Republicans are using the Benghazi attack to undermine Hillary Clinton politically--but a new poll shows that so far, the public isn't buying it. Read More

One might expect the most liberal member of the Supreme Court to praise the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized a women’s right to choose. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wishes she could rewrite aspects of the ruling. Read More

Never has a musician been able to sing the lyrics of David Bowie's iconic song, "Space Oddity," and mean them quite so literally than this. Read More

Big story we're following now: President Obama addressed reports of the IRS singling out conservative-leaning political groups and the ongoing Benghazi fallout. Read More

President Obama called the revelations about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups "outrageous" Monday morning. Republicans are planning a Congressional investigation. Here's what we know about the scandal. Read More

Former NBA player Dennis Rodman criticized President Obama for not establishing a relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. Read More

Sen. Joe Manchin's bill to expand background checks on gun sales failed in the Senate last month. But he's going to bring it back. Read More

The number of sex crimes in the military skyrocketed in recent years. Now, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to introduce legislation next week to change the way the military handles these allegations. Read More

On the same day of the House Homeland Security Committee meeting and the burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Richard family of Dorchester released a statement on their family's recovery. "Well-wishes reach us, and they help more than anyone could know," the family said. Read More

Minnesota begins a final push on marriage equality, making it the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the third state this month after Delaware and Rhode Island. Read More

Mitt Romney is making a return to late-night television. A publicist for The Tonight Show confirmed that former Republican presidential candidate will sit down with Jay Leno on Friday, May 17th. Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin marking up the "Gang of Eight" bipartisan immigration bill that aims to create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Read More

Actors George Takei and Jesse Tyler Ferguson use humor to soften opposition to marriage equality in new PSA for Funny or Die. Read More

If the government can bail out banks, why can't it help millions of Americans struggling to pay back billions in student loan debt? The senator wants students to get the low rates that big banks do. Read More

America's Catholic Bishops are urging Catholics to pray, fast and sacrifice "for life, marriage, and religious liberty," warning that the cases currently before the Supreme Court are the "Roe. v. Wade of marriage." Read More

Gov. Chris Christie searches for his infamous navy fleece in a new web video featuring politicos and celebrities like Jon Bon Jovi, Alec Baldwin, James Carville, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Read More

MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton discussed Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery with Steve Schmidt, and whether he should have told his constituents about it. Read More

President Obama's job approval has returned to positive territory in recent weeks, but the percentage of Americans who say they believe he is effective has gone down, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday. Read More

Newly elected Congressman Mark Sanford has become the new comeback kid, winning the special election, despite personal baggage, a political scandal, and a state ethics violation. Read More

On Monday's Very Last Word, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe talked about the relative merits of what the Republicans have called "leading from behind" when they describe Obama's foreign policy. Read More