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Very Last Word: GIFs, cojones and Tom Selleck

Lawrence O'Donnell talks about actor and NRA board member Tom Selleck's culpability in the recent action by his organization. And does Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have the cojones to push gun legislation through? Alex Wagner weighs in. Read More

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. (Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

GOP caves on debt ceiling fight — for now

House Republicans said Friday afternoon they'll vote next week on a plan to raise the ceiling for three months. Read More

President Barack Obama gives his first inaugural address at the Capitol on January 20, 2009. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)

First Word: Looking ahead to Obama’s inauguration

As President Obama nears his inauguration of his second term on Monday, he faces a nation that is mostly dissatisfied with the current state of the economy, but backs the president and supports his general positions on gun control and immigration reform. Read More

Tom Selleck poses for a portrait in New York on Mar. 21, 2012. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/AP Photo)

O’Donnell: ‘It is time to question Tom Selleck’s humanity’

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell called out actor Tom Selleck, a public spokesman and board member of the NRA, for helping to arm America's mass murderers. Read More

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Widespread support for more restrictive gun measures, polls say

Newly released polls suggest Americans have President Obama’s back on gun control measures. Even some NRA members. Read More

Bill Clinton kisses his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as he introduces her at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on September 24, 2012. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters/File)

Bill Clinton jokes: I’m Hillary’s ‘first husband,’ she’ll live to be 120

Former president Bill Clinton joked earlier this week that Hillary refers to him as “her first husband” and also said that Hillary will live to be 120 years old and have "three more husbands" after him. Read More

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Very Last Word: Fate of the gun proposals

Krystal Ball and Richard Wolffe discuss the likelihood of President Obama's new gun control proposals making it through Congress. Read More

The "easy" part of gun control legislation may be over. Now comes the hard part.
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First Word: The hard part is yet to come

After President Obama unveiled his gun control plan on Wednesday, Republicans and the NRA have responded, gearing up for the "fight of the century." The hard part is yet to come - passing any sort of legislation through a divided Congress. Read More

File photo: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2012. (File Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A surprise for the NRA? Justice Scalia may be open to tighter gun control laws

Could conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia help rewrite gun laws? In a telling interview from July 2012, he floated the possibility of more legislation. Read More

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Very Last Word: Pornographic prose

Lawrence O'Donnell revisited Ed Meese's involvement in the attorney general's pornography commission. Plus, Joy Reid talks New York State's tough new gun laws. Read More

Newtown School Superintendent Janet Robinson holds up pictures of cards from all around the world following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School as she speaks about gun violence in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 2013. (Photo by Saul Loebs/Getty Images/AFP Photo)

Sandy Hook superintendent shares the chilling details

“There is no amendment that says that children have a right to grow up healthy and not be shot at, but it’s just a given," Dr. Janet Robinson told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell in an exclusive interview. Read More

President  Obama hugs a young boy named Grant Fritz -- one of a group of children who wrote the president letters about guns and gun control -- after signing executive orders  on a series of proposals to counter gun violence during an event at the  White House in Washington, January 16, 2013. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

Guns: Obama’s strong proposals draw strong reactions

Lawmakers split along largely partisan lines to either praise or oppose the president's proposals to close background check loopholes, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, provide schools more safety resources and re-examine mental health. Read More

President Barack Obama unveils a series of proposals to counter gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden looks on during an event at the White House in Washington on January 16, 2013. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)

First Word: Obama reveals his gun proposal

President Obama and Joe Biden laid out their gun control plan at the White House on Wednesday, proposing a $500 million program. The president will take a total of 23 executive actions to reduce gun violence. Read More

File photo: Malia Obama, Sasha Obama and first lady Michelle Obama listen as President Obama speaks at the DNC in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 6, 2012.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NRA targets Obama’s kids in a scathing new ad

The NRA calls President Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for using the Secret Service to protect his young daughters. "Protection for their kids and gun-free zones for ours," says a new ad from the gun lobbyists. Read More

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks at a rally in support of repealing the state's death penalty in Annapolis, Md., on Jan. 15, 2013. (Photo by Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)

Maryland’s governor tries again to end the death penalty

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Tuesday that he will sponsor legislation to repeal the death penalty in his state. The NAACP is one of the supporters of his efforts. Read More

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks during a news conference at the White House on January 15, 2013. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

‘The West Wing’ gets a shout out from the West Wing

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney references "The West Wing" during Tuesday's press briefing. Read More

File photo: House Speaker John Boehner at a news conference in  Washington on November 9, 2012. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)

So much for the debt ceiling! House GOP raises budget to defend DOMA

Dems slammed House GOP for alloting public funds to defend the Defense Of Marriage Act in court, especially at a time of increased calls by Republicans for spending cuts. Read More

President Obama speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington on January 14, 2013.   (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

President Obama: ‘I’m a pretty friendly guy’

The president conceded that "personal relationships are important" but he pointed out that legislators act on their political views, not whether they had their photographs taken with him. Read More

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Very Last Word: Cory Booker vs. Frank Lautenberg?

On Monday's Very Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell gave predictions for two upcoming Senate races. Plus, Steve Kornacki expressed his views on Cory Booker's bid for Senate. Read More

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at her office in Phoenix on Jan. 10, 2013 (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)

Governor Jan Brewer wants to expand Arizona Medicaid program

"The Affordable Care Act is not going anywhere, at least not for the time being," Brewer said during her State of the State address Monday. Read More