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As the Senate convened Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scolded the House for not returning to Washington in hopes of negotiating a bipartisan deal that would avoid historic tax hikes and spending cuts set for the new year. Read More

Two new articles out this week portray the Tea Party as a weakened brand that no longer has the clout it did just two years ago, when it helped the Republicans take control of the House of Representatives. Read More

Why "Zero Dark Thirty" chose to make torture a key part of the manhunt for Osama bin Laden. Read More

Union workers in Michigan, take heart: It's not all over once your state goes "right-to-work." Read More

Lisa P. Jackson, the first African-American to serve as the agency's director, served for four years and stepped down Thursday. Read More

Here’s a look back at memorable interviews and discussions from the middle of 2012. Read More

Reid accused Boehner of sacrificing fiscal cliff negotiations in order to protect his speakership role. Read More

The 2012 presidential election may have been the first time blacks voted at a higher rate than whites, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center—despite several Republican-controlled state legislatures passing new voter identification laws. Read More

Congressman Paul Ryan, NASA's Mark Kelly, and Actress Ashley Judd. What do they have in common? They all made Politico's list of 13 people to watch in politics… Read More

Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.,  criticized the House of Representatives for staying in their districts and not returning to Washington, D.C. to work on a… Read More

Woody Allen said about 80% of success is showing up. The approval rating of Congress is almost 20%. Coincidence? Read More

We’re about to go over the fiscal cliff, like Butch and Sundance. That and more of what we’ll be discussing at 4 p.m. Read More

Home prices could post their first annual increase since the height of the housing bubble in 2006.

CNBC'S Jackie DeAngelis reports the latest S&P… Read More

From Mitt Romney's comments on the 47% in America, to hosts Chris Matthews and Lawrence O'Donnell using their platforms to call out race-baiting in the GOP as well as George Zimmerman's cowardly lawyer, the most viewed videos dealt with the stories that spoke to viewers' values. Read More

Video of Obama speaking as the organization's president at a university protest calling for more diversity among faculty surfaced during the 2012 campaign and showed the president's trademark delivery. Read More

After right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh's attack on Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who was prevented from testifying about the importance of having contraception covered by health insurance, in which he called her a "slut," Rachel Maddow called him out for fundamentally misunderstanding how birth control works. Read More

Woe unto any Republican who tries to pull a fast one on Chris Matthews. Read More

"Mitt was making, by any reasonable standard, he was making what is called a joke," Gingrich quipped about the presidential candidate's birther comment. Read More

Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz, who was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Sen. Daniel Inouye, flew on Air Force One to be sworn in Thursday. Read More

After lawyer Craig Sonner sped away from the MSNBC studio in Orlando where he was scheduled to speak with O'Donnell, the host lobbed hard-hitting questions at the empty chair where Sonner was supposed to sit. Read More