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File Photo: Voters cast their ballots at the Herbert Young Community Center polling place in Cary, N.C.. on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, the first day of early voting in North Carolina. (Photo by Shawn Rocco/The News & Observer/AP Photo, File)

Demographer casts doubt on historic black voter turnout finding

An AP analysis found that blacks voted at a higher rate than whites last fall, for the first time ever. But a demographer who helped conduct the AP's study wouldn't stand by that finding. Read More

File photo: President Barack Obama's Debt Commission co-chairmen, Erskine Bowles right, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson,  take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Austerity advocates unfazed by errors found in leading report

Two weeks after "serious errors" were discovered in one of the key intellectual justifications for austerity, deficit hawks continue to forge ahead. Read More

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Congresswoman: ‘The next Tamerlan’ can buy guns with no problem

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

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Trying to stay relevant? Palin rips ‘DC assclowns’ at correspondents dinner

The half term Alaska governor and failed vice presidential candidate has gone on a social media frenzy to declare her vehemence toward the annual event, which brings together reporters, D.C. insiders, and Hollywood A-listers for mingling, dinner and jokes. Read More

President Barack Obama is greeted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upon his arrival at Atlantic City International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Atlantic City, NJ. Obama traveled to the region to take an aerial tour of New Jersey's coastline and areas damaged by superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Gov. Christie: President Obama ‘kept every promise he made’ on Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE: The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved New Jersey’s $1.83 billion disaster recovery plan, Gov. Christie announced mid-day Monday. Read More

Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife Laura as they survey the remains of the home owned by her parents that burned to the ground in the Breezy Point section of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. More than 50 homes were destroyed in the fire which swept through the oceanfront  community during superstorm Sandy. At right is their son, Kyle. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Breezy Point: Street after street was just gone

Two locals became the face of Breezy Point's destruction after superstorm Sandy, and the fire the storm sparked, ravaged the small town. Now, Morning Joe revisits the pair and the community still in need. Read More

Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long walks along Ocean Avenue past a destroyed house that was knocked off its foundation during Hurricane Sandy, as seen on November 1, 2012 in Sea Bright, New Jersey.  (Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger via Corbis)

Six months after Sandy, a shore town fights its way back

Six months after being slammed by superstorm Sandy, Sea Bright, N.J. is fighting to recover and rebuild—smarter, more sustainably, and stronger. Read More

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Representing accused terrorists strains public defenders

The Massachusetts Public Defenders Office, which has already had 16 furlough days, will be even more strained once it defends Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in court. Read More

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Adopted against her will: One woman shares her story

Tarikuwa Lemma talks about being adopted as a 13-year-old in what she thought was an educational exchange program. Read More

SEC may require more disclosure from corporations

Want to tell the SEC what you think about the possible new disclosure rule? Here's how. Read More

File Photo: Voters cast their ballots at the Herbert Young Community Center polling place in Cary, N.C.. on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, the first day of early voting in North Carolina. (Photo by Shawn Rocco/The News & Observer/AP Photo, File)

Groups plan fight against NC Voter ID bill

North Carolina activists are planning a massive response to proposed voting restrictions, what Rev. William Barber called the 21st century "white southern strategy." Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27:  U.S. President Barack Obama tells jokes poking fun at himself as well as others during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dinner is an annual event attended by journalists, politicians and celebrities. (Photo by: Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)

WATCH: Obama’s got jokes at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

President Obama poked fun at rumors of his past as a 'young, Muslim, socialist" reputation, among other things, at the dinner Saturday. Read More

President Barack Obama shakes hands with young scientist Anthony Halmon at the White House Science Fair to celebrate the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country, Monday during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Meet Anthony Halmon, teen inventor of the Thermofier

A 19-year-old father headed to the White House Science Fair this week with his invention. Before host Melissa Harris-Perry spoke to him on Saturday's show, he sat down with MSNBC.com for an interview. Read More

A China Southern Cargo jet takes off at LAX International airport in Los Angeles Monday, April 22, 2013. Some fliers headed to Los Angeles International Airport were met with delays yesterday on the first day of staffing cuts for air traffic controllers because of government spending reductions. Budget cuts that kicked in last month forced the FAA to give controllers extra days off.

FAA swiftly jumps on deal ending flight delays

The Federal Aviation Administration wasted little time announcing that air traffic facilities will return to pre-furlough staff levels over the next 24 hours, returning to normal operations by Sunday evening. Read More

The mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, with the suspects' father Anzor Tsarnaev, left, speaks at a news conference in Makhachkala, the southern Russian province of Dagestan, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Thursday that he is leaving Russia for the United States in the next day or two, but their mother said she was still thinking it over. (Photo by: AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

Mother of suspected Boston bombers had been on federal watchlist

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was placed on a U.S. terror database a year and a half before the two bombs planted at the finish line of the Boston Marathon exploded. Read More

Image: The U.S. flag flies over Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay

As Gitmo detainees starve, solutions remain elusive

What can the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay teach us about empathy for those accused of terrorism? Read More

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If only Congress considered unemployment as urgent as flight delays

Our Congress will show up in response to the most visible and vocal victims of their policy-making. But what about when no one's watching? Read More

Everett Dutschke speaks to the media as federal officials search his property in Tupelo, Mississippi, April 23, 2013. (Photo by Lauren Wood/Reuters)

Miss. martial arts instructor arrested in ricin-letter case

The FBI arrested a Mississippi man in connection to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and two other officials, police said Saturday. Read More

File Photo:  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon December 11, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. McConnell discussed various topics with the media including the fiscal cliff issue saying "time is running out."  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)

GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states

Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching may end up creeping into the midterm congressional elections. Read More

Attorney Gloria Allred is shown speaking with students and alumni who allege Occidental College administrators violated federal standards for dealing with their rape, sexual assault or retaliation claims on April 18 in Los Angeles. The Title IX action filed with the federal Department of Education was announced that day by Allred.

Sexual assault survivors: Title IX is about more than athletics

As more and more survivors of sexual assault come forward, they are organizing themselves to educate more women about their Title IX rights. Read More