Looking to revive the stalled gun control movement, Vice President Biden hosted an event at the White House on Tuesday with gun safety groups in attendance. Read More

The president in a PBS interview defended the surveillance program, rejected comparisons to former Vice President Cheney, and said the government must "go to a judge, show probably cause." Read More

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

As the case plays out in court, both parents say they’re fighting a daily battle to preserve the memory of the Trayvon Martin they knew, and to not let him become a media caricature. Read More

We're still waiting on Supreme Court decisions that may change the modern landscape of civil rights in America. Guest host Ari Melber will be back to discuss this and several other topics Sunday at 10am ET on MSNBC! Read More

“The reason I feel so strongly about this is that yes, I was in a business situation where I was being sexually harassed and sexually assaulted," said Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez on MSNBC Thursday. Read More

When city leaders in Sanford, Fla., feared their community was on the verge of rioting after the killing of Trayvon Martin, a little-known federal agency quietly parachuted into town to negotiate peace among angry groups. Read More

Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal told Jansing & Co. he believes gun control advocates still have momentum, six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Read More

The “treason” talk isn’t just legally wrong — it raises the specter of some of the worst rhetorical excesses of the Bush/Cheney years Read More

Glenn Greenwald, one of the reporters who broke the NSA story, says that Snowden was very careful about what he leaked and that he wanted reporters to be judicious as well, to ensure that he didn't hurt American interests. Read More

The House is set to vote on a defense bill this week that could give service members a license to harass and discriminate against their colleagues, according to gay rights and civil liberties groups. Read More

Senator Carl Levin effectively killed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's proposal to remove sexual assault prosecutions from the military chain of command, but the fight isn't over yet. Read More

"I think he has Obamaphobia," New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said on Jansing & Co. Tuesday. "The reality is that it is the 'Gang of Eight' that came together—four Democrats, four Republicans—and said that we need a path to citizenship." Read More

The White House has a bipartisan problem on its hand, just as the contractor at the heart of the NSA scandal is hoping to expand the world of outside contractors. Read More

"Trayvon's parents Tracy and Sybrina are thankful that the killer of their son will face a jury of his peers," Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump said on the show. The family asked the community to "stay peaceful." Read More

NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell sat down with National Intelligence Director James Clapper, who vigorously defended the NSA's surveillance programs in an exclusive interview over the weekend. Read More

A 2012 report on security clearance determinations showed 4.9 million people had security clearance and, of those, 483,263 contractors hold top secret clearances. Read More

In what is becoming an annual #nerdland tradition, host Melissa Harris-Perry offered a summer reading list to her audience. Read More

The latest steady trickle of national security leaks now has a public face. On Sunday, The Guardian revealed the identity of the man behind the release of… Read More