If the Supreme Court strikes down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act this year, it will largely come as the result of events that began in Shelby County, Alabama. Read More

John Boehner, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and second in line of presidential succession, used the word “ass” today to show that he’s serious about the sequestration fight. In other words, go back to debating Seth MacFarlane as Oscars host because nothing’s happening here. Read More

The Senate is scheduled to vote on President Obama's pick to be Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel. The first hurdle Hagel must clear is a vote to cut off all… Read More

Julian and Joaquin Castro are hoping to turn Texas blue in the next six to eight years. The NOW panel discusses. Read More

Nearly a million federal employees will be forced to take unpaid time off if the sequester is enacted. These huge furloughs may nullify the savings the sequester was intended to force and damage the recovering economy, too. Read More

If you want to be president, you'd better be young—because you’ve got some waiting to do, Hardball host Chris Matthews declared on Monday night’s Hardball. Read More

Chief strategist Stuart Stevens took responsibility for Mitt Romney's loss Sunday, while also describing the candidate's "Kabuki" theater. Read More

Hoping to fixing Florida’s flawed voting system, State Senator Oscar Braynon, along with civil rights organizations such as the Advancement Project, are joining 102-year-old voter Desiline Victor to introduce a bill that will protect and improve the right to vote in Florida. Read More

Democrats stay on message about averting the sequester, while Republicans are split three ways. Read More

With an aggressive package of automatic spending cuts set to take effect at week's end, the White House is issuing stern warnings, highlighting what would happen in all 50 states and Washington D.C. if Congress fails to intervene. Read More

A recent Pew poll finds that, by a significant margin, 71% to 26% of Americans are in favor of raising the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $9.00 an hour. Read More

The sequester debate still continues with posturing and rhetoric from both Congress and the White House but neither side is closer to a deal. It seems as though both sides are waiting to find out who will end up hurting more from the sequester set to take place on March 1st. Read More

Congressman Chris van Hollen said Monday that there had been little negotiations with Republicans over the sequester. Read More

With a busy week in Washington and President Obama again calling him out by name, Speaker Boehner will answer questions on the "sequester" cuts this afternoon. Read More

The first lady handed out the Academy Award via video feed from the White House. Read More

Did President Obama make a major miscalculation when agreeing to the sequester? That's the growing consensus among Republicans and even some Democrats,… Read More

Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright, says Congress being on vacation while the sequester looms is “like the airplane we are flying is going down and we are watching the in-flight movie.” Read More

With less than a week before the sequester deadline and no deal in sight to stop painful budget cuts from taking effect March 1, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., tells MSNBC's Alex Witt it is a circumstance that could have been avoided. Read More

Two former governors, co-chairing a new bipartisan task force, talked to The Last Word about border security and a pathway to citizenship. Read More

The White House press corps is frustrated with their lack of access to the president. But what issues are they focusing on when they do get access? Read More