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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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. 

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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.

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June 29, 2026, 7pm: The Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump cannot fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, for now, but the opinion left the door open for her to be dismissed in the future. Cook’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, joins The Weeknight to react. Kristen Clarke, general counsel at the NAACP, and Mark Joseph Stern, co-host of the “Amicus” podcast, join to break down another Supreme Court decision on mail-in voting. Plus, Rep. Chris Deluzio joins The Weeknight as House Speaker Mike Johnson works to revive Trump’s voter suppression bill.

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June 26, 2026; 7pm: Trump’s Justice Department is fighting a court order requiring the government to release more unredacted files related to Epstein. And Oversight Chairman James Comer subpoenaed billionaire investor Leon Black after he refused to answer questions during a transcribed interview. Rep. Yassamin Ansari of the Oversight Committee joins The Weeknight to break it down. Plus, Ankush Khardori joins the table to discuss the loyal young men surrounding the aging president.

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June 25, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump will not stop in his pursuit of undermining the midterm elections, but the courts are pushing back. Angelo Carusone and Janai Nelson join to break down the latest ruling on Trump’s mail-in voting executive order. And Rep. Ro Khanna joins the conversation to break down the latest chaos in Congress, after Speaker Mike Johnson spent hours with the president begging him to sign bipartisan housing legislation.

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June 24, 2026; 7pm: In his latest move to hijack America’s 250th birthday, President Trump is hosting a rally on the National Mall to kick off his “Great American State Fair.” MS NOW’s Eugene Daniels joins the trio to react. And Trump cancels the signing of a bipartisan housing bill – demanding Congress pass his voter suppression bill. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joins the table. Plus, in a Weeknight exclusive, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) demands answers following reports that an unnamed 79-year-old man received special access to a highly anticipated weight loss drug.

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June 23, 2026; 7pm: Firings are already underway under the purview of Donald Trump’s new Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte. MS NOW Legal Analyst Mary McCord and Chief Washington Correspondent at MeidasTouch Scott MacFarlane join to react. And the Senate passed the first war powers resolution, rebuking Trump’s war with Iran. Sen. Tim Kaine, who led that effort, joins the table.

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June 22, 2026; 7pm: Donald Trump is passing off blame for his problematic Reflecting Pool project. Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and Republican strategist Brittany Martinez join to discuss Trump’s obsession with his legacy. And Vice President Vance is downplaying reports that Iranian delegates nearly walked out of talks after Trump made threats from afar. Frank Kendall, the former Secretary of the Air Force under President Biden, weighs in. Plus, Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock joins the table to discuss the Trump Admin.’s attempts to tamper with voting rights, and his new book, "The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America." 

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June 19, 2026; 7pm: Trump’s Department of Justice is refusing to put in writing that the President’s $1.8 billion slush fund is officially dead. Ankush Khardori joins The Weeknight to react to the latest reporting. And skepticism is growing on both sides of the aisle about Trump’s agreement with Iran. Joel Rubin, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under President Obama during the 2015 Iran nuclear talks, joins the table.

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