Politics: Left

Washington wants its friends to steer clear of Beijing, but they can't ignore the allure of its Belt and Road Initiative....

In a CNN town hall, the Democratic presidential hopeful offered a statistic that would be shocking if true....

"It's like breaking the news to a child that Santa isn't real," joked the comedian....

Nafis Alam , University of Reading The US has unnerved the world oil market by ramping up the pressure in its long-running dispute with Iran. It has announced that, after May 1, it won't renew the exemptions given to eight countries that enable them t...

Amherst College Republicans invited Mr. Sessions to speak on Wednesday night. The event drew protests from students and faculty members at Amherst, as well as from nearby schools....

Joe Biden's mission in the presidential bid he will launch on Thursday is to prove he's not a man out of step with the times....

During an extended criticism of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his 'fake feud' with Mike Pence, the Fox News host's guest Chadwick Moore took a left turn into religion....

The Trump administration's Health and Human Services agency is close to enacting policies that would roll back rights for trans people and women seeking reproductive services, according to Politico....

The president is again lashing out at Democrats investigating him on the Hill and bemoaning on Twitter that he never gets any credit for anything. Jon Meacham and Eugene Robinson join to discuss....

In newly uncovered phone recordings from The Wall Street Journal, fmr. Trump attorney Michael Cohen seemed to backpedal on some portions of his guilty plea. Emily Jane Fox joins to discuss....

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Vladivostok for a summit with North Korean leader Kim......

Shorter Ozzy: Everybody's entered "the game," but "they need a bigger table for the Army of the Dead pieces." Not work safe language, and of course, spoilers, in this video. Open thread below......

The New York Times is reporting that, in the months before she was forced out, DHS head Kirstjen Nielsen was advised not to talk about the threat from Moscow with the president. Ashley Parker, Clint Watts, and Frank Figliuzzi react....

Watch Republican Senator John Thune condemn a president lying to the American people when it's a Democratic President....

Rep. Katie Hill, Vice-chair of the Oversight Committee, talks to Rachel Maddow about Trump's willingness to defy subpoenas and why she believes it is embarrassing and dangerous to our national security for him to continue to try and obstruct oversight...

Twenty years ago this month Tom Waits released his twelfth studio album Mule Variations . So far it is the 2nd of his fifteen albums to go gold in the US. The other one being 1985's Rain Dogs . I have a feeling though that things such as having a huge...

There's an underlying level of hypocrisy that has permeated American life for a long time, but which has become writ large in recent years as some of those among us who profess their piety have shown they think lies are okay, abuse is okay, and crimes...

The former vice president is expected to announce his presidential candidacy Thursday...

Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe calls Trump's contempt of Congress an "astonishing exercise in arrogant obstruction of justice" and an impeachable offense. Tribe explains to Lawrence why Trump cannot fight impeachment in the Suprem...

Who's running for president? Meet the Democratic candidates...

The White House has informed the House Oversight Committee that Stephen Miller will not testify before the panel about his role in President Donald Trump's controversial immigration policies, according to a letter obtained by CNN....

Miller is the mastermind behind the Trump administration's immigration policies....

First ever She the People Forum Presidential forum is held in Houston, Texas where eight of the Democratic hopefuls made their case to an audience of African American women voters....

Rachel Maddow takes a look at the op-ed Hillary Clinton penned for the Washington Post in response to the Mueller Report, new information on a curious footnote in the report about Russian "tapes" and Trump's scramble to block investigations in...

William Jeffress, Former Nixon Attorney, talks to Rachel Maddow about the "risky" behavior he sees coming from the president and this White House since the Mueller report's release....

The White House is openly defying Elijah Cummings and the Oversight Committee urging officials to ignore congressional subpoenas....

During the Pulitzer Prize ceremonies, the student journalists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School got special recognition for coverage that should have never been needed: Their coverage of the mass shooting that had just taken place at their school . ...

Rep. John Sarbanes tells Lawrence O'Donnell that Trump has made Democrats "more determined" to conduct robust oversight in the wake of his stonewalling efforts and refusal to provide any witnesses or documents before congressional committees. ...

Boos, heckling, groans greet Sanders's speech at the "She the People" forum....

Actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Whitford will host a fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg on May 9 in Los Angeles, according to a Democrat with knowledge of the event....

President Donald Trump's tax overhaul is forcing some military families to pay thousands of dollars more in taxes on their survivor benefits, according to a nonprofit organization that helps those families....

On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its estimates of the 2018 midterm electorate as part of its Current Population Survey, a statistical survey of Americans, and one key finding is simply historic: The bureau has concluded that voters who showed up in ...

Anti-gun-violence group led by Gabrielle Giffords alleges campaign finance violations....

Here's a fun fact about 2020 Democratic primary candidate Julin Castro: he has an identical twin brother named Joaquin Castro. The above is a photo of Joaquin, not Julin....

Some women of color frustrated by Biden's expected 2020 bid...

On April 22, self-proclaimed Christian activist Dave Daubenmire drove eight hours from his home in Ohio to Hillary and Bill Clinton's Chappaqua, New York, home to demand Hillary Clinton's arrest. In a live video, "Coach Dave" called on mil...

John William King was the first white man in modern Texas history to be given the death penalty for killing a black person....

President Trump promised to be the champion of the "forgotten American." To some Republicans in Altoona, that promise is unfulfilled....

A 69-year-old militia leader was reportedly hospitalized after being attacked in the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Larry Hopkins had been imprisoned in the facility since Monday after having been arrested and charged with ill...

More than half of California Sen. Kamala Harris' top staffers in her presidential campaign are women of color. The campaign says they're key decision makers, who reflect the concerns of vital groups of voters as well as reaching out to them....

The story of how a young Rupert Murdoch torched up Britain's tabloid wars comes to Broadway. But don't expect 'Ink' to put the media tycoon's morals and use of power on trial....

It is the most coveted list in politics, but will its magic work a third time?...

Over the past eight years, roughly 34,000 immigrants have been deported on hundreds of flights leaving from Washington state's King County International Airport, or Boeing Field. Now in what is believed to be a first in the nation, Dow Constantine, th...

Joy Reid asks Elizabeth Warren what she would say to people who are concerned voters still aren't ready to elect a female president after Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016....

Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke of Texas spoke about why voters of color should choose him in a year with such a diverse field....

At today's "She The People" presidential candidate forum in Houston, Senator Bernie Sanders answered questions on how he would win over Hillary Clinton voters and how he would address the rise of white nationalism in this country....

Since taking office, President Trump has consistently treated Congress as more of a subordinate than an equal....

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg doesn't anticipate that fellow candidate and 2016 alum Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will garner the necessary coalition of Democratic voters to win in 2020, in an interview with The New York Times....

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker responds to a question about Rep. Ilhan Omar, race, and Islamophobia at the She the People Presidential Forum today in Houston....