The Weekend

We're just days away from the confirmation hearing for Trump’s former defense attorney and now acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to become the 88th U.S. Attorney General.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died at 71.

Graham Platner has officially withdrawn from Maine's Senate race.

President Donald Trump spent the week alienating allies overseas, threatening to cut off trade and tourism with Spain.

Redistricting fights energize democrats ahead of midterms.

President Donald Trump's financial disclosure shows he has made a huge amount of money since he returned to the White House.

Masked white nationalists march in Washington, DC on July 4th.

Legendary documentarian Ken Burns sits down with Jonathan Capehart to discuss the lessons of 1776 and what the founders would think of America in 2026.

Dozens of intelligence officials are out of a job after President Donald Trump’s new acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, terminated them this week.

President Trump visits Mount Rushmore after years of hinting his face should be added.

Americans face ongoing concerns about the economy and the affordability crisis, with high gas prices due to President Donald Trump's war in Iran pushing annual inflation to the highest level in three years.

One of the core mission priorities of the justice department is to uphold the rule of law, but for Trump’s Department of Justice, it appears that the federal courts are necessary to make sure that priority is achieved at least in two different instances this week.

Trump can’t get out of his own way–often making things harder for himself and his party, while ignoring inflation concerns.

The Supreme Court is poised to issue a major ruling in the coming days on birthright citizenship.

President Donald Trump spent this week reminding Republicans that, despite plummeting support for his Iran war, loyalty to him still comes first.

Congress is in gridlock over President Trump’s push for the Save America Act.

President Trump claims vandalism damaged $14 million reflecting pool.

The U.S. and Iran are meeting today in Switzerland in high-stakes talks to try to end the war.

Meetings are underway in Switzerland for U.S.-Iran talks.

President Donald Trump's new Acting Director of National Intelligence has sparked public concern over election integrity.

President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund that was previously thought to be dead has resurfaced.

New strikes test Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.

The White House will host a series of UFC fights on the South Lawn as part of the celebration of America's 250th anniversary, which also happens to be President Donald Trump's 80th birthday.

The Obama Presidential Center makes its official debut next week, on Juneteenth to be exact, and its exhibits filled with inspiration and hope mark a huge contradiction from what we're seeing from the current President.

The New York Knicks win their first championship in 53 years.

President Trump seeks to undermine mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.

A judge is giving the DOJ one week to put in writing that Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund is dead.

Construction crews begin removing Trump’s name from The Kennedy Center.

President Trump increases focus on “The Big Lie” and election fraud.

Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner will hold a town hall in Portland where voters in Maine will have their first chance to publicly question him since a wave of allegations against him was published in The New York Times, just two days before the primary election.

President Trump downplays economic pain ahead of midterms.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins The Weekend to discuss the future of the Democratic party ahead of November's critical elections.

President Donald Trump's extreme makeover plans for the nation's capital seems to come at the expense of everything else.

Graham Platner pushes back against a wave of controversies that threaten to derail his Senate candidacy in Maine - a key race for Democrats hoping to flip the Senate.

Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess this week with new targets for questioning in its Epstein investigation.

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Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess this week, and there's plenty of unfinished business.

Nearly three months after the House Oversight Committee first moved to compel her testimony, former Attorney General Pam Bondi finally sat down with lawmakers to discuss the Department of Justice’s mishandling of the Epstein investigation.

President Donald Trump’s revenge tour could pose a major problem for Texas Republicans in November.

In a rolling succession of rulings, multiple judges came out against what feels like some of President Donald Trump’s highest personal and policy priorities.

Trump ramps up authoritarian impulses over funding for allies.

As the country looks ahead to the midterm elections, some of the clearest signals about where the political winds are shifting may come from a handful of bellwether districts.

A gunman is dead after opening fire near the White House.

President Donald Trump is tightening his grip on the Republican Party as he continues his revenge tour.

State House Republicans in South Carolina advanced a new congressional map this week that could eliminate the only Democratic district, currently held by longtime Congressman James Clyburn.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche failed to win over Senate Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Thursday.

ICE pushes on with warehouse detention center plan amid legal challenges.

'My soul and my heart ache': Sen. Cory Booker reflects on the gutting of the Voting Rights Act.

Americans took to the streets to protest the Supreme Court's ruling on voting rights.

Large crowds are expected in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, and in other cities across the country as Americans mobilize against the erosion of voting rights.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is cutting the prison sentence of 2020 election denier Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of helping breach her own county’s voting machines.

President Trump leaves China with no clarity on Iran or Taiwan.

Republicans stand by President Trump despite private concerns.

Mail-in voting is underway in California's gubernatorial primary where a crowded field of candidates is vying to succeed Gavin Newsom.

Passengers disembark hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.

Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi - all Southern red states - are working to redraw their House congressional maps following the Supreme Court's decision that essentially gutted the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

FBI Director Kash Patel "in panic mode" to save his job.

Peace talks are uncertain after the United States and Iran exchange fire.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins “The Weekend.”

The Republican party is dealing with the real possibility of a major loss to Democrats in November as President Trump’s approval rating continues to hit record lows.

President Trump casts doubt on Iran's peace proposal.

President Donald Trump is claiming the congressional deadline outlined in the War Powers Resolution doesn't apply to his war in Iran.

In its latest decision the Supreme Court, has reshaped the rules of American elections.

Organizers say over 3,300 May Day protests were held nationwide.

Virginia Representative Suhas Subramanyam, who was in attendance, shares his account of last night’s incident.

Leaders across the world have condemned the shooting at the White House Correspondent's Dinner and voiced relief that President Donald Trump and the dinner's guests, which included many foreigners, were safe.

President Trump says an officer was shot in the vest as shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Donald Trump is set to attend tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time as president, the event is also shaking things up when it comes to the headliner.

Florida legislators are set to hold a special session next week in what could be the final big battle in this year's redistricting wars.

United States envoy heads to Pakistan for another round of peace talks as war with Iran enters its 9th week.

Concerns continue to grow over migrant treatment at a Texas ICE facility.

Trump tells MS NOW Vice President Vance will not attend the second round of peace talks.

Democratic stars build momentum for 2028 as the Republicans brace for midterms.

A rare arrest warrant is out for a Minnesota ICE agent, the first charges to be brought against an official involved in Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

We’re learning new details about President Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a bombshell report from former employee Josef Palermo details the months of chaos he witnessed before he and dozens of staffers were suddenly fired.

The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports continues as Iran reverses its course on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Epstein survivors respond to Melania Trump’s statement.

Pope Leo XIV has issued his strongest rebuke yet of the war with Iran.

Vice President JD Vance says they have not reached a deal with Iran.

First Lady Melania Trump held a press conference earlier this week to deny any involvement with convicted child sex offende Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

The potential contenders for the 2028 Presidential election are flocking to this year's National Action Network convention in New York City this week.

Peace talks between the United States and Iran begin in Islamabad, Pakistan.

President Trump uses profanity in a post demanding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Vice President JD Vance is heading to Hungary next week in what appears to be a show of support for prime Minister Viktor Orbán just days before the country's election.

The White House says the U.S. military has rescued the missing crew member after Friday’s crash in Iran.

It’s been two days since President Trump fired Pam Bondi as Attorney General.

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general is now suing to block President Trump’s executive order to place new rules on mail-in voting, which they argue would unilaterally change how Americans can cast their ballots.

The U.S. continues its search for a service member after Iran shoots down two U.S. jets.

Thousands of U.S. troops have arrived in the Middle East.

The economic pain of President Donald Trump's war with Iran continues to grow as it enters it's fifth week.

Organizers say millions of Americans participated in the latest “No Kings" rally.

Protests will take place in big cities and small towns, urban and suburban, in blue states and red across the country.

President Donald Trump and his top officials at the Department of Justice have long vowed to end what they perceived to be a “two-tiered justice system” and the weaponization of the DOJ and yet their actions continue to speak louder than their words.

House Republicans reject a bipartisan Senate agreement to end the partial government shutdown.

In a historic moment, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation has announced the “people of the Twin Cities” will receive a 2026 profile in courage award for their response to the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Americans will take to the streets for “No Kings” protests next week.

President Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports if Democrats don’t end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

It was a big week in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Epstein’s personal attorney since the mid-90s, Darren Indyke, testified to the House Oversight Committee that he did not know anything about his then client’s sexual abuse of underage girls at the time it was happening.

President Trump is at odds with his own intelligence community over the war with Iran.