During a speech on the economy at Knox College on Wednesday, President Obama said reporters praised him for his ideas, but complained he wouldn't be able to get them through a Republican Congress. OBAMA: It’s interesting, in the run-up to this speech, a lot of reporters say that, well, Mr. President, these are all good ideas, but s

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: What is surprising is why he wants the rhetorical pivot. He's got a lousy economy. He's been in office for a term and half a year and all he can say is, 'Well, in all that time I've cleared a bit of rubble.' This is not exactly a ringing endorsement what he's achieved. He has one-percent growth, he's got chronically high un

Doubling down on comments that earned a rebuke from House Republican leadership, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) insisted Thursday that "there are many, many young people coming across the border unlawfully who are smuggling drugs into the United States" from Mexico.

ABC NEWS: The only minority on the all-female jury that voted to acquit George Zimmerman said today that Zimmerman "got away with murder" for killing Trayvon Martin and feels she owes an apology Martin's parents. ROBIN ROBERTS, ABC NEWS: But you feel in your heart of hearts that you and the jury approached it and came with the decision and you s

Anthony Weiner attended a Housing Forum in the Bronx yesterday. One of the questions was about the use of social media.

JUDY WOODRUFF, PBS NEWSHOUR: Finally, 2016, forgive me. In 2008, Senator, you were one of the first prominent figure in Washington to come out for then-Sen. Barack Obama for president, choosing him over Hillary Clinton. Of course, we know what happened. Should she run in 2016, and if she did, do you think she would win the election? What do you thi

PRESIDENT OBAMA: If you want to create jobs right now, but also jobs that will have impacts for years, here’s the way to do it. We know strong infrastructure is a key ingredient to a thriving economy. That’s how the United States became the best place in the world to do business. Unfortunately, over the past two years, too many folks in Washi

Patricia Smith, whose son Sean Smith was killed in the Benghazi attack, joins Stuart Varney to discuss how the White House has completely ignored her plea for answers and to respond to President Obama's "

New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner goes into damage control mode over a second sexting scandal threatening to derail his campaign.

RealClearScience Editor Alex Berezow discusses the CIA's efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the behavior of Anthony Weiner "reprehensible" on a day when the NYC mayoral candidate admitted he traded racy messages with as many as three women since resigning from Congress in 2011. "It is so disrespectful of women. And what’s really stunning about it is that they don’t even realize it," the fi

Justin Amash discusses his amendment to curb the NSA's mass surveillance of all Americans with Fox News' Stuart Varney. "We have no reason to believe the government is using this particular data in a nefarious way, but there's a 4th Amendment to the Constitution and it protects us against this kind of broad collection and right now the governmen

REP. TOM COLE (R-OKLAHOMA): "It seems to me there's appropriate ways to deal with the law, but shutting down the government to get your way over an unrelated piece of legislation is the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum, it is just not helpful. And I think it is the sort of thing that could create a backlash that could cost the Repu

CHUCK TODD, MSNBC: Look, I didn't hear anything new. I remember asking this very question, you know. I always say, remind people the first three letters of the word news is n-e-w. And at the end of the day, a news organization is charged with telling you what's new. This seemed more of a tactical speech. It certainly had depth, it certainly covered

BILL O'REILLY: On Geraldo's radio program today I told him to let me know when President Obama holds a press conference about the disintegration of the African-American family. I also asked Geraldo when a seminar on the damage hip hop and rap is doing to unsupervised children will be held by Sharpton and Jackson. I'm looking forward to that. Per

Mara Liasson, Steve Hayes, and Charles Krauthammer discuss the president's accusation that the scandals plaguing his administration are "phony."

Chris Hayes talks with Salon contributor David Sirota about the remarkable bipartisan politics behind a House vote on restricting the NSA's bulk data collection.

Rachel Maddow reports on the spiraling scandal of San Diego mayor Bob Filner, the fumbling avoidance of accountability of Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, and serial dissembler, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, and laments the damage these public servants are doing to what it means to hold government office in America.