Rapper/singer Nicki Minaj paid a visit to Good Morning America and suffered a little bit of a wardrobe malfunction, as might be expected when wears a teeny tiny itty bitty little tank top held up with double-sided tape and a prayer.

Lost in a sea of debt ceiling sturm and drang is another news story that has been overlooked by many in the press, a potentially resolved mystery that has captivated the nation’s attention and has even been the focus of a feature film in the earlys’80s. It’s the story of D.B. Cooper, the alleged skyjacker of a commercial flight in the early 70s, who has been a legend of mythic proportions and, thus far, an unsolved case. Until now, perhaps, thanks to a Marla Cooper, who is the niece of Lynn Doyle Cooper, who she believes is the real D.B. Cooper.

On Good Morning America Friday, ABC’s Jake Tapper described the reaction from the White House to last night’s failure by Speaker John Boehner to get his plan to a vote. Tapper said the situation now is “all about power plays…all the House Republicans have done is waste time.” As the clock ticks toward and August 2d deadline, Tapper’s White House sources expressed frustration, with one describing it as “Mad Hatter time” on Capitol Hill.

Mediaite founder and ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams stopped by Good Morning America to discuss a recent interview with Nafissatou Diallo, the woman who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape, and whether her outspokenness will help or harm a case against DSK.

In her first television interview, the hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to sexually assault her has spoken to Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts. In the exclusive, Nafissatou Diallo recounts what she says happened in the hotel room at the center of the scandal, and tells Roberts she wants justice. “I want him to go to jail.” The interview, which aired first on GMA this morning, will continue on ABC World News and Nightline.

This week’s headline-grabbing Paris Hilton interview by ABC’s Dan Harris got most of the attention for the reality star’s decision to walk out mid-chat rather than address Harris’ question–has your “moment” passed? But as Conan O’Brien discovered, there was an equally significant revelation in the interview–that Hilton’s on-camera voice is, basically, a put-on. In a clip aired on Conan Thursday night, Hilton ditches the baby voice and breathy whine and reveals–for the first time on camera–her real voice. And, well, it’s probably best that she sticks with the baby talk.

Who would have thought that so much incorrect information could be shared on the internet? A day after the now-infamous “not guilty” verdict in the Casey Anthony case, Twitter user sexxxykarin (so right away, we know it’s coming from a truly reliable source of information) sent out tweets claiming to know who one of the jurors was. Well, since everyone that day was acting in a calm, reasonable state of mind, the natural reaction was to… go ballistic.

Former President Bill Clinton, in an exclusive interview with ABC’s Jake Tapper, proposes a ten-year plan to address the nation’s economy, but fears Republicans won’t buy into the plan because GOP “ideological conviction” won’t allow them to compromise. “When I passed my budget in 1993, they routinely said it would bring on a terrible recession, [that] it was the end of capitalism as we knew it,” he said. “And we had the best eight years in our history. But they just kept saying it. You’ve got to give them credit. The evidence doesn’t deter them. It’s an ideological conviction. So, I don’t know that it can be resolved until there’s some break in the action.”

Michelle Bachmann appeared on GMA today and was respectfully confronted by host George Stephanopoulos over what PolitiFact has deemed “false statements” the GOP presidential candidate made in the past, particularly her claim that America’s “founders” had “worked tirelessly” to end slavery. Bachmann doubled down, specifically citing the efforts of John Quincy Adams. When Stephanopoulos pointed out that this Adams was not, in fact, a founding father, Bachmann reiterated that as a boy, he “certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era.” Gotcha?

A report on Good Morning America explores “the apparent competitive tension between two of the most powerful conservative women in America” Sarah Palin and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. With Bachmann officially announcing her campaign for President today in Iowa and with Palin visiting Iowa tomorrow for the premiere of her new documentary, ABC’s Dan Harris wonders “can they share the spotlight?”

The New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter will write a book, tentatively titled The Top of the Morning, “about TODAY, Good Morning America and the other morning shows that collectively set the nation’s breakfast table every day,” Stelter writes this morning on his personal website.

In an exclusive interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, President Obama said he’s confident Weiner–who announced his resignation Thursday–will “refocus” and ultimately “bounce back.” The president said he wished Rep. Weiner “and his lovely wife well. Obviously this had been a tough incident for them.”

Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann vowed again in her appearance on GMA this morning to repeal the “job-killer” known as “Obamacare.” Yet despite several valiant attempts by George Stephanopoulos to get Bachmann to say something, anything, critical about frontrunner Mitt Romney, she refused to get off message and ignored his question completely.

On Good Morning America, Mediaite founder and ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams discussed with George Stephanopoulos the legal implications of a House ethics investigation for Congressman Anthony Weiner. Yet Abrams warned that Weiner’s most immediate headaches are likely to come from his own Democratic colleagues and from the media who won’t tire of this story anytime soon.

Former Republican Senator Rick Santorum made it official this morning on Good Morning America that he is now officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. George Stephanopoulos acknowledged that Santorum has won some early straw polls, but confronted Santorum with national polls suggesting he is at the “back of the pack” and with the fact that he was “rejected” by voters in his last Senate race.

ABC’s Good Morning America hopes viewers have some good questions for potential presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who may announce his run for the White House on GMA Monday. Co-host George Stephanopoulos writes on his “George’s Bottom Line” blog that he’ll have a “major announcement about 2012″ and that Santorum will “talk to me first and exclusively.”

Yesterday reality show superstars and always potential political game-changers Sarah Palin and Donald Trump crossed paths as Palin’s bus tour made its way to New York City. As reporters watched Trump take Palin to a Midtown New York pizza joint, there was likely only one question on the mind of onlookers: who knew Trump was such a cheap date?

Is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann trying to grab some of the spotlight back from her “friend” Sarah Palin? This morning on GMA, she told George Stephanopoulos that next month in Waterloo, Iowa she will be making an announcement. Stephanopoulos rather obviously concludes that you don’t go to Iowa to announce you’re not running for President, instead turning his focus to Bachmann’s thoughts on Palin. At the end of the segment, however, Bachmann may have let slip her true intentions.

Lady Gaga kicked off this year’s morning show concert series the way only someone who routinely wears 18-inch heels can: Hard.

Bill O’Reilly‘s favorite pop singer made her grand entrance by ziplining onto the stage for her Good Morning America performance in beautiful, sweltering Central Park.

According to GMA host George Stephanopolous, Lady Gaga was able to bring in the biggest summer concert crowd the show had had in the three years its been holding the series in Central Park, with 6,000 free tickets having been snatched up in a mere 12 minutes.

The story of the mother who gave Botox injections to her eight-year-old daughter has just veered off a cliff into the tabloid bizarre zone. According to a post this morning on TMZ, the “Botox Mom,” Sheena Upton, now claims everything about the story was fake. Upton, who signed a deposition, says a British tabloid, The Sun, approached her and asked her “to play the role of Kerry Campbell” for a story called “I Give My 8-Year-Old Daughter Botox.” Updated with statement from ABC News.

Mediaite founder and ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams spoke with Good Morning America‘s George Stephanopoulos about recent testimony given by the family of Nancy Kerrigan, the figure skater whose rivalry with fellow athlete Tonya Harding culiminated in an attack on Kerrigan. Kerrigan’s brother, Mark Kerrigan, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of his elderly father, who allegedly passed following a struggle between the two. Kerrigan’s mother, Brenda Kerrigan, recently gave a tearful testimony on behalf of her son.

The saga with International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his sexual assault charges continues as first he was denied bail and now his defense team begins crafting their arguments. ABC News legal analyst (and Mediaite founder) Dan Abrams appeared on GMA to share some information regarding what the defense strategy might be.

Democratic political strategist James Carville stopped by GMA this morning and told George Stephanopoulos that he found it amazing Arnold Schwarzenegger would have entered politics and subjected himself to the scrutiny knowing he had fathered a love child. Moving from “tragedy to comedy,” Carville then addressed Donald Trump.

Its fair to say that Dominque Strauss-Kahn, the now former head of the International Monetary Fund, did not have a very good weekend. Why? Because he is now under investigation facing charges of attempted rape and sexual assault of a hotel maid while staying in a New York city hotel. It is fair to say [...]

Republican Congressman Ron Paul made it official this morning on Good Morning America and declared that he is a candidate for President and is determined to win the Republican primary. Paul proudly declared, “the time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I’ve been saying for 30 years so I think the time is right.”