Republican super donor Sheldon Adelson appeared in a Las Vegas court to testify about his Chinese casino deals.

Roger Ebert, the great film critic, has died. He was 70.

The latest question to emerge in the ongoing saga of Sen. Bob Menendez is the real identity of a man who so far has only gone by the name “Carlos.” ABC News recently released this photo of him. Can you identify him?

The National Rifle Association has introduced three new faces for its push against gun control. They include an “urban gun enthusiast,” and a woman who writes a blog “for stylish chicks who enjoy their fashion labels just as much as they enjoy putting lead down range.” Here’s our look at them.

Of all the things Sheriff Joe Arpaio has done over the years, I really never expected his office to release videos of the 80-year-old Arizona lawman laid up in a hospital bed.

TPM’s Eric Lach traveled today to Albany, N.Y., where gun rights protestors were expecting 35,000 people to greet National Rifle Association President David Keene. The actual numbers ended up being quite a bit lower than anticipated, but some of the attendees did bring signs comparing Gov. Cuomo to Hitler. So there was that.

What led to Jesse Jackson Jr.’s downfall? The elk heads, apparently.