Two or three people started shooting at the intersection of Frenchmen and N Villere streets shortly after 1 p.m. for unknown reasons, police said. Read More
Cancer patient: ‘I’m the model case for why Obamacare’ is needed

As soon as Dan Seco turned 26, he lost his health care, and as a freelance writer he didn't have the money to buy private health insurance. He was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. "I think I'm the model case for why Obamacare needs to pass and what it can do to help people in my situation, who are pursuing what they want to do with their life," Dan said. Read More
‘ED Show’ poll: Will Republicans ever stop trying to repeal Obamacare?
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‘ED Show’ guest list: Sunday, May 12
Happy Mother's Day! Ed is back tonight with a progressive critique of the Sunday talk shows Read More
‘ED Show’ poll: Should Democrats push for round two of health care?
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‘ED Show’ guest list: Saturday, May 11
Ed is finally back on MSNBC. Check out his first guest list! Read More
‘The Ed Show’ gets back to work on Saturday
"My fight on The Ed Show has been for the workers and the middle class," said Ed Schultz. "This new time slot [Saturdays and Sundays at 5pET] will give me the opportunity to produce and focus on stories that I care about and are important to American families and American workers.” Read More
The NRA convention isn’t really about guns
The Republican clown car stopped outside the NRA Convention in Houston this weekend and a group of people Bill Maher calls the "Axis of A**holes" jumped out to perform. Read More
Democrat calls out Washington’s hypocrisy on ‘sequester’ cuts
On the same day that President Obama signed legislation effectively ending air traffic furloughs, Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan showed up at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison with seniors, students and others from the community who are experiencing the pain caused by the sequester. Read More
The artist known as ’43′
Five living presidents came together for the dedication ceremony of the Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Can the city of Houston expect an addition to the Bush Presidential Library with a wing dedicated to the artist known as 43? Read More
Mayor: Boston suspect said NYC was next target
The Boston Marathon bombing suspects had planned to blow up their remaining explosives in New York's Times Square, officials said Thursday. Read More
‘The Ed Show’ returns to MSNBC on May 11
We are proud to announce The Ed Show hosted by Ed Schultz will return to MSNBC starting Saturday, May 11 at 5 p.m. ET. Read More
Slain MIT officer memorialized at campus service
As bagpipes wailed, more than 4,000 mourners paid their respects Wednesday to an MIT police officer who authorities say was ambushed in his cruiser by the Boston Marathon bombers, while U.S. investigators trying to get to the bottom of the plot looked for answers from the Tsarnaev brothers' parents in Russia. Read More
Boston observes moment of silence one week after bombings
One week after the explosions at the Boston Marathon, the city pauses to remember those who died and were injured in the bombing and afterwards. Read More
It’s over: Boston bombing suspect captured alive, police say
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured alive Friday night after police found him in a boat in a suburban backyard following a bloody rampage and daylong manhunt, law enforcement sources said. Read More
Obama to Boston: ‘You will run again’
“I have no doubt you will run again. You will run again,” President Barack Obama told an interfaith prayer service, addressing runners who were maimed in the attack on the Boston Marathon. “Your resolve is the greatest rebuke to whoever committed this heinous act.” Read More
Obama: ‘This was a pretty shameful day for Washington’
Despite an impassioned push by President Barack Obama and an emotional lobbying effort by the families of mass shooting victims, proponents of a compromise measure to expand gun background checks on Wednesday fell six votes short of passage in the Senate. Read More
Obama: ‘We are now investigating this as an act of terrorism’
President Barack Obama says the explosions at the Boston Marathon are being investigated as an act of terror, although authorities still don't know who is responsible. Read More
Cutting the deficit and reforming Social Security, that’s what the last election was all about, right? (Hint: no)
Why does the president seem to be giving up so much ground after winning re-election on refusing to sacrifice Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to the Tea Party deficit hawks? Read More
Ed’s comment on flood prep draws fire
Ed said something that's drawing fire from local leaders in his home state, but by the end of this blog, we think you'll take Ed's side on this one. Read More
Sitting on a surplus, North Dakota wants federal funds to pay for floods
The state spends billions of dollars to clean up after a flood every few years, instead of spending LESS money to build a flood prevention project to protect people for years to come. Read More





