Vice President Joe Biden is renewing his push on gun safety, as the NRA conference gets underway in Houston. Biden travels to South Carolina, an early 2016 primary state. Read More

Rhode Island joined nine other states and the District of Columbia on Thursday in allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry—a move that makes the entire New England region open to marriage equality. Read More

The NRA will gather this Friday and Saturday for its annual convention in Houston, the first gathering since the Newtown shooting massacre. Read More

The Senate’s good immigration bill can be made better—it should be amended to allow LGBT Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners for residency, just as straight Americans have always been allowed to do. Read More

Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, hinted at the real reason why background checks failed--Republicans didn't want to give President Obama a victory. Read More

2016 presidential contender Rep. Paul Ryan reversed his stance on gay adoption, signaling just how far public opinion on LGBT rights has come. Read More

Is immigration reform doomed? GOPers are concerned about border security. Republicans in the House want their own legislation. And some Dems want to add a provision in the bill, drawing ire from the right, to protect gay couples. Read More

Politico reports on an amendment to the proposed immigration legislation that would allow same-sex partners to get green cars the same way straight couples do. Will it turn away support for the immigration deal? Read More

New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte was the only 'no' vote in the Northeast on expanding background checks for gun purchases. Now she's facing the heat at home. Read More

The parents of hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard talked about NBA player Jason Collins' coming out. "It made me cry to know that Matt's story still has an impact," Judy Shepard said. 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

As he was walking out of a press conference Tuesday, the president returned to speak movingly about the significance of Jason Collins' decision to come out as gay. Read More

Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch debated last night ahead of the special election to fill the vacant House seat in South Carolina. And it didn't take long for Colbert Busch to bring up Sanford's infidelity. Read More

The race to replace now-Secretary of State John Kerry in the Senate hits a high point Read More

NBA players, professional athletes, sports media and politicians tweeted support and encouragement to Jason Collins after his landmark announcement. An ESPN commentator, though, questioned whether Collins could be gay and Christian. Read More

Broussard said gays are defying God and Jesus. But much of the public reaction to Collins' announcement was supportive, showing how far society has come on LGBT acceptance. Read More

Jason Collins, an NBA center, became the first male athlete actively playing in a major American sport to come out as openly gay on Monday. Read More

NBA center Jason Collins became the first male athlete in a major pro-sport to come out as gay on Monday. "I'm happy to start the conversation," he said. Read More

The Boy Scouts are proposing to allow gays boy in their troops--but not as leaders. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't objecting. Read More

“I had no intentions of speaking that night," Atkinson said. "[I] heard some of my colleagues speak, and I just felt like now is a really good time to do it. My heart was pounding through my suit. I just felt like it was time.” Read More