After Maine voters rejected a bill that would allow gay marriage in the state, gay rights activists are laying part of the blame on President Obama's "lack of engagement" in defending gay marriage.

Watch President Obama trade dance moves with Thalia at the White House "Fiesta Latina" party. Michelle doesn't look too happy when he's done. (via Yeeeah!)

President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." President Obama said he is "surprised and humbled" by the honor.

The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating who is behind a Facebook poll titled "Should Obama be killed?" Secret Service spokesman Darrin Blackford: "We take... these things seriously."

Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has asked President Obama to remove a photo of Zapatero's family posing with Obama from the State Department's Flickr page. Rodríguez Zapatero says he wishes to keep his daughters out of the public eye. Zapatero's daughters may be familiar with the popular retailer Hot Topic. (via Foreign Policy)

Sonia Sotomayor began her first day on the bench as a Supreme Court Justice yesterday. Among those in attendance were pop star Ricky Martin and President Barack Obama.

Missed President Obama's speech to schoolkids? It's here.

"Can you dunk a basketball?" Eleven-year-old student reporter Damon Weaver interviews President Obama.

President Obama met with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts, Felipe Calderon and Stephen Harper, and announced they would not tackle immigration until 2010: “It’s very important for us to sequence these big initiatives in a way where they don’t all just crash at the same time."