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Friday, August 21, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, Republicans fear Trump may “drag them down hard” in the midterms. Plus, Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon on how a progressive can win in a ruby-red state. Then, America more polarized than it's been in 160 years. But could there actually be a “national divorce?”
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Thursday, August 20, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, data center backlash emerges as a sleeper issue in the midterms. Plus, Kim Jong Un taunts Donald Trump just days after the president snubbed South Korea to accommodate him. And Texas Senate nominee James Talarico on his vision to flip the Lone Star State blue for the first time in decades.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, Trump’s foreign policy turmoil is alienating key U.S. allies. Plus, Sen. Chris Van Hollen on the geopolitical savvy of his newest colleague. And Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on the legal battle to extradite an ICE agent to face charges in his state. Then, brand new whistleblower claims about the real story behind Trump's Harvard plan.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, polls close in Florida as we cover a slate of key races and take a deeper look at some of the state’s most problematic candidates. Plus, Peter Alexander talks to the first CIA officer to transition openly about the Trump administration’s push to remove scores of dedicated civil servants. And David Jolly joins to discuss his race to become the next governor of Florida.
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Monday, August 17, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, Trump bails on America’s South Korean allies and effectively sides with the “Axis of Upheaval.” Plus, Congressman Jamie Raskin on Trump’s Justice Department takeover and an attorney general who refuses to be independent. And more than 50 years after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace, the striking parallels between Nixon and Donald Trump.
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Friday, August 14, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, the ongoing strains from Trump's Iran war at home and abroad. Plus, alarming new reporting examines a deadly plane crash in New Mexico and a potential link to American military tests. And Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman explains why the economy may not be doing as well as Donald Trump says.
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Thursday, August 13, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, Trump fixates on a Kennedy Center makeover as the Iran war strains the U.S. military. Plus, brand-new reporting on the Trump DOJ investigation into Minnesotans who protested the ICE shootings earlier this year. And former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown on Trump’s plan to make corruption even easier.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, election deniers and Big Lie believers remain central to Donald Trump’s midterm strategy. Plus, newly-minted Minnesota Democratic Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan on her push to dismantle ICE. And new reporting on Trump’s decoy plane stunt that put several members of his own cabinet at risk.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, six states vote in high-stakes primaries. Plus, new reporting on how Donald Trump used a plane full of journalists and his Secretary of State as a decoy. Then, Trump’s new plan that could make it more difficult for children to get vaccinated.
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Monday, August 10, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, Donald Trump’s GOP struggles with candidate quality. Plus, Trump quietly admits that maybe he was a little bit wrong about the Reflecting Pool. And Max Miller is officially on the ballot despite the serious allegations against him.
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