MS NOW September 2013 Videos

House GOP ‘burned through’ negotiations

Shutdown exposes fractured GOP

Obamacare kicks into effect at midnight

Poll: GOP will get blame in a shutdown

What will get cut in a shutdown?

World keeps turning while GOP pulls the brake

GOP political stunt hurts US world standing

GOP abandons democracy over Obamacare

Radical House GOP made safe by gerrymandering

What will shut down impact?

Chaos in the House as shutdown looms

What if ‘Breaking Bad’ took place in Canada?

Why the GOP is holding the budget hostage

Staffers healthcare at risk in GOP plan

GOP came to power seeking government shutdown

Who would Americans blame for a shutdown?

Ted Cruz’s role in the looming shutdown

Rewind: 1995 shutdown revisited

DOJ sues NC over voter ID law

Is the GOP giving Dems an opening for 2014?

Matthews on what’s wrong with politics today

Matthews: Why I wrote ‘Tip and The Gipper’

How much would a shutdown hurt the economy?

A big book with a powerful, optimistic punch

Chris Matthews on politics today

5 things to should know about Reagan, O’Neill

Government shutdown: Who will pay?

Opening day: Health insurance exchanges begin

Clyburn derides Boehner’s mocking of Obama

Republicans push for negotiation

NYC police looking at bikers vs. SUV incident

Hoyer: House GOP being irresponsible

DOJ files lawsuit over NC’s voting law

Bishop T.D. Jakes on the responsibilities of politicians

GOP lawmaker calls on Cruz to go without pay

Democrats ready to stand firm for Obamacare

The government shutdown draws closer

Sharpton: ‘We are all rejected stones.’

Is the 1995 shutdown doomed to repeat itself?

Finding ‘common sense’ Republicans

The importance of fixing voter suppression

Obama calls for 11th hour shutdown solution

‘Up Late with Alec Baldwin’ coming Oct. 11th

Rick Santorum goes to Hollywood

GOP ‘mass psychosis’ drives shutdown

Rep. Israel: Ted Cruz is our new Speaker

Top Lines: Cruz is the new black

Bracing for shut down impact

The real world impact of gov’t shut down

What you may not be hearing about the ACA

Latinos and Obamacare

Netanyahu, Obama meet after Iran phone call

Breaking down Obamacare

Sen. Tester: ‘Politics has trumped policy’

DOJ to sue NC over voter ID law

Shutdown impacts average Americans

White House preparing for a shutdown

Justice Department sues N.C. over voter law

Blame game over shutdown begins

What would a shutdown mean for Americans?

Anita Perry sees abortion as a woman’s right

All eyes on Boehner as shutdown looms

The impact of shutdown in federal furloughs

Obamacare to help veterans

On the brink of a shutdown

New Lockup season begins Oct. 12

Shutdown reality check

Glitches expected with Obamacare rollout

How terror impacts social media

Third party candidate shakes up Va. race

How will a shutdown impact everything?

Countdown to shutdown

‘Shutdown will be comprehensive’

Clashing over Obamacare, budget

Schumer hopes GOP ‘will come to their senses’

What are the next steps for the US, Iran?

Scrambling to avoid a shutdown

Woodward: American economy at stake

Cost to insure US debt soars

Can the US avoid a shutdown?

Dems turn to women for help

Shutdown could spur market waves

Senate takes up doomed bill

A double dose day

Shut down? ‘It is gonna be ugly’

GOP holds gov’t hostage over ACA

Cloudy with a chance of furloughs

The ACA is more than just Obama’s legacy

Honoring Evelyn Lowry

Rep. Murphy ‘appalled’ by shutdown impasse

Getting girls excited about science, tech

The political implications of gov’t shutdown

What’s the perfect ending to ‘Breaking Bad’?

Picking apart some myths about Obamacare

Is there room for compromise on Obamacare?

The ripple effects of a government shutdown

Deconstructing the Affordable Care Act

Will people sign up for Obamacare?

Angoff: The ACA ‘gives people a choice’

What the shutdown looked like last time

Who wins with shut down?

NY judge announces new sex worker initiative

The Marissa Alexander case: revisited

Why we love ‘Doc McStuffins’

House takes giant step toward shutdown

GOP Rep: It’s more a ‘government slowdown’

The aftermath of Ted Cruz’s marathon speech

Did Newt Gingrich set the stage for Ted Cruz?

It’s story time in Nerdland

The future politics of Obamacare

SNL’s part in the political conversation

Political satire’s effects on politicians

What you should know for this week

Party lines clear in shutdown debate

Is a government shutdown now inevitable?

The politics behind the shutdown vote

GOP Rep: Republicans are united on this plan

Faction of GOP ‘throwing temper tantrum’

Scramble to avoid shutdown intensifies

Finney: Cruz makes Paul ‘sound rational’

A historic phone call with a global impact

Honoring their daughter’s memory

The selling of Obamacare

What you may have missed this week

Will lawmakers push us over the brink?

GOP Rep: No one’s holding anyone hostage

Heading into a more ‘extreme standoff’?

Can the US trust Iran?

Rep. Welch: GOP strategy ‘doomed’

GOP lawmaker takes us behind closed doors

‘My way or the highway’ attitude has to end

Is the American public ready for Obamacare?

Making the best out of a horrible situation

How much is at stake with the funding debate?

Tolo TV: An agent of change in Afghanistan

Liz Cheney and the government shutdown

Who would be happy with a government shutdown

The life/death question that we all must face

The real cost of dying

Understanding how far we’ve come with Iran

How acknowledging facts marks dramatic shift

The evolution of the Obama doctrine

What makes something terrorism

How can Al-Shabab recruit in America?

Moving forward after an alleged hate crime

The week that was in politics

Can democrats win back the House in 2014?

A quick tour of Beltway politics

The complicated legacy of Woodrow Wilson

What we now know this week

Preserving the history of Dunbar School

A serious sign of diplomacy with Iran

Lowest unemployment numbers in 6 years

What we know on the shutdown showdown

MHP’s top 5 reasons for why college matters

Are we headed toward a shutdown?

Mixed reaction in Iran on historic phone call

House GOP marked by lack of empathy

Sanctions set stage for progress with Iran

Nation agape at House GOP in chaos

Study: Gun dealers favor background checks

ALMA awards take over MSNBC studios

Maddow: ‘No legitimate news’ in Newtown tapes

Ted Cruz stages House rebellion

34 years in the making, the presidents speak

Fox and Friends do not understand Obamacare

College football business model faces threats

Click 3: The best New York Times corrections

Obama to GOP: ‘Knock it off’

President makes historic contact with Iran

Sharpton debates GOP Rep over shutdown threat

Burning down the House

Introducing ‘Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked’

Planned Parenthood sues over TX abortion law

These are great times

Obama hits creepy GOP healthcare ads

Who’s in charge of the GOP?

Washington goes to war over budget

5-year-old gets note signed by president

Iranian and American presidents speak on phone

Tea Party and Republicans, together forever

Calling out Cruz’s faux filibuster lie

Debunking the right wing propaganda machine

Beck laughs about listening to Americans

TX GOP rep applauds Cruz tactics

Sen. Boxer on GOP’s ‘dangerous game’

Top Lines: Week of Cruz

Barilla CEO stirs pot with anti-gay comments

Stanley Crouch on new Charlie Parker book

Very Last Word: John McCain’s famous sayings

Congress ticks closer to government shutdown

Awaiting Obama’s remarks on Iran and budget

Can Cuccinelli still win governor’s race?

Obama: Do not shut down government

Government shutdown looms

Brokering peace in Chicago

Dem Sen. to Boehner on vote: Use common sense

Senate won’t defund Obamacare

Has Obama been unclear with Americans?

Cloture invoked on CR bill

Can women have it all?

Will new UN report change climate debate?

Senator calls vote ‘dramatic, intense’

SNL heads into its 39th season

How the right donor base supports the fringe

Senate expected to vote on gov’t. funding bill

Letter from Obama gets student out of school

Business moguls reveal hiring practices

Cruz mentions college kid in speech; kid responds

Government prepares for shutdown scenario

Music celebs band together to fight poverty

Family of man, run down by cop, wants justice

‘I’m obviously very worried’ about a shutdown

New hope for Marissa Alexander

Barreling toward shutdown?

‘This is what George Washington worried about’

‘My way or the highway’ not working in Congress

In 2013, George Washington gets his own library

‘Obama will be judged on ACA in history books’

54 Jewish figures reimagine the Torah

Journalist retells abduction in Somalia

‘Real angst or frustration’ in Obama’s UN speech

Castro: Fiscal issues give US ‘high blood pressure’

Wendy Davis in; unions not marching with Obama

Five key Security Council members OK Syria plan

‘Single scariest thing’ on the debt ceiling debate

GOP continues criticizing Cruz’s faux-filibuster

NRA v. the U.N.

Pinheads and White House correspondents

The leader of the GOP?

President Obama defends Obamacare

The most ridiculous job in Washington

GOP fears American appreciation of Obamacare

House Republicans reckless with US credit

Breakthroughs at UN on Syria deal, Iran

Lacking leadership, GOP takes US to brink

Gearing up for a debt ceiling fight

Republican’s ransom note revealed

‘All this would be funny if it wasn’t so crazy’

GOP won’t stop trying to kill the CFPB

The history of control+alt+delete

A new trial on an excessive sentence 

Company shows you where products come from

Iranian president ripping through the headlines

Third Zimmerman traffic stop revealed

This political theater could end tragically

The issue of gun violence in cities

Positive development

Bill Clinton impersonates Bono

Obama takes stand against GOP targeting ACA

Will the lights go off in Washington?

Obama promises ACA can’t be stopped

Government on ‘eve of destruction’

Marissa Alexander ‘ecstatic’ about new trial

Remembering Evelyn Lowery

Rep spars with Matthews over Obamacare

Sex Slaves: Motor City

Sex Slaves: Motor City Teens

Sex Slaves: Motor City

Republican righteousness: Taking food from hungry

Louis Gohmert’s Billy Madison moment

Obama calls out GOP healthcare lies

Ted Cruz fills Sarah Palin’s shoes

Caught on Camera: Confrontation

California sets example for minimum wage

Steroidal NAFTA a danger to U.S. workers

Caught on Camera: Dash Cam Diaries

Caught on Camera: Confrontation

Unreasonable post-Cruz GOP demands

Rep. Cummings condemns AIG ‘noose’ remark

Top Lines: Cruz takes GOP to Crazytown

VIDEO: Navy Yard shooter enters gun debate

The irony of Cruz wanting to talk ‘jobs’

Bashir: GOP lack ‘faith’ on health care

Has technology invaded our lives?

Bush 41 serves as witness for gay wedding

To show images of mass murderers or not

Congress struggles to pass stop gap bill

Company shows you where products come from

Health care law rolls out Tuesday

Mayors work to reduce crime rates

Caution issued for Americans overseas

Lawmakers fighting over spending bill

Can Iran be trusted?

Seeking stability in Syria

Is the way the US fights wars undemocratic?

Council to discuss Iran’s nuclear ambitions

GOP debt limit bill: From bad to terrible

DC dysfunction deepens

Fmr. Pres. Bush a witness at same-sex wedding

Clearing up ‘misinformation’ about Obamacare

Will the debt ceiling be the real fight?

GOP going into debt ceiling with ‘ridiculous’ offer

POTUS sells Obamacare; Congress tries to gut it

Carole King lobbies for background checks

iPhone frenzy, Obamacare trends down

Debating California’s minimum wage move

Med school in three years?

Is the GOP changing strategy on debt fight?

Obama calls out health reform critics

Obama rallies support for health care

Clinton, Biden share spotlight at CGI

Va. candidates spar in debate

House scrambles to pass funding bill

Breaking down health care reform

Will the government shutdown?

Candidates clash in Virginia debate

King: Cruz did damage to the GOP

‘That’s why there’s not gonna be a shutdown’

Britain and the three-pronged approach to Syria

Why rising cost of college must be addressed

The problem with Obama’s foreign policy strategy

Coburn: I would change ACA in a minute if I could

Va. debate gets nasty; Booker and stripper tweet

Steele: Cruz’s audience bigger than Washington

Obama faces more low numbers on health care

Women are survivors, Saudi director says

New Aaron Alexis footage, latest on Cruz

Moments before Navy Yard shooting rampage

GOP returns to government shutdown agenda

Rewriting Sen. Cruz’s faux filibuster

How Obamacare has already saved lives

Ted Cruz’s money motives

Senator Ted Cruz surrenders the floor

GOP climate change hearing draws tinfoil hats

EPA chief on Obama’s promised carbon curbs

Cuccinelli plumbs right amid listing polls

EPA chief on Obama’s promised carbon curbs

Senate moves forward after fake filibuster

Cruz declares war against GOP establishment

Chris Hayes’ 30-minute Facebook takeover

Food stamps: Not just for surfer dudes

Click3: What the fox ACTUALLY says

Why Seuss may not have liked Cruz connection

Busting the Obamacare mythology

Clearing the Obamacare hurdles

Unlikely GOP vote only way to avoid shutdown

The abridged version of Cruz’s faux-filibuster

Matthews: Ted Cruz is no Winston Churchill

Can Dems exploit GOP in-fighting for 2014?

Would Clinton’s candidacy be a ‘train wreck’?

Schumer: Cruz’s actions may have boomeranged

Matthews looks back on when politics worked

Fact checking Cruz’s fake filibuster

Will government shutdown actually happen?

Sharpton debates Huelskamp on Obamacare

The real meaning of ‘Green Eggs and Ham’

Official apologizes for postponing execution

A mother’s testament to Obamacare

Clearing out the message on Obamacare

It’s all about the Blues

AIG CEO’s radical bonus rationale

The implications of Cruz’s actions

Sen. Barrasso asks for apology for Obamacare

Radio host ties Kenya attack to birtherism

A story of triumph under Obamacare

Cruz might like Obamacare if he tried it

Cruz splits GOP on 21-hour speech tactic

GOP Rep: ‘This is all about Sen. Cruz’

Cruz’s band on the run

Top Lines: Ted Cruz soundoff

Schlosser on safe-guarding nukes

Navigating GOP Obamacare obstruction

GOP climate denialism 2.0

What did Cruz’s hours long speech accomplish?

Concrete steps towards diplomacy with Iran?

Application ghostwriter on pressure, college

The politics of solar power

Melber on Twitter’s IPO and deregulation

Focus now on clearing rubble

‘Tender stage’ of negotiations for Iran, US

Senate votes to clear procedural hurdle

On Cruz: What kind of example does this set?

Cruz filibuster 2016 pre-cursor?

FBI releases new Navy Yard video

Questions on how attack carried out in Kenya

Lhota: Government shouldn’t dictate lives

Low-wage contractors want Obama to raise pay

Cruz’s faux filibuster exposes rifts in GOP

McCain calls Cruz’s speech ‘extended oratory’

Reid, Cruz have awkward moment on Senate floor

Why did Iran decline a meeting with Obama?

Senate ‘filibuster’ still Cruz-ing

WH releases report on Obamacare premiums

‘Top Chef’s fight against food stamp cuts

Is Clinton formidable to the GOP?

Murray: Fund government, allow it to function

Football: A sport in crisis?

Virginia prepares for Lt. Gov. debate

Are the Democrats united on health care?

Cruz keeps talking

Could ACA delay do more damage than shutdown?

Ted Cruz is ‘running for president probably’

Double standards for women?

McCaskill: Cruz promoting himself

‘We allowed the Iranians to snub our president’

Why GOP is divided when it comes to ACA attacks

Bono does a spot-on impression of Bill Clinton

GOP faces worst-ever ratings in new poll

Scarborough: Cruz’s narcissism isn’t even inspiring

Ted Cruz continues his crusade against Obamacare

Common sense UN gun treaty rankles NRA

Leaker, Navy Yard gunman cleared by same firm

Bogus basis found in immigration rulings

A ‘Rand’ by any other name is more legal

Obama, shrewdest politician since LBJ?

Rewriting the media on Sen. Cruz

Obama goes on Obamacare offensive

Obama tells UN ‘America is exceptional’

Ted Cruz’s fake filibuster

Munich on the Potomac: Cruz’s ‘filibuster’

The US, Iran, and a historic opportunity

Click3: Ted Cruz’s new wingman

We see you, Marco Rubio

Climate denial 2.0

Blocked consensus on climate change?

Cruz a spectacle with faux filibuster

What’s Ted Cruz’s endgame?

Ted Cruz: Humble or self-important?

The person that made Obama quit smoking

Obama and Bill Clinton team up on health care

Is the US finally ready to engage with Iran?

Matthews on ‘the road to hope’ with Iran

Tonight’s show

Cruz takes to the floor for faux-filibuster

Some GOP govs warm up to health care reform

Presidents team up to pitch Obamacare

The profit behind the drug war

Charges filed in Chicago shootings

Clinton rolling out rug for White House run?

Obamacare explained by Clinton and Obama

Obama getting better of GOP, Cruz, Putin?

Green shoots of US, Iran thaw?

Top Lines: GQ’s Cruz, Pacino and Ice Cube

Cruz’s only GOP friend – Sarah Palin

Secy Reich on ‘Inequality for All’

Ed Schultz: GOP thinks we’re stupid

Battle lines drawn on government funding

Are sports ruining high school?

Floyd Mayweather on boxing: It’s like chess

Speculation on US-Iran relations continues

Senate GOP leaders won’t back Cruz filibuster

Gitmo hunger strike updates stop

Kenyan pres declares victory over terrorists

New Iranian president differs from former

Obama defines top foreign policy priorities

Pushing for education reform

Debt negotiations getting down to the wire

Spotlight on terrorism in Africa

Latest hunger strike ends at Gitmo

Is a diplomatic thawing with Iran possible?

Shutdown showdown heats up

Clinic CEO: Focus is on ‘solving this’ for the American people

One senator’s crusade to defend voting rights

Cruz’s crumbling campaign to defund Obamacare

Obama, Rouhani address the UNGA

Obama on foreign policy challenges

Should Obama meet with Iran’s president?

Clinton to make health care speech

Obama, Clinton to talk health care

Obama paints ‘policy rich’ Middle East agenda

Can bipartisanship avoid a shutdown?

McAuliffe takes lead in Virginia race

Cruz challenges GOP on shutdown

Obama to make UN speech

Countdown to Obamacare: Mayo Clinic weighs in

Is the GOP afraid Obamacare will actually work?

Celebrating the life of Duke Ellington

Kenya crisis enters day four

Will Obama, Iran’s president meet at the UN?

Metallica’s secret to 32 years of longevity

How women are playing a key role in Va. race

Tony Blair: The risk is Syria becomes partitioned

Reid, Cruz debate Obamacare on Senate floor

Child porn case and terror leak bust overlap

Somali terror group draws diverse membership

Parents of Aurora victim talk long road to gun control

Risk to US takes fun out of GOP infighting

O’Donnell: Ted Cruz is ‘an abject moron’

Failed GOP Obamacare stunt makes Cruz pariah

Senate shuts down Ted Cruz

Film ‘Inequality for All’ targets income disparity

Obama on gun violence: ‘We can’t accept this’

Reagan pined for unifying alien invasion

Terror attacks show need for strong nations

Reagan pined for unifying alien invasion

Cruz pushes efforts to defund Obamacare

The significance of al-Shabaab

Click3: Bat Dad!

Getting the facts straight on Obamacare

CGI kicks off, now with Hillary on board

What’s new in Clintonland?

Bush comes to Obama’s defense – on golf

Kenya mall siege serves a stark reminder

Making the news count

After the Almas

Tonight’s show

On the brink of shutdown?

Obamacare: Scare tactics vs reality

Palin cheers Cruz’s defund Obamacare efforts

The war on drugs and criminal justice

Lawmakers reap rewards, cut food stamps

Why pro-shutdown lawmakers shouldn’t get paid

Cruz commits ‘legislative arson’

Fighting small town hate in the Midwest

Calling on Pope Francis to visit Washington

GOP governors picking businesses over people?

Steve Doocy’s big math problem

How labor policies affect workers’ happiness

Obama vs Iran, Syria ahead of UN speech

Obama: mass shootings ‘ought to obsess us’

Optimism for gun reform after DC shooting?

Top Lines: Cruz, Pelosi, Obamacare

Obamacare fight blowing up in Cruz’s face

Sen. Sanders: GOP’s warped ‘freedom’

Obama’s strategy on al-Shabaab, Iran

Bashir viewers re-title Paul Ryan book

Questions on US safety after Kenya mall siege

Obama to tackle big topics in UN address

Clinton leaves door open for White House run

The message battle on Obamacare

Toure on how ‘keeping it real’ can go wrong

Push to protect Americorps amid spending cuts

New film chronicles DC sniper attack

Obama: US stands with Kenya

Accused Boston bomber awaits decision on fate

UN begins General Assembly session in NYC

USAID faces new challenges

Hillary Clinton remains in public spotlight

The Republican strategy to defund Obamacare

Issa takes Libya trip without inviting Dems

Where’s Paul Ryan?

One man’s goal: To live, work underwater for 31 days

Health care law hinges on young, healthy Americans

A renewed presidential plea for gun control

Government shutdown looms near

Officials try to gain control over Kenyan situation

The next front in the War on Terror?

Messaging crowded around health care law

Celeb campaign combats domestic violence

Obama urges gun control advocates to keep up fight

Who is Al-Shabaab?

Both sides dig in before shutdown deadline

Is there time to prevent a shutdown?

Another shutdown looms, how will Congress act?

Clinton begins media blitz

Countdown to a government shutdown

Who is involved in the Kenya attack?

Hostage crisis in Kenya continues

Kathy Ireland celebrates 20 years of her brand

Conflicting claims over hostages at Kenyan mall

Reliving Katrina: The race to save patients

GOP strategist: Asking GOP to defund Obamacare is not honest

Scarborough: GOP can strike a deal on ACA and embarrass White House

A vital basketball court re-opens in Queens

GOP Senator: The Affordable Care Act cannot be fixed

How sharing of data can improve cancer research

Joe can’t believe no one on set watches ‘Breaking Bad’

Scarborough: GOP with the US people on Obamacare

Large blasts heard at Kenya mall on third day of standoff

Update on Kenya attack; Obama wades into gun debate

Obama pays condolences at Navy Yard memorial

Gun debate continues after Navy Yard shooting

What the Kenya attack means for War on Terror

Country’s first bookless library opens

Dinkins says NYC ‘mosaic’ not melting pot

Full plate ahead for Obama on all fronts

President to make push for Obamacare

The fight for reform in the justice system

Pope Francis, a new pontiff for a new era

Gun control advocates expressing urgency

Military operation underway in Kenya

‘Haunted scene’ at Kenya mall says AP reporter

Rep. Meehan on Kenya, SNAP and gov’t shutdown

What to expect for Amanda Knox’s retrial

Al-Shabab take credit for Kenya mall attack

The ‘one percenter porn’ on recent display

Disconnect between Congress and ‘have-nots’

The Campaign to nominate Yellen as Fed Chair

14,000 miles to get chicken on your plate

Why is the US importing chicken from China?

‘Why now?’ for Kenya attack, analyst asks

Poultry workers suffer from poor conditions

Pope Francis comments fire up some Catholics

Hoda Kotb talks life on – and off – camera

Adding nuance when teaching on slavery

Using slavery reenactments as education tools

‘The Trip to Bountiful’ sees Broadway revival

The DC drama playing out right now

The Ted Cruz brand of GOP ‘purity’

The battle over the future of the GOP

Could the GOP evolve toward the middle?

It’s definitely not the 90s anymore

Breaking down the new new left

Clintonism and the Democratic party

Kornacki really doesn’t like ‘House of Cards’

Hate-watch ‘House of Cards’? You’re not alone

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘liberal fantasy’ world

Here’s what you should know this week

New potential for US, Iran diplomatic efforts

Documentary fights islamophobia with humor

Can NJ weather handle the Super Bowl?

What it’s really like to live on food stamps

A full-blown crisis on Capitol Hill

Tea Party chair blasts Dems for shutdown talk

Breaking the stigma of mental health care

GOP rep. won’t say Obama was legitimately elected

Finney: Ted Cruz could use a civics lesson

The issue that could end VA’s gov race

Path forward unclear as shutdown looms closer

A widening gap across the income spectrum

Rep. Radel: Ball is in Harry Reid’s court

Hoda Kotb on growing up with a unique name

Congressman: GOP can’t ‘not have a shutdown’

Knox adamant on not returning for retrial

Is Iran seeking to end sanctions?

Makeup company raises funds for cancer

Another collective American tragedy

Complicated connection between race and guns

Danziger Bridge convictions overturned

Dear Eric Cantor, take a seat

Obamacare scare tactics at their worst

Patrick talks LGBT rights, being ‘liberal’

2 years later, learning from Occupy Wall St.

Is there room on left to challenge Clinton?

Pope’s words could change lives of millions

Going ‘Up Against the Clock’

Gunmen storm mall in Kenya

Can Congress stop a government shutdown?

The politics of a government shutdown

Is Obama in the midst of a second term slump?

Breaking down the second term slump

Wilder: Va. Gov. candidates ‘unelectrifying’

The swing-state dilemma for Republicans

The strength of a good political campaign ad

What you should know for this week

Clock ticking down towards potential shutdown

Breaking down how Americans spend money

Are millennials trending politics leftward?

Hoda Kotb on covering Hurricane Katrina

Understanding the role of mental health

Deval Patrick on equality, political future

‘Absolute trainwreck’ that is 113th Congress

How Republicans might be helping Obamacare

Someone get this 6-year-old a show

Food stamps: Rhetoric vs. reality

Why Ezra Klein feels slightly bad for Boehner

The challenge for House Speaker John Boehner

Matthews: ‘This is not my brand of politics’

Bill Clinton talks Hillary’s 2016 chances

Pope Francis refocuses church on mercy

Are we doomed to perpetual gridlock?

Will Congress make the U.S. a deadbeat country?

Obama to Congress: ‘Do your job’

Tea Party behind defund Obamacare efforts

Rev. Sharpton: ‘It must stop’

First female African American novelist revealed

College Gameday invades Fargo, North Dakota

GOP preys on weak, hides behind religion

Gretchen Carlson reveals truth about ‘Fox and Friends’

The simple joys of a child’s school desk

Republicans vote to hurt their own

Right wing bashes Obamacare

Relief aid for me, but not for you

Putting the shutdown effort in context

Shutdown showdown in the House

Caught on Camera: Full Throttle

‘Defund Obamacare’ vote pits Cruz v. GOP

Bashir: Rand Paul, 2016’s Charlie Sheen

GOP’s curious definition of ‘bipartisan’

Epstein vs. Pratt, ‘weasel’ arguments

Martin Bashir meets Miss America

Top Lines: ‘Put up or shut up’

Why do Cruz, Paul think GOP is ‘winning’?

Bashir: Duke Ellington, jazz diplomat

Steve Kornacki hosts his own 70s style game show

Pope Francis moves the Catholic Church forward

Foreign intervention often wrong, argues historian

Is over-reliance on technology good for us?

How will your favorite show fare at the Emmys?

Toure: Rethinking David and Goliath

Rep. on Chicago violence: ‘People aren’t free’

Father of gun victim: Congress is failing us

Partisan divide could cause economic downturn

Flashback to JFK’s UN speech 50 years ago

Navy investigates missed warning signs

Gun control advocates lobby on the Hill

GOP votes to defund Obamacare

Is the US seeing a breakthrough overseas?

House GOP passes budget defunding Obamacare

Kerry frustrated with progress in Syria

Rep. McGovern: GOP food stamp vote ‘offensive’

Rep. King makes more offensive claims

Chicago sees nearly a dozen shootings on a single night

Week in Review: Navy Yard shooting, Colorado flooding

Miss America ’14: I’m living the American Dream

‘It’s time to stop this’: Dem. responds to House GOP

Government shutdown looms

House votes to fund gov’t. and defund Obamacare

Tea Party father supports liberal son’s campaign

iPhone frenzy sweeps across the country

Rep. Meeks blasts possible government shutdown

Pope comments on homosexuality, leaders react

New bill improves access to mental health care

Will Hillary run in 2016?

Laying the groundwork for 2016

Would-be 2016 candidates begin introductions

Book: FDR kept decisions private

House divided over government funding

Shut down showdown again

Is Pope Francis surprising those who elected him?

How Ole Miss emerged from a turbulent past

Why Apple is still the ‘team to beat’ in tech

Schumer: Putin is doing right thing for wrong reasons

Mitch Daniels: You have to pay debts and pay them on time

Cruz faces GOP backlash for leaving Obamacare fight

Pelosi ridicules GOP in new Politico interview

Are US cities safer because of stop-and-frisk?

Scarborough: Ted Cruz has made a fool of himself

Pope Francis cautions church ‘obsessed’ with gays, abortion

Fortune names its 2013 ’40 Under 40′ list

Company that checked Alexis also vetted Snowden

GOP implodes over War on Obamacare

Maddow: These ads are designed to be creepy

Familiar visage leads to hockey victory

DC pundits out of step with Americans on war

Russia attacks Greenpeace activists in Arctic

Ukraine stray a Putin dog doppelganger

The Pope rewrites the image of Catholicism

McCain hits back at Putin in fiery op-ed

Creepy ‘Uncle Sam’ ad airs against Obamacare

Schmidt: Nothing can make Ted Cruz make sense

Frank: US public backs early Afghanistan exit

The Republican civil war breaks wide open

McCain turns to ‘Pravda’ to respond to Putin

Dog looks like Vladimir Putin

The Progressive Pope?

GOP votes to kick 4M people off food stamps

In SNAP vote, Republicans normalize misery

GOP tries to reclaim lost Tea Party magic

Upbeat attitude about nuclear talks with Iran

GOP tries frantically to stop Cruz

Boehner signs on to kill Obamacare

Creepy new ad campaign against Obamacare

GOP votes to cut food stamps

How political grown-ups work things out

Openly gay liberal candidate runs for Mass. House

All these things are happening

House cuts nearly $40 billion from food stamps

Gingrey joins the complainer caucus

Why it’s important to call out right-wing media

House Republicans heartless food stamp cuts

Wheel of Fortune’s million dollar mumble

Will insurance companies defeat Obamacare?

Cruz plays chicken with Obamacare

GOP Rep refuses cold, scientific facts

Labor navigates troubled economic waters

Shutdown showdown continues in GOP

State of GOP anarchy over Obamacare

GOP Rep: Waste, fraud, abuse in food stamps

Rand Paul and the Civil Rights

Top Lines: Tucker Carlson on Aaron Alexis

‘Shameful’ Fox News Assad interview

Addressing mental illness in gun reform

‘Creepy’ Uncle Sam vs. Obamacare

Bashir: RIP Ken Norton

Fed cranks up the money printer

Kerry: Have Syria opinions, not facts

Taking on nuclear safety

GOP, Dems united on prison sentences

How to not be that girl or guy at work

Huntsman: GOP won’t regain strength by itself

Very Last Word: GOP reps. slam Cruz on Twitter

Fighting for food stamps

Pope wants church to ‘be a home for all’

Boehner still catering to base on Obamacare

Lawmakers push for more background checks

Sens. Lee, Cruz lead fight against Obamacare

The Keystone XL pipeline and the debt ceiling?

FBI: DC shooter fired with no pattern

House expected to vote stripping $40B from SNAP

The NRA and gun legislation at the state level

How 40 GOP members have the party by the throat

Fmr. Miss America, beekeeper are ’14 congressional hopefuls

Reputation report: Paula Deen is on the move

Mental health role in D.C. shooting

Shutdown politics: Is the tea party in control?

Shutdown showdown on Capitol Hill

Shooting of unarmed man sparks controversy

GOP civil war? ‘Not at all,’ Rep. says

The need for mandatory minimum reform

Kennedy to testify on ambassadorial nomination

Google’s plan to tackle health and aging

DC lawmakers prep for re-election

Fed decides to maintain pace of stimulus

Focus on mental health after DC  shooting

Will the government avoid another shutdown?

Red flags surrounded DC Navy Yard shooter

Curry: Iran’s new president ‘clearly’ reaching out to the West

What today’s D.C. could learn from Reagan and Tip O’Neill

Hitting the red carpet for the ‘America’s Got Talent’ finale

John McCain takes to Russian site to respond to Putin

Two feuding GOP pols leading new 2016 poll

Report: SWAT team told to stand down on day of shooting

House GOP wants to defund Obamacare

Report: Sports causes American students to falter

Ron Paul: Fed announcement ‘very very bad’

Some feel deceived by surprise Fed announcement

Wrong pronunciation costs ‘Wheel of Fortune’ winner $1M

Explosions rock chemical plant in Oklahoma

Flood-damaged oil tank spills into Nebraska river

Conservative dupes fund ‘war on Obamacare’

Previously on ‘Today in cheating’

Iran takes new tone but Graham talks war

Oil, gas facilities a concern after CO floods

Cheaters never win but…

Alienated center sends GOP back to hard right

Rand Paul’s politically brave statement

Cruz takes credit for Boehner’s Obamacare move

Government shutdown and the 2014 midterm elections

GOP alternative to Obamacare

Boehner throws down gauntlet on gov shutdown

Deficit nosediving but GOP still screaming

If you try every McDonald’s sandwich

One of the best political ads?

Neocons don’t know what to do about diplomacy

Speculation over Biden’s potential 2016 run

How Ted Cruz rolled the House GOP

Threatening debt default: What’s the endgame?

Are Obama, Clinton a perfect political pair?

Fight brewing in Texas over voter ID law

Guns should not be part of Starbucks says CEO

Matthews: Are the ‘Looney Tunes’ taking over?

How food stamp cuts could hurt our neediest

Would GOP follow Limbaugh off a cliff?

Fringe side of GOP still wants to impeach president

Newlyweeds and the renaissance of black film?

What makes someone a taker?

Advancing the Dream

All kinds of news tonight

Republicans strip bills to feed the hungry

GOP continues crusade to defund Obamacare

Glenn Beck’s negativity reaches new low

Ed Schultz vs. Sean Hannity: The ultimate debate

Ohio Republicans’ lies about voting rights

Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s creepy take on Obamacare

Sharpton on the GOP’s politics of extortion

Boehner falls in line on Obamacare

Top Lines: Stewart, Fox react to DC shooting

What happened to the mass shooting debate?

Bashir: Benghazi above all else for GOP

‘Defund Obamacare’ ties up conservatives

Where to find votes for gun control

Balancing public safety and health privacy

Tea Party, democrats unite on drug sentences

An inside look at Obama’s re-election

The fight to stop the spread of pandemics

Melber on sequestration’s effect on the FBI

Watershed moment of civil rights remembered in film

Fed announces it will keep stimulus in place

Do little gadgets enable faceless contact?

Both sides stake out their corners on debt deal

EXCLUSIVE: Iran president Rouhani says they will never develop nuclear weapons 

DC shooter’s mother speaks to reporters

Obama sends letters to Iran about nuclear arms

Defense investigates abuses in security clearances

FEED 10 pouch: ‘Gift with Purchase,’ and purpose

Is meaningful change on gun reform possible?

EXCLUSIVE: Iran president Rouhani says they will never develop nuclear weapons 

A tale of two responses to Navy Yard shooting

Thousands displaced in Colo. flooding

Living on four-and-a-half dollars a day

House GOP to tie government funding to Obamacare

Were red flags missed leading up to Navy Yard shooting?

Newtown families continue push for stricter gun laws

Congress is back – and so is the gridlock

Technological revolution: When gadgets rule the world

Obama’s second term: cursed?

All eyes on big decision from Fed

Navy Yard shooter’s mom: ‘My heart is broken’

Where’s the outrage in D.C. over shooting?

Republican rift: Leaders, activists split on Obamacare

Local leaders hope to end cycle of partisanship

Can Congress find common ground in gun reform?

FBI investigating Alexis’ criminal, mental history

How your purchases can help feed children around the globe

Are you prepared for driverless cars?

GOP congressman: I’ve never been an advocate for shutting down gov’t.

Should GOP stop trying to defund but push for a delay?

Wallace: Obama’s Monday actions ‘incredibly damaging’ to White House

Honoring the Washington Navy Yard victims

Why there’s be a 40 percent chance the gov’t. could shut down

Time Magazine names first female editor

Obama’s ‘tone-deaf’ remarks and Alexis’ troubled past

Man saved from burning apartment by good Samaritans

Shooter exposes flaw in contractor security

Mental health concerns could move gun laws

Gun-buy background check not too much to ask

GOP turns on itself over debt ceiling

Kelly: Gun owners support common sense laws

The problem that could have brought down Obama’s reelection campaign

O’Donnell: Our response to mass shootings already written

The GOP’s ‘deluded’ plot to kill Obamacare

What we know about the alleged D.C. Navy Yard shooter

‘A monkey could just vote no,’ says former GOP. Rep. Latourette

Moments of silence – and then what?

Giron: ‘We will continue to confront the NRA’

Picture of Washington Navy Yard gunman emerges

Hayes: The real reason we call mass shootings ‘senseless’

Click3: Ohio University band asks ‘what does the fox say?’

Addressing the prevalence of violence in America

Reacting to the Jonathan Ferrell shooting

Mass. Dem. ‘comes out’ in ad to Tea Party dad

The power of women in the Democratic Party

Did Obama avoid a political defeat on Syria?

Right continues to threaten debt default

Matthews on the one thing that will unite democrats

Very Last Word: How Richard Wolffe snuck into the DNC

Very Last Word: How Richard Wolffe snuck into the DNC

Calling out the party of Jesse Helms

This show will be awesome

Food stamp cuts may double

Dinkins reflects on his NYC mayoral legacy

Limbaugh finds a reason to hate water

Secret Service: Firecrackers thrown over White House fence

Is the GOP Obamacare defunding plan logical?

The 99%, two years after Occupy Wall Street

Schultz: ‘Nothing is going to happen with gun control’

The newly crowned capitain obvious: Sen. John McCain

NYC mayor race drives the progressive movement

Iowa wants Hillary, setting the tone for 2016

Priebus’s newest gov’t shutdown conspiracy theory

Navy Yard gunman’s background revealed

Larry Summers: Loved by very few

Va. Tech survivor defiant to gun inaction

Congress hears public on Syria, but not guns

The GOP’s ‘Kamikaze’ mission against Obamacare

Honoring the Navy Yard shooting victims

Top Lines: ‘There’s something wrong’

On gun violence, ‘silence is betrayal’

Middle class struggles as Congress dithers

Americans numbing to mass shootings

Bashir: Mental health, ACA and guns

Searching for a motive behind the Navy Yard shooting

Obama criticized for ‘ill-timed’ economy speech

Digging deeper into the role of defense contractors

Can Congress prevent a government shutdown?

The female advantage in the workplace

Ball: What is the essential nature of human beings?

Hunt: Reality is gun debate still ‘completely stalled’

Weather gives break to rescuers in Colorado

History of mental health issues emerge in shooter

FBI pieces together shooter’s background

FBI: Gunman had legitimate access to Navy Yard

UN announces finding of chemical weapons in Syria

Mom who lost son in Sandy Hook on DC shooting

Local reporter discusses chaotic Navy Yard scene

UN report: Nerve agent sarin used in Syria

What is the legacy of the Arab Spring?

Behind Obama’s 2012 campaign

Cullen: Mass shooters always seeking attention

Blumenthal: I hope shooting can be ‘call to action’

Who is DC shooter, and how can we stop next one?

Gun control groups renew push in DC

Lessons for Navy Yard victims from the USS Cole

A doctor’s plea to end gun violence

Reviving the gun control debate

Obama’s health law: Inside the low numbers

How did Aaron Alexis gain access to DC base?

Is Washington the safest city in the world?

The super-rich get richer

Who is Aaron Alexis?

Brady Campaign: Americans need to speak out on guns

Will Navy Yard shooting reignite gun debate?

Todd: What positive could come from Obama speech?

Mike Lupica: No earthly reason for an AR-15 to be on the street

Delia Ephron: My sister sent me roses while she was in the hospital

Simpson and Bowles: Bipartisan budget deal is possible

Pitcher Jamie Moyer reflects on his career

Pete Williams: Alexis a man who was mentally ‘deteriorating rapidly’

How Obama realized there was no support for Larry Summers

Pattern of anger, loneliness in Alexis’ actions: police chief

Scarborough: Why was Alexis allowed to be a contractor?

Alleged shooter Alexis recently moved to D.C.

FBI: Gunman had ‘legitimate access’ to Navy Yard

Motive still unknown in deadly Navy Yard shooting spree

Rewriting the reality of mass shootings in America

Dr. Janis Orlowski on gun violence plea: ‘I spoke from the heart’

Garry Kasparov on why Putin got everything he wanted

Very Last Word: Erasing civil rights in Russia

Answers sought in aftermath of gun rampage

Deadly shooting strikes crucial Navy asset

Navy yard gunman’s background offers clues

Mass shootings part of how we live now

Eyewitness: A lot of ‘tension’ on The Hill following shooting

Gun free zones at center of mass-shooting criticism

Fineman on Navy Yard shooting: You can expect more review, more security

Diplomacy trumps force in Syria

Summers bows out for Fed Chair