What's the worst case scenario for the BP oil spill? How about the horrifying possibility of leaks in the pipe below the sea floor—leaks that could open up a "gusher... directly into the oil deposit"?

The weak, spineless worst president ever, whose abysmal speech yesterday eliminated any hope for American prosperity for countless generations, is such an evil corporatist that he's... found a way to make BP pay claims. Will he ever "show leadership"?

New government estimates place the rate of flow from the Deepwater Horizon leak at 60,000 barrels of oil a day.

President Obama gave a 20-minute address about the BP oil spill tonight, discussing the recovery efforts and the need for new energy policy. So what fun new policies can we expect? Carbon tax? Automatic murder of BP executives? A horse?

Someone in the White House has finally convinced Barack Obama to do a primetime address about the oil spill. He'll be in the Oval Office. Fancy! But can we expect to hear anything new? Will he "act angrily" enough?

God has been terribly angry over the last 24 hours, lightning-wise. First He destroyed his son, the Giant Jesus of Ohio. Now another lightning bolt has "struck the ship capturing oil from [the] blown-out BP well." C'mon, God. [AP]

A new series of emails released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee reveals specific places where BP decided to cut costs and sacrifice safety—including an email describing the soon-to-explode rig as a "nightmare well."

56 days of pumping crude into the Gulf has so far cost BP $1.6 billion, and the company's share price has dropped by over a third. The firm might defer its second quarter dividend—an estimated $2.5 billion. [AP]

[Yesterday, Day 52 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US Coast Guard sent BP a letter telling the company to hurry things up a bit. Meanwhile, Brits are fed up with all of this BP bashing. Image: Getty]

As White House spokespeople are constantly saying on television, Energy Secretary Steven Chu is a Nobel laureate. Now he's down in the Gulf working hard to fix the oil spill. But do the BP bullies respect his magical powers?

The Coast Guard says the Gulf of Mexico cleanup effort could last at least until the fall—if the oil spill is stopped by summer. BP says its capturing 10,000 barrels of crude per day. [Image via AP]

After yesterday's robotic buzz saw failure, and America's reluctance to use nukes on the well, BP is turning to a huge pair of shears to cut the leaky pipe in the Gulf. December isn't too far off, right? [AP, pic]

The first step of BP's latest attempt to stop their oil leak has succeeded.

Well, as the failure of "top kill" showed, BP is utterly useless when it comes to cleaning up their oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. So the feds have called in someone else: Avatar director James Cameron. Wait, what?

A BP official told NBC's Today show that the top kill method is "proceeding pretty well," but that it could be two days before we know if it worked. But rest easy, America, because Pat Campbell always wins. [MSNBC, Getty]

President Obama gave a press conference, just to make sure everyone knows that he's really mad at BP for spilling all that oil and saying, "it is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down."

Perhaps because an offshore oil well is destroying the Gulf of Mexico, today President Obama will extend a hold on applications for Arctic drilling until the end of the year. Alaska lawmakers are not happy. Meanwhile, Top Kill continues. [NYT]

Today BP is trying a "top kill" to stop the oil leaking into the Gulf. The man tasked with doing it, Pat Campbell, has some words for the well: "I'm here, I'm touching you, I'm telling you you're dead."

Coming soon to the Gulf of Mexico: "Top Kill," BP's newest method of "plug[ging] the damn hole."

It's been one month since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up, and oil is still leaking at an astonishing rate. Entire state economies might be crushed, and whole ecosystems wiped out. So whose fault is it?