The Weeknight

August 13, 2026, 7pm: Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered an uncharacteristically normal speech to the Justice Department workforce in a stark difference from his daily efforts to weaponize the DOJ. Marc Elias joins The Weeknight to break down the Trump admin's latest attacks on the rule of law and election integrity. Plus, independent journalist Katie Phang joins the table to discuss her laws...

August 12, 2026, 7pm: Trump's DOJ is going to extraordinary lengths to punish the President's enemies, now convening a rare special grand jury to potentially release a report related to any subject of Trump's ire. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins The Weeknight with his plans to fight back. And, as the self-enrichment of Donald Trump reaches new levels of absurdity, Truth Social is getting sued for i...

August 11, 2026, 7pm: Sweeping changes inside Trump's DOJ to shield the president from prosecution are underway, hours after Trump's former personal attorney is sworn in as AG. MS NOW Legal Analyst Mary McCord joins The Weeknight to break it down. And, Trump is rolling back decades of childhood vaccine guidance, signing an executive order calling for children to be vaccinated against 11 diseases…...

August 10, 2026, 7pm: Trump is workshopping new, xenophobic attacks against Democrats in a desperate attempt to scare voters ahead of the midterms, while his own approval ratings tank. MS NOW Political Contributor Jason Johnson and Ashley Davis, fmr. White House official under the George W. Bush administration, join The Weeknight to respond. Plus, Brian Poindexter, the Democrat running to unseat e...

August 7, 2026, 7pm: Senate Republicans seem all but certain to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. Sky and Amanda Roberts, the family of late Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre, and Democratic Sen. Peter Welch join The Weeknight. Plus, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori joins The Weeknight as the Trump Administration escalates its retribution campaign against Federal Reserve Governor...

August 6, 2026, 7pm: Donald Trump is embarrassed and humiliated by his historically low poll numbers, but the president doesn’t seem to be shifting his priorities ahead of the midterms. Maine's Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson joins The Weeknight to discuss how his campaign is targeting voters' frustrations to help unseat his opponent. Plus, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen joins The Weeknight as Republi...

August 5, 2026, 7pm: Sen. Jeff Merkley joins The Weeknight to explain why he is introducing the "For Our Republic Act," which aims to curb Trump's escalating authoritarian abuses, and provide Congress with a roadmap to reassert its authority against him. And, after last night's tight primaries, Virginia Dems have an uphill battle to retake control of the House this fall. Gov. Abigail Spanberger sh...

August 4, 2026; 7pm: Former U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin joins The Weeknight after Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, to be the next Attorney General. Plus, MS NOW reporters Jacob Soboroff and Ali Vitali, and analysts join the conversation as results begin to roll in on a key primary election night. For mor...

August 3, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump hits new lows to protect his ego, doubling down on support for the DOJ's controversial "slush fund" after his acting attorney general claimed it had been rescinded. Former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou and Media Matters President Angelo Carusone join The Weeknight to react. Plus, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is spotted leaving the White House after Trump p...

July 31, 2026; 7pm: The Justice Department is admitting there were installation issues with the president’s Reflecting Pool project. Senator Cory Booker joins The Weeknight to react to Trump’s numerous attempts to weaponize the Justice Department, all as the president’s plan to quickly confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General is unravelling. Plus, ABC is calling out the federal government for “att...

July 30, 2026; 7pm: Sen. Alex Padilla joins The Weeknight with the latest on Donald Trump's openness to delay Todd Blanche's nomination for AG, as two GOP holdouts have, so far, stalled the vote.  And, Marc Elias joins the table to discuss why Trump’s new Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, has yet to be sworn in days after he was confirmed and the many consequences of failed leadershi...

July 29, 2026; 7pm: BREAKING: Sen. Thom Tillis tells MS NOW that the vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee is likely canceled. Sky and Amanda Roberts, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, and Miles Taylor, Founder of Defiance.org, join the Weeknight hosts to discuss. Plus, Sen. Jacky Rosen sits down with the Weeknight to react to Trump's rele...

July 28, 2026; 7pm: Trump's unqualified pick for DNI is confirmed by the Senate, but Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General is facing new roadblocks. Michael Feinberg, MS NOW National Security and Intelligence Analyst, and Ankush Khardori,Former Federal Prosecutor, sit down with the Weeknight hosts to react. Then, bestselling co-author of Regime Change  and NY Times White House Corresponde...

July 27, 2026; 7pm: Trump struggled to stay on message in battleground Michigan after his team reportedly gave vulnerable Republican candidates permission to distance themselves from his unpopular agenda. Matthew Bartlett, MS NOW Political Analyst, and Angelo Carusone, President and CEO of MediaMatters, join the Weeknight trio to react. Also, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester sits down with the Weeknight...

July 24, 2026, 7pm: Donald Trump will address journalists at tonight's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, after threatening to revoke broadcast licenses for major networks and subpoenaing journalists. In previewing his speech, the President described it as “vicious.” Michele Goodwin, Constitutional Law Professor at Georgetown University, joins the table to discuss. And Skye Perryman,...

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...