Jessica Chasmar

MSNBC host Brzezinski recognizes media’s double-standard in coverage

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski recognized a double-standard in the media Monday, saying a Republican wouldn't have been able to get away with Dick Harpootlian's comment, where he vowed to send Indian-American Gov. Nikki Haley "back to wherever the hell she came from."

May 6, 2013

Frustrated Tsarnaev embalmer wants White House help

After being turned down by yet another cemetery, embalmer Peter A. Stefan is looking to Gov. Deval Patrick to take Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body off his hands.

May 6, 2013

Carville: Ted Cruz ‘most talented and fearless’ Republican in last 30 years

James Carville heaped praise upon Sen. Ted Cruz Sunday on "This Week," calling him "the most talented and fearless Republican politician I've seen in the last 30 years."

May 6, 2013

MSNBC anchor: NRA’s Wayne LaPierre is ‘inciting a riot’

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" panel weighed in on the National Rifle Association's executive vice president Wayne LaPierre's speech at the NRA convention over the weekend, with contributor Mike Barnicle going as far as saying the chief is capable of "inciting a riot."

May 6, 2013

Egypt: Islamist militants suspected in fatally shooting bartender

Four gunmen fatally shot a man who was selling alcohol in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Sunday, and security officials are pointing the finger at Islamist militants.

May 6, 2013

Tanzania: Eight arrested, including 4 Saudis, in bomb attack on Tanzanian church

Eight people, including four Saudi Arabian citizens have been arrested following a bomb attack on a Catholic church in the northern city of Arusha, Tanzanian police confirmed Monday.

May 6, 2013

Dan Rather: Obama’s opponents want to ‘cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs’

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather on Sunday made some grand statements about what President Obama's political opponents really think of him.

May 5, 2013

State Department official knew Benghazi ‘was a terrorist attack from the get-go’

A top State Department official scheduled to give congressional testimony Wednesday on the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, says he knew immediately the attacks were terror strikes, not a protest turned violent, according to interview transcripts released Sunday, Fox News reports.

May 5, 2013

Jim DeMint: Immigration reform will cost Americans trillions

Former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint argued on Sunday that implementing immigration reform as proposed by the "Gang of Eight" would "cost Americans trillions of dollars."

May 5, 2013

Sen. Ted Cruz challenges Vice President Joe Biden to gun debate

Kicking off the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday in Houston, Sen. Ted Cruz extended an invitation to Vice President Joseph R. Biden to a debate on guns.

May 5, 2013

Top S.C. Dem wants to send Gov. Haley ‘back to wherever the hell she came from’

A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley fired back Friday after it was reported the state's Democratic Party chairman made a snide comment regarding her heritage.

May 5, 2013

Soccer referee punched by player in Utah dies

A Salt Lake City soccer referee died Saturday after he was punched in the face by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma.

May 5, 2013

Feds: 10 of 15 worst countries for religious intolerance are Muslim

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has revealed that 10 of the 15 "worst violators of religious freedom" in the world are Muslim nations.

May 5, 2013

Syrian Electronic Army hacks E! Twitter account, outs Justin Bieber in hoax

A group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army, the same group blamed for hijacking The Associated Press' Twitter account last month, has claimed responsibility for hacking E! Online's account Saturday, tweeting the hoax that Justin Bieber is gay.

May 5, 2013

Bill Maher: ‘Ridiculous,’ ‘quaint’ to think 2nd Amendment can protect from tyranny

HBO host Bill Maher and MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell seemed to agree Friday night that it's ridiculous for Americans to think the Second Amendment can protect them from tyranny.

May 5, 2013

More than 900 Christians killed in Nigeria last year

More than 900 Christians were slaughtered in Nigeria last year, giving it the distinction of being the nation with the highest Christian death toll.

May 5, 2013

Syria: Israel’s attack on military facility a ‘declaration of war’

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad told CNN on Sunday that Israel's attack on the nation's military research facility in Damascus was a "declaration of war."

May 5, 2013

Psychiatrist pleads guilty to booby trapping Oregon mountain trails

An Oregon psychiatrist pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to 30 days in jail for planting booby traps along national forest trails outside Ashland.

May 2, 2013

MSNBC’s Martin Bashir alters the Lord’s Prayer to mock the NRA

MSNBC's Martin Bashir took to his show Thursday, railing against the National Rifle Association with an altered version of the Lord's Prayer.

May 2, 2013

Daily Beast fires Howard Kurtz after it retracts blog post on Jason Collins

The Daily Beast announced Thursday that it has fired prominent journalist Howard Kurtz just hours after retracting a post he wrote about gay NBA player Jason Collins.

May 2, 2013