Sen. Barbara Boxer says the recently House-passed ban on abortions after 20-weeks sends the message to women that "you really don't count." Read More
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WATCH: Remembering the ‘fearless’ Michael Hastings
11:33 PM on 6/18/2013
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow remembers the late journalist Michael Hastings who died Tuesday morning in a car crash in Los Angeles. Read More
GOP loses congressional baseball game in 22-run shutout
10:46 AM on 6/14/2013
Democrats playing in the annual Congressional Baseball Game creamed their Republican opponents Thursday night 22-0. Read More
WATCH: Newtown parent reminds lawmakers: ‘We are not going anywhere’
5:58 PM on 6/12/2013
Six months after the Sandy Hook massacre, parents of some of the young victims visited the Hill to renew their calls for gun safety legislation. Read More
Cost of gun control: Colorado state senator faces recall election
1:31 PM on 6/4/2013
Colorado State Senate President John Morse supported Gov. Hickenlooper's sweeping gun control legislation earlier this year. Now conservative voters in his district are making a push to recall him. Read More
Turkey: How #occupygezi built a hashtag army
7:46 PM on 6/3/2013
Where the Turkish media has not reported on the violent protests in Istanbul, #occupygezi has. The next step: crowdfunding to pay for ads in American newspapers. Read More
WATCH: A sneak peek of Discovery’s ‘The Savage Edge’
6:48 PM on 5/31/2013
First we got the inside scoop from producer Huw Cordey, now Discovery Channel is giving us an exclusive sneak peek of Sunday's episode of "North America." Read More
The root of the student-loan problem: Not the fight over rates, but spiking tuition
6:30 PM on 5/31/2013
The debate about student loan interest rates is but a small piece of the larger budget puzzle. But with nearly 34% of Americans borrowing money for education, it's a far-reaching issue that we can't afford to put another band aid on. Read More
Former Ambassador to Syria warns against anything more than diplomacy
5:53 PM on 5/30/2013
Former US Ambassador to Syria, Theodore Kattouf foresees long-lasting conflict in Syria due to the "sectarian" tensions at play there. But it is for exactly that reason that he urges against American intervention. Read More
Time scores Obama’s 1979 Hawaiian prom photos
12:09 PM on 5/23/2013
Time has obtained exclusive photos of President Barack Obama at senior prom. And they definitely don't disappoint. Read More
Discovery takes on ‘North America’
3:08 PM on 5/18/2013
Discovery's latest series, "North America," shows the vastness and diversity of the continent we call home. Read More
Washington’s top women lobbyists trail male counterparts by $600K
6:52 PM on 5/16/2013
Women may be moving up the corporate ladder, but new data from Bloomberg shows that the glass ceiling of compensation is hard to break - even at the country's top trade groups. Read More
House GOP hopes to find more than money in the ‘Arrested Development’ banana stand
2:33 PM on 5/15/2013
This is the story of a House Republican Conference parody video, and the party's continued, not-so-subtle, attempts to reach young voters. Read More
Military sexual assault: Is ‘keeping it in the family’ the right approach?
6:52 PM on 5/10/2013
New statistics about sexual assault in the military shocked many this week. Rep. Loretta Sanchez is working on a bill to change military culture. Read More
‘Poised for progress’ on jobs, but with no urgency for action
6:17 PM on 5/9/2013
President Barack Obama is taking it to the American people again, this time talking about job creation. But with Wall Street doing fine, is there any urgency in Washington to press for more jobs? Read More
Delaware becomes 11th state to legalize gay marriage
1:50 PM on 5/7/2013
Delaware voted Tuesday to allow same-sex marriages. Couples can begin to apply for marriage licenses on July 1st. Read More
Delaware joins the gun control conversation
1:30 PM on 4/15/2013
While Washington figures out its next step with the gun control debate, Delaware may be the next state to beef up their gun control legislation. Read More
Gun reform: A senator who voted to allow the debate–but expects to oppose the bill
8:10 PM on 4/11/2013
Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson doesn't think he'll vote for the Senate gun control bill--unless his constituents tell him otherwise--but he at least thinks it deserves a vote. Read More
Snoop, Rock, and Jay-Z: This week in pop culture politics
7:34 PM on 4/11/2013
Celebrities have been busy lately weighing in on politics. Read More
Local breweries unite to keep water clean
11:23 AM on 4/11/2013
Over 20 American breweries have taken the "Clean Water Pledge" to help protect our greatest resource: our water system. Read More
