So much attention has been devoted to the personal shortcomings of Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, that there hasn't been room to look at his opinions on key issues for the military, including the role of women. Senator Elizabeth Warren, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks with Alex Wagner about why Hegseth's views could threaten U.S. military recruitment goals. 

While Donald Trump's most extreme picks to serve in his administration are struggling in the spotlight, Trump's revenge agenda is likely to survive even if the nominations of some of his preferred foot soldiers do not. In light of Trump's enthusiasm for payback that could take the form of baseless criminal prosecution, some people are encouraging President Biden to issue pardons to Trump critics, particularly those on the black list of Trump's choice to lead the FBI, Kash Patel.

Even as Donald Trump continues to secure his corruption of the federal government, he remains powerless to escape his civil fraud judgment in New York.

Despite having seen how tariffs raised consumer prices in his first term, Donald Trump is determined to start new trade wars with significant tariffs on Mexico and Canada while at the same time deporting a sizeable portion of the U.S. workforce against the warnings of the farming and construction industries. 

Alex Wagner reports on a litany of new Cabinet picks announced by Donald Trump on Friday evening. 

With the collapse of Matt Gaetz's bid for attorney general, attention is shifting to Donald Trump's other nominees and whether Trump is hitting the limits of his political power with such flawed Cabinet picks.

Alex Wagner explores how Donald Trump's true goal of wreaking havoc on the federal government is well served by his Cabinet picks even if they are unqualified to run the departments they would be in charge of.

Alex Wagner looks at how Donald Trump has returned to the tactic Steve Bannon described as "flood the zone," by overwhelming the capacity of the media and the public at large to process the sheer volume of inappropriate behavior and decisions that might have caused a bigger scandal in isolation.

As Donald Trump bullies Washington Republicans into submission with ridiculous Cabinet picks, President Joe Biden is working to bolster the guard rails of the judiciary as much as he can before his time in office runs out.

Alex Wagner takes a closer look at the dubious cast of characters Donald Trump is elevating to his Cabinet, from Tulsi Gabbard to Matt Gaetz, to RFK Jr.