Politics

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) on Wednesday called for the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to be repealed.

Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald believes the Boston Marathon bombing last week shined a light on how most Americans think about the world.

A 10-month-old infant in Idaho is recovering on Thursday after being shot in the face by its 3-year-old sister.

In a move out of the Clint Eastwood political playbook, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) engaged in a public "debate" on Wednesday with a life-size picture of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) while accusing Elizabeth Colbert Busch, his opponent in a May 7 congressional election, of ducking him.

Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a couple on charges related to a “weapons manufacturing warehouse” and a marijuana growing operations, according to TCPalm.

On Tuesday's edition of "The Rachel Maddow Show," host Rachel Maddow said that if you've been watching the case of Paul Kevin Curtis, the Elvis impersonator arrested and then released on charges of sending ricin letters to public figures, for its "wacky factor," then Curtis' press conference on being cleared of charges on Tuesday "did not disappoint."

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday was shocked to find out that bulletproof whiteboards were being distributed to some schools because "we assume a shooter is coming."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who calls himself a "proud wacko bird," told CBS News that President Barack Obama was plotting to make immigration reform fail so that Democrats could campaign on it in 2014 and 2016.

Conservative opinion outlets buzzed Tuesday over an quote from last week's Philadelphia Inquirer, in which Dayle Steinberg, president of Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania, said that show why access to safe and regulated reproductive health services are so needed.

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon blasted a proposed Internet sales tax Tuesday on the Senate floor, claiming it was a "bailout" for large brick-and-mortar retailers.