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File Photo: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney talks about the Middle East conflict and the war on terrorism March 24, 2002 on NBCs ''Meet the Press'' during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)

Cheney’s ‘credibility’ problem

Former Vice President Dick Cheney called into question President Barack Obama's credibility this weekend when asked about the Obama and his connection to the NSA surveillance program. Read More

Image: Photos of Snowden, a contractor at the NSA, and U.S. President Obama are printed on the front pages of local English and Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong in this illustration photo

Obama says he’s not Cheney, defends intel gathering

The president said there was a system in place to prevent intel from being abused. But he said he understood the public's concern over not knowing how much information was being gathered and who had access to the data. Read More

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks about immigration reform legislation as outlined by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" April 18, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Links: GOP knives are out for Rubio over immigration

Let’s count the many ways this has not been a particularly good Monday for Sen. Marco Rubio and his immigration bill. Read More

File Photo: House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution Chairman Trent Franks (R-AZ) holds a hearing about H.R.3, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 8, 2011 in Washington, DC. This was Franks' first hearing as chairman and said that abortion is the killing of "innocent, unborn children" and that America is the home of a massive genocide. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)

Republicans quietly change 20-week abortion bill. Are they ‘running scared’?

When a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks goes to the House floor this week for a vote, the Republican lawmaker who authored it—Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona—will not be leading the charge. But that's not the only change quietly made to the bill. Read More

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. The Guardian identified Snowden as a source for its reports on intelligence programs after he asked the newspaper to do so on Sunday. (Photo by The Guardian/AP Photo)

Snowden: It’s an ‘honor’ to be called a traitor by Dick Cheney

"Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American," Snowden told Guardian readers Monday. Read More

Mo Elleithee on Morning Joe.

Watch: Sorry I used to be a sexist, says former Clinton aide

"I was the guy who didn't even notice all of society’s subtle sexist behaviors. Sometimes I participated without realizing," Mo Elleithee said on Morning Joe. “I just saw these subtle behaviors in society that were fine before that I just didn't notice or accepted it." Read More

File Photo: This January 19, 2012  file photo reviewed by the US military shows the front gate of "Camp Six" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by Jim WATSON/AFP/Getty)

Is Obama one step closer to closing Guantánamo?

Clifford Sloan will be the lead negotiator for the transfer of detainees abroad. The position had been vacant since January. Read More

Syrian rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid unit pose for photo in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria on Oct. 25, 2012. (Photo by Narciso Contreras/AP)

Syrian conflict sparks debate on national and global stages

Lawmakers in the U.S. and international leaders alike seek answers to the same dilemma: Are there any good solutions to the crisis in Syria? Read More

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Officials get vocal on next steps in Syria

“I don’t think it’s been well handled," said former Vice President Dick Cheney Sunday on Fox News Sunday. Read More

Sen. Joe Manchin says his background checks bill eventually will pass. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Sen. Manchin fires back at NRA on gun control

Sen. Joe Manchin may not be up for reelection for six years, but he expects to run his first reelection ad by the end of the week, fighting back against the NRA attacks ad that began airing last week. Read More

Undocumented immigrant Katherine Taberes, originally from Colombia, watches President Barack Obama's speech on immigration on January 29, 2013. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

GOP Rep.: Pelosi is the problem for immigration reform

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) says that Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a health care provision are the main barriers to passage of bipartisan immigration reform in the House. Read More

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. The Guardian identified Snowden as a source for its reports on intelligence programs after he asked the newspaper to do so on Sunday. (Photo by The Guardian/AP Photo)

First Word: New leak reveals U.S. and British intelligence tracked world leaders

The former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, has obtained classified materials about American and British government surveillance tracking diplomats at two London conferences in 2009. Read More

President Barack Obama on May 28, 2013.  (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Poll: Obama’s approval ratings dive amid surveillance controversy

After two months of controversies, the president's approval rating is taking a hit, particularly with two of his stalwart support groups. Read More

File Photo: Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's annual Journalism Awards on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images, File)

Let Me Start: Cheney to the rescue

Former Vice President Dick Cheney - no fan of the Obama administration - defended the NSA's newly disclosed surveillance program and called its leaker a traitor. Read More

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) is surrounded by photographers after arriving at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing June 12, 2013. The committee heard testimony on Cyber-security from Gen. Keith Alexander and other government officials.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Lawmakers have NSA on the membrane

Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado sparred over the role of the NSA in preventing terrorism on Meet the Press Sunday. Read More

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly address the media at City Hall on April 16, 2013 in New York City.   (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Michael Bloomberg has a new gun control tactic—will it work?

Can Michael Bloomberg pressure Democrats to back gun reform? Read More

File Photo: House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution Chairman Trent Franks (R-AZ) holds a hearing about H.R.3, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 8, 2011 in Washington, DC. This was Franks' first hearing as chairman and said that abortion is the killing of "innocent, unborn children" and that America is the home of a massive genocide. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)

House abortion ban now includes rape exception

After reopening wounds that party leaders in the Republican Party had hoped were sewn up, GOP Rep. Trent Franks is now slowly retreating on his bill to ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks. Read More

Immigration reform advocates pray before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in the Senate Hart Building on May 9.

June 16: Immigration, Southern politics, guns

Guests and topics for June 16th's Up with Steve Kornacki. Read More

Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner defends 1991 flier as quoting the New York Times

Anthony Weiner tries another explanation for his controversial 1991 campaign mailer. Read More

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) holds a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on alleged targeting of political groups seeking tax-exempt status from by the Internal Revenue Service. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst )

It looks like the IRS drama is not a ‘scandal’ — more like a ‘screw up’

"If there's no reason to believe that the Obama people were involved in singling out the Tea Party and Patriot group looking for tax exempt status, then let's be honest - everyone - and say so," says Chris Matthews. Read More