Evan Puschak

In the wake of last week's parade of controversies, new polls show divergent trends in Americans' reactions to the Obama administration's troubles. Maybe the determining factor is not party affiliation but economic optimism. Read More

On Thursday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell reiterated his point about the exclusively/primarily discrepancy in the IRS's reading of Section 501(c)(4) of the tax code. Also, Joy Reid broke down the week's three scandals taking over Washington. Read More

John Boehner wants to know "who's going to jail" over the recent IRS scandal. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says "that may be the single stupidest thing ever said by a Speaker of the House." Read More

MSNBC's Ari Melber and Krystal Ball spoke to Lawrence O'Donnell about what it would take to get him on their 3pm show. Read More

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains how this Washington "slight of hand" works in the Rewrite. Read More

On Tuesday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Ari Melber explained the difference between top-down and bottom-up political scandals, and how Richard Nixon was the progenitor of the top-down kind. Also, Joy Reid talked about how two military officials tasked with overseeing sexual assault cases could commit assaults themselves. Read More

When a small crew of Watertown police officers responded to a local carjacking, they had no idea it would turn into the biggest firefight in their precinct's history. Their first-hand accounts. Read More

On Thursday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Ari Melber and Krystal Ball discussed the country's acceptance of adultery in a politician's past. Read More

The IRS is facing criticism after news broke that they targeted Tea Party-related groups with unequal scrutiny, but according to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, the real scandal happened long ago. Read More

The police chief and mayor asked the community to step up. "Somebody knows something," said the mayor. Hours later, the cops had identified a suspect. Read More

Sen. Joe Manchin's bill to expand background checks on gun sales failed in the Senate last month. But he's going to bring it back. Read More

Actors George Takei and Jesse Tyler Ferguson use humor to soften opposition to marriage equality in new PSA for Funny or Die. Read More

MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton discussed Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery with Steve Schmidt, and whether he should have told his constituents about it. Read More

On Monday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe talked about the relative merits of what the Republicans have called "leading from behind" when they describe Obama's foreign policy. Read More

South Carolina voters gave their former governor a second chance. Mark Sanford--"one imperfect man," as he said himself--now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives. Read More

One year ago, Rush Limbaugh attacked Sandra Fluke on national radio. Now he may have to find a new home for his show. Read More

Backstage, Democratic candidate for governor in New Jersey, Barbara Buono, talked about her opponent Gov. Chris Christie's record on jobs and the economy. Read More

On Tuesday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Ari Melber and Joy Reid did a question-by-question break down of President Obama's wide-ranging press conference. Read More

Massachusetts voted Tuesday in the special election primaries for John Kerry's Senate seat; Ed Markey won the Democratic primary and Gabriel Gomez, the GOP. But the attack at the Boston Marathon took focus away from the race; turnout was low. Read More

On Monday's Very Last Word, former NFL player Wade Davis and MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton talked about the reaction to NBA center Jason Collins coming out in the new Sports Illustrated. Read More