Senate passes budget after late-night ‘vote-a-rama’
Senators rammed through a whopping 101 amendments and took 70 roll call votes in a late night “vote-a-rama” session that lasted until 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., joined...
View ArticleChris Hayes on what he really thinks about the assault weapons ban
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s new 8pm weeknight program, weighed in on assault weapons ban being dropped from the baseline...
View ArticleSCOTUS Preview: Understanding the DOMA and Prop 8 arguments
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Beginning Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments against California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act...
View ArticleTrip in Review: George Mitchell on Obama in the Middle East
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Former U.S. Senator and Middle East Peace Envoy George Mitchell said Syria is the flashpoint for Mideast politics and...
View ArticleChicago to shutter 54 schools
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Chicago will close 54 schools at the end of year, the largest school closures in the nation. This controversial decision has...
View ArticleHello Brooklyn: MTV says hello to the new, New York
MTV’s high profile celebration of pop culture returns to New York this year. After a four-year stint out west, the 30th annual Video Music Awards will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,...
View ArticleStates of the Union: The Georgia General Assembly
This week, Congress enjoys the first half of a two-week recess. Across the country, other legislators are wrapping up, or have already finished, their legislative calendars for the entire year. While...
View ArticleCan Amanda Knox be forced back to Italy?
Eighteen months after being released from an Italian prison, Amanda Knox could be extradited to Italy to face another trial. This after Italy’s highest court overturned the acquittal and ordered a...
View ArticleObama heads to Colorado to highlight new gun laws
President Obama will follow up Thursday’s impassioned appeal for new gun control laws with a stop in Colorado where Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper has just signed a bill regulating firearm...
View ArticleThe North Korean ‘State of War’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s declaration of a “State of War” with South Korea sent shock-waves through international security circles. Former New Mexico Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Nukes are ‘the nation’s life’
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Statements issued following a meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party called nuclear weapons ”the...
View ArticleGOP Sets Sights on Senate in 2014
The Republican Party aims to take control of the Senate in 2014 but, given recent public relations issues, the prospects for a GOP takeover appear to be slimming. Aaron Blake, National Political...
View ArticleVA Facing Massive Backlog of Pending Claims
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is getting a lot of heat for falling behind on hundreds of thousands of disability...
View ArticleWatershed Moment for Same Sex Marriage?
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Arguments have come to a close in the Supreme Court cases against DOMA and Proposition 8, but opinions about it have not....
View ArticleFrom Beast to feast: Mike D’s Sandy relief food truck
Residents of hard-hit areas of the Northeast corridor continue to band together to return essential services and a semblance of normal life to their local communities since Hurricane Sandy struck five...
View ArticleSequester Cuts into Cancer Treatment
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The Washington Post reports that cancer clinics across the country are turning away medicare patients as a result of the...
View ArticleEffect of cutting payroll tax break seen in dismal job numbers
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The U.S. Economy added 88,000 jobs in March, well below the 200,000 that economists predicted. With politicians and pundits...
View ArticleWhite House budget puts Obama behind Democratic party lines
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Details of President Obama’s budget released ahead of its expected Wednesday debut troubled members of his own party....
View ArticleKerry presses China to exert pressure on North Korea
Secretary of State John Kerry met with China’s top leaders and called for a peaceful solution to the North Korean nuclear standoff on Saturday during a joint press conference in Beijing. Kerry’s...
View ArticleOklahoma City Bombing Prosecutor Talks Tsarnaev
Lead prosecutor in the Timothy McVeigh trial, Scott Mendeloff, breaks down the legal issues surrounding bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with MSNBC’s Alex Witt. They discuss the similarities and...
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