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The Weeknight

The Weeknight

By: MS NOW Michael Steele Symone Sanders Townsend Luke Russert
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Michael Steele, Symone Sanders Townsend, and Luke Russert's one-on-one conversations with politicians and newsmakers, and the breaking issues of the day.MS NOW Daily Politics & Government
Episodes
  • ‘He Is Not Afraid'
    Jul 3 2026

    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 as Trump brags, again, about how much money he’s making, while Americans face rising prices.

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    42 mins
  • ‘A Paramount Concern’
    Jul 2 2026

    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 new lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ. Plus, as we approach America’s 250th anniversary, Rep. Pramila Jayapal joins the trio to reflect on her experience becoming an American citizen.

    For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @weeknightmsnow and @ms.now.

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    43 mins
  • ‘Perilously Close’
    Jul 1 2026

    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 encrypted messaging app, Signal. Democracy Forward president and CEO Skye Perryman, whose organization obtained these documents, joins The Weeknight.

    For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @weeknightmsnow and @ms.now.

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    43 mins
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