Newark Mayor Cory Booker is planning to announce his candidacy for the late Senator Lautenberg's Senate seat. Read More
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WATCH: Patrick Stewart emotionally discusses violence against women
5:27 PM on 5/31/2013
Actor Patrick Stewart explained why he speaks out against domestic violence: "I do what I do in my mother's name because I couldn't help her then. Now I can." Read More
Attention to IRS law gaining steam in Congress (h/t Lawrence O’Donnell)
6:05 PM on 5/17/2013
Congressman Lloyd Doggett (echoing the argument MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has been making about the IRS law) scolded Republicans over their politicization of the IRS targeting scandal during a hearing held by the House Ways and Means Committee. Read More
Dennis Rodman: ‘Obama can’t do s***’
4:52 PM on 5/10/2013
Former NBA player Dennis Rodman criticized President Obama for not establishing a relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. Read More
Max Baucus heeds the call of Nature
5:05 PM on 4/26/2013
Senator Max Baucus wrote an op-ed explaining how nature helped him decide to retire after 36 years in the Senate. He didn't mention increasing political vulnerability. Read More
‘Worst Congress ever’ continues to fail
5:17 PM on 12/3/2012
Polarized. Divided. Terrible. The worst. Politics, it seems, outweighs solving the economic crisis we have been reeling from since 2008. So how does the 112th Congress stack up against other perceived congressional failures? Not well. Read More
Nude activists storm John Boehner’s office
3:14 PM on 11/27/2012
Protesters take a stripped down approach to calling attention to proposed cuts to AIDS research funding. Read More
Washington sex scandals as American as apple pie
6:15 PM on 11/14/2012
Former-CIA director David Petraeus is not the first person in Washington's elite to get caught up in a sex scandal while serving. Messy affairs date back to the days of Alexander Hamilton. Read More
On tape, Romney urges bosses to tell their workers how to vote
11:00 AM on 10/18/2012
On a recorded conference call with small business owners, Romney encouraged employers to "make it very clear" which presidential candidate is good for business. Read More
Fearless Felix and the end of the NASA era
5:28 PM on 10/15/2012
Falling 128,000+ feet above the earth, approaching a speed of Mach 1, Baumgartner was unable to control his body while in free fall due to the thin air and a thickness of his suit. His biggest fear, at that point, was that blood would flow outward from the center of his body. Read More
