- GOP defends tricky campaign contribution websites http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/02/03/22559321-gop-defends-tricky-campaign-contribution-websites?lite 7 comments politics
- In a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 60 percent of Americans say that if they had the chance to vote to defeat and replace every single member of Congress, including their own representative, they would. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/10/20903531-nbcwsj-poll-60-percent-say-fire-every-member-of-congress?lite&preview=true 41 comments politics
- Cruz vows to speak against Obamacare until he is 'no longer able to stand' http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/24/20678195-cruz-vows-to-speak-against-obamacare-until-he-is-no-longer-able-to-stand?lite 13 comments politics
- Rand Paul: “Does anybody remember Charlie Sheen when he was kind of going crazy…And he was going around, jumping around saying ‘Winning, winning, we’re winning.’ Well I kind of feel like that, we are winning. And I’m not on any drugs.” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/19/20586814-rand-paul-says-recent-gop-wins-a-roadmap-for-partys-future 10 comments politics
- Rand Paul: “Does anybody remember Charlie Sheen when he was kind of going crazy…And he was going around, jumping around saying ‘Winning, winning, we’re winning. Well I kind of feel like that, we are winning. And I’m not on any drugs.” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/19/20586814-rand-paul-says-recent-gop-wins-a-roadmap-for-partys-future?lite 39 comments politics
- 58% percent of Americans want Congress to vote 'no' on Syria http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/09/20409207-nearly-sixty-percent-of-americans-want-congress-to-vote-no-on-syria?lite 4 comments politics
- "A Republican lawmaker [U.S. Senator Tom Coburn] on Wednesday [21 August 2013] appeared to suggest that President Barack Obama is 'getting perilously close' to meeting the criteria for impeachment." http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/22/20142926-coburn-raises-possibility-of-impeachment-at-town-hall 13 comments politics
- Gingrich: 'Hope' key to progress for GOP http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/14/20026954-gingrich-hope-key-to-progress-for-gop?lite 11 comments politics
- Congress: The decline of the town halls http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20005414-congress-the-decline-of-the-town-halls?lite 3 comments politics
- Obama: "...we should be skeptical about the potential encroachments on privacy. None of the revelations show that government has actually abused these powers, but they're pretty significant powers.” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/09/19950803-snowden-revelations-force-obamas-hand-on-surveillance-program?lite 13 comments technology
- NBC/WSJ poll: Americans oppose intervention in Syria http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/11/18905791-nbcwsj-poll-americans-oppose-intervention-in-syria 4 comments politics
- A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks for gun sales failed in part due to Republicans' desire to prevent President Barack Obama from winning a victory on a major policy initiative, the gun proposal's chief GOP proponent said Wednesday. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/01/18003597-toomey-background-check-plan-failed-because-of-republican-politics#.uyhbo7zbvcs.reddit 5 comments politics
- McConnell campaign alleges Judd discussions were bugged, seeks FBI http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17671629-mcconnell-campaign-alleges-judd-discussions-were-bugged-seeks-fbi-investigation?lite 4 comments politics
- Obama to give up 5% of salary in wake of 'sequester' cuts - First Read http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587947-obama-to-give-up-5-of-salary-in-wake-of-sequester-cuts?lite 9 comments politics
- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli urges Court of Appeals to keep anti-sodomy law on the books http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586683-top-va-republican-urges-court-to-keep-anti-sodomy-law-on-the-books 6 comments politics
- Congress: Assault-weapons ban nixed from bill http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/19/17371231-congress-assault-weapons-ban-nixed-from-bill?lite 83 comments politics
- Paul calls GOP 'stale and moss covered' http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/14/17314058-paul-calls-gop-stale-and-moss-covered?lite 5 comments politics
- President warns that the automatic cuts, totaling about $85 billion over the course of this year, would prompt job losses, weakened national security and canceled government services – among other consequences. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17017721-obama-warns-looming-sequester-would-devastate-economy?lite 3 comments politics
- McConnell: “He chose the nation's biggest stage to promote something that's inefficient and costly, like solar panels, instead of something that's proven and reliable - and domestically produced - like coal.” (Let's send him to Beijing!) http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/13/16950285-obama-state-of-the-union-lands-with-a-thud-in-congress?lite 78 comments politics
- Boehner accuses Obama of not having ’the guts’ to cut spending http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/12/16937861-boehner-accuses-obama-of-not-having-the-guts-to-cut-spending#.urqclgws_si.reddit 9 comments politics
- Conservative group blasts Ashley Judd as 'Obama-following, radical, Hollywood liberal' - and she hasn't even officially declared yet. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16868983-conservative-group-blasts-ashley-judd-as-obama-following-radical-hollywood-liberal?lite 13 comments politics
- Joe Biden on new gun control laws: "Nothing we’re going to do is going to fundamentally alter or eliminate the possibility of another mass shooting" http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/31/16794835-biden-new-gun-controls-wont-likely-end-shootings 8 comments politics
- Boehner: Obama wants to "Annihilate" GOP http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/23/16665481-boehner-obama-administration-wants-to-annihilate-gop?lite 7 comments politics
- NBC/WSJ poll: Majority, for first time, wants abortion to be legal http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/21/16626932-nbcwsj-poll-majority-for-first-time-wants-abortion-to-be-legal 54 comments politics
- Morning Joe: "if the GOP continues to be extremist on gun control and Obamas appointments, 2014 will see them voted into oblivion." http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/08/16412788-first-thoughts-no-margin-for-error-in-hagel-nomination?lite 50 comments politics
- An emotional Obama: "They had their entire lives ahead of them" http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15911507-an-emotional-obama-they-had-their-entire-lives-ahead-of-them 6 comments politics
- NBC/WSJ poll shows Americans now support gay marriage 51% to 40%. In 2004, the same poll showed Americans opposed gay marriage 62% to 30%. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/12/15870087-nbcwsj-poll-public-wants-compromise-to-avoid-fiscal-cliff?lite 28 comments politics
- Boehner: 'No progress' toward resolving fiscal cliff http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754287-boehner-no-progress-toward-resolving-fiscal-cliff?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1 5 comments politics
- While Mitt Romney has attributed his defeat, in part, to "gifts" President Obama was able to shower on key constituencies, a Republican National Committee report on the election points to other reasons http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/15/15192985-rnc-report-suggests-other-reasons-why-romney-lost?lite 5 comments politics
- For all the talk about how Mitt Romney and the Republicans lost when it came to demographics, the turnout, and the tactics, the exit polls also show that they lost when it came to the issues. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/12/15115328-republicans-got-crushed-on-the-issues-too 5 comments politics
- Michelle Obama to Floridians: 'Don't let anybody push you out of line' http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/05/14952676-michelle-obama-to-floridians-dont-let-anybody-push-you-out-of-line?lite 10 comments politics
- Romney vows to be 'a pro-life president' after newspaper interview http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/10/14347406-romney-vows-to-be-a-pro-life-president-after-newspaper-interview?lite 3 comments politics
- Obama says he was 'too polite' toward Romney in first debate http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/10/14344024-obama-says-he-was-too-polite-toward-romney-in-first-debate?lite 3 comments politics
- Santorum: Back Todd Akin in Missouri, despite abortion flap, if GOP wants to take Senate http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/29/14154224-santorum-back-todd-akin-in-missouri-despite-abortion-flap-if-gop-wants-to-take-senate?lite 3 comments politics
- Romney releases tax returns, paid 14.1 percent effective tax rate in 2011 http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015361-romney-paid-141-percent-effective-tax-rate-in-2011#.ufzgpfln7hu.reddit 7 comments politics
- White House: 'Redistribution' video a 'desperate effort' by GOP http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/19/13965964-white-house-redistribution-video-a-desperate-effort-by-gop 3 comments politics
- Romney, Ryan vow not to cut military budget - First Read http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/01/13612739-romney-ryan-vow-not-to-cut-military-budget?lite 6 comments politics
- Clint Eastwood confirmed as RNC guest, supports Romney. http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/30/13573316-clint-eastwood-confirmed-as-rnc-surprise-guest?chromedomain=entertainment&lite 6 comments politics
- Head of GOP doesnt want you to judge Romney based on the republican platform because it is 'not the platform of Mitt Romney' http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13395825-priebus-gop-platform-not-the-platform-of-mitt-romney?lite 6 comments politics
- RNC Chair Reince Priebus: GOP platform 'not the platform of Mitt Romney' http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13395825-priebus-gop-platform-not-the-platform-of-mitt-romney 4 comments politics