Politics

Rapper Lupe Fiasco was kicked off the stage during a party celebrating President Barack Obama's second inauguration on Sunday night after performing a song that both criticized the president and indulged in 9-11 conspiracy theories.

In a discussion of how Vice President Joe Biden has taken a lead role in the push for gun control, Chris Hayes reminded viewers that the former senator spearheaded the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which included the now-expired assault weapons ban.

NRA news host Cam Edwards interviewed Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot, who a few days ago invited New Yorkers angry with the state's new gun control law to head down south.

In light of Monday's inauguration ceremony, Melissa Harris-Perry spent Sunday discussing the past and future of Obama's presidency. She and fellow MSNBC host Chris Hayes spent one segment debating President Obama's legacy on the war on terror.

Conservative MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Sunday warned Republicans that fringe elements were causing the party to shrink and it was "just gerrymandering" that allowed the GOP to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2012 elections.

Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that President Barack Obama's policies are allowing a "worldwide virus" of terrorism from places like North Africa and Syria to destabilize the planet and "potentially" infect Europe and the United States.

World Net Daily columnist and former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday insisted that Americans were entitled to armor-piercing bullets because they are "a right in our country."

US President Barack Obama was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts for a second term in office Sunday in a brief, intimate private ceremony at the White House.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is defending the National Rifle Association (NRA) for making a "fundamental point" with an advertisement targeting the President Barack Obama's daughters over the "hypocrisy" of their Secret Service protection, but he says the president exploited the December tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut "within minutes" after 20 children were massacred.

White House senior adviser David Plouffe on Sunday called out CNN host Candy Crowley for making a "false equivalency" by suggesting both Democrats and Republicans had made the same efforts to hold the debt ceiling hostage to push their agenda.

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) suggested Saturday that the growing marijuana industry would target children if the drug gained greater legal acceptance.

A New York lawmaker will introduce a bill designed to ban people from making gun magazines with 3-D printers, following a demonstration of a working model by a Texas firearms group.

On her Saturday show, Melissa Harris-Perry discussed the possibility that gun control advocates may want to focus on passing legislation at the local level.