Politics: Left

Biden said Hispanics are the fastest-growing population group, but census data shows they have taken second place to Asian Americans....

Rachel Maddow notes that while Washington, D.C. takes security precautions against potential violence from delusional extremist Donald Trump supporters bent on returning Trump to power on March 4th, Trump's hotel has tripled its rates to capitalize on...

Rachel Maddow reports on some of the revelations to come from a Senate hearing on the slow National Guard Response to the pro-Trump riots at the Capitol on January 6, including confirmation that Mike Flynn's younger brother, Charles Flynn, was involve...

Rachel Maddow shares details of an inspector general report finding that Trump Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao misused her office and referring her to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution. Chao is at least the fourth Trump Cabinet memb...

In a new op-ed, Mike Pence gave credence to to Trump's claims that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. MSNBC's Brian Williams shares the details....

The late-night host can't believe that some of Trump's wackiest, most conspiracy-minded followers actually believe the guy who lost big will be inaugurated on March 4....

Gov. Cuomo answered reporters' questions regarding the multiple accusations of sexual harassment against him. He apologized, but said he would not be resigning. New York Times reporter Luis Ferr-Sadurn tells Lawrence O'Donnell that Cuomo's apo...

The late Supreme Court justice died in September....

"Just because Governor Cuomo stepped into a leadership void during the pandemic doesn't mean he gets a pass on his consistently shitty behavior," the late-night host declared....

Rep. Jason Crow joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss why Congress needs to act quickly to "aggressively and appropriately" combat violent extremist groups "dramatically increasing" in the United States....

Former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke says Texas Governor Greg Abbott's decision to lift the state's mask mandate and open businesses to full capacity is like going "to war on your own people." O'Rourke tells Lawrence O'D...

The House on Wednesday passed the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that makes changes to campaign finance, voting and ethics laws....

On Wednesday, House Democrats voted 220-210 to pass H.R. 1, the "For the People Act," which is the most important set of voting and election reforms since the historic Voting Rights Act was adopted in 1965. These reforms, which House Democrats pre...

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The bill still faces a steep climb in the US Senate....

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would ban chokeholds federally and overhaul qualified immunity for officers....

Just a "friendly visit" from unsmiling agents lets far-right fantasists know they're on the government's radar....

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The Transportation Department's watchdog asked the Justice Department to criminally investigate Elaine Chao late last year over concerns that she misused her office when she was transportation secretary, according to a report released Wednesday....

Democrats say that the GOP's state-level efforts make it important to act at the federal level to preserve expansive voting laws....

Holy Mother of God, what foolishness is this? As reported by Ed Kilgore, writing for New York Magazine : In a ruling reminiscent of medieval speculation over the number of angels that could dance on the head of a pin, the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orlea...

A week after Mitch McConnell came crawling back to Trump, another Republican who has attracted Trump's ire said he'd back Trump if he won the GOP nomination in 2024....

Not sure where to slot this among the growing list of Fox News pseudo-scandals. Is this glaring omission worse than Barack Obama's tan suit? That hardly seems possible. The tan suit affair nearly ended us. Our enemies saw our commander in chief arraye...

The bill bans chokeholds, and would end qualified immunity for police officers....

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's...

"The main QAnon promoters—they are not on board, they are decrying this as a false flag," said Travis View, the co-host of QAnon-tracking podcast QAnon Anonymous....

On Wednesday, the Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report on the conduct of former Trump White House doctor—and current United States representative, Ronny Jackson....

Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, crimes against the Asian community have increased globally. In the U.S.—especially because of the spread of misinformation, the use of xenophobic language, and the first case of the virus being trac...

"This is nothing more than a reflexive, almost neurotic, compulsive desire to signal moderation by making things worse—both substantively and politically," says Chris Hayes on Senate Democrats like Joe Manchin and Jeanne Shaheen pushing to n...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection had 1,763 unaccompanied migrant children in its custody as of Tuesday, according to internal CBP data obtained by NBC News....

Disparities across the country have increased amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. In terms of food security, those who struggled with food access prior to the pandemic have been facing further obstacles. With schools closed and learning being remote, man...

While most elected Republicans are publicly against Biden's coronavirus bill, they are not taking extra steps to try to stop Biden's top agenda item. In fact, the latest numbers show 59 percent of Republicans back Biden's 2021 stimulus bill. M...

Israel now has the record for the fastest vaccination campaign in the world, largely due to its implementation of...

Republicans are planning to use a number of procedural moves to delay the passage of the covid relief bill. Congresswoman Katie Porter says the process already has taken 'far, far too long.'...

President Biden blessed the plan to lower the income cap for Americans receiving checks of up to $1,400, a crucial concession to moderates whose backing is needed to pass the bill....

As Biden pursues an array of actions to solidify transgender rights, conservatives mount a backlash that focuses on women's sports....

A wave of anti-Asian violence is surging across the country. Michelle Kim says on The ReidOut that,...

The independent-minded Republican senator says she is focused on securing help for Alaska, which has been hit hard by the pandemic: 'My state needs relief.'...

One year ago this week, my Kansas Jayhawks were the leading contenders to cut down the nets at the NCAA tournament. Everything on that team was clicking. Everyone on the team was perfectly playing their parts, reaching peak performance as they headed into...

David Crawford allegedly tried to burn down several houses with victims—his relatives, his doctors, public officials—still inside....

A day after President Biden said teachers should be prioritized for vaccination, the first lady and the education secretary hit the road to urge communities to return to in-person learning....

Maj. Gen. William J. Walker testified that he did not receive permission to deploy troops for hours on Jan. 6, as violence by pro-Trump supporters escalated....

DHS and the FBI sent a joint intelligence bulletin to state and local law enforcement agencies late Tuesday warning that some domestic groups have...

Ronny Jackson, a Republican who enthused that President Donald J. Trump had "incredible genes," sexually harassed a woman on a White House trip and had "meltdowns" with his staff, a report found....

The omnibus voting, ethics and campaign finance bill would roll back barriers to voting enacted by Republican statehouses, but it faces an uphill battle in the Senate....