MS NOW March 2013 Videos

Don’t be fooled

Caught on Camera: Out of Bounds

Questions surround ‘Bible’ show’s accuracy

Mary Bono-Mack, Connie Mack talk immigration, DOMA

FAA considering in-flight passenger electronic use

S. Africa officials: Mandela’s condition improving

‘Thought Bubble’ centers on prayer, reflection

New same-sex marriage poll shows clear trend

Mystery surrounds death of Texas DA, wife

N. Korea call nukes ‘nation’s life’

Guest worker pay may be key to immigration deal

VA facing massive backlog of pending claims

‘Best of’ Office Politics

Congressman under fire for racial slur

Watershed moment for same-sex marriage?

Harris-Perry: Virginia voter ID law undermines a healthy democracy

Social network launches for women of color’s hair

Anthea Butler and the politics of black hair

Practicing what you preach on a global scale

A real world ethics test

The rebirth of morality

The plight of veterans returning from war

Veterans: Waiting for benefits

The plight of America’s veterans

Why the disability insurance system may soon be on disability

Connecting the dots in the welfare to Wal-Mart loop

While corporations benefited from bailouts, employees did not

A historic week in the fight for gay rights

Stuff Alan Simpson says

Re-imaging the gun buyback with mentorship, not dollars

Individual activism on gun reform

A State of the Union promise kept

Republicans try (and fail) to appeal to Latinos

Infrastructure and the progressive agenda

Freedom of the press returns in Burma

Land of the free?

Fili-busted

The gun battle continues

The GOP continues to struggle with race problem

Democracy and economy grow across Africa

Immigration deal reached for guest worker program

Panel discusses same-sex marriage debate

New gun control ad features families of Newtown victims

Gang intervention program ‘reinfusing hope’

Retracing Jesus’ steps in Jerusalem

What may affect court’s same-sex marriage decision?

Rep. Cicilline discusses N. Korea threats, gun control

Strategy Talk with Joe Watkins and Ed Rendell

Congress to tackle gun control and immigration

Obama tries to renew momentum for gun bill

Mandela improving and ‘breathing without difficulty’

Richardson: N. Korea testing new S. Korean president

Providing a unique place for women to eat, pray, and love

Too frail to work, too poor to retire

Young and jobless: The new reality for millennials

Harris-Perry: ‘Political science is not punditry’

Should you risk personal safety for hope of job security?

Why people are working more and still getting less

Human lives hanging in the balance at GITMO

New documentary tells story of Angela Davis

Dear Louisiana atty. general, human beings deserve respect

The woman taking on sexism in the tech world

The pastor who made marriage equality his mission

How to be a good ally

Congress flubs Sandy relief funds

Justices appear skeptical of DOMA

The best of ‘Office Politics’

Kim Jong Un continues ‘cycle of provocation’

North Korea declares ‘state of war’ against South

Drilling for oil in Arctic waters not-so-easy after all

Explosive fracking accident in Texas

Decades after Vietnam, still failing America’s veterans

Sandy Hook parents appeal for gun control in emotional ad

Not letting the memory of Newtown fade

Former NJ gov’s second act is helping others with second chances

Pot legalization means big tax revenue

In Congress, eight budget proposals on the table

Mitt Romney enjoying a ‘normal’ life, post-election

Media’s role in changing opinion on marriage equality

Breaking down the Obama agenda

Sarah Palin: Youbetcha she’s back!

Who was right about DOMA

Obama on Newtown tragedy: ‘Shame on us if we’ve forgotten’

Barbara Walters to retire in 2014

Obama’s marriage equality legacy

Palin PAC brings former VP candidate back in spotlight

Can the Bush Library save the Bush legacy?

Newtown mom demands Congress take action on guns

Sharpton: Right-wing orgs ‘should be ashamed’

Putting people back to work

Obama makes first step toward fixing voting problems

GOP minority outreach derails by Congressman’s racial slur

Matthews: The Republican platform seems to have outlawed evolution

Rapid rise of the LGBT civil rights movement

Sideshow: Fox News is still talking about White House tours

Republicans continue to botch party’s outreach attempt

Blocking the vote on gun control legislation

Young slur, Carson controversy timely examples of GOP’s minority outreach problem

New North Korean threats toward United States, South Korea

Why does Marco Rubio think Rand Paul’s gun control filibuster is good politics?

Top Lines: Obama, dodgeball, drunk Muppets, Stewart, Colbert, NAMBLA and Ham Rove

Dr. Ben Carson’s conservative star in ‘NAMBLA’ controversy

Don Young’s Hispanic slur not the minority outreach GOP needs

Touré: On gay rights, ‘justice delayed is justice denied’

Are iPads changing our kids’ minds?

What does it mean to ‘act white’?

Where we stand on the Jodi Arias trial

First Holy Week with Pope Francis

Obama calls for more infrastructure spending

Second-term issues ahead

Celebrating allies as America makes progress on equality

Obama’s priority list

Breaking down the week in Washington

GOP rising star Dr. Ben Carson defends himself

Nelson Mandela spends 2nd day in hospital

Cate Edwards opens up about her father’s affair

Messina: ‘We have a moral responsibility to act’ on gun control

Breaking down the Church’s new opportunities for reform

New evidence that the GOP is veering away from center

Lawmakers closer to deal on immigration – until you read between the lines

Obama heads South to push infrastructure spending

The Big Apple’s big deal on sick days

How views on marriage have evolved over time

Alaska GOP congressman under fire for racial slur

Newtown families join call to action for gun reform

Pope Francis breaks from tradition

States weigh marijuana tax

Cate Edwards speaks out

What can President Obama do to pass gun legislation?

The Fix’s Hill Highlights of 2013: Rehashing the filiblizzard

The Fix’s Hill Highlights of 2013: Obama’s charm offensive

The Fix’s Hill Highlights of 2013: Being Biden

Breaking down the North Korea missile threat

Good Morning Daily Rundown from the Grand Canyon

An interfaith discussion with Imam Shareef, Bishop Beckwith and Rabbi Gewirtz

An interfaith discussion with Imam Shareef, Bishop Beckwith and Rabbi Gewirtz

King Abdullah II and the now-infamous Atlantic interview

Fusing the spiritual and sexual: Touré takes on Prince in new book

Why the case of one former CIA agent has become controversial

The S.&P. 500’s record high and the case of two Americas

Is there a legislative strategy regarding gun reform?

The Good Friday Agreement turns 15; mortar attack hits Syrian university

Why Republicans aren’t likely to change gay marriage stance soon

John Boehner gives a ‘self-high five’ to Republicans

North Korea puts rockets on standby; Nelson Mandela hospitalized

Pope Francis causes controversy in foot-washing ceremony

Santorum invades Colbert race

Rush vs. O’Reilly on marriage equality

GOP struggles to fight marriage equality

Rush Limbaugh: ‘There is a gay mafia’

The Supreme Court knows America has changed

Activists keep gun reform passions stoked

Stuck ship chopped to ease reef grief

GOP holds breath amid marriage equality sea change

The road that led to the Defense of Marriage Act challenge

Supreme Court justices trade barbs over DOMA challenge

Tough new data on abuse and military women

Palin’s wild and crazy video

Push for immigration reform continues

GOP’s gay marriage stance creates ‘grand ol’ problems’ for party

Touré does rapid-fire association of classic Prince songs

Spring in our step

Steve’s Final Korner

Sex Slaves: The Windy City

Sex Slaves: The Windy City

Sex Slaves: The Windy City

Previewing ‘All In’

Ashcroft argues in favor of DOMA in ‘96

Very Last Word: The end of Sarah Palin?

DOMA’s day at the Court

Obama makes good on ‘we have to fix that’ promise

Attacks on First Daughters crosses the line

Palin planning a 2014 comeback?

Republican rep loses his cool over parking ticket

DOMA’s future in doubt

GOP losing the culture war

How the right gets it wrong on same sex marriage

Obama vows to not let the Newtown memory fade

Matthews: I’m glad Ashley Judd is not running for Senate

New details released from Newtown tragedy

Sideshow: Winners and losers at the Supreme Court

For GOP, road to acceptance is paved with confusion, hesitation

Parents speak out on gun violence: ‘Not again, not our children’

The embarrassing V.A. backlogs scandal – and how to fix it

Palin, Romney vie for title of GOP ‘power broker’

Top Lines: Stewart, O’Reilly, Colbert, guns, racks and Palin

How the NRA is using 2014 math to squelch gun control reform

Cataloguing Adam Lanza’s vast Newtown arsenal

Pres. Obama: ‘Shame on us’ if we forget Newtown

Ball: We’re not just losing the legislative battle for abortion rights–we’re losing public opinion, too

To share or not to share your Lotto winnings

Why hours at the gym may not translate into the bikini body you’re hoping for

To stay on top, America should start taking its own advice

Obama gun remarks: An attempt to breathe life into a movement losing steam?

Recounting Jim McGreevey’s fall from grace and personal rebuilding

Can a tax on marijuana help Colorado and Washington state budgets?

How the economic crisis in Cyprus impacts Wall Street

Mandela hospitalized with lung ailment

Fate of Prop. 8 rests in the hands of the Supreme Court justices

Chipping away at Roe v. Wade

Newtown parents appear in latest gun control ad from Bloomberg PAC

Skepticism over whether gun legislation will make it through Congress grows

Sarah Palin makes another play at relevance

Conservatives ponder future of their approach to gay marriage

How one school is making social progress a priority

Pres. Obama raises stakes in gun control debate

Report: NFL player could go public with LGBT status

Hundreds protested in Chicago over school closings

Political shift on same-sex marriage

Sarah Palin targets 2014,  Republican establishment in new ad

Will an immigration bill be done by this summer?

Taking action on gun control

Isikoff: Newtown shooter fired 154 bullets in under 5 minutes

FBI interview: Lanza rarely left home, was ‘shut-in’

Obama to meet with GOP senators again

The Gaggle: Marriage Matters

Davis: Republicans nervous about path to citizenship for people voting ¾ against them

Good Morning Daily Rundown from California

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Thursday?

Cyprus banks reopen — with transaction limits

The untold story of the women of WWII

McGreevey: ‘I’m in a very good place right now’

What can the Catholic Church learn from corporate America?

Gay marriage is here to stay regardless of SCOTUS, says Time

‘Moral obligation’ to get chemical weapons in Syria, says GOP Rep. Rogers

Are we investing enough in the United States?

Will GOP evolution be a ‘messy’ one for the party?

Mayor Bloomberg group releases ad with families of Newtown victims

Obama, GOP Senators expected to have a second dinner

Why GOP has stayed silent during SCOTUS marriage hearings

Is immigration reform over in Marco Rubio drops out?

Shocking poll on Colbert’s sister

Rewriting 21st Century McCarthyism

Rejected: AZ gun shop owner cancels Mark Kelly’s gun order

Harvey Milk’s Nephew talks Prop 8

ND governor signs strictest abortion law in the country

Junior Montana senator expresses support for marriage equality

Veterans place pressure on White House to end VA backlogs

Will procreation determine the outcome of the Prop 8 debate?

Calif. AG: ‘We should not wait when people are being deprived of their fundamental rights’

Body politics dominate women’s rights in North Dakota

Bachmann under investigation

McCain refuses to stop using phrase ‘illegal immigrant’

Hitting the jackpot: the lottery and the American Dream

California dreamin’: Prop 8 at the Supreme Court

Courting controversy

“Sudden and Accidental…”

Social issues become dividing factor for GOP

Tucson victims respond to new information about gunman

Very Last Word: Dean on DOMA

Ripped from the headlines: Law & Order takes on ‘legitimate rape’

The GOP’s George W. Bush problem

Obama pushes forward with immigration reform

Conspiracy theory into Bachmann ethics probe

Matthews: Those who are guilty are wise to choose a jury over a judge

The political comeback kids

North Dakota signs strict abortion law

Sideshow: Latest right-wing outrage over Obamacare

DOMA challenged at the Supreme Court

Biden, National Day of Action push back against NRA

Reince Priebus: Bad leader or worse GOP followers?

Top Lines: Obama, Bachmann, Priebus, ‘drunk Muppets,’ and Jumble puzzles

GOP may drive North Dakota anti-choice law to Supreme Court

Reading Supreme Court tea leaves over DOMA arguments

Melber: ‘Gay marriage is new, but liberty and equality are very old – and long overdue’

Real talk on children of gay parents

America’s shifting position on the death penalty

The rape case that won’t leave the headlines

No secret here: Petraeus wants back in the spotlight

SCOTUS seems open to striking down DOMA

NFL players voice their support of gay marriage

Alito questions favorable tax provisions and DOMA

Same-sex couple leaves the US because of DOMA

Insight from inside the court

Veterans struggle with unemployment

NBC Universal and Comcast boost effort to help veterans find jobs

Defending the Defense of Marriage Act

Kerry wraps up worldwide trip

Justice Kennedy suggests DOMA violates states’ rights

Final thoughts on DOMA oral arguments

Cruz, Paul threaten filibuster of gun safety reform

Justice Thomas, Loving v. Virginia, and marriage cases about civil rights

Williams: Votes are there to strike down DOMA

Bruni: On gay marriage, ‘trend line only goes in one direction’

Lockup Cleveland: The Investigator

LGBT activist’s widow denied benefits

Thousands of vets attend Hiring Our Heroes jobs fair

Quinn: I’ve always had a big personality

Justices reluctant to make big ruling?

Mehlman on marriage equality: This is about freedom

Stockton, Calif., Detroit and Chicago among cities facing cash crisis

’50 Shades’ series sells 70 million copies in one year

ND becomes latest state to restrict women’s health options

House group ‘very close’ to putting forward immigration package

What to expect from DOMA hearings?

The Gaggle: ND governor passes strict abortion bill

Justices indicated the possibility of no major ruling on Proposition 8

The changing politics of same-sex marriage

Plaintiffs: DOMA violates right to equal protection under law

Good morning, Daily Rundown from England!

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Wednesday?

Finding the true American story

Outrage grows over TSA knives decision

Disability claims for veterans: What’s being done to solve the backlog?

Why a return by Petraeus was only a matter of time

Will SCOTUS avoid fundamental issue in Prop. 8 decision?

How Delaware plans to take on gun reform

Gun control momentum slows down; Dems go after Ted Cruz

Could David Petraeus be gearing up for a future in politics?

Capehart: SCOTUS torn, ‘doesn’t quite know what to do’ on marriage equality

The next generation of condom

Grover Norquist: conservative or revolutionary?

2012 Losers: Where Are They Now?

Sen. Murphy to NRA: Stop calling Newtown families

Three More Senators Back Marriage Equality

Detroit protests takeover by undemocratic program that doesn’t work

Suspect becomes focus of Colorado prison chief murder

Outside extremists push North Dakota on expensive anti-abortion agenda

Stakes rise for 2014 as another senate Democrat announces retirement

Americans leave GOP behind in support for marriage equality

George W. Bush: the artist?

Punxsutawney Phil in legal hot water

Politicians evolve on marriage equality as SCOTUS prepares for gay marriage arguments

Tasteless mock-up ad has Ford apologizing

Rand Paul vs. Paul Ryan?

Are Supreme Court justices really insulated from politics?

SCOTUS and more

Lockup Cleveland: Heartless Felons

The Gaggle: Immigration talks

Exclusive: Dustin Lance Black and challengers to Prop 8

Advocates argue both sides of marriage equality

Rep. Lewis: ‘DOMA was wrong 17 years ago. It is wrong today’

Fmr. NJ gov: ‘Gay marriage is going to be an inevitability’

Bloomberg & NRA spar over gun safety

Voter ID laws speak louder than words of outreach

Remembering the legacy of Loving v. Virginia

Bachmann plagued by ethics investigation

Guns to gay marriage, the country shifts left

Paranoia over government’s ammo purchases

How do you solve a problem like Scalia?

Supreme Court takes on Prop 8

Matthews: The 2016 presidential campaign is getting underway

Looking back at America’s ‘Angry Days’

Gay rights, guns, immigration: how the culture wars have shifted left

Sideshow: Pave paradise, put up a giant fence

The politics of marriage equality

Prop 8’s day at the Court

Finney: Same-sex marriage strengthens the tradition – just like interracial marriage did

US economic ‘Turnaround’ lies in practicing lessons we once preached

How involved is the US in arming Syrian rebels?

Top Lines: Stewart, Priebus, Charlton Heston, Old Testament, and Ham Rove

How serious is Rand Paul’s gun control filibuster?

Reading Supreme Court tea leaves over Prop 8 arguments

The problem for Democrats now that more Republicans are pro-gay marriage

Is hitting the snooze button actually making you more tired?

Helping to hire our heroes

Fineman: Prop 8 decision is about how far SCOTUS should press the federal government

The kid that will make you wish you spent your teenage years coding

Marriage equality on trial

How the straight community fostered support for gay marriage

Justice Roberts expresses concern over labeling marriage

Clinton makes endorsement in Los Angeles mayoral race

Justice Kennedy warns of ‘uncharted waters’ during Prop. 8 hearings

The personal side of Proposition 8

Is the GOP evolving its stance on same-sex marriages?

Justices aware of shift in national attitudes on same-sex marriage

Wide range of options available for Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8

Does Proposition 8 change the meaning of marriage?

North Dakota now home to most restrictive abortion ban in US

Will the GOP be the party of Reagan, Ryan, or Rand when it comes to budgets?

Party politics aside, polls show pathway to citizenship is popular

Is the GOP base evolving on gay marriage?

Men of faith and football unite for marriage equality

Williams: SCOTUS doesn’t seem prepared to issue ‘sweeping ruling’ on gay rights

Watershed moment at the Supreme Court

Politicians give the March Madness picks

Mommy wars continue

New study ranks 2016 GOP favorites as Republicans plot path forward

Heslin: Gun control legislation ‘deserves a vote’

Coakley: ‘Confident’ that SCOTUS will overturn DOMA

Senate seats up for grabs in 2014

Same-sex marriage views continue to evolve

Rep. Maloney: ‘We should treat everybody equally’

Public opinion on cultural issues show shift to Democrats

Dole takes on Muskie in NBC’s ‘Senate Madness’

Poll: About 52 percent view the Supreme Court favorably

Challenging Prop. 8

Good morning Daily Rundown from Wayne, NJ!

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Tuesday?

Is weight gain caused by loss of sleep?

Understanding the Constitutional consequences of same-sex marriage

Why some Iraq, Afghan War vets wait 600 days for disability benefits

Bipartisan group in House proposing gun trafficking legislation

7-2 or 6-3: Predicting SCOTUS’ decision on Prop. 8

Why it’s time to have a discussion about mental illness and guns

Will GOP Senators filibuster new gun-control legislation?

Karzai, Kerry and the ‘best of bad options’ in Afghanistan

Will SCOTUS recognize ‘historical moment’ on marriage equality?

Prop 8 and more

Gun Control: the next filibuster?

Senators call on NRA to stop robocalls to Newtown

Very Last Word: Marriage Equality in 2016

Hitting Monday with a running start

Harriet Tubman gets recognition with monument

Jeb Bush claims Obama hasn’t respected his brother

Bachmann under investigation

Cruz says GOP is ‘winning the argument’

Obama making progress on his second-term agenda

Obama ramps up push for gun control

Matthews: What could we have done to stop the war?

Sounding the drums of war, from neocons to the media

Economic, social conservatives continue to split the GOP

Sideshow: Is that a skewed poll, or are you just unhappy to see it?

SCOTUS prepares to take on high-profile LGBT cases

Bloomberg pours millions into gun control ads

Democratic states racing to meet health care deadline

Pres. Obama: ‘We’ve got to finish the job’ on immigration reform

Rand Paul, Ted Cruz – and, yes, Mitt Romney – take turns playing ‘kingmaker’

Top Lines: Bloomberg vs. LaPierre, Rove vs. Colbert’s canned ham, and the artist known as George W. Bush

Cautious optimism for same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court

Will Bloomberg’s anti-NRA ad blitz help pass background checks?

Toure: Why are we still criminalizing weed smokers?

Star Trek meets the IRS

What we can learn from WWII, Iraq

What a deal in Cyprus means for US

Why there’s only cautious optimism for marriage equality

EU saves Cyprus from bankruptcy

Path to legalizing gay marriage may still face difficulties

Could big money influence immigration reform, gun control?

Could Senate immigration reform talks break down?

Polls: More minorities, GOP back same-sex marriage

Special interest groups take sides in gun debate

Kerry, Karzai discuss troop pullout

Kerry makes surprise trip to Afghanistan

Magic Johnson on what makes March Madness March Madness

Johnson: ‘I’ve been the blessing and the curse’ for living with HIV

Are Democrats ready to play ball on the budget?

The fight for gun control is just beginning

Letter to Chief Justice Roberts far more than ‘hit and run’

Lawmakers brace for tough budget battles

Supreme Court showdown could be groundbreaking week for same-sex marriage

Obama treated like a ‘rock star’ in Israel

Prominent billionaires leave their mark on politics

NRA fighting Bloomberg’s gun control advocacy

Will the GOP change its views on same-sex marriage?

Politicians on both sides tackle same-sex marriage

‘Senate Madness’ brackets unveiled by political unit

Washington places focus on gun control and immigration

Supreme Court will hear arguments on DOMA, Prop. 8

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Monday?

GQ releases style guide

Selling gun control – what can pass in  DC?

Road to compromise for immigration

Casey: ‘After Newtown, I made a substantial shift in my positions’

After all night session, Senate passes the budget

Kerry makes unexpected stop in Kabul

Clinton 2016 debate continues

Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases

Sharpton: ‘I would have kept the assault weapons ban in’

Senate on spring break after passing first budget in four years

Good morning Daily Rundown from Ohio!

Rove: GOP candidate could support gay marriage by 2016

Voter ID battle heats up in N. Carolina

New ads aim to provoke action on gun control

Charter schools make gains as public schools close

GOP report examines 2012 loss

Melvin: ‘The sensible don’t pester enough’

Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage

Rangel: No one giving NRA a fight

Senate measure approves Keystone pipeline

NYC Mayor Bloomberg funds pro-gun control reform ads

Kerry questions Iraq’s support of Syrian regime

Senate to take up gun control

Kerry makes trip to Iraq

EU wrestles with financial bailout for Cyprus

Chicago to close 54 schools

MSNBC’s Alex Witt talks Office Politics with Chris Hayes

White House sees Mideast visit as a success

Learning how to sprint the hills

The McGill brothers perform live

How music changed the McGill brothers

The power of art to empower kids

The death penalty: Should even those who are guilty be killed?

The first man to narrowly escape death thanks to DNA evidence

Arizona public restroom bill targets transgender Americans

GLAAD changes name to include transgender equality

The actor whose art imitated his real ‘so-called life’

The other gay rights fights that continue

Welcome aboard to supporting marriage equality, Hillary

Marriage equality cases before Supreme Court

Chris Hayes says farewell to UP

Hints at the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision

How SCOTUS might rule in same-sex marriage cases

What gay politics looks like 20 years from now

Social and political progress on same-sex marriage

What drives people out of New York City

New York City’s vanishing middle class

Why paid sick leave isn’t getting passed in NYC

Does the NYC police commissioner need oversight?

Stop-and-frisk in the NYC race for mayor

Congresswoman optimistic about immigration reform

Supreme Court hears challenges to Prop 8 and DOMA

DOMA to be heard by SCOTUS

NY gun buyback offers $200, no questions asked

Spring snow causing travel trouble

Money in the New York City race for mayor

Different views of Obama’s Mideast trip

Historic meeting of two popes

Detroit money trouble affecting schools

Mideast trip a success for Obama?

Study: Climate change will spawn more ‘Katrina events’

‘Obamacare’ debate continues 3 years later

MSNBC’s Alex Witt talks Office Politics with Chris Hayes

Senate votes on 70 bills in overnight session

More style than substance in Obama’s Mideast trip?

Where there is hate, there is also love

Why stop-and-frisk isn’t just a NYC issue

The secretly-recorded NYPD stop-and-frisk bombshell

How do we make sure people who need Obamacare get it?

Effects of misleading rhetoric about the ACA

Obamacare turns 3

What are 30,000 students in Chicago supposed to do now?

Dear Steubenville survivor, I believe you

Abortion takes center stage in Virginia race for governor

North Dakota could end all abortion in the state

How Rand Paul made a mess of everything this week

State lawmakers targeting womens’ rights

The extreme impact of climate change on our coastal cities

The US, Israel, and Iran’s grasp for a nuclear bomb

How a changing Middle East shapes US foreign policy

Internationalizing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

How recent history set the context for Obama’s Israel trip

America’s dual roles in Israel

Momentum behind immigration, gun reform

Two issues, two paths to prominence

How immigration, guns became 2nd term priorities

MSNBC’s Alex Witt sits down with Chris Hayes

Obama affirms support for Israel during visit

Pentagon to delay civilian furloughs

Unseasonably cold temps persist across US

Senate passes first budget in 4 years

Obama wraps up first trip to Israel as president

The test of a pathway to citizenship

Michael Moore on guns in America

Future of gun control reform in the House

Raising the minimum wage

Dream team crushed?

Moore: We worship the Second Amendment like the second commandment

Michael Moore speaks out on the Iraq war anniversary

School’s out for 54 Chicago schools

As Obama wraps up Mideast tour, Syria tops the agenda

How James Lipton got Tina Fey to resurrect Palin

President Obama’s ‘strong two days’ in Israel

Scarborough: GOP can’t be against criminal, mental background checks

The push to silence Iraq war whistleblowers

Caught on Camera: Odd and Outrageous

Lieberman on Obama’s trip to the Middle East

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Friday?

Republican senator: ‘I’m not gay’

Chicago plans sweeping public school closures

Dylan Ratigan: He’s back and hydroponic farming with veterans

No regrets from the architects of Iraq war

NRA’s Wayne LaPierre: Dangerously effective at squashing gun control

Cyprus scrambles to avert financial meltdown

Guns, immigration take center stage next week for Congress

Syrian refugees could crease a tense atmosphere in Jordan

Shooting shocks Marine base

Trump, Malkin, Priebus, Bachmann: #1 seeds in GOP’s March Madness

GOP, Democrats agree – Obama must be more aggressive on Syria

Top Lines: Malkin, Palin, Spanish, Limbaugh, and stuffy old men

Where do Red State Democrats fall in the gun debate?

Campaign wants to ‘Bring Rodrigo Home’

Gun bill to go to Senate Floor

‘Papers to go Potty’ bill directed towards transgendered people

Senate showdown set for gun control bills

Obama arrives in Jordan

Drowning out skeptics of the Iraq War

The story of Edith Windsor, source of the Supreme Court’s DOMA case

The emotional sales pitch of the Iraq War

Why didn’t media dig deeper in the rush to war?

New ad supports rights of gays and lesbians to marry

Pres. Obama makes history in Israel

Cellphone video captures aftermath of Texas shootout

State Republicans ignore national minority push

Obama’s Israel trip was a ‘major diplomatic victory’

‘Talking Hubris’ and the Iraq war

Ten years later, little remorse from neocons over Iraq

Obama tours cultural sites in Israel, West Bank

Obama calls for two-state solution in Middle East

Colorado murder mystery deepens as police consider new theories

We need to talk about New York’s stop and frisk policy

Bachmann’s antics never fade

Next Fox war is against Easter, the Easter Bunny

Is a 13 year pathway to citizenship ‘humane’?

Obama’s progressive agenda taking shape, and even the right’s on board

The hard science between winners and losers

Toure: Dr. Ben Carson as the GOP’s ‘black friend’

Detroit’s education problems magnified by city’s economic troubles

Senate to debate budget into the weekend

Obama nears end of Middle East trip

Bending gender norms and freaking people out while doing it

GOP’s problem with message, members, Bachmann

The Gaggle: Debt Talks

Moss: Junk food companies ‘relentless in their drive’

Misstated positions betray Republican lack of seriousness on policy

The more the GOP changes, the more it stays the same

Boehner backtracks on background checks

Congressman: ‘I’m not gay. So I’m not going to marry one’

When it comes to building wealth, younger generations lagging

A fitting tribute to Nora Ephron

More trouble for Michele Bachmann

Retracing the legacies of forgotten presidents

Bush administration officials unrepentant over Iraq war error

Senate Democrat budget likely to clash with House GOP

The Gaggle: POTUS in the MidEast

Paul, Rubio jockey for the spotlight

How Gingrich and Santorum almost made their own ticket in 2012

Scarborough: All of these gun proposals will pass in time

Veterans appeal to Obama to step in on VA backlog

What POTUS should say publicly and privately on Mideast trip

Israel honors Obama with highest award

The faces of sequestration

Infrastructure gets poor grade despite billions in investment

Detroit business, civic leaders discuss state of schools

Very Last Word: James Lipton on Tina Fey

Flashback Friday: 10 years since the Iraq war

Matthews: Hunting for traitors is not a good way to unite a country

Combating American addiction to sweets, salt, and fat

Battle rages over paid sick leave

O’Donnell: Assault weapons ban not dead

On Middle East trip, Obama starts second act of ‘change’ theme

The Gingrich-Santorum pairing that was never meant to be

Walking the line on same-sex unions

Sideshow: Christie to kindergartener: ‘Do you work for MSNBC?’

Melber: Christie ‘a candid candidate for a candid camera world’

Obama health care plan approaches third anniversary

Good morning, Daily Rundown from the University of Miami

Westboro Baptist Church gets new neighbor

Priebus: GOP needs to break a few pieces of China

Political Playground

Relationship ‘warms’ between Obama and Netanyahu

Bad reviews for Republican rebranding

10 Years Later: the Voices of the Iraq War Debate

Can Dr. Ben Carson erase memories of Akin, Bachmann for GOP?

Bashir: Christ wasn’t a tax cutter, Mr. O’Reilly

Prof. Gerges: Obama gave up on Israeli peace talks long ago

House approves funding bill to avert government shutdown

Something big is happening in Colorado

Rep. Van Hollen challenges GOP to look constituents in eye when voting ‘no’ on gun control

Taming the GOP’s talk of a debt ‘dragon’

Top Lines: Obama, background checks, Satan, and Limbaugh

Obama receives positive response in Israel

TV series’ ‘Satan’ has Obama critics speaking in false tongues

Can Biden revive the assault weapons ban?

GOP to change message, but not policies

Who’s leading the Republican Party?

The power of the ‘ping’

Touch learning – tablets for toddlers

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Thursday?

Assault weapons ban dropped

Will Guantanamo facilities get $150M in upgrades?

Rush Limbaugh is not a Beyonce fan

Why one interview with Jordan’s King Abdullah is causing controversy

Why some women are choosing to ‘lean out’ and embrace staying at home

How would US respond if Syria begins using chemical weapons?

New Colorado gun laws embolden assault weapon ban backers

Why Obama’s trip is partly an attempt to reach Israeli youth

Shift in drone program would mean improved oversight

Obama’s visit to Israel more ‘awkward’ for Netanyahu

Netanyahu sets US conservatives straight on Obama

Colbert-Busch moves forward in congressional bid

How to keep baseball pitchers from hurting their arms

Big Wednesday show coming together

Strengthening the US-Israeli relationship

Senate gun control package revealed

Poll shows Florida Gov Jeb Bush trailing Hillary in 2016

Obama talks ‘change’ in Israel

Little change on the right as Tea Party still vows to tear down Obamacare

Bet on TRMS

GOP’s talk about change is just hot air

Sharpton: I agree with Bill O’Reilly

Biden, Bloomberg take up gun violence

Was Obama’s visit to Israel a success?

Phish frontman makes his Broadway musical debut

Gun reform advocates fight for background checks

Obama advocates for two-state solution during trip overseas

Obama wraps up visit to West Bank

The Rand/Rubio party, the GOP’s ‘Hispanic panic’ and Sanford

The Gaggle: Road to 1600

Affordable Care Act turns three: What’s coming, what needs fixing

Obama tells Israeli youth peace is ‘necessary, just, possible’

Obama ensures ‘peace is possible’ in the Middle East

Is Israel hesitant to act without the US?

Palestinian president weakened by divisions within the country

The amazing disappearing tea party

Obama restates his pledge to defend Israel

US, Israel remained committed to preventing nuclear Iran

Dysfunction in Washington further hurts the economy

The hiccup in the GOP outreach ‘plan’

Former NJ governor: GOP has to change its message

Sequester threatens US-sponsored Israeli defense

The growing push to require paid sick leave

Matthews: It looks like Obama, Netanyahu are on the same page

The GOP finds itself at a fork in the road

Ball: In Steubenville, the verdict is just the beginning

Comedians rebooting old jokes as Palin steps back on CPAC scene

Very Last Word: Do personal relationships matter in diplomacy?

Fierce urgency for a two-state solution?

March Madness gets political: Play along with our Senate game

Letter to Justice Roberts on marriage equality

Restraining orders and the NRA

Sex and the single dad

Sideshow: Conservative radio host: Obama/Satan resemblance was God’s guidance

GOP’s gay marriage position gets increasingly hazy

Bachmann’s comments receive 4 Pinocchios

Good morning from Virginia!

Caught on Camera: Fear

Top Lines: Obama, brackets, Limbaugh, Bachmann, and Priebus

Assault weapons ban fails in Senate – are background checks next?

Is the Ryan plan an actual budget or a long-term liability?

Obama arrives in Israel to questions about Syria’s chemical weapons, Iran

Obama has full agenda for first day in Israel

Matthews: Call your representatives, do something

‘Murph: The Protector’ tells story of a Medal of Honor recipient

Reince Priebus’ incredible shrinking mandate within the GOP

Mark Sanford becomes latest politician mounting a comeback

In Obama’s first trip to Israel, there are many topics to discuss

Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, and one exciting congressional race

Blumenthal: Opponents of gun control ‘smart and relentless’

Sanford: the political comeback kid?

Parsing Rand Paul’s words on immigration

Sen. Casey talks Middle East peace

What gun legislation can pass?

A step closer to immigration reform?

Why Democrats love the Paul Ryan budget

Startling change in gun proposal

The Iraq war: 10 years later

Rand Paul fuels GOP civil war

Shallow RNC outreach effort risks backfire

‘I wanted to start with heartbreak,’ says Harlan Coben of his new book

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Wednesday?

Latest in infrastructure hypocrisy from the right

Congressional choices narrow for South Carolina voters

Rand Paul: Can the GOP get behind his foreign policy views?

US failing on promises to veterans

Why some Dems are looking past Ashley Judd in Kentucky race

New RNC ‘outreach’ easier said than done

Ten years later

Despite dropping assault weapons ban, there’s progress to be had on gun control

Obama visits Israel, proves old GOP talking points wrong

New documentary examines relationship between African Ameicans, Tea Party

Kornacki: ‘I’ve had a blast the last 9 months’

Senate gun bill likely to include background checks, exclude assault weapons ban

The evolution of comedy

The Gaggle: Florida politics

Israel’s anti-missile air defenses displayed for Obama

Ten years later, remembering those who said ‘no’ to the Iraq War

The Gaggle: Perry for President….again?

NRA victory: assault weapons ban fails

Obama reassures Israel of America’s support against nuclear threats

The right vs. the right

House members to vote on Ryan budget this week

Progressive Caucus co-Chair: Supporting infrastructure not for ‘kooks’

Sean Hannity’s latest birther theory

Mitchell: Obama, Netanyahu show ‘much warmer relations’

Obama hits the restart button with Netanyahu

Immigration task force to release report by end of 2013

Placing in better context a quote from Pelosi on Iraq

Obama shown Israel’s ‘iron dome’ air defenses

Remembering ‘Homeland’ writer/producer Henry Bromell

Harman: Reid should’ve allowed a vote on bill with assault weapons ban

Scarborough: Sanford could return to being a very strong voice in D.C.

As Syrian situations worsens, what role will US take in region?

Chaos reigns supreme in the GOP

$22 minimum wage?

Architects of Iraq disaster still running from history

Small church makes big statement on same-sex marriage

Gun lobby counting on Congress caving on American-supported gun legislation

Why is Michelle Bachmann running through the halls of Congress?

Trouble for Ashley Judd’s Senate bid?

Sideshow: Bachmann on the loose

Lack of assault weapons ban in gun control bill sparks outcry

Inside Israel’s Iron Dome defense system

Welch: ‘The power of ‘no’ in this institution is enormous

Blocking and tackling: The GOP and its future

Sharpton to Republicans: ‘It’s what you do that matters most’

Does the GOP need change in order to survive?

Economist: Deniers keep us from fixing programs that aren’t working

What will the president accomplish on his trip to Israel?

Republican twilight zone

GOP candidates turned spokesmen

Colbert for Congress

Both parties taking hit from budget fight

Paul Ryan’s curious definition of ‘balanced’ budget

Obama’s approval number dips below 50 percent, new poll shows

The 10 year anniversary of the Iraq War

How to catch a criminal

Supreme Court hands down copyright win

RNC receives pushback on their report

Rand Paul’s ‘big’ immigration speech – and 2016 aspirations

Why the Senate stripped assault weapons ban from gun safety bill

10 years later: Why no reckoning for Cheney, Rumsfeld on Iraq?

Understanding the legacy of the Iraq War

How might issue of same-sex marriage impact elections?

Top Lines: Bush, Cheney, Iraq, sweaters, Hume, and Paul

Is a government shutdown looming?

Allegations of Syrian chemical weapon use as Obama heads to Israel

GOP infighting creates further division moving forward

Bloomberg’s health kick turns to store cigarette displays

Movement for gay marriage gains momentum, but some Republicans remain in denial

Are we learning from the Iraq war mistake?

Palin, Rove fight brings GOP fighting into the spotlight

Defining Obama’s mission in the Middle East

Cotton:When considering national security, the Iraq war ‘was worth it’

The Bush administration’s hard sell of the Iraq War

Helping heroes takes battlefield experience to the business world

Joe Scarborough reflects on the Iraq War

Democrats release budget, respond to GOP criticism

Marines killed during training drill in Nevada

10 years later: Morning Joe looks back at the Iraq War

Tuesday is an election day!

VandeHei: This is the ‘official death’ of the assault weapons ban

Media controversy over Ohio rape case verdict

GOP senator comes out in support of gay marriage

Bloomberg, undeterred by soda ban setback, proposes cigarette crackdown

How do you move on from ‘Wackobird’?

Continuing derangement aimed at Obama

Wolfowitz: ‘I was not the architect’ of the Iraq War

‘Stop and frisk’ frustration

Sharpton: Iraq’s ‘mission accomplished’ turned into a national tragedy

Epic civil war unfolding inside Republican ranks

Sharpton: Let’s mark the anniversary of Iraq with a commitment to action

It’s official: Pope Francis installed at the Vatican

Faithful flock to St. Peter’s Square for the installation of Pope Francis

Creating a stronger bond between the US and Israel

Clarifying a path to citizenship for immigrants

GOP prepares to modernize the party

Changing the cauldrons of power

Lessons learned from the Iraq War

The Gaggle: Gay marriage shift

Republican war on women intensifies at state level

Scarborough: An extreme Democratic element gives me hope as a Republican

RNC proposes changes that are leaving Tea Party members fuming

Rush vs. Reince

Haass: Historians will scratch their heads over US involvement in Iraq

Barrasso: ‘We have to stop spending money we don’t have’

Republicans struggle to broaden appeal with narrow message

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Tuesday?

History shows war a tool for political opportunists

Despite calls for change, GOP remains the same

McConnell: GOP is not the ‘millionaire, billionaire party’

Disgraced Gov. Sanford poised to make a comeback

Wherever you are

Cupp: Rand Paul and Marco Rubio need each other

Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford tries to make political comeback

Ten years later: What’s the state of security in Iraq?

Obama looks to reaffirm bond with Israel during overseas trip

Will an immigration reform plan be reached by Easter?

Rep. Smith on Iraq: ‘I do’ regret the vote to go to war

GOP infighting hits fever pitch

The GOP ‘autopsy’ and slavery talk at CPAC

Is anybody better off than before we invaded Iraq?

Cost of war amounts in trillions of dollars, thousands of lives

Failures of the Iraq war are still a list-in-progress

Grand bargaining game not going very well in Washington

As gun control legislation moves forward, will GOP get on board?

The Iraq war: 10 years in

Very Last Word: What people want to do about Social Security

Matthews: A reunited GOP will spell trouble for progressives

Sideshow: Palin’s ‘Big Gulp’ moment, and more political winners and losers

Matthews: The scariest aspect of the Iraq war was how easy it was sold to Americans

Halperin: Mark Sanford is likely to become a congressman…again

Obama has ‘major opportunity’ to address big issues

Did the Iraq war spiral out of control?

Hillary now in favor of marriage equality; does it mean she’s running?

Palin: Politico or comedian

Boehner: No debt crisis

Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality

Hubris: Gen. Anthony Zinni – Cooler Heads

Hubris: Lawrence Wilkerson- Not in our System’s Nature

Hubris: Valerie Plame Wilson- Direct Pressure

Hubris: Gen. Anthony Zinni – Proof is in the Pudding

Hubris: Valerie Plame Wilson- Skewed

Objectives and pitfalls in Obama’s trip to Israel

Hubris: Selling the Iraq War — Mark Rossini: Hindsight

Search delayed for beloved New Orleans teacher

Budget battles loom

Bashir: Palin ‘morally bankrupt and politically backward’

Matthews receives Certificate of Irish Heritage

Palin, Rove expose ongoing GOP family feud

How indicative of a problem was the CPAC race-panel incident for GOP?

GOP autopsy results are in, and they don’t look good

Supreme Court tackles ‘unpatriotic’ Arizona voter I.D. law

David Axelrod examines GOP ‘autopsy’ report

RNC autopsy: Same message, different packaging?

Obama prepares for trip to Israel

Hubris: Selling the Iraq War — Gen. Anthony Zinni: Chicken Hawks

Top lines: CPAC, Palin, big gulps, Cruz, footsie, and wacko birds

The architects of the Iraq War: Ten years later

Republican senator opens door to taxes as part of grand bargain

Clinton backs gay marriage

What did the Morning Joe crew learn on Monday?

NRA vs. the world, UN on gun running

SCOTUS hearing arguments over Arizona’s Prop 200

Republican change of heart on Hollywood, talk show TV

Newtown ‘truthers’ continue to obscure gun reform debate

Sideshow: CPAC, the ‘open mic from hell’

Palin hits CPAC stage, continues birther talk

Is a progressive message winning in America right now?

Republicans rehash the past while Obama blazes forward into term two

Sharpton: Republicans, you  betcha you’ve got a problem

Voting rights groups contesting Arizona law

The GOP ‘flaw-topsy’

America’s economy is in better shape than you think

Priebus unveils his GOP revamp

What went wrong for the GOP

2012 congressional freshmen working on bipartisan outreach

Allen: Paul, Rubio come out on top at CPAC

From gambling to the Governor’s mansion

Can Obama mend a strained relationship with his trip to Israel?

RNC placing bets on better minority outreach to save party

Will Obama bring his charm offensive to Israel?

Showdown in the Supreme Court over Arizona’s voter ID law

The Gaggle: Republican review

The Gaggle: Budget breakdown

Obama heads to Israel to try to mend relationships

Medical malfunction: Innovation vs. quality control

Why the GOP needs to reformulate their community messages

Re-educating the food industry, population to embrace healthier lifestyles

Graves: American people have paid enough to big government

Inside the fundamentals of the US economy

Rattner: Cyprus backlash shows Europe’s still a mess

Putting an end to capital punishment

Do we have a boys crisis in American education?

Rebooting the GOP

Very Last Word: Pundits vs. puppies

Hillary Clinton backs same-sex marriage

Priebus, Palin offer competing visions for the Republican Party

Toure: Why Prince is an icon

Report: Healthy students are better students

Limbaugh: ‘Perez may as well be Hugo Chavez’

Maddow: The case for Iraq War was ‘deliberately made up’

Supreme Court takes up Arizona voter registration law

Does this devil look familiar to you?

Good morning Daily Rundown from Texas

What went wrong for the GOP?

Obama preps for trip to Israel

Reporters reflect on covering war in Iraq

Human costs of the Iraq War

Obama announces energy initiative

Obama to make first trip to Israel

Any chance of a budget compromise?

Will a grand bargain ever be possible?

How the Iraq War changed American foreign policy

Next gen GOP to be more inclusive?

One of the most moving stories from ‘American Winter’

Was the Iraq War worth fighting?

America’s role in brokering peace in the Middle East

Is it time to rethink how US approaches matters with Israel?

Koch Brothers and the billionaire takeover

Cyberattacks threaten economic and national security

Facts and figures from America’s 10 years in Iraq

Chained CPI and the social security debate

Can Bloomberg’s political funding change the game?

GOP Sen. Portman now supporting same-sex marriage

‘American Winter’ could change everything you think about America’s poor

The Iraq War 10 years later

What it takes to achieve a grand bargain with the GOP

The results of governing by crisis

Iran and the Middle East peace process

RNC examines what went wrong in 2012

Everything you need to know about what happened at CPAC

Melber: Rand Paul ‘a tough sell’ for GOP

Which airports will be forced to close air traffic control towers?

What Iraq looks like now

CPAC win puts Rand Paul in GOP spotlight

How corruption breaks down Iraq’s recovery and relief

Raed Jarrar: Iraq reconstruction ‘has been a complete failure’

Iraq: The ‘unnecessary’ war

Ohio teens found guilty in Steubenville rape case

The Iraq War we made

The bipartisan budget fantasy

Physicists discover ‘God particle’

Voter ID law proposed in North Carolina

US boosts defense in response to N. Korean threats

Pope Francis holds first news conference

Emergency manager takes over finances in Detroit

N. Korea improving long-range missile capabilities

Is Anthony Weiner planning a comeback?

Iran hostages seek compensation

MSNBC’s Alex Witt talks Office Politics with Michael Isikoff

Prouty’s last message to Romney: ‘It’s not a game’

UN announces anti-violence against women agreement

Providence mayor wins Bloomberg’s ‘Mayors’ Challenge’

Pope Francis’ simplicity

Gay GOP groups excluded from CPAC

Obama prods Congress on energy

Portman asked Dick Cheney for device

Will banning soda help the obesity epidemic?