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January 27 · 45 min
Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
Donald Trump's anti-immigrant mission was already damaging his standing with the portion of Americans who didn't already dislike him, but the escalating violence and brutality and shocking on-camera killings have seen his opposition balloon from Americans protesting to a large swath of his own party, business leaders, clergy and Congress. Rachel Maddow outlines how the forces of democracy are imposing themselves on Trump.
January 23 · 44 min
MS NOW's special report on the Jack Smith testimony: Prime Time recap Part 2
Rachel Maddow and her MS NOW colleagues share their reaction and analysis of former special counsel Jack Smith's testimony about the criminal investigations of Donald Trump before the House Judiciary Committee.
January 23 · 44 min
MS NOW's special report on the Jack Smith testimony: Prime Time recap Part 1
Rachel Maddow and her MS NOW colleagues share their reaction and analysis of former special counsel Jack Smith's testimony about the criminal investigations of Donald Trump before the House Judiciary Committee.
January 20 · 44 min
Moral principles drive faith leaders to speak out against Trump on immigration, foreign policy
Rachel Maddow shares recent examples of prominent members of the clergy speaking out against Donald Trump's abuse anti-immigrant tactics and his belligerent foreign policy, and talks with Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, about defending immigrant members of his community and Donald Trump's dismantling of the moral role the U.S. plays in the world.
January 19 · 50 min
For Trump's opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him
While Donald Trump has made clear how he intends to wield his power and retain his power, the most pressing question for Americans is how his opponents intend to stop him. Jon Ralston, founder and CEO of the Nevada Independent, and author of the newly published "The Game Changer: How Harry Reid remade the rules and showed Democrats how to fight," talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Democrats' best political tactician and savviest fighter in living memory would have handled stopping Trump and
January 13 · 44 min
Trump rebuked at every turn; Courts and Congress show new spine as Americans take to the streets
Rachel Maddow rounds up a litany of recent court losses Donald Trump has suffered, as even some Republicans in Congress are agreeing to block or otherwise mitigate the damage Trump's policies are inflicting on their constituents, all while Americans rally in protest of abuses and outright crimes committed by Trump's ICE agents.
January 9 · 1 min
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January 6 · 44 min
Maddow calls out the real reason Trump invaded Venezuela
Rachel Maddow runs through the litany of excuses and justifications the Trump administration has presented to explain the military invasion of Venezuela, and points out that none of what has been floated holds up under scrutiny. Every principle the Trump administration claims to be defending comes with examples of the administration not caring at all about that principle. Even the popular idea that it was all for oil doesn't really make sense upon closer examination. But there is one reason that
Dec 30, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Live community event: Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
Rachel Maddow hosts a special conversation with guests from her "Burn Order" podcast, live from the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles to discuss the fight against the race-based incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II and how lessons from that episode in American history apply today.
Dec 23, 2025 · 44 min
'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall
Rachel Maddow shares a look at how outrage over government corruption in Bulgaria prompted massive protests and eventually the resignation of the prime minister and his government. And in the United States, for all of Donald Trump's unpopular policies being protested across the country, the self-dealing and corruption that has become his administration's hallmark may ultimately be what leads to Trump's downfall.
Dec 16, 2025 · 43 min
Trump learns Politics 101: Do unpopular things, become unpopular, lose political power
Rachel Maddow reviews how poorly Donald Trump's policies are being received by the American public as Trump continues to appoint laughably unqualified sycophants to top agency roles, and leadership failures mount. As a result, not only are Trump's poll numbers tanking, but even Republican politicians are recognizing that it's not in their interest to tie their fates to Trump's sinking ship.
Dec 13, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
We The People: A conversation with Rachel Maddow and Timothy Snyder
Rachel Maddow hosts a prime time special event with historian Timothy Snyder about the rise of authoritarianism and how we can meet the moment. (Recorded on November 21, 2025 at the Harris Theater in Chicago’s Millennium Park)
Dec 9, 2025 · 42 min
Trump suffers frequent failures as Americans push back at every turn
Rachel Maddow looks at a variety of legal tactics and pressure campaigns that are having success against the Trump administration's overreach in immigration enforcement and the Justice Department's vendetta prosecutions. Where people push back, Trump loses, or sometimes doesn't even try to fight, and the more Americans learn that lesson, the stronger the opposition Trump faces.
Dec 2, 2025 · 42 min
Possible war crime puts Trump's 'illegal orders' freakout in new context
Rachel Maddow relays the details of a new Washington Post report that Donald Trump's secretary of defense, former weekend cable news host Pete Hegseth, gave orders to kill everyone on board a boat he accused of running drugs to the United States, which meant finishing off the survivors of an initial strike that destroyed the boat — the literal textbook definition of an illegal order. Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee joins to discuss a new, bipartisan push to
Dec 1, 2025 · 9 min
Preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”
Rachel Maddow’s new podcast “Burn Order” is out now! Listen to a special preview.
Nov 25, 2025 · 43 min
'It's absurd': Sen. Kelly bites back at Trump, Hegseth threats over 'illegal orders' video
Senator Mark Kelly, in an interview with Rachel Maddow, emphasized his view that "it's almost comical" that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are calling it a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice that he cited part of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in a recent video. Kelly explained his participation in the video in the context of protecting members of the military from a president who "doesn't seem to care about the Constitution, the rule of law."
Nov 24, 2025 · 2 min
Introducing "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order"
Rachel Maddow’s new podcast “Burn Order” drops 12/1. Listen to the trailer now!
Nov 18, 2025 · 42 min
Maddow: 'Trump weirdness and destruction' produces ceaseless string of bizarre headlines
Rachel Maddow relays a series of stories that in any normal administration would be a shattering cascade of scandals, but in the perpetually disgraced Trump administration is merely a string of ordinary headlines of entirely typical waste, corruption and incompetence.
Nov 11, 2025 · 43 min
Maddow: Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (again)
Rachel Maddow looks at the powerful political momentum Democrats had built, including massive nationwide protests and a wildly successful election, only to have their unity falter on the shutdown fight with Republicans, resulting in capitulation that leaves many Americans who'd been encouraging Democrats to stand up and fight feeling hopeless and dispirited. Senator Bernie Sanders talks with Maddow about his objections to vote, Democratic plans going forward, and why "the Democratic establishmen
Nov 4, 2025 · 41 min
Maddow shows Trump in polling free fall ahead of first election test of new term
Rachel Maddow shares the results of several new polls, all showing the deepening descent of Donald Trump's popularity with the American people.

The Rachel Maddow Show

Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe

MS NOW's special report on the Jack Smith testimony: Prime Time recap Part 2

MS NOW's special report on the Jack Smith testimony: Prime Time recap Part 1

Moral principles drive faith leaders to speak out against Trump on immigration, foreign policy

For Trump's opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him

Trump rebuked at every turn; Courts and Congress show new spine as Americans take to the streets

Get Insider Access to MS NOW Podcasts

Maddow calls out the real reason Trump invaded Venezuela

Live community event: Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

Trump learns Politics 101: Do unpopular things, become unpopular, lose political power

We The People: A conversation with Rachel Maddow and Timothy Snyder

Trump suffers frequent failures as Americans push back at every turn

Possible war crime puts Trump's 'illegal orders' freakout in new context

Preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”

'It's absurd': Sen. Kelly bites back at Trump, Hegseth threats over 'illegal orders' video

Introducing "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order"

Maddow: 'Trump weirdness and destruction' produces ceaseless string of bizarre headlines

Maddow: Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (again)

Maddow shows Trump in polling free fall ahead of first election test of new term