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Rachel Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Join her every weeknight as she provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders.

Maddow: Trump caught in desperation spiral as his opposition grows

Rachel Maddow notes that Donald Trump's news cycle seems to be stuck in a loop with the same basic headlines...

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Trump restores gun rights for the mentally ill (seriously)

For reasons that are hard to fathom, included among Biden era gun rules that Donald Trump has rolled...

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We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 2

A special celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Ali Velshi...

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We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 1

A special celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Ali Velshi...

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Maddow: Supreme Court greenlights expansion of Trump's corruption machine

Rachel Maddow describes how the Supreme Court conservatives radically expanded presidential power with...

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Maddow: Advice on defiance in the age of Trump

Rachel Maddow talks with Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer, authors of "On Courage: How to be a dissident...

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Maddow: The good news about our bad president

Rachel Maddow points out that while it's never a good thing to have a bad president, having a bad president...

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MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 2

MS NOW's Michele Norris interviews former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama...

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MS NOW Exclusive | Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center - Part 1

MS NOW's Michele Norris interviews former President Barack Obama about his time in office and the opening...

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Maddow: Donald Trump lost the war he started with Iran; Trump humiliated on world stage

Rachel Maddow lists the goals Donald Trump set for the war he started with Iran, from regime change...

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Trump is 'lustily booed' in New York City attending NBA Finals

Donald Trump was roundly booed in New York City outside of Madison Square Garden on his way to attend...

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MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 11pmET hour

Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MS NOW colleagues analyze primary election returns from New Jersey,...

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MS NOW's We The People 2026 Special Primary Coverage, 10pmET hour

Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MS NOW colleagues analyze primary election returns in New Jersey, South...

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Yes, Trump could get in trouble for his 'IRS settlement' slush fund scheme

Amid a politically punishing backlash against Donald Trump's flagrant $1.776 billion money grab for...

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Bonus: This is how a prosecutor of organized crime sees Trump's corruption and how to defeat it

Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade talks with Rachel Maddow about her acclaimed new book, "The...

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Special episode: Rachel Maddow in conversation with Steven J. Ross, author of 'The Secret War Against Hate

A special broadcast of Rachel Maddow's recent live event at the 92nd Street Y: A conversation with Steven...

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'The biggest presidential corruption scandal in U.S. history'; Trump shocks nation with brazen grab

Rachel Maddow looks at Donald Trump's attempt to have $1.8 billion taxpayer dollars handed to him to...

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Trump's corruption of the Justice Department yields embarrassing results

As Donald Trump has tried to use the Department of Justice as his personal tool for petty revenge and...

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Introducing WITHpod: The AI End Game

AI – and coverage of it – is everywhere. But what is artificial intelligence, really, beyond the...

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Maddow: Trump is terrible at everything except this one thing

Rachel Maddow makes the case that from the first day of his second term, Donald Trump has been engaged...

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How Trump's bungling turned his top issue into his greatest liability

Julia Ainsley, senior Homeland Security correspondent for NBC News and author of the newly released,...

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Americans thwart Trump's immigrant prisons plan by making it too hard

The Trump administration "would prefer to do things that are easy," Rachel Maddow points out. And so,...

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'Another one down': Wheels coming off Trump's clown car Cabinet

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Donald Trump's secretary of labor, is resigning in a cloud of scandal, extending...

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Maddow: Trump's fear is palpable as authoritarian peer Orbán is resoundingly rejected in Hungary

Rachel Maddow highlights some striking parallels between Donald Trump and the authoritarian regime his...

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