On Wednesday's show Rev. Sharpton debuted a new segment, Ask Rev, in which he answers questions from viewers on topics ranging from weight loss to political perseverance. Read More

Will Republicans demand offsets for the relief spending needed for Moore, Ok., residents digging out from Monday's tornado? After all, many GOPers opposed the Sandy relief bill. Read More

The former congressman, disgraced by a Twitter scandal in 2011, announces his plans to run for mayor of New York City in a web ad released early Wednesday. Read More

How one nurse protected an infant and mother from the tornado that destroyed the main hospital in Moore, Oklahoma. Read More

LOOK: The newest version of "Obama's Watergate" is Umbrella-gate. But he's not the only president to have gotten protection when the skies opened. Read More

With their latest marching orders, House Republicans could make the 113th Congress even less productive than the 112th, quite an achievement. Read More

Emails released by the White House this week make clear that Susan Rice was not the main player in a Benghazi cover-up that Republicans claimed. So where's the apology? Read More

While Republicans work to block Obamacare from providing coverage to Americans who need it most, MSNBC and PoliticsNation are stepping up to help offer free health coverage. Read More

Flanked by her fellow Tea Party leaders, Michele Bachmann on Thursday linked the IRS scandal over targeting conservative groups to suspicions on how the agency administers the financial aspects of Obamacare. Read More

The president reiterated his own frustration with the actions of the IRS, calling them "inexcusable," and announcing his administration will take steps to safeguard against this type of behavior in the future. Read More

Veteran Republicans who staunchly oppose Obamacare see the vote as a gift to their conservative freshman colleagues who were not able to have a voice in the 112th Congress's 36 votes to repeal the health reform law. Read More

Kathie-Ann Joseph, a breast surgeon at NYU Medical Center who's cared for patients with the BRCA-1 gene, and Lindsay Avner, who underwent a preventive mastectomy at 23, on dealing with the gene. Read More

Holder indicated that he ended his involvement in the investigation in order "to avoid the appearance of a potential conflict of interest," citing his June 2012 interview with the FBI in connection to the leaks. Read More

A mere two months after the Republican National Committee rolled out its $10 million minority outreach campaign, an RNC director in charge of Hispanic outreach in Florida says he's now "taking a stand against this culture of intolerance" and is abandoning the GOP to become Democrat. Read More

Benghazi and the IRS stories may be the latest, but they're far from the first scandals that the right-wing has touted as a Watergate-style scandal. A lesson in wishful thinking? Read More

One Fox News hosts is confronting his colleague for what he calls "outrageous, slanderous" remarks about the first daughters Sasha and Malia. Read More

Christie vetoed a measure that would have created a two-week window for early in-person voting, citing the cost as his primary complaint. Read More

The accused kidnapper and rapist described himself as "cold-blooded," according to reports, and said he himself was a victim of sexual abuse. Read More

The president announced two executive actions to help spur innovation in the tech sector in his Texas trip, the first in a series the White House has dubbed “Middle Class Jobs &; Opportunity Tours.” Read More

As new details emerge about the Cleveland kidnapping hero's troubled past, Rev. Sharpton takes a moment to reflect on how an imperfect man can still be a hero. Read More