The Weeknight

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...

June 17, 2026, 7pm: President Trump is willing to risk America’s safety to rig future elections, as he delays the confirmation of his pick for the Director of National Intelligence. Marc Elias and the hosts react. And, Sen. Richard Blumenthal weighs in on Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran. Plus, new questions are being raised about Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer, as Oversight Demo...

June 16, 2026, 7pm: FBI Director Kash Patel may have used taxpayer funds to pay loyalists within the FBI, according to Rep. Jamie Raskin. Mary McCord and Scott MacFarlane join the table to weigh in. Plus, voters head to the polls in another round of primary elections across the country. MS NOW’s Ali Velshi joins the trio from the big board as results start to roll in. And, Sen. Alex Padilla joins...

June 15, 2026, 7pm: Gavin Newsom and his wife are the latest targets of the President’s retribution campaign. Angelo Carusone and Ankush Khardori join the table to discuss. And, Trump celebrated his birthday over the weekend with a violent UFC fight on the White House lawn. Neera Tanden and The Weeknight hosts react. Plus, Senator Adam Schiff weighs in on Trump’s latest unqualified pick to be the...

June 12, 2026, 7pm: Trump’s name still has yet to be removed from the Kennedy Center despite a federal judge’s mandate that the job be completed by end of day today. This, while Trump doubles down on making America’s 250th birthday about himself. Former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou joins The Weeknight to respond. Plus: Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman joins the table with MS...

June 11, 2026, 7pm: The president is walking back his pick to lead ODNI, announcing yet another Trump loyalist with a history of election denialism to lead the intelligence agency. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias joins The Weeknight to respond. And, a Democrat on the House Oversight Cmte. just formally requested nine Trump officials testify over their handling of the Epstein files. MS NOW Nati...

June 10, 2026, 7pm: House Oversight Cmte. Member Rep. Stephen Lynch joins The Weeknight after interviewing Microsoft CEO Bill Gates over his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, as new reporting unveils the White House's internal freakout over the scandal. And, The Weeknight says goodbye to Alicia Menendez and celebrates her next chapter. Our new host, Luke Russert, joins The Weeknight table for a co...

June 9, 2026, 7pm: As voters head to the polls for another round of primary races, the President and his allies continue to spread baseless claims of voter fraud ahead of November’s midterm elections. MS NOW Legal Analyst Mary McCord and Chief Washington Correspondent at Meidas Touch Scott MacFarlane join the table to discuss. Plus, MS NOW Senior Washington Correspondent Eugene Daniels joins the t...

June 8, 2026, 8pm: Epstein survivors say the Trump DOJ exposed their identities and left them vulnerable to threats and harassment. The Weeknight hosts and guests respond. Now, as key Epstein figures prepare to testify, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joins The Weeknight to discuss what's next.  And, former D.C. Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone joins to react to Trump’s official nomination of h...

June 8, 2026, 7pm: Trump is spreading more election lies ahead of the midterms, this time in California as we wait for a new batch of results in the state’s contentious mayor’s race. Media Matters President and CEO Angelo Carusone and former ambassador Norm Eisen join The Weeknight to discuss. And, The Weeknight hosts react to the Kennedy Center’s Friday deadline to remove all mentions of Trump– f...