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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow remembers the late journalist Michael Hastings, who died Tuesday morning in a car crash in L.A. Read More

A newly released CBO report bolsters the arguments in favor of the Senate's immigration reform bill. Read More

Nearly two million people could lose food stamp eligibility, and as many as 210,000 children could lose free school meals. President Obama has threatened a veto of the legislation. Read More

Tune in here Wednesday at 12:15pm ET, where Kornacki--joined by two of the plaintiffs challenging Prop 8, among others--will lead a discussion examining the political implications of these cases from both sides of the aisle. Read More

A report released Tuesday found that same-sex couples experience less favorable treatment than heterosexual couples in the online rental housing market. Read More

There is now almost an even split on Americans’ approval of the programs as part of the fight against terrorism, 48% approve and 47% disapprove. Read More

The Pentagon outlined its schedule for women to enter combat roles in the military, breaking through a decades-old gender barrier on the front lines. Read More

Another Republican is jumping on the birther bandwagon by saying Congress should "revisit" the issue of "the president's validity." Read More

“What we’re saying is science is on our side on this; public opinion is on our side on this,” said Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee in an interview Tuesday on MSNBC. Read More

The post-leak offer of additional information from one of the government’s most secretive organizations seems to signal a White House effort to shore up the public’s confidence and trust. Read More

It's unclear why Obama's public remarks on transparency are so frequently at odds with his actions. Transparency advocates still hope the administration's promises will be followed up by real disclosure. Read More

Republican Congressman Michael Burgess of Texas, a former OB/GYN, said that male fetuses can feel pleasure in the womb when they masturbate and can therefore also feel pain. Read More

Ride, who died last year at age 61, was also the first-known LGBT astronaut. Read More

Representatives of the United States and the Taliban are expected to meet over the next few days in Doha, Qatar, to discuss an end to the 12 year old war in Afghanistan directly with that country's government. Read More

Gov. Chris Christie says he 'probably' won't decide on whether to run for president until 2015. Read More

Hillary Clinton is still playing coy about her presidential ambitions, but she nabbed her first congressional endorsement Tuesday morning, with Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill announcing she is on board with a Clinton White House bid. Read More

Looking to revive the stalled gun control movement, Vice President Biden hosted an event at the White House on Tuesday with gun safety groups in attendance. Read More

The president in a PBS interview defended the surveillance program, rejected comparisons to former Vice President Cheney, and said the government must "go to a judge, show probably cause." Read More

On June 17, 1963, the high court issued a landmark 8-1 ruling outlawing Bible readings or the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer as assigned in the public schools of Maryland and Pennsylvania. But that wasn't the end of religion in school. Read More

The president said there was a system in place to prevent intel from being abused. But he said he understood the public's concern over not knowing how much information was being gathered and who had access to the data. Read More