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November 8; 9am: Ballots are still being counted in Mississippi, and a critical deadline is fast approaching as the race remains neck-and-neck. Democratic nominee Scott Colom is leading the Republican incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 2,500 votes. Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson joins “The Weekend” to discuss. For more, follow us on social media: Bluesky: @theweekendmsnbc.bsk...

November 8; 8am: Democrats not only managed to secure a House majority that could expand further, but they also brought home wins in typically red territory. Today, the nation’s newly elected lawmakers are descending on DC as new member orientation kicks off in the Capitol. Rep-elect Brian Poindexter of Ohio joins “The Weekend” to discuss his big win, flipping a Republican seat blue, and what he’l...

November 8; 7am: Senator-elect James Talarico made his first public appearance since election night, placing his "I voted" sticker on the Houston memorial for Lorenzo Salgado, who was killed by an ICE agent this summer. President Trump's immigration crackdown was one of the midterms' key issues in Texas, where voters delivered a historic blue wave on the federal and state levels. The Lone Star Sta...

November 7; 9am: This year, the single largest issue voters said affected their vote was government corruption. According to the AP Voter Poll, which surveyed midterm voters in all 50 states, “More than half of voters nationally said government corruption was 'crucial' for their vote for Congress.” And Democrats are already preparing to provide oversight of the Executive branch. Democratic member...

November 7; 8am:  The massive wave of Democratic victories also came with historic firsts. Some of these wins include Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. New Mexico's Deb Haaland, the first Native American woman elected governor. Gina Hinojosa, the first Latina elected Governor of Texas, and Stacey Plaskett, who will become both the first female governor of...

November 7; 7am: Votes are still being counted, but MS NOW currently projects Democrats will send at least 256 members to the House of Representatives once every race is called. That's a net gain of at least 41 seats. In the Senate, Democrats have flipped 7 seats, currently giving them 54 seats, but that could change as they await the results of the Alaska and Mississippi races. President Trump ha...

November 1, 2026, 9 AM; Polling averages from Fifty-plus-one show Democrats pulling ahead in Iowa and Ohio, states where the party hasn’t won a governor’s race since 2006. And tight races in Nevada and Georgia where Democrats would make history. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joins The Weekend to discuss how Democrats have been hammering home a unified message on the state of the economy and corruptio...

November 1, 2026, 8 AM; It the issue that propelled Donald Trump to victory in 2024 was the economy and his promises to end inflation and bring prices down. But since the start of Trump’s 2nd term, his tariffs and the war in Iran have caused inflation to spike to it’s current level of 3.7%. Prices have also spiked across the board, with everything from groceries to electricity becoming less afford...

November 1, 2026, 7 AM; According to the Associated Press early voting is significantly outpacing the last midterm election with sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate races. South Carolina has seen a massive 83 percent surge. Texas is up 50 percent. Maine is up by 44 percent. As candidates continue their sprint to the finish line, it is now in the voters' hands to decide who they wa...

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...