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Rachel Maddow tells the history of the “Gephardt rule” that made raising the debt ceiling automatic with the budget to avoiding damaging default threats.

Michael Ratner: The U.S violates international law with kidnappings and armed attacks in sovereign countries.

New Brunswick Mounted Police deploy rubber bullets and tear gas, arrest 40 protesters for blockading highway.

In today’s On the News segment: Five million low-income people will go without basic health benefits because of their Republican governors; in the debt ceiling standoff, our nation lost …

Luke Russert, NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about the likelihood of another shutdown crisis in Congress in the future.

Port of Baltimore Shutdown: Longshoremen in solidarity with nationwide labor struggle.

Rep. John Conyers says the focus should be on jobs, not debt.

In today’s On the News segment: House Republicans failed to pass their own plan to raise the debt limit, and the Senate stepped back in to lead negotiations; SCOTUS …

Robert Borosage, founder and president of the Institute for Americau2019s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for Americau2019s Future, is interviewed about the effects of the …

Gerald Epstein, codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute, discusses Congress' upcoming decision to raise the debt ceiling.