A proposed amendment to extend gun background checks failed in the Senate on Wednesday in a 54-46 vote. The Morning Joe Panel – including Time’s Mark Halperin, former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), and the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein – discussed the vote yesterday with Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough a former GOP legislator himself. The […]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy UPDATE 07:00 ET: Two Boston Marathon bombing suspects are brothers, aged 19 and 20, and legal permanent U.S. residents of Chechen origin, law enforcement sources say http://nbcnews.to/177KYuP One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was killed early Friday morning, while the second suspect […]
Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” took over the internet this week with creator Ogilvy Brazil’s clever use of a sketch artist to demonstrate to women that they are actually more beautiful than they think. So what do you think might happen if you try the same social experiment with men? The good people over at New […]
UPDATE 14:44 ET: Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared a disaster and asked for an emergency declaration from the federal government. UPDATE 11:30 ET: It is now estimated that 5-15 individuals were killed and 160 injured. Those estimates could change as there are still people who are missing, including three to five firefighters who were battling […]
President Obama spoke about “common-sense” gun control reforms following the defeat of a series of amendment votes in the Senate, including the Manchin-Toomey Amendment expanding background checks. He was joined by Former Representative Gabriel Giffords and other victims of gun violence. TRANSCRIPT: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: A few months ago, in response to too many tragedies, including […]