New York's political leaders ban together to fight gun violence. Read More

Vice President Biden takes the national push for President Obama’s gun proposals on the road today. Read More

Susan Eisenhower responds to the NRA's web ad that makes it seem "lucky" to have an armed security detail. As Ike's granddaughter, she found out what it was like to "grow up with a loss of privacy and freedom." Read More

"The intelligence community was so vague and--and non-forthcoming, senators on both sides of the aisle left there scratching their heads. So the way this was all presented created a tremendous amount of distrust regarding everything that was happening regarding Benghazi," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said. Read More

Ayotte called into question Clinton's description of herself as "clear-eyed" about the dangers and threats in Benghazi. Read More

The senator's colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee welcomed him back with praise for his years of service. Read More

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said she is teaming up with Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk in a bipartisan effort to get her anti-gun trafficking measure passed in Congress. Read More

It’s Senator John Kerry’s turn to face foreign policy questions Read More

On the heels of an election that left Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a narrow majority in parliament, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren appeared on Andrea Mitchell Reports and called the election “a decisive victory” for Netanyahu. Read More

Hillary Clinton's combative and forceful performance on Capitol Hill Wednesday likely further burnished her already sky-high reputation among Democrats. But as she gets set to step down as Secretary of State, what she’s planning next—and how her health might play into that decision—remain anyone’s guess. Read More

Sen. Rand Paul takes an aggressive stand during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday. Watch it here. Read More

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney made a slip-of-the-tongue in Wednesday's briefing. Read More

Republican senators pressed Clinton, who took full responsibility for the U.S. mission's security in Libya during her opening statement. Read More

The nation’s attention shifts from the White House to Capitol Hill Read More

The Supreme Court handed down the 7-2 decision on Roe vs. Wade on January 22, 1973. Forty years later, are we still fighting an uphill battle for the right to choose? Read More

The party’s over for the 113th Congress. Read More

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said in the tapes about his mother, "She made it very clear that in spite of these conditions you're as good as anybody else." Read More

Andrea Mitchell reports on presidential inaugurals throughout the decades. No apologies for the '80s hair and fashions! Read More

With the recent transition of Obama for America to Organizing for America, former Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter says that just because the election is over, the American public is not done moving the president's agenda forward. Read More

The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows President Obama’s approval holding steady above the 50% mark just days before his second inauguration. Read More