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Gillibrand on new bill to prevent sexual assault in military

Sen. Kirsten Gillibran (D-N.Y.) discusses her new bill aimed at preventing sexual assault in the military Read More

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Crisis at Guantanamo: 100 detainees on hunger strike

This Friday will mark the 100th day of the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison, where 100 detainees are now on strike. Read More

Image: A guard opens the gate to Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

NOW Today: The Gitmo story

It's been open more than a decade now, but there is still much Americans don't know about the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. One person who is more familiar with Gitmo than most is the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg, Read More

File Photo: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the window of the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge, west London on December 20, 2012. (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images, File)

WikiLeaks and the information war

Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney will join the NOW panel Wednesday to discuss his latest film, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." Read More

President Barack Obama responds to a question during a news conference with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron in the East Room at the White House May 13, 2013. (Photo by: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

NOW Today: Political footballs

"Ugh." That was the reported response of one progressive activist when he heard the news that the Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from the Associated Press. The latest "scandal" comes after last week's revelations that the IRS targeted conservative and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status. Read More

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Heritage Foundation immigration study backfires

When the Heritage Foundation released its cost-estimate of the immigration bill, its aim was to draw attention to the flaws of the bill; instead, Heritage drew attention to its own flaws. Read More

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NOW Today: “Great” relationship?

Best friends? Probably not. But on Monday the leaders of two of the west's most important allies meet in Washington. President Obama is expected to host a… Read More

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Same surgery, same city, $118K difference

A new government report reveals how hospitals charge wildly different prices for the same medical procedures, even in the same city. Read More

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talks during an interview, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 in New York. Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," on Tuesday defended the sale of his own television channel to Al-Jazeera. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Al Gore has a Nobel, an Oscar, and a big empty house

The man who "used to be the next president of the United States" now has several hundred million dollars. But is there still a sense that something's missing? Read More

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes remarks to the media before a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the State Department in Washington February 14, 2013.  (Photo by Mike Theiler/Reuters)

Russia: Old foe or new friend?

Following the attacks at the Boston Marathon last month, U.S-Russian relations have followed a more cooperative path than they have in the past, but it’s unclear whether the same cooperation will define discussions between the two countries when it comes to the subject of Syria. Read More

File Photo: US President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with Mark Sanford. 29 July 2002  (Photo by Stephen Jaffe/AFP/Getty Images, File)

Second acts and double standards

The NOW panel debates whether a woman politician would be held to a different standard than Mark Sanford. Read More

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talks during an interview, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 in New York. Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," on Tuesday defended the sale of his own television channel to Al-Jazeera. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NOW Today: Better off?

He's most recently made headlines for selling his TV network and for blaming President Obama's poor Denver debate performance on the altitude. Or even before that, for winning a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar. But former Vice President Al Gore may always be remembered for the one thing he didn't win: the 2000 Presidential election. Read More

President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2013. The President on Tuesday warned of rushing to judgement on possible use of chemical weapons by Syria. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

NOW Today: The Syria question

What will President Obama do? The news over the weekend that Israel carried out out two airstrikes in Syria over a 48 hour period now has the world now… Read More

File Photo: National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre pauses as he makes a statement during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP)

NOW Today: The gun divide

Despite its PR headaches in the months following the tragedy in Newtown, one could argue that the National Rifle Association isn't hurting too much these days. In fact, as the NRA holds its first major gathering since Sandy Hook, the gun advocacy group may have actually benefited from the ongoing gun safety reform debate. Read More

File Photo: In this Sept. 15, 2009 photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka applauds at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/AP Photo/File)

AFL-CIO President: ‘It’s like we’ve become oblivious to the plight of workers’

Across the world, demonstrations took place to mark International Workers Day, also known as May Day. With high unemployment, a paltry federal minimum wage and… Read More

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Guantanamo Bay — What will President Obama do?

The escalating hunger strike at Guanatanamo Bay got the attention of President Obama , but will he follow through on his promise to close the facility? Read More

Democratic candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch, left, looks at former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford as she answers a question during the 1st Congressional District debate on Monday, April 29, 2013 in Charleston S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

GOP adviser: Colbert Busch could win by a point or two

Hogen Gidley, former communications director for Rick Santorum, predicts Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch will carry South Carolina's 1st District. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House April 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president took questions on a variety of subjects including immigration reform, the ongoing civil war in Syria and the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NOW Today: Unfinished Business

The alleged Mark Twain quote was actually, 'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,' but Americans -- and the White House press corps -- got the point at President Obama's news conference on Tuesday. Citing the White House's struggles with gun control and the sequester, ABC's Jonathan Karl asked the President, "So my question to you is do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this Congress?" Read More

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The real victims of the sequester

The NOW panel takes a look at the harsh effects of the sequester cuts on those who lack political clout. Read More

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White House examining Syria options

The Obama administration weights its options on Syria. Read More