Casey Kasem’s kids: We want to see ailing dad

Casey Kasem’s kids: We want to see ailing dad

Oct. 3: Radio legend Casey Kasem is fighting Parkinson’s disease, and his three children haven’t been allowed to see hi...

US forces capture a top al Qaeda leader

US forces capture a top al Qaeda leader

Oct. 7: Navy SEALs attacked a hideout belonging to terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia over the weekend, while in a simul...

Tom Hanks: ‘Captain Phillips’ film is ‘wild’

Tom Hanks: ‘Captain Phillips’ film is ‘wild’

Oct. 7: Actor Tom Hanks plays the title role in the movie “Captain Phillips,” which dramatizes the 2009 hijacking of a ...

The fight for the soul of the GOP

The fight for the soul of the GOP

Oct. 7: NBC’s Chuck Todd and The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson join Chris Matthews to discuss the dangerous road th...

Shutdown keeps families from soldiers’ death benefits

Shutdown keeps families from soldiers’ death benefits

Oct. 8: The families of five U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan received calls saying the government wouldn...

Congressional chaos

Congressional chaos

Oct. 8: Republican leaders are sending mixed messages about what they're willing to negotiate over as the U.S. approaches t...

Toomey: 'Zero chance' of a default on debt

Toomey: 'Zero chance' of a default on debt

Oct. 9: Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., joins Morning Joe to discuss the ninth day of the government shutdown, why he says the coun...

Obama: Let’s lift these threats, get to work

Obama: Let’s lift these threats, get to work

Oct. 8: NBC’s Peter Alexander, Luke Russert and Chuck Todd join The Cycle hosts to discuss President Barack Obama’s pre...

Newark Mayor Cory Booker elected to Senate

Newark Mayor Cory Booker elected to Senate

Oct. 16: Rachel Maddow reports the breaking news that Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker has been elected to the U.S. Senate to...

Obama hopes to 'move forward,' 'put the last 3 weeks behind us'

Obama hopes to 'move forward,' 'put the last 3 weeks behind us'

Oct. 16: President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Wednesday evening after the U.S. Senate voted to pass a bill to r...

White House: 'No winners' during shutdown

White House: 'No winners' during shutdown

Oct. 17: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tells reporters that the government shutdown and threat of a default by the...

Two Americans kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria

Two Americans kidnapped by pirates off Nigeria

Oct. 25: Officials say they do not know the whereabouts or condition of two Americans sailing on a U.S.-flagged ship who we...

Senator tells Sebelius her actions are ‘appalling’

Senator tells Sebelius her actions are ‘appalling’

Nov. 6: Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, levels heavy criticism toward U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebeli...

Day's news brings major legal headlines

Day's news brings major legal headlines

Nov. 19: Rachel Maddow reports on some of the day's biggest headlines, including a major ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court o...

Will US remain in Afghanistan through 2024?

Will US remain in Afghanistan through 2024?

Nov. 20: Top Talkers: Is the U.S. preparing to stay in Afghanistan and preparing to spend billions in taxpayer dollars to d...

Sharpton: Is Barneys telling whole truth?

Sharpton: Is Barneys telling whole truth?

Nov. 20: President Obama is set to meet with health insurance CEOs to discuss Obamacare, a new audit blames the NYPD for al...

Karzai rejects request to keep US troops in Afghanistan

Karzai rejects request to keep US troops in Afghanistan

Nov. 25: Over the weekend, officials in Afghanistan endorsed a security deal that would keep United Stations troops in the ...

The right wing reacts to a peace deal

The right wing reacts to a peace deal

Nov. 25: Chris Hayes looks the historic U.S.-Iranian nuclear agreement.  

Iran's reaction if Israel backed nuke deal?

Iran's reaction if Israel backed nuke deal?

Nov. 25: Would Iran have backed the deal made by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (and Germany) if I...

Detained North Korea tourist ‘apologizes’

Detained North Korea tourist ‘apologizes’

Nov. 30: Merrill Newman, 85, an elderly U.S. tourist who has been detained for more than a month in North Korea, has appare...