President Obama’s unabashedly progressive second inaugural address sent conservatives into a tailspin. Having blocked his agenda for four years, they now criticize him for a speech that failed to reach out to the right. Read More

While the Internet remains fixated on the photographic stylings of the Obama girls and the first lady’s dress (she wore Jason Wu), the inaugural ceremonies started to wind down with a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral this morning. Read More

The challenge: Obama built an unprecedented political organization and capitalized on demographic shifts that figure to boost Democrats far into the future. But will he leave a party that can build on his successes? Read More

President Obama championed not only the cause to combat climate change, but the validity of science itself. Read More

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains why President Barack Obama's second inauguration has so much New York influence. Read More

President Barack Obama's second inaugural address was the first to address gay rights. The president said that "if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well." Read More

As President Barack Obama was sworn in on Capitol Hill, his second inaugural address echoed similar themes from his first, including achieving agreements among a divisive Congress. "Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time." Read More

After botching the administration of the oath four years ago, President Obama and Justice John Roberts aren't taking any chances this time around. Read More

Sometimes the most sharpest arguments against Wayne LaPierre's "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," are the real life stories of gun recklessness that happen every day. Here are three almost tragedies from Friday alone. Read More

"I would like to thank the Academy..." Whoops -- wrong speech. Instead, here's a chance to study how some presidents have taken the oath of office. Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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