The Last Word host moderated a discussion with director Steve McQueen, following a special screening of his Oscar-nominated film ’12 Years A Slave.’

In an impassioned plea to extended unemployment benefits, Cory Booker took the Senate floor for his maiden speech Monday evening.

Protesters in Kiev, Ukraine, toppled a statue of Vladimir Lenin Sunday amid larger national protests over the government’s choice to move toward Russia.

During his bar mitzvah, 13-year-old Duncan McAlpine Sennett gave a must-see speech on what the Torah has taught him about marriage equality.

Democratic state Sen. Evie Hudak of Colorado resigned Wednesday, preventing a recall effort that threatened to give Republicans majority power in the Senate.

A heckler interrupted the president during a speech on immigration Monday, demanding that Obama halt the deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Reaction to the Iranian nuclear accord came swiftly Sunday morning, with some touting the deal as an accomplishment and others nothing more than a stopgap.

While a number of lawmakers and President Obama have suggested cuts to Social Security, Elizabeth Warren says the country should do the opposite.

Activist Ethan Nadelmann is against the War on Drugs, but it’s not just because he enjoys the occasional joint.

President Obama faces tough rhetorical challenges in selling the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Bill Clinton’s 1993 speech on reform may help.