In the wake of the this week's mass shooting in the Washington Navy Yard, the media has collectively embarked on what has now become an all too routine discussion of what drove the shooter, and how such tragedy could be prevented in the future. Read More

Military crews continue search and rescue missions in the northern foothills of Colorado today following massive flooding that displaced 11,000 Coloradans. Read More

While the conversation on higher education on Capitol Hill generally focuses on student loan rates, the larger problem isn't the loans. It's the cost of the education itself. Read More

Iran appears open to rebuilding diplomatic ties with the West, as rumors swirl about a meeting between its Presidents Rouhani and Obama. Read More

More than two years after the Arab Spring, the Middle East has descended into a chilly fall. Read More

Monday's mass shooting at the Navy Yard marks the fifth mass shooting since Newtown. Will lawmakers ever see progress on gun safety laws? Read More

Hot on the heels of the 5th anniversary of Lehman Brother's collapse, today marks one year since a different sort of economic catastrophe. Read More

Hip hop superstar 2 Chainz stopped by the show Friday to discuss his new album B.O.A.T.S. II: #METIME and his fantastic accompanying cookbook #MEALTIME. Read More

"Just on a purely political level, I feel like this is a winning issue, even if it can't get it through Congress," Alex Wagner said. Read More

Rep. Tom Cole announced on NOW Thursday that the GOP should use the debt ceiling, rather than a government shutdown, to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act. Read More

Next week, House Republicans are expected to vote on a bill that would cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion over the next 10 years - a move that would kick four to six million Americans off of food stamps. Read More

Twelve years after September 11th, the United States national security debate is still shaped by both the attacks themselves, and the wars started in their wake. Read More

Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke to at the AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention yesterday, excoriating everyone from big business to the right wing's tight grip on the Supreme Court. Read More

Alex Wagner speaks with Andrea Mitchell about the chances of a diplomatic solution on Syria, and the feasibility of destroying President Assad's weapons cache in the middle of a civil war. Read More

The Senate has the three amigos, now the House has the three stooges. Watch the video as Alex Wagner breaks down America's diplomatic B Team. Read More

"I think this was definitely Bloomberg looking for a way to hit De Blasio back, but he missed terribly," said Buzzfeed Washington Bureau Chief John Stanton. Read More

The impending congressional vote on Syria is exposing President Obama’s fraught relationship with his own party faithful. Read More

After Russia called for Syria to abandon control of its chemical weapons, Syria's Foreign Minister said his country "would welcome the Russian initiative." Syria is said to have one of the largest chemical weapons stockpiles in the world. Read More

"President Obama's Syria policy may be confusing, but it's all the more so because it seems so unlike the president of the past five years, a man who built his reputation on caution and consensus now seems ready to throw caution to the wind and go it alone," MSNBC host Alex Wagner said Friday. Read More

The former Republican congressman from Texas defended his upcoming address at the Fatima Center, saying he would be speaking about his peaceful take on foreign policy and the economy. Read More