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The brazen attack against Colonial Pipeline, which could cripple gas supplies on the East Coast, came after the Biden administration declared war on ransomware groups....

My Mama sure tried... What's your favorite song about mothers?...

This week, Will Smith revealed his 'dad bod' saying he's 'in the worst shape of his entire life' after a year of pandemic lockdown. He's now on a mission to trim down for summer. NBC's Joshua Johnson discusses the many changes ...

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The politics of pandemic restrictions and re-opening has been anything but smooth, and a new book out this week might shed some light on why the pandemic has been so rough. NBC's Joshua Johnson spoke to author Niall Ferguson about his new book "Do...

For a third consecutive day, the number of new coronavirus cases in India has topped 400,000. India, South Africa and the World Health Organization are now calling on the World Trade Organization to waive the patents to vaccines to allow wider access to p...

Florida's Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican Governor to sign a restrictive new voting law into effect. Making it harder to vote has been a priority for Republicans in state legislatures around the country. Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) says the...

On Jan. 6, in the hours just before insurgents overran the Capitol, Republican Rep. Mo Brooks stood on the "Stop the Steal" stage and delivered a message designed to set the stakes for the already riled-up crowd. "I've got a message that I...

In December 2019, the British Labour Party suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Last Thursday, with a spate of local......

Whenever I feel compelled to freak myself out about the GOP's seemingly ineluctable march toward cult-of-personality authoritarianism, I have to remind myself that Republicans might not be Hitler boof stormtroopers so much as they're just lemmings...

Cigarette companies were blunt in their internal memos about pushing menthols on young, Black smokers and prospective smokers....

In an exclusive interview with MSNBC's Alicia Menendez, Keldy Mabel Gonzles Brebe de Zniga shares her emotional journey, fleeing violence in Honduras only to be separated from her sons at the border, to finally being reunited with her family in the Un...

As Republican state legislatures seek to pass a wave of bills restricting voting rights and the right to protest, there's one key wedge issue that continues to drive conservative voters to keep these lawmakers in office. Meghan Milloy, Founder & Execu...

New York City's famed theater district reopens at full capacity this fall. Tony Award-winning actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell joins American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss his concerts for essential workers, how the theater community su...

NBC's Jacob Soboroff, author of "Separated", joins American Voices with Alicia Menendez to dig deeper into his exclusive interview with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Michelle Bran, Executive Director of the B...

As the Republican Party continues its descent into authoritarianism, it's vowing to fight Biden at every turn. Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to pass one of the most ambitious agendas laid out by any President. Time Magazine, Senior Correspondent Cha...

Care work was already work before the pandemic, and there was already a crisis. But the coronavirus pandemic made the crisis exponentially worse. Sarah Jaffe takes on the policy and personal roots of that crisis in a searing, rage-filled piece that you re...

While I'd be inclined to be sympathetic, as I think watching Fox News causes permanent brain damage, I somehow doubt a judge will take this into consideration. Joy Reid rattled off a series of them last night, rioters and their ridiculous excuses for ...

There's so much crap happening with electoral shenanigans in purple states right now that it can all become a blur.......

For more than a year, the world has—quite understandably—been caught up in looking at a crisis that threatened to ( and did ) kill millions of people more or less immediately. With that in mind, it's easy to see how the genuinely existenti...

The former president and first lady posted tributes to their 12-year-old Portuguese water dog on social media....

A top fuel pipeline operator that carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas up the East Coast to New......

Tucker Carlson once again proves he's one of the most irresponsible people polluting our airwaves. As John noted here, Carlson hasn't revealed his own vaccination status, but he sure is doing everything he can to make sure his viewers are scared t...

The Junta, (the islanders' name for the unelected Fiscal Control Board that governs the island's finances) has finally decided to authorize $7 million dollars requested by newly elected Gov. Pedro Pierluisi to combat what has been declared a state...

Portions of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket are expected to fall back to Earth in an "uncontrolled reentry" sometime this weekend....

Jean-Joseph Danger Le Chiffre, who was born Patrick Joseph Sandoval, allegedly hatched the plan with his mom, police testified in court on Friday....

This story was originally published at Prism . Last fall, the FBI opened an investigation into Dr. Mahendra Amin , the Georgia OB-GYN accused of performing unnecessary gynecological procedures on detained women, and has now expanded its probe to include t...

The outage brought to center stage how some of the country's critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks....

The Arizona Senate has said it will hold off on a controversial plan to knock on voters' doors as part......

In crucial Senate races in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and elsewhere, the Democratic coalition that came together to elect Biden is fracturing again — with big implications for his presidency....

Mother's Day is Sunday. How are moms coping during the pandemic? Tiffany Cross and her panel of mothers discuss the unique challenges moms have been facing during the pandemic, and how to support them during this challenging time....

It's just the latest twist in an eventful, bitter race for Philadelphia's District Attorney....

Threats against members of Congress have more than doubled, the Capitol Police said in response a review conducted following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol....

The new federal charges against the ex-officers involved in George Floyd's death are analyzed by experts. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms deciding not to run for re-election is also discussed by Tiffany Cross and her panel....

As long as these judges are subject to political pressures, there can be no true judicial process....

Some experts say that while it's a step in the right direction, the CDC still isn't going far enough in warning about the risks indoors....

Midday open thread below.......

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is an unabashed conservative, with a fervor for torture and anti-Muslim xenophobia and almost unmatched GOP pedigree. Not so long ago, her rise through the Republican ranks would have been unstoppable, but none of that matters now....

During a press conference, George Floyd's brother said that the news of the indictment "put a smile on our faces," and praised the attorney general, who called the family, for...

Trump supporters Reps. Gaetz and Greene's 'America First' tour is slammed by politics experts who discuss the peril America likely faces, if much of the GOP continues to be the party of Trump....

He was the last surviving sibling of the late president....

Democrats are negotiating with Republicans on whether there should be a commission into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Why, when Democrats control the White House and both houses of Congress? Tiffany Cross answers this week's viewer question in the ...

The Justice Department under President Donald Trump secretly obtained the phone records of three Washington Post reporters over reporting they......

The phenomenon of voters of color increasing in Republican strongholds is analyzed by politics expert Fernand Amandi, who tells Tiffany Cross that shifting racial demographics alone will not increase Democrats' influence nationwide....

Mitch McConnell has vowed to block President Biden's economic agenda as millions continue to suffer during the pandemic. Tiffany Cross claps back to the Senate Majority Leader: Mitch better have my money....

Americans nationwide are being vaccinated in record numbers. To date, over 100 million Americans are considered fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. As these individuals post pictures of their vaccination cards , experts are urging them to edit out...

So what do you get when you join an accused pedophile who also sits in Congress with another one who recently had her committee assignments revoked for her violent social media posts for a tour around the country? Well, according to reports , you heard a ...

On Friday, the monthly jobs report showed an unexpectedly weak rate of job growth for the month of April. For economists, it was a something of a puzzle, but for Republicans on the hunt for a narrative, it was the answer to a prayer. Across the nation, Re...