August 12, 2025: DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto, MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann and former DOJ official Anthony Coley join The Weeknight to respond to Trump’s embrace of authoritarian tactics in the nation’s capital. Plus: Spencer Kuvin, attorney for several Epstein victims, joins to discuss what transparency looks like for some of the survivors. And Rep. Pramila Jayapal joins us to discuss the economic fallout of Trump’s tariffs. 

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August 7, 2025 8p: As GOP redistricting efforts spread across the country, Democrats are urging blue states to fight fire with fire. New York state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins joins The Weeknight to discuss the battle over gerrymandering. Plus, the hosts break down Trump’s most recent reversal in his ongoing trade war. 

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August 11, 2025 7p: President Trump authorized the deployment of the national guard into the streets of Washington, D.C. for a manufactured crime emergency. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin and Brown University professor Corey Brettschneider join The Weeknight to discuss the implications of the order on American democracy. Plus, Rep. Jim Clyburn, who has represented South Carolina’s only majority-Black district since its creation in the early 1990s, joins to respond to GOP calls for an unprecedented mid-decade redraw that could wipe out his seat.

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August 7, 2025: TX Gov. Abbott escalates his fight against quorum-breaking Democrats, filing lawsuits to remove a dozen more from office. Texas State Representative Gene Wu - fresh off calling Abbott’s petition “tyrannical” - joins The Weeknight to condemn what he calls a "dangerous assault." Plus: Trump’s FBI purge accelerates in what critics call political retribution. MSNBC political analyst and New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg and former federal prosecutor and senior reporter for Politico magazine Ankush Khardori join to break it down. 

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August 7, 2025: As Texas Republicans weaponize their Congressional map, Sen. John Cornyn calls in the FBI to hunt down Democratic lawmakers. Gov. Kathy Hochul joins us to talk about why she’s backing Texas Democrats, and her own redistricting effort in New York. Plus: a secret White House meeting about the Epstein scandal as Trump escalates his pressure campaign on the justice system. MSNBC legal analyst Kristy Greenberg and Amanda Carpenter, writer and editor for Protect Democracy join to respond.

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August 6, 2025: Tonight, top White House officials are meeting to discuss several topics, including the Jeffrey Epstein case. Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer and former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou join The Weeknight to respond to the breakdown of norms and ethics inside Trump’s DOJ. Plus, on the Voting Rights Act’s 60th anniversary, Texas Republicans are redrawing congressional maps and targeting Democrats. Reps. Lloyd Doggett and Nikema Williams join to discuss making good trouble in the fight to protect our democracy.

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August 5, 2025: House Republicans subpoena Epstein files as the DOJ weighs releasing Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview. Meanwhile, a grand jury investigates unfounded allegations related to Obama-era officials & the 2016 election. President Trump says, “They deserve it.” Marc Elias joins The Weeknight to discuss. Plus: Trump said Republicans are "entitled" to more congressional seats in Texas as state GOP officials try to advance a new congressional map ahead of next year’s midterms. Rep. Greg Casar joins The Weeknight to discuss the standoff over redistricting.

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More breaking news in the Epstein scandal as two anonymous survivors file separate letters to the court in Epstein’s federal criminal case. Rep. Robert Garcia, who has been demanding Congress release all Epstein files, joins to discuss. Plus, Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered a grand jury investigation into Russia "Hoax" Conspiracy Allegations. Ranking democrat on the judiciary committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, joins The Weeknight to respond. 

Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have fled the state to block a GOP-backed push to rig the congressional map. Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins The Weeknight to respond to the GOP’s redistricting plan and why he calls it “an authoritarian move” by the White House. Plus, Former Federal Prosecutor Brendan Ballou and Angelo Carusone, the President and CEO of Media Matters for America, break down the Trump administration’s latest attempt to distract from the Epstein scandal: a new grand jury investigation. 

Donald Trump has called for the immediate firing of the Commissioner of Labor Statistics over weak jobs numbers. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joins The Weeknight to explain why he’s calling Trump’s labor secretary to resign. Plus: The Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues as Ghislaine Maxwell has been mysteriously moved to a minimum-security federal prison camp. And new revelations say the FBI redacted Trump’s name from the unreleased Epstein files.  Former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori and former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews join The Weeknight to respond.