MSNBC's Ari Melber and Krystal Ball spoke to Lawrence O'Donnell about what it would take to get him on their 3pm show. Read More
Some Tea Party groups probed by IRS had close GOP ties
Some of the conservative groups complaining about intrusive questions from the IRS have close connections to Republican politics, suggesting the scrutiny, in some cases, may have been warranted. Read More
Attention to IRS law gaining steam in Congress (h/t Lawrence O’Donnell)
Congressman Lloyd Doggett (echoing the argument MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has been making about the IRS law) scolded Republicans over their politicization of the IRS targeting scandal during a hearing held by the House Ways and Means Committee. Read More
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District of Columbia considers mandatory $250K insurance for gun buyers
3:14 PM on 5/16/2013
The Washington, D.C., city council will hold a hearing Thursday on a bill that would mandate prospective gun owners to purchase a $250,000 insurance policy. Read More
Obama vows accountability at IRS after targeting
1:50 PM on 5/16/2013
A day before lawmakers plan to conduct their first hearing Friday on the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service, President Obama again expressed anger over the episode, while rejecting calls for an independent counsel. Read More
First Word: Containing scandal fever sweeping D.C.
1:14 PM on 5/16/2013
It's been a bad week for the White House. The administration has been trying to contain scandal fever sweeping Washington. Check out the stories shaping tonight's rundown. Read More
The NRA helps Ayotte obscure her unpopular vote on background checks
11:47 PM on 5/15/2013
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains how this Washington "slight of hand" works in the Rewrite. Read More
The real IRS scandal: Reinterpreting the law
11:43 PM on 5/15/2013
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, asking the IRS to enforce the law as written and to drop the IRS' false interpretation of the law. Read More
The military sexual assault crisis: Time to ‘hold perpetrators accountable’
11:05 PM on 5/15/2013
Democratic Senators Claire McCaskill and Jeanne Shaheen called for jobs related to preventing sexual assault to require new, more stringent qualification criteria as a way to attract better candidates. Read More
Immigration control’s Magic Kingdom: Should we use Disney’s system?
10:16 PM on 5/15/2013
At the second Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Gang of Eight's immigration bill, Sen. Cornyn argued that the country's border security should be based on Disney World's biometric entry-exit system. Read More
Very Last Word: Top-down vs. Bottom-up political scandals
7:57 PM on 5/15/2013
On Tuesday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Ari Melber explained the difference between top-down and bottom-up political scandals, and how Richard Nixon was the progenitor of the top-down kind. Also, Joy Reid talked about how two military officials tasked with overseeing sexual assault cases could commit assaults themselves. Read More
First Word: White House releases Benghazi docs
6:04 PM on 5/15/2013
The White House released more than 100 pages of emails on Wednesday detailing its response to the deadly attack in Benghazi. Check out the stories we're monitoring now. Read More
Deficit shrinks faster than expected, undermining ‘the austerity gang’
5:15 PM on 5/15/2013
A newly released report by the Congressional Budget Office shows U.S. deficit shrinking faster than projected. Will it change the conversation in Washington? Read More
Top Treasury lawyer: I had no knowledge of IRS Tea Party targeting
2:14 PM on 5/15/2013
The IRS says the same thing. Whether Treasury Department officials knew about the targeting is shaping up as a key issue as Congress gets set to probe the effort. Read More
Minnesota gov welcomes marriage equality
11:40 PM on 5/14/2013
Marriage equality will officially arrive in Minnesota on August 1. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton described his thinking to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell in an exclusive interview Tuesday after signing the legislation. Read More
Military sexual assault: Another prevention coordinator investigated
9:32 PM on 5/14/2013
A second U.S. service member assigned to an assault-prevention office is being investigated for sexual misconduct just one week after an Air Force Lt Colonel working in the sexual assault and prevention office was arrested for sexual battery, Read More
Al Franken’s financial reform proposal: A sampling of the reaction
8:35 PM on 5/14/2013
On the same day of the SEC roundtable on credit-rating conflicts, the internet reacted to Minnesota Senator Al Franken's legislative proposal. Read More
First Word: Pressure mounts on Obama adminstration
1:57 PM on 5/14/2013
The already bad week for the Obama administration just got worse, as another controversy surfaced involving The Associated Press. Check out the stories we're following now. Read More
Very Last Word: The politics of adultery
10:35 AM on 5/14/2013
On Thursday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Ari Melber and Krystal Ball discussed the country's acceptance of adultery in a politician's past. Read More
Franken aims at reform of credit-rating system
12:20 AM on 5/14/2013
In his first primetime cable interview, Sen. Al Franken discussed his efforts to eliminate credit rating conflicts that emerged during the 2008 financial crisis, when rating agencies gave their highest marks to mortgage securities. Read More
O’Donnell: The real IRS scandal happened in 1959
10:47 PM on 5/13/2013
The IRS is facing criticism after news broke that they targeted Tea Party-related groups with unequal scrutiny, but according to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, the real scandal happened long ago. Read More
New Orleans shooting: Police identify a suspect
7:18 PM on 5/13/2013
The police chief and mayor asked the community to step up. "Somebody knows something," said the mayor. Hours later, the cops had identified a suspect. Read More
