Kristin Donnelly

In the third case of sexual misconduct in the military in the past couple of months Army Sgt. Michael McClendon is accused of planting a hidden camera in the showers and locker rooms at West Point to record female cadets. Read More

Chris Jansing toured a 12-by-14 safe room that saved lives on Monday. Just a minute before the tornado passed, the family heard their neighbors banging on the door to be let inside. Read More

Moore, Oklahoma resident Melody Hughes has no home to go back to, but MSNBC's Chris Jansing was on hand to witness one of the bright spots through all the devastation: Hughes was reunited with Toby, who wagged his tail happily as she petted him. Read More

The Obama administration is on defense dealing with the fallout from three separate controversies: the IRS targeting of conservative groups, fallout from the September attack in Benghazi, and the Justice Department seizing Associated Press phone records. Read More

President Obama plans to put the focus back on health care Friday afternoon, specifically in how his landmark legislation—the Affordable Care Act—helps women. Read More

Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, on Thursday railed against a bill proposed by Republicans to prioritize debt payments. Read More

"Metal detectors are a pretty good idea to keep our planes safe, but if you can make a gun entirely out of plastic and bring that gun onto a plane and you're a terrorist or a bad guy—bad idea," New York Democratic Rep. Steve Israel said. Read More

Pennsylvania's Democratic Senator Bob Casey, is one of 67 senators asking President Obama to take action on the huge backlog in disability claims for veterans. More than 600,000 veterans are stuck in this backlog, with the average wait time for a first time claim ranging from 316 to 327 days. Read More

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal insists gun-safety groups are geared up for a long-term fight to counter the power and influence of the National Rifle Association. Read More

Congressman Mike Thompson announced on Jansing & Co. he now has more than 120 co-sponsors on a bill to expand universal background checks. Read More

New York's Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney is calling on Congress to take up gun safety laws in the wake of the Boston terror attack. Read More

"Look, I have no plans to run for governor," Nelson said. "I have no intention of running for governor." Read More

Griping travelers may finally get Congress to do something about the sequester. Over the last five days furloughed air traffic controllers have caused thousands of delays at airports across the country. Read More

A growing group of lawmakers demanding answers from the FBI about what department officials knew about the Boston bombings and suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's travel to Russia. Read More

NBC News has confirmed that the Tsarnaev brothers did not have gun permits or petitions to carry weapons. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is underage to carry a firearm under Massachusetts law Read More

The representative from the West, Texas district where a fertilizer plant exploded Wednesday night leaving between 160 and 170 people injured and an unknown number of fatalities said the federal government was willing to provide assistance if necessary. Read More

It's a terrible thing to have in common, but Oklahoma City, New York, and Boston are now linked through the shared experience of being targeted with an act of terror. It's an experience that will take some time to recover from, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating explained on Jansing & Co. Wednesday. Read More

The political implications for supporting changes to Social Security could be steep. "If people choose to go against what the vast majority in their districts, in their states believe – then they have to pay a price,” Senator Sanders said on Jansing & Co. Read More

After offering a lukewarm endorsement of his own Gang of Eight's bipartisan immigration plan, the rising star Republican is now throwing in his full support with a whopping seven Sunday show appearances scheduled to promote the new deal. Read More

"If you look back at what was said and written last week, many folks were writing the obituary of the background check movement," said Pia Carusone, Executive Director of the gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions. Read More