MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, February 26, and reports on Trump's first cabinet meeting, Trump's pick for Solicitor General, and Elon Musk. Libby Casey, Joe Perticone, and Temidayo Aganga-Williams join.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, February 25, and reports on MAGA's buyers remorse, new backlash to Donald Trump's controversial pick for FBI deputy director, and Jon Stewart's on air mishap. Lauren Ober, John Harwood, Robert Storch and Molly Jong-Fast join.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, February 24, and reports on the GOP backlash at local town halls, the Trump-Musk "broligarchy" and Trump's pick for Deputy FBI Director. Bobby Chacon, Idrees Kahloon, Jason Johnson and Brooke Harrington join.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, February 21, and reports on the latest in politics, the "woke right" and a new update from The Supreme Court. Plus, Geraldo Rivera and Roland Martin "Fallback." Libby Casey and Thomas Chatterton Williams also joins.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, February 20, and reports on Donald Trump's Supreme Court strategy, Mitch McConnell's retirement, and Kash Patel's Senate Confirmation. Plus, Chris Hayes joins for an extended interview on how lessons from his 2012 book “Twilight of the Elites” are relevant today. Ankush Khardori, and Michael Steele also join.

In this podcast extra, MSNBC anchor and attorney Ari Melber reports on the data on gender and racial diversity across U.S. institutions, providing a factual and historical lens for recent attacks on diversity programs and recruitment -- which are often heated and sometimes misleading. The report rigorously compares asserted claims about qualifications and merit by some critics of "DEI" programs with Trump's hiring approach in his second term. Melber also discusses legitimate, long running debates about affirmative action policy to misleading claims about the facts on diverse representation in Congress and top corporations, and efforts to misuse the policy debate for political ends or to stoke racial division.

Plus, listen to Melber's 2017 conversation with Vanita Gupta and Ilya Shapiro, as well as his 2018 discussion with Alice Walker.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, February 19, and reports on Trump and Musk's new interview and plans for DOGE. Plus, Melber delivers a special report on the latest attacks on DEI. Juanita Tolliver and Michael Missal join.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, February 18, and reports on the FDA, Donald Trump's DOJ crisis and immigration. Josh Marshall, April Ryan, Brendan Ballou and Amb. Michael McFaul join.

MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Friday, February 14th, and reports on resignations from the Department of Justice, Eric Adams, Elon Musk and NASA, and Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary show. Leslie Caldwell, Mark Leibovich, and Chris Kattan join.