The sequester deadline has nearly arrived, and nada. What did get done in Washington today: The House voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Read More

Casual Fridays don't exist in the House of Representatives. And House Speaker John Boehner played fashion cop during the sequestration fight. Read More

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie doesn't seem devastated to be left out of the Conservative Political Action Conference this year. Lawrence O'Donnell says the meeting is for losers, anyway. Read More

On Tuesday's Very Last Word, Steven Brill explained how the sellers' market of health care could be transformed into a buyers' market with help from the federal government. Read More

The Supreme Court gave strong indications on Wednesday that it might strike down a section of the Voting Rights Act as the court’s more conservative justices consider the provision as outdated and unfair. Read More

Nothing’s decided yet, but a key piece of the Voting Rights Act could be in danger after a day of arguments. Read More

Neil Heslin, whose six-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, died alongside 19 of his first-grade classmates and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, recounted the day of the shooting. Read More

President Obama and lawmakers in Washington haggling over budget negotiations, drama ensues, cut to the same scene a few months later. And new polling suggests they're sick of it. Read More

Son of media magnate Ted Turner, Republican candidate Teddy Turner, had a little fun in his latest television ad, urging voters against choosing a "career politician" for South Carolina's special congressional election in its 1st District. Read More

New Jersey's Republican governor is the eighth this year to swallow his scorn and expand Medicaid coverage through Obamacare. Read More

In the latest Very Last Word, MSNBC's Krystal Ball and Steve Kornacki discussed which party stands to gain more (or lose less) if the sequester goes through on March 1. Read More

Joy Reid discussed why Florida Gov. Rick Scott agreed to expand his Medicaid program through Obamacare, and why other governors, like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker haven't done so. Read More

"We seem to have a government that works only by holdout. I don’t know anything more to do but get up and talk to the American people," she said Tuesday. Read More

President Obama heads to Virginia's largest industrial employer on Tuesday and will visit Newport News Shipbuilding, which would be affected by cuts to naval spending. The president will again call on Republicans to sign off on a new debt reduction plan. Read More

Filing a 67-page legal document, the Obama administration formally urged the Supreme Court to strike down a key portion of the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act. Edith Windsor, 83, is the plaintiff. Read More

You probably missed something unprecedented at the Oscars. The shortest short ever nominated. It's mouth-watering! Read More

Wayne LaPierre accused Sen. Dianne Feinstein Saturday of using the recent mass shootings to garner support for her gun legislation. Feinstein responded Monday. Read More

Hoping to fixing Florida’s flawed voting system, State Senator Oscar Braynon, along with civil rights organizations such as the Advancement Project, are joining 102-year-old voter Desiline Victor to introduce a bill that will protect and improve the right to vote in Florida. Read More

According to a report in New York Magazine, Harvey Weinstein hired former deputy communications director for President Obama’s campaign, Stephanie Cutter, to help increase visibility for Oscar-nominated film Silver Linings Playbook. Read More

The sequester debate still continues with posturing and rhetoric from both Congress and the White House but neither side is closer to a deal. It seems as though both sides are waiting to find out who will end up hurting more from the sequester set to take place on March 1st. Read More