Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said during a Monday lecture at Southern Methodist University that the U.S. Constitution is not a “living document,” arguing that original meaning of the Constitution is the best way to interpret it. Read More

Hillary Clinton's sky-high approval ratings haven't convinced the outgoing secretary of state to say she'll run for president. But perhaps the support of two super PACs will. Read More

President Obama will give his much-anticipated immigration speech this afternoon in Nevada, where Latinos make up 27% of the state's population and 19% of the voters in the 2012 election. Read More

In his Rewrite segment, O’Donnell gave one giant I-told-you-so to pundits who took the former Alaska governor seriously as a contender for president. Read More

In a new interview, President Obama tries to overcome a stereotype that says he's a gun-hater. His critics are a hard sell. Read More

With a lost Senate bid behind him, Scott Brown had time to feed the Twitter trolls. #Bqhatevwr, he's probably not running in the Massachusetts special election. Read More

Both the left and the far right want to see a strong challenger take on Mitch McConnell in the GOP primary in 2014. Read More

After backlash on a Maryland cub scout pack's decision to remove its gay-inclusive membership guidelines, the Boy Scouts of America has told NBC News that the group is considering an end to its longstanding, highly controversial policy of banning gay scouts or scout leaders. Read More

Only a week after President Obama's inauguration, a bipartisan group of senators have met and laid out the founding principles for pushing comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama will head to Las Vegas tomorrow to deliver his own remarks on immigration. Read More

President Obama addressed the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Friday to echo a theme from his inaugural address, that "our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law." Read More

GOP mega donor Foster "aspirin-between-their-knees" Friess resurfaced with a message for Playboy founder Hugh Hefner: "Contraception’s been very, very good to me." Read More

After the show, MSNBC's Steve Kornacki predicted what former Sen. Scott Brown will do regarding the upcoming special election to fill John Kerry's vacated senate seat. Also, Lawrence O'Donnell and Joy Reid dished on their favorite TV shows. Read More

In our special edition of The Last Word, we'll go deep on the budget and the so-called filibuster reform deal. And we can't not talk about Beyoncé at the inauguration. Read More

On Thursday when Senator John Kerry testified before the Foreign Relations Committee on his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell looks back at the day Kerry established his great legacy almost 40 years ago. Read More

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced Wednesday that the military would lift the ban on women serving in combat roles. A sampling of conservative reaction. Read More

The Senate is taking a go-slow approach to fixing the filibustering, disappointing progressives who are pushing for real reform. Read More

At his secretary of state confirmation hearing Thursday, Sen. John Kerry called out Tea Party Sen. Ron Johnson for missing a classified briefing on the deadly attacks in Benghazi. Read More

Vice President Biden addressed gun violence prevention in a Google Hangout chat Thursday, saying the White House task force's proposals weren't about "control," but about "safety." Read More

George Takei on Wednesday talked about the recent advances in the fight for equal gay rights, while MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explained what happens when congressmen try to be prosecutors. Read More

At his confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of state, Kerry picked up where Hillary Clinton left off after being confronted by a Tea Party senator. Read More