The Weeknight

July 23, 2026, 7pm: The DOJ is in crisis after Rep. Jim Jordan sent a criminal referral of Special Counsel Jack Smith to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Former DOJ Spokesman Peter Carr joins The Weeknight to react. And former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori joins the table to analyze major new reporting on Donald Trump Jr. profiting from his father’s presidency. For more, follow us on Ins...

July 22, 2026, 7pm: Donald Trump was back in Georgia, a state that was at the center of his 2020 election conspiracy theory, working to sow doubt in the system ahead of November’s midterms. Georgia’s democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms joins The Weeknight to respond. Plus, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination may be in peril over his refusal to kill the president’s $...

July 21, 2026, 7pm: In the Trump Administration's latest attempt to undermine elections, federal monitors are being sent across Arizona as voters head to the polls, and the DOJ is demanding voter data from New Jersey. MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard and Neera Tanden, the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, join the conversation to break down the latest develop...

July 20, 2026, 7pm: The U.S. and Iran launch new strikes after three more U.S. service members were killed over the weekend, while Donald Trump attended a fundraiser at his resort and the World Cup final. Angelo Carusone, the president and CEO of Media Matters, and Ned Price, a former State Department and CIA official, join The Weeknight to break down the latest developments. Plus, a federal judge...

July 17, 2026, 7pm: President Trump is ordering Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to comply with his efforts to undermine free and fair elections, hours after amplifying debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election in a primetime address. Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, and Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher join The Weeknight to respond. Plus, Alan Der...

July 16, 2026, 7pm: While Donald Trump is preparing to use a primetime address to amplify more election conspiracy theories, The Weeknight hosts talk to Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias about what can be done to combat Trump’s dangerous rhetoric. Plus, Liz Stein, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, joins The Weeknight after having a long-awaited meeting with acting AG Todd Blanche and other surviv...

July 15, 2026; 7pm: Two Trump loyalists, acting AG Todd Blanche and DNI nominee Jay Clayton, faced tough questions during their confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of the Judiciary Committee and Sen. Martin Heinrich of the Intelligence Committee join The Weeknight to weigh in on what they heard during those hearings. Plus, Senate Democrats and survivors of Jeffrey Epstei...

July 14, 2026; 7pm: Rep. Jamie Raskin of the House Judiciary Committee joins The Weeknight ahead of consequential Senate confirmation hearings for two Trump loyalists: acting AG Todd Blanche and DNI nominee Jay Clayton. Plus, Senate Democrats delivered a blow to Donald Trump’s defense budget, as the U.S. conducts new strikes against Iran. Sen. Jeff Merkley of the Foreign Relations Committee joins...

July 13, 2026; 7pm: Trump's agenda is in limbo after the death of his close ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and the lengthy absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell. Fmr. GOP spokesman Kurt Bardella and MS NOW Political Analyst Eugene Robinson join The Weeknight to break it down. Plus, MS NOW confirms Trump will use the power of the Oval Office to promote election lies in a primetime address later this week. Fo...

July 10, 2026, 7pm: Acting AG Todd Blanche is accused of withholding more than 2 million documents in the Trump DOJ's mishandling of the Epstein files release. House Oversight Dem Rep. James Walkinshaw joins The Weeknight to break it down. And, Trump's voter suppression efforts are full speed ahead, as he fires the last members of the bipartisan election assistance commission, which helps states p...

July 9, 2026; 7pm: Republican Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley joined Democrats in demanding answers from FBI Director Kash Patel on his spending. Sen. Peter Welch, who also sits on Judiciary, joins The Weeknight to discuss that and preview Todd Blanche’s upcoming confirmation hearing. Plus, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. joins The Weeknig...

July 8, 2026; 7pm: In Donald Trump’s latest attempt to undermine elections, his Justice Department sent letters to all 50 states threatening election officials with “criminal penalties” if noncitizens vote. Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias joins The Weeknight to react. Plus, the U.S. launched new attacks against Iran, after Trump said the ceasefire is “over.” MS NOW political analyst Cornell Belcher...

July 7, 2026, 7pm: A growing number of democrats are calling on Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner to drop out of the race after another alarming allegation surfaces. MS NOW political analyst Matthew Bartlett and Democratic strategist Sawyer Hackett discuss where Democrats go from here. Plus, Rep. Robert Garcia of the Oversight Committee joins the table as Democrats prepare to investigate the pre...

July 6, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump is embracing the grift, boasting about his crypto ventures and his efforts to overturn a red card at the FIFA World Cup. Angelo Carusone and Ankush Khardori weigh in. Plus, Trump’s acting DNI Bill Pulte fired dozens of intelligence officials, claiming they’re part of the “deep state.” Former GOP Senator Jeff Flake joins the conversation. For more, follow us on Insta...

July 2, 2026; 7pm: Former special counsel Jack Smith called out the president’s retribution campaign and issued a stark warning about future elections in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with MS NOW. Former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou and MS NOW national security and intel analyst Michael Feinberg join The Weeknight to react. Plus, MS NOW political analyst Cornell Belcher joins the table...

July 1, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump has gotten significantly richer since returning to office–raking in more than $2 billion just last year. MS NOW Senior White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and Donald Sherman, President and CEO of CREW, react to the blatant corruption. And MeidasTouch’s Scott MacFarlane joins the table after Trump retribution target, former CIA Director John Brennan, files a ne...

June 30, 2026; 7pm: The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to restrict birthright citizenship. Andrea Flores, the founder of Securing America's Promise, and Norm Eisen, co-founder and executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, join the Weeknight to break it down. Plus, new records reveal top Trump administration officials used auto-deleting messages in chats on the...

June 29, 2026; 7pm: The Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump cannot fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, for now, but the opinion left the door open for her to be dismissed in the future. Cook’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, joins The Weeknight to react. Kristen Clarke, general counsel at the NAACP, and Mark Joseph Stern, co-host of the “Amicus” podcast, join to break down another Supreme Court decision on mail-in v...

June 26, 2026; 7pm: Trump’s Justice Department is fighting a court order requiring the government to release more unredacted files related to Epstein. And Oversight Chairman James Comer subpoenaed billionaire investor Leon Black after he refused to answer questions during a transcribed interview. Rep. Yassamin Ansari of the Oversight Committee joins The Weeknight to break it down. Plus, Ankush Kha...

June 25, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump will not stop in his pursuit of undermining the midterm elections, but the courts are pushing back. Angelo Carusone and Janai Nelson join to break down the latest ruling on Trump’s mail-in voting executive order. And Rep. Ro Khanna joins the conversation to break down the latest chaos in Congress, after Speaker Mike Johnson spent hours with the president begging hi...

June 24, 2026; 7pm: In his latest move to hijack America’s 250th birthday, President Trump is hosting a rally on the National Mall to kick off his “Great American State Fair.” MS NOW’s Eugene Daniels joins the trio to react. And Trump cancels the signing of a bipartisan housing bill – demanding Congress pass his voter suppression bill. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joins the table. Plus, in a Weekni...

June 23, 2026; 7pm: Firings are already underway under the purview of Donald Trump’s new Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte. MS NOW Legal Analyst Mary McCord and Chief Washington Correspondent at MeidasTouch Scott MacFarlane join to react. And the Senate passed the first war powers resolution, rebuking Trump’s war with Iran. Sen. Tim Kaine, who led that effort, joins the table. For more...

June 22, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump is passing off blame for his problematic Reflecting Pool project. Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and Republican strategist Brittany Martinez join to discuss Trump’s obsession with his legacy. And Vice President Vance is downplaying reports that Iranian delegates nearly walked out of talks after Trump made threats from afar. Frank Kendall, the former Secretary...

June 19, 2026; 7pm: Trump’s Department of Justice is refusing to put in writing that the President’s $1.8 billion slush fund is officially dead. Ankush Khardori joins The Weeknight to react to the latest reporting. And skepticism is growing on both sides of the aisle about Trump’s agreement with Iran. Joel Rubin, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under President Obama during the 2015...

June 18, 2026; 7pm: The Weeknight hosts are live from the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago ahead of its official opening to the public on Juneteenth. Rev. Al Sharpton joins the trio to reflect on President Obama’s legacy and the split screen with Donald Trump, who is trying to make America’s 250th birthday about himself. Plus, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on where the Democratic...