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October 31, 2026, 9 AM; In Alaska, we’ve seen the efforts by the Justice Department to potentially block the certification of the Senate race results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan narrowly loses to Democrat Mary Peltola, over allegations Peltola’s campaign recruited another Dan Sullivan to run as a spoiler. The DOJ has expanded its investigation issuing dozens of new grand jury subpoenas. M...

October 31, 2026, 7 AM; The White House said Trump is expected to make stops in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday. But just a day earlier, the Republican National Committee announced he was canceling scheduled rallies in those states and would opt instead for a series of tele-rallies. Now, it appears he will be doing both, though he's complaining about how much he's had to campaign. Meanwhile, Democrats h...

October 25, 2026; 9am: The Department of Justice has filed lawsuits in California and Alaska, laying the foundation to challenge the counting of ballots and even contest the certification after Election Day. MS NOW reports, “The Justice Department sent threatening letters to California election officials on Friday demanding local registrars immediately sequester ballots from voters the Trump admin...

October 25, 2026, 8 AM; In order to achieve that win, both parties will need support from Latino voters. In 2024, Donald Trump made big gains among Latinos, winning 48%, according to a Pew Research analysis. In Texas, he did even better, winning 55% of the Latino vote, a record for a Republican presidential candidate in that state. However, there are signs that Latino voters are turning on Trump a...

October 25, 2026; 7am:  Candidates across the country are hitting the trail and bringing in their parties' heavy hitters. Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump held rallies in battleground states to help candidates deliver their closing message. President Obama called out the “cruelty” and “indecency” from President Trump and the GOP. In Georgia, President Trump took aim at...

October 24, 2026; 9am: This week, the Justice Department, at Trump's direction, filed a lawsuit to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, claiming a loss would be due to “voter confusion” since there is another candidate on the ballot with the same name. Plus, the DOJ has also started to notify states and counties where it plans to deploy...

October 24, 2026; 8am:  With 10 days left until the midterms, President Obama is hitting the campaign trail in two key battleground states, Ohio and Michigan. First, he will stump for Democrats in Ohio, where the closely watched Senate race between Sherrod Brown and incumbent senator Jon Husted is taking shape. He will also campaign for Democrats in the governor’s race between Amy Acton and V...

October 24, 2026; 7am: In the next installment of MS NOW's three-part series, "The Deciding Vote," Eugene Daniels traveled to Michigan, where today marks the start of early voting. It's also a key battleground state where Democrats are concerned about the skepticism among some Black voters toward Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Eugene sat down with El-Sayed and pressed him directly on the warnings...

October 18, 2026; 9am:  As the country prepares for the midterm election in just 16 days, President Trump continues to rehash his claims of fraud in the 2020 election, and election officials are reportedly concerned about what could come in the weeks ahead. Vanita Gupta, former Associate U.S. Attorney General under President Biden, joins “The Weekend” to discuss. For more, follow us on social...

October 18, 2026, 8 AM; Worries are mounting around A.I. with a new AP poll finding 8 in 10 Americans saying they want the U.S. government to ensure that A.I. stays under human control. And 64% of Americans in that poll also think A.I. is developing “too fast”. Machine Gods host Kevin Roose joins The Weekend to discuss the growing concerns of A.I. For more, follow us on social media: Bluesky: @the...

October 18, 2026; 7am: The fourth round of nationwide "No Kings" demonstrations focused on getting people to the polls to vote early for this year's midterms. Events took place across all 50 states and Washington, DC and organizers hoped they would lead to the largest single day of early voting in American history while also building a network of volunteers to help defend elections. MS NOW politic...

October 17, 2026, 9 AM; He gave a speech at a rally yesterday in Dalton where he went on several unhinged rants, including renewing false claims of voter fraud and spreading lies about the legitimacy of Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff’s election in 2020. Trump was campaigning for Ossoff’s opponent, Republican Congressman Mike Collins, as well as Republican Gubernatorial Nominee Rick Jackson. Over th...

October 17, 2026, 8 AM; Organizers say nearly 3,000 events will take place in all 50 states across the country focused on early voting and turnout. It comes in this final stretch ahead of the midterm elections as Democrats are increasingly invoking corruption as part of their final pitch to voters. It follows a week of turmoil for the White House as Kimberly Guilfoyle, the now embattled former U.S...

October 17, 2026; 7am: With just 17 days until the midterms, “The Weekend” host Eugene Daniels launches his three-part series, “The Deciding Vote,” which focuses on the importance of Black voters, their frustrations, aspirations, and political power. The first installment begins in Ohio, where data shows more than 600,000 eligible Black voters didn't cast a ballot in the 2022 midterms. He spoke wi...

October 11, 2026; 9am: With just 23 days until the midterms, organizers of the widely popular No Kings movement are preparing for its next big day of action next Saturday.  Organizers say they already have more than 2 thousand events planned across all 50 states, with a focus on “supporting nonpartisan voter participation by making sure people are ready to vote early to choose their leaders.”...

October 11, 2026; 8am:  The New York Times is reporting that the Justice Department is investigating five television networks - FOX, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC - for potentially violating federal antitrust laws after the networks temporarily declined to provide pool coverage of President Trump. The networks' move came in response to Trump’s attempts to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White...

October 11, 2026; 7am: A missile attack on Saudi Arabia's International airport in Riyadh left 12 people dead, including an American, and more than 300 injured. A Saudi-led coalition blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels for the attack, and President Trump indicated that he is weighing whether the U.S. should join Saudi strikes against the Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. Two Saudi Arabian governmen...

October 10, 2026; 9am: The Trump administration is reportedly investigating over 150 voter registration groups over concerns that they may be recruiting non-citizens to vote. And in a first in over two decades, the administration is turning down international election monitors.  President Trump reportedly met with Tina Peters, the former Colorado elections clerk who was convicted of a scheme...

October 10, 2026; 8am: This week, President Trump announced he is establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook made false statements in connection with her mortgages. Plus, MS NOW has learned the Department of Justice is seeking a criminal indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide who testified before the January...

October 10, 2026; 7am: President Trump continues to rally for Republicans with just 24 days left until the midterms. But a new poll by Pew Research Center finds that just 30% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president, which is among the lowest ratings of his second term so far. Plus, new reporting from Politico states that “Republican campaign groups are shifting money away from...

October 4, 2026; 9am: This week, President Trump headed to what would be considered Republican “safe spaces” – Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Last night he took to a more competitive territory in Ohio, and tomorrow he will head to Nebraska. With just one month away from the midterms, the latest polls show Trump’s overall job and economic approval ratings are at a new low, raising questions about th...

October 4, 2026, 8 AM;Vice President JD Vance this week urged voters to turn out for Republican candidates in the state where Trump won three times, as polling shows Florida's senate race could be tighter than expected. However, in stumping for Republican Ashley Moody, the vice president unleashed a shocking attack on Moody's Democratic challenger Angie Nixon, calling on her to leave the country....

October 4, 2026; 7am: With the midterms just 30 days away, there’s growing concern about election interference. In President Trump’s TIME Magazine interview this week, he declined to rule out declaring a national emergency around the midterms. MS NOW has confirmed the Republican-led George state election board is asking the Justice Department to intervene in the state’s voting systems. And this we...

October 3, 2026, 9 AM; In two federal civil lawsuits, Good’s family asserts a wrongful-death claim against the U.S. government, and accuses the ICE officer who shot her and other federal officials of violating her civil rights. Antonio Romanucci, attorney for the Good family joins The Weekend to discuss the suit. For more, follow us on social media: Bluesky: @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social Instagram:...

October 3, 2026, 8 AM; When President Trump took office, he promised to fix the economy. Now, 65%, of Americans blame Trump's policies for persistently high costs. He promised no new wars and now 8 months into his war with Iran, 71% of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling the conflict. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins The Weekend to discuss the U.S. economy and how...