

Why Is Michelle Obama Levitating in This Image?

Why Is Michelle Obama Levitating in This Image?

Or, why dougie when you can fly instead?

Picture of the Day: Game of Thrones, Vol. VI: A Song of Soundbites

Picture of the Day: Game of Thrones, Vol. VI: A Song of Soundbites

Politics ain't bean bag. Unfortunately, it ain't an awesome medieval fantasy, either. But what if it were?

Picture of the Day: Obama Hits the Boulder Dive Bars Madloid55

Picture of the Day: Obama Hits the Boulder Dive Bars

And another Secret Service scandal erupts: Did a girl spill yogurt on the president, or was she framed?

Picture of the Day: Newt Gingrich Becomes a Meta-Meme Newt Judges You

Picture of the Day: Newt Gingrich Becomes a Meta-Meme

Newt judges a website called Newt Judges You.

Picture of the Day: Obama Sits on the Rosa Parks Bus White House

Picture of the Day: Obama Sits on the Rosa Parks Bus

During a visit to Detroit, the president quietly examines an icon of the civil rights movement.

Picture of the Day: Clowning Around at the GSA Hearings Getty Images

Picture of the Day: Clowning Around at the GSA Hearings

Demonstrators mock some of the federal agency's more outlandish expenses.

Picture of the Day: Ann Romney's Ridiculous Equestrian Birthday Cake Sarah Boxer

Picture of the Day: Ann Romney's Ridiculous Equestrian Birthday Cake

Will the decadent baked good harm Donald Trump's reputation for understated elegance?

Picture of the Day: Michelle Obama's Prom Photo

Picture of the Day: Michelle Obama's Prom Photo

Ellen DeGeneres reveals that the future first lady donned a revealing dress for the high-school dance.

Picture of the Day: Bodyboarding Mitt and Other Scantily Clad Politicians Reddit

Picture of the Day: Bodyboarding Mitt and Other Scantily Clad Politicians

With the latest snapshots of a politician cavorting at the beach, it's time to ask why we're forced to see our leaders in various states of undress.

Picture of the Day: The White House Easter Egg Roll in 1898 White House

Picture of the Day: The White House Easter Egg Roll in 1898

As the 134th edition of the event approaches, a look back.

Picture of the Day: A Vulcan, and a 'Star Trek' Actress Twitter

Picture of the Day: A Vulcan, and a 'Star Trek' Actress

President Obama has a message for his fellow Americans: Live long and prosper.

Picture of the Day: This Is What a Racist Looks Like

Picture of the Day: This Is What a Racist Looks Like

Right and left may accuse one another of playing the race card, but there's pure, unalloyed hate involved in the Trayvon Martin case, too.

Picture of the Day: Eric Cantor, Musical Theater Nerd?

Picture of the Day: Eric Cantor, Musical Theater Nerd?

Before he rocked the boat in Congress, he rocked a mullet and a knowledge of obscure operetta lyrics.

Picture of the Day: Mitt Romney Looking at Things Reuters

Picture of the Day: Mitt Romney Looking at Things

In a rite of passage for politicos, the Republican front-runner begins feigning interest in boring objects.

Picture of the Day: 'Get Me Moscow and a Box of Animal Crackers, Stat!' White House

Picture of the Day: 'Get Me Moscow and a Box of Animal Crackers, Stat!'

White House staffers look younger and younger every year.

Picture of the Day: Happy Anniversary, Ann and Mitt! Mitt Romney / Facebook

Picture of the Day: Happy Anniversary, Ann and Mitt!

The Romneys celebrate 43 years of marriage.

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