Liberal comedian Bill Maher crashed into the loaded debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Thursday night with a sexist tweet comparing Hamas to a "crazy woman" that "you have to slap."

A Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down Thursday over Eastern Ukraine was carrying 298 people from at least 10 countries, the Associated Press reported. The nationalities of 18 passengers were still unconfirmed.

A Republican candidate for Arizona governor told TPM this week he has no idea why armed militiamen were tagging along with him Tuesday at an immigration protest.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that "there's going to be hell to pay" if it is determined that either Russia or pro-Russian separatists shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane flying over Eastern Ukraine.

A New Jersey legislative committee investigating the George Washington Bridge lane closures plans to hear testimony Thursday from Regina Egea, Gov. Chris Christie's (R) incoming chief of staff. Watch live below at 10 a.m. ET:

Fifty-seven percent of mass shooting incidents that occurred between January 2009 and this month were connected to domestic or family violence, according to a report released Thursday by one of the nation's leading gun control groups.

Jon Stewart tried in vain to hide the secret identity of a "CIA employee" he brought on to Wednesday's "The Daily Show."

Fired New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson wants everyone to call her ouster from the newspaper for what it was.

Abramson opened up about her departure Wednesday night in an interview with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren, describing herself as a "hard-charging editor" and expressing no regrets about her tenure at the Times. From the outset of the interview, Abramson was referred to as a "fired" rather than a "former" editor.

The ex-wife of a Florida cop who was fired last week for allegedly being a member of the Ku Klux Klan offered a surprising explanation for the ordeal when she was approached by state investigators earlier this year.

Ann Hunnewell reportedly told the investigators she and her ex-husband, Cpl. George Hunnewell, had joined the hate group in 2008 or 2009, while they were still married, as part of a covert operation to root out a crooked cop. Even though she was working at the time as a secretary for the police department, her undercover work was approved by the chief, she told the investigators.

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) said in a recent radio interview that the House could soon be discussing the impeachment of President Barack Obama "very seriously."