Mar 22, 2025 | Rachel Maddow shares video of Donald Trump's commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, opining that missing a Social Security check for a month is no big deal and only someone committing fraud would complain about that. The remarks are only the latest in a series of dramatic moves by the Trump administration that show a lack of awareness or concern about the importance of regular Social Security checks to many Americans' survival.
Mar 22, 2025 | Rachel Maddow rounds up reports on the struggles Elon Musk's car company is suffering through while he spends his time enraging Americans by butchering the federal government for Donald Trump. Unfortunately for Musk, the internet has preserved so many of his past failed predictions that the reassurances he offers Tesla staff about the future ring hollow.
Mar 22, 2025 | Rachel Maddow follows up on last night's breaking news that the Pentagon planned to brief Donald Trump's top campaign donor, Elon Musk, on top-secret U.S. plans for a potential war with China, with new reports that Trump says he only learned of the plan from the media and ordered that the briefing not take place. Trump's explanation is not especially reassuring as it raises new, unsettling questions.
Mar 15, 2025 | Rachel Maddow shares the amazing, historic story of how former Senator Alan Simpson and former Representative Norm Mineta partnered on hearings into the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and why Donald Trump's reported plan to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which was used to justify Japanese internment, is raising alarm.
Mar 13, 2025 | Rachel Maddow shares video of Rep. John Larson channeling the outrage of his constituents at the anticipation that Donald Trump's top donor, Elon Musk, is intending to destroy Social Security in order to privatize it. The Washington Post reported early Wednesday that Musk was planning cuts to Social Security's telephone customer service, but by the end of the day those plans had been cancelled. Between the public outcry and the exposure in the media, the pushback on Social Security cuts appears to have worked.
May 8, 2025 | Rachel Maddow shares AP reporting on a list of forbidden material that the Department of Defense under Donald Trump intends to delete in furtherance of eliminating diversity and inclusion in the federal government. As with other deletions under Trump's second term, whoever was responsible for this one did not take into consideration that banning the word "gay" would also result in eliminating the history of the Enola Gay.
Mar 1, 2025 | Rachel Maddow points out two surprising but mostly overlooked revelations that came from Donald Trump's Oval Office meltdown over his inability to arrange a deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. One is Trump revealing the last time he spoke with Vladimir Putin, something about which he is typically cagey. The second is the surprising presence in the room of a news organization that was not invited.
Feb 25, 2025 | Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's dismissal of senior military leaders, and former Fox News personality, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, removing the U.S. military’s top judge advocates general, and his concern that Trump's disregard for the rule of law will extend to U.S. military conduct.
Feb 19, 2025 | Rachel Maddow assembles a collection of clips showing Donald Trump's strangely spooked reaction to questions about his contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and ponders the political fallout for Trump as he realigns the United States against traditional friends and forges new ties with Russia, North Korea, and China.
Feb 15, 2025 | Rachel Maddow reports on Trump defense secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President Vance making ill-considered remarks on the U.S. position on Ukraine and negotiations with Russia, and subsequently having to walk back those remarks. Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia discusses with Rachel Maddow.
Feb 4, 2025 | Rachel Maddow looks at examples of how Donald Trump and his allies are undermining news outlets, both local and national, by targeting revenue streams and exploiting oppressive legal strategies, while Trump embraces and rewards outlets that are politically loyal, building the basis of a state press.
Feb 4, 2025 | Rep. Jamie Raskin, who protested with fellow Democratic legislators, federal workers, and outraged Americans outside the Washington, D.C. headquarters of USAID, speaking out against Elon Musk's seizure of federal databases and the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. federal government.
Jan 30, 2025 | Rachel Maddow looks at the myriad ways Donald Trump has not only humiliated himself with foolish statements ill-considered ideas, but also embarrassed the United States of America for electing a fool for president.
Jan 29, 2025 | Rachel Maddow reports on the nation-wide chaos that followed the Trump administration freezing billions in federal funds with little warning, and the public backlash over the vital services disrupted as a result of the Trump administration's desire to dismantle the federal government by pushing out federal workers and slashing support for federal programs that sent Trump backpedaling to make exceptions and excuses for his overreach.
Jan 22, 2025 | Rachel Maddow talks with journalist Tim Weiner, author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," about the unqualified and unserious picks Donald Trump has made to lead the national security portions of his new administration.
Jan 21, 2025 | Rachel Maddow explains that Donald Trump's embrace of political violence on his behalf, particularly after pardoning the January 6 rioters, is a familiar practice among autocrats and has happened in every country that has had to contend with a leader like Trump.
Dec 17, 2024 | Rachel Maddow looks at the history of crashes by Tesla's auto pilot-driven cars and the sudden priority the Trump transition team is giving to getting rid of a new requirement to report those crashes.
Nov 26, 2024 | Rachel Maddow sums up the story of how RFK Jr. is seen as largely responsible for an explosion of measles cases on the island of Samoa after he spread anti-vaccination claims. Brian Deer, author of "The Doctor Who Fooled the World," joins to discuss.
Jul 17, 2024 | Tim Alberta, staff writer for The Atlantic, talks with Rachel Maddow about the contempt Nikki Haley had for Donald Trump, only to completely reverse herself to endorse him at the Republican National Convention in a degrading flip that a remarkable number of Republicans are willing to perform.
Jun 16, 2024 | Rachel Maddow looks back at the blistering insults JD Vance directed at his now running mate Donald Trump, as well as his newfound MAGA perspective on the January 6 insurrection.
