In comments sure to cascade into regional races across the South, embattled Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday that Southern racism is to blame for President Barack Obama’s unpopularity. “Why does President Obama have a
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) blamed the president’s lack of popularity in the South in part on the fact that “the South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans” during an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd. “I’ll be very,
If you didn’t didn’t believe the reports that NBC News was ready to back up a Brinks truck in order to convince the “Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart to assume the hosting duties at “Meet the Press,” Stewart himself confirmed the
Sen. Mark Pryor has distanced himself from President Obama as he campaigns for reelection, however he does not appear to be running away from an association with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). “I would say that I would support
One of the most common duties of a congressman is to act as a conduit between the federal government and the residents of the areas he represents, but a Democrat congressman in Missouri doesn’t seem to realize that. When asked
Video has emerged from Illinois of a “calibration error” that causes voting machines to switch votes from Republican to Democrat. The video, posted on YouTube, purportedly shows voting machines in the public library in Moline, IL registering votes as Democrat
AUSTIN, Texas — An unmanned private spaceship, launched today from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, exploded shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday. The Cygnus spacecraft, operated by the Dulles, Virginia based space technology company Orbital Sciences Corporation
Monday on NBC’s “Today,” Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) took on host Matt Lauer over his state’s Ebola policy, in particular his decision to impose a quarantine on health care workers that came into contact with the virus. “My first responsibility
The Anaheim Police Department has declined to state whether two gang members arrested Oct. 25 and charged with the murder of a 9-year-old girl in Anaheim last weekend are in the country illegally. “That’s something the federal authorities look into,
On October 27 NBC News announced the death of Gia Soriano, one of the students wounded by freshman Jaylen Fryberg in the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting, and followed the announcement with a reminder that Washington state residents get the chance
As a regular CNN contributor, Daily Beast columnist, and prolific Tweeter, Sally Kohn is a familiar face and voice in today’s hurly-burly media world. Previously, she was an on-air contributor at Fox News. Sally made her progressive bones for 16
On NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told host Chuck Todd that “economic issues, [a] better ground game, [and] better candidates will put us over the top in November.” “First and foremost,” Schumer said, “economic issues predominate.
Capitola, California’s Yardarm Technologies has developed a new microchip for law enforcement handguns that tells law enforcement command centers an officer’s location and when an officer draws and/or fires a gun. It may also be able to alert dispatchers as
On October 27, 1964 Ronald Reagan’s pre-recorded “A Time for Choosing” speech was aired on television. His half-hour defense of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater’s presidential run, and conservative ideas, catapulted Reagan onto the American political stage and helped create his
The latest Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll says Republicans have soared to a mind-blowing 11 point lead, with voters saying they want a Republican-led Congress by a margin of 52-41. The generic lead for the GOP was only
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) predicted theDemocrats will keep control of the U.S. Senate after the midterm elections. Schumer said, “I think we will hold the Senate. I know all the pundits are saying republicans
On Friday, the Governors of New York and New Jersey placed a mandatory quarantine on healthcare professionals returning from countries where Ebola is running rampant and now Illinois joins them with its own quarantine order. On Friday, October 24, in
A Silicon Valley tech company that reportedly made $200 million last quarter was importing foreign workers from India and paying them $1.21 an hour. According to the Labor Department, “about eight employees of Fremont-based Electronics For Imaging [EFI] were flown
On Friday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” Chuck Todd, moderator of the network’s Sunday show “Meet the Press,” warned Democrats that spotlight on the Ebola outbreak and the threat of ISIS is a vulnerability for Democrats in next month’s midterm elections.
A Facebook page of man who gruesomely attacked New York police officers with a hatchet Thursday features a profile photo of a heavily-armed man and an image of Islamic prayers, although officials have not confirmed links to extremist documents or jihadi
To set the stage for why the country needs Hillary Clinton to be the next president, Democrats are trying to force-feed Americans a “war on women” pablum, when such a war–as they present it–does not exist. For the real “war
The left-wing Mediaite is pretty good at aggregating videos but a recent column attacking NBC’s Chuck Todd for sitting down for an interview with Breitbart News is yet another example of why Mediate’s media analysis remains an industry laughingstock for
New data gathered by public agencies and a data analysis by NBC Bay Area News reveal that Bloom Energy, which makes the Bloom boxes that supply power and supposedly act as cleaner producers of energy, may be hoodwinking the public
Wednesday on NBC Boston’s WHDH, political editor Andy Hiller explained that Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) lost her debate with Republican challenger Scott Brown because President Obama and his policies, deeply unpopular in New Hampshire, were injected into almost every question
NBC Justice Correspondent Pete Williams reported that Canada raised its terror threat level without a public announcement a few days prior to the shootings in Ottawa during MSNBC’s coverage of the event on Wednesday. “For the past really two weeks,
