Washington's most famous mustache is no more. Senior Barack Obama adviser David Axelrod shaved his iconic lip hair live on TV Friday after raising $1 million for epilepsy research.

Dax Shepard is holding off on plans to wed fiance Kristen Bell until gay marriage is legalized in California. Dax Shepard is holding off on plans to wed fiance Kristen Bell until gay marriage is legalized in California. The 37-year-old Shepard and actress Bell (House of Lies), 32, have been engaged since 2009. In an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe to pitch his upcoming film Hit & Run, Shepard reiterated that the wedding is currently on hold. When co-host Mika Brzezinski asked Shepard, ?When are you getting married?? Shepard answered: ?When all of our friends can also get married in California. So, whenever that happens we will. We don't want to have a ceremony that other people can't have.? Shepard, who is best known for playing Crosby Braverman on the NBC sitcom Parenthood, wrote, directed and stars in Hit & Run, which also features Bell. In February, Bell told gay glossy The Advocate: ?The reason we're not rushing to get married is because I don't feel appropriate taking advantage

Four Obama administration cabinet secretaries have voiced their support for gay marriage. Four Obama administration cabinet secretaries have voiced their support for gay marriage. Secretaries Hilda Solis at Labor, Kathleen Sebelius at Health and Human Services, John Bryson at Commerce and Timothy Geithner at Treasury have joined Shaun Donovan at Housing and Urban Development and Arne Duncan at Education in publicly endorsing gay nuptials, gay glossy The Advocate reported. ?We are proud of our president's history-making support for the right to marry regardless of sexual orientation,? Solis said in a statement commemorating LGBT Pride month, ?just as we are proud that he refuses to use taxpayer dollars to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.? A Sebelius spokesman confirmed to the magazine that she is in favor. Duncan endorsed such unions before President Barack Obama made his historic announcement. Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Duncan was asked by Mark Halperin, ?Do you believe that

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday publicly endorsed gay marriage. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday publicly endorsed gay marriage. Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Duncan was asked by Mark Halperin, ?Do you believe that same sex men and women should be able to get legally married in the United States?? After a brief pause, Duncan answered: ?Yes. I do.? (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit our video library for more videos.) Duncan is the Obama administration's second cabinet official to support marriage equality. In an interview last year with gay weekly Metro Weekly, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said that passage of a gay marriage law in New York made him proud to be a New Yorker. Duncan's remarks come a day after Vice President Joe Biden said he was ?comfortable? with gay couples marrying. Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, responded in a statement. ?Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's an

Maryland Senator Steny Hoyer on Thursday said he thinks President Barack Obama would applaud passage of gay marriage in Maryland. Maryland Senator Steny Hoyer on Thursday said he thinks President Barack Obama would applaud passage of gay marriage in Maryland. During an appearance on MSNBC, anchor Luke Russert asked Hoyer for his reaction to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's call for Obama to publicly discuss his position on gay nuptials. Appearing earlier on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Christie defended his recent veto of a gay marriage bill by saying he held the same position on the issue as the president. ?Let's have the President of the United States show some courage, come on this program, look into the camera, like I'm looking into the camera, and state his position. He won't because he wants to have it both ways. I'm not looking to have it both ways, I vetoed the bill. ? This is the type of cowardice that we don't want,? Christie said. ?I think the president's response would be Maryl

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of trying to have it 'both ways' on gay marriage. ?New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of trying to have it ?both ways? on gay marriage. Christie has been criticized for vetoing a gay marriage bill the day after it was approved by lawmakers. Analysts have suggested that Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, was motivated by election year politics in rejecting the bill. During a Thursday appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe, the governor defended this actions. ?[T]he Democrats in my state are criticizing me, saying my feet are firmly planted on the wrong side of justice,? Christie said. ?I said yesterday, 'Yeah, my feet are firmly planted right next to President Obama.' And they don't criticize him.? Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. noted that Obama applauded passage of a gay marriage bill in New York. ?So, he applauds other people's courage, but d

(Reuters) - The White House will announce a move to accommodate religious organizations on its rule for health insurance coverage of contraceptives, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought on Wednesday to stay away from the issue of how much he pays in taxes a day after acknowledging that his income tax rate is about 15 percent, but a key ally joined rivals' calls for Romney to release his tax returns.

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney scrambled for footing on Wednesday, as his once formidable lead in the South Carolina presidential primary appeared to be shrinking and he faced increased pressure to reveal more about his vast financial holdings.

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney scrambled for footing on Wednesday, as his once formidable lead in the South Carolina presidential primary appeared to be shrinking and he faced increased pressure to reveal more about his vast financial holdings.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney struggled to regain his footing on Wednesday as his once formidable lead in the South Carolina presidential primary appeared to contract and he faced increased pressure to reveal more about his vast financial holdings.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a key ally of Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, on Wednesday joined Romney's rivals in urging the candidate to release his income tax forms after he said he pays roughly a 15 percent tax rate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney unloaded on rival Republican Newt Gingrich on Tuesday on a liberal television network, comparing him to former candidate Herman Cain and others who have led the field briefly before flaming out.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Criminal defendants have the right to remain silent. But former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky just became a test case for what happens when they don't.

Obama Administration rejects Keystone oil pipeline

Obama set to reject Keystone oil pipeline: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special U.S. committee charged with reducing the federal deficit entered a critical week for reaching a deal amid expectations its members will fail to bridge their differences over taxes before a November 23 deadline.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special U.S. committee charged with reducing the federal deficit entered a critical week for reaching a deal amid expectations its members will fail to bridge their differences over taxes before a November 23 deadline.

MSNBC is being called on to sanction 'Morning Joe' contributor Pat Buchanan for his anti-gay remarks. MSNBC is being called on to sanction Morning Joe contributor Pat Buchanan for his anti-gay remarks. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest gay rights group, joined media watchdog group Media Matters on Thursday in calling on the cable network to take action against Buchanan after he called homosexuality ?unnatural? during a Wednesday interview on National Public Radio (NPR). ?I believe that homosexuality is ? that it is unnatural activity. Unnatural and immoral,? Buchanan told Diane Rehm, host of The Diane Rehm Show. ?I would say that kind of conduct should be discouraged in a good society, in a healthy society.? ?And it used to be discouraged. And I do think that the idea that men can marry men and women marry women in the USA is a sign of a civilization in its final throes. I mean, we saw things like this at the end of the Weimar Republic. Things like this at the end o

Herman Cain's statement that he believes being gay is a choice is coming under attack. Herman Cain's statement that he believes being gay is a choice is coming under attack. During an appearance Wednesday night on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, Cain reiterated that he believes being gay is a choice, then suggested that it could ?wash off.? When earlier this month The View co-host Joy Behar asked Cain, ?I don't think anybody in this world wants to be gay considering all the vilification that is brought upon someone who is gay. Why would you choose that?? Cain answered, ?Well, you show me the science that says that it's not and I could be persuaded,? then added, otherwise it's ?just a difference of opinion.? On MSNBC's Morning Joe, co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Willy Geist agreed that the suggestion that people choose their sexuality is offensive. ?I think there might be a lot of gay and lesbian people that would take offense at the suggestion that it was a choice,? Scarborough said. ?And no