Smart drew from her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault while speaking at forum on human trafficking at Johns Hopkins University. Read More

Two weeks ago, Colbert Busch was ahead of Sanford 50% to 41%. As voters in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District head to the polls on Tuesday for the special election, many are asking: so what happened? Read More

A pair of air strikes against targets in Syria have been attributed to Israel, but the Israelis may be more interested in sending a message to Iran than they are about the Syrian civil war. Read More

History suggests the 2014 midterm elections will be a losing endeavor for President Obama's Democratic party. Read More

Current NRA President David Keene will pass off the position to Jim Porter, an Alabama lawyer who once called Obama a "fake president." Read More

If the U.S. becomes belligerent in Syria, "we will be seen as the neo-colonial force invading Arabia for oil, for Israel, for Western influence," says Hardball host Chris Matthews. Read More

Vice President Joe Biden is renewing his push on gun safety, as the NRA conference gets underway in Houston. Biden travels to South Carolina, an early 2016 primary state. Read More

How do we know that conspiracy theories about the government scheming to launch a massive gun-grabbing operation are in fact hitting the mainstream? A new survey shows that 29% of Americans believe that armed rebellion might be necessary in the next few years. Read More

"I believe deeply in a person having the guts to try the hardest road - because it's those kind of people I want running the country," says Chris Matthews. Read More

A new RNC ad, called “The First 100 days,” shows Obama hugging the mother of a Sandy Hook victim and criticizes the president for his lack of legislative success on gun control--even though it was the GOP which blocked the bill. Read More

Richard H. Donohue is speaking out about the night of the shootout for the first time. “I am told that when I arrived at the hospital, I had almost no blood or pulse,” the 33-year-old transit officer said. Read More

Meanwhile, Congress last week agreed to forgo furloughs for air traffic controllers after thousands of flights were delayed. Read More

Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, hinted at the real reason why background checks failed--Republicans didn't want to give President Obama a victory. Read More

Earlier this week, Sen. Ayotte and Erica Lafferty--daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal Dawn Hochsprung--tangled at a town hall meeting over the senator's vote against background check legislation for gun buyers. Read More

This is a real problem. In the old days we released prisoners of war when the war was over. They went home. So when's this war going to be over? This "war on terrorism"? Read More

Ten years ago today, then-President George W. Bush delivered his now-notorious, premature speech in which he declared American operations had ended in Iraq. Read More

Is immigration reform doomed? GOPers are concerned about border security. Republicans in the House want their own legislation. And some Dems want to add a provision in the bill, drawing ire from the right, to protect gay couples. Read More

New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte was the only 'no' vote in the Northeast on expanding background checks for gun purchases. Now she's facing the heat at home. Read More

Since 2011, Pennsylvania had slid from 7th in job creation all the way down to 49th, while the unemployment rate is currently higher than the national average. GOP Gov. Corbett is on the defensive. Read More

Louie Gohmert said that he believes the attorney general allowed a federal judge to read Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights because he’s sympathetic towards terrorists. Read More