Politics

At the recent Netroots Nation conference in Rhode Island, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said that Congress should be very concerned with the use of drones.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agrees with former Republican Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's criticism of the modern-day Republican Party.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday acknowledged that budget cuts would lead to the United States have less teachers.

MSNBC weekend host Chris Hayes explicitly explained Tuesday afternoon how Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would prefer if he could to remain quiet and say nothing all the way to the November election.

In a segment broadcast Monday night, progressive talk host Thom Hartmann doubled down on the true threat of climate change, explaining the oceanic biology that underpins all life on planet Earth, then highlighting how Republicans at nearly every level of government are leading the charge to crush it.

An openly gay priest on Sunday urged Catholics to go against the Pope's wishes and vote "no" a November ballot measure that would enshrine Minnesota's same sex marriage ban in the state's Constitution.

In honor of Pride month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recorded a video message about the ways in which the United States is working to ensure the rights of LGBT people both here at home and in the nation's policies abroad. The former First Lady and U.S. Senator (D-NY) celebrated the tremendous progress that LGBTs have made around the globe in recent years, but also conceded that the world has a long way to go.

Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday declared that the debate about his state's effort to purge thousands of voters "is over" because over 50 non-citizen voters were proof that that the process needed to go forward.

Conservative fireband Laura Ingraham labeled controversial black principal Greta Hawkins, who barred "God Bless the USA" from her school's kindergarden graduation in Brooklyn, New York, as a member of the "angry left" Tuesday morning.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday said the notion that he wanted to cut government jobs like teachers and firefighters was "completely absurd."

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, on Monday warned against approaching the fight against terrorism as a war.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) said Monday that he was anxious about the influence of secret money in the 2012 elections.

Harvard University professor Michael Sandel on Monday lamented that almost every aspect of life in the United States was being "sold off to the highest bidder."