• ‘The MAGA master plan’: Project 2025 architect confirmed as Trump budget chief
    Feb 7 2025

    Guests: Sen. Jeff Merkley, Norm Eisen, Barbara McQuade, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks

    An architect of Project 2025 goes up for a vote in the Senate: why tonight's vote on Russell Vought is such a massive deal. Then, a stunning setback for the DOGE team as a key member of Elon Musk's staff suddenly resigns over racist internet posts. And just wait until the president hears about the great egg heist of 2025.

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    41 mins
  • A 'raging misogynist' and a recent high school grad: The men running the Trump-Musk government
    Feb 6 2025

    Guests: Sen. Chris Murphy, Charlie Warzel, Ayman Mohyeldin

    Protests erupt all across the country as the world’s richest man continues to dismantle American government. Tonight: new reporting on what Elon Musk is doing with federal payment systems. And about the Trump's plan to takeover Gaza...

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    42 mins
  • Trump says U.S. should ‘level’ Gaza, create ‘Riviera of the Middle East’
    Feb 5 2025

    Guests: Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Jeremey Konydk, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

    Tonight: The President of the United States appeared to announce a completely unprecedented American policy towards Gaza. Then, the growing protests over Elon Musk's takeover. Plus, the new lawsuit to stop the attempted purge at the FBI.

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    42 mins
  • Trump scrambles to blame Obama, Biden, diversity policies for deadly plane crash
    Jan 31 2025

    Guests: Randy Babbitt, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Michelle Goldberg

    Tonight: the search for answers the wake of last night's deadly air crash as the President of the United States blames Democrats, women and people of color. Then, a massively consequential day for Trump nominees. Senators Raphael Warnock and Bernie Sanders on all of the above and more.

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    42 mins
  • ‘Self-made disaster’: Trump White House feels heat from funding freeze
    Jan 30 2025

    Guests: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Brandy Zadrozny, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Former Gov. Jay Inslee

    After all the chaos and a major backlash, the White House backs off on the funding freeze. Then, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the confirmation hearing for Robert Kennedy Jr. And former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on how to resist overreach in a second Trump term.

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    42 mins
  • Trump funding freeze is ‘chaotically spiteful madness,’ says Chris Hayes
    Jan 29 2025

    Guests: Rep. Jamie Raskin, Mary McCord, Sen. Ruben Gallego

    Donald Trump orders a freeze on federal funds—and his own staff isn't sure what that means. Tonight: late developments blocking parts of Trump's order and the big picture on what the new president is doing. Then, will the judicial branch intervene after Trump fires watchdogs and prosecutors?

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    42 mins
  • Michael Cohen testifies as Trump grand jury reaches final stages
    Mar 14 2023

    Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Stephanie Ruhle, Dean Baker, Harry Litman, Jill Wine-Banks, Jelani Cobb, Tim O’Brien, Katie Benner

    Banks closing, stocks falling, and the government rushing to shore up the system. Tonight: What happened with the banks this weekend and how to stop it happening again. Then, all eyes on the grand jury as Michael Cohen testifies against his former boss. Just how close are prosecutors to indicting the ex-president? Plus: how a hand-picked conservative judge tried to hide an abortion pill hearing from the public. And as Trump tackles DeSantis head-on in Iowa, cue the softball interviews.

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    42 mins
  • ‘Project 2025 is here’: Trump says he plans to overhaul or eliminate FEMA
    Jan 25 2025

    Guests: Sahil Kapur, Jane Mayer, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Morgan Chesky, Rep. Robert Garcia, Elie Mystal, Courtney Kube

    After the final arguments over Pete Hegseth, how many Republicans with break with Trump's pick? Tonight: full coverage of the Pete Hegseth vote. And after calling to end FEMA while in North Carolina, President Trump lands in California.

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    44 mins