• Inside the explosive clash between Elon Musk and Trump cabinet members
    Mar 8 2025

    Guests: Jared Bernstein, Heather Long, Josh Marshall, Dr. Peter Hotez, David Shulkin

    Tonight: the flashing warning signs that Donald Trump is botching another inheritance. Then, new reporting on an "explosive" confrontation between Trump's cabinet and Elon Musk. Plus, Trump former Veterans Affairs Secretary on the DOGE damage to the VA. And a stunning update to the president's farcical fix for California fires.

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    43 mins
  • 'Try something:' Democrats should stop playing it safe, says Hayes
    Mar 7 2025

    Guests: Alex Wagner, Kyle Cheney, Sen. Chris Murphy, Stacey Abrams

    Elon Musk is told to put the chainsaw down. Tonight: why the co-president is suddenly asking DOGE to chill out. Then, Trump's billionaire treasury secretary explains why you should pay more. Plus, Stacey Abrams after this week's attack from the President. And Sen. Chris Murphy on what he calls Donald Trump's biggest grift yet.

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    43 mins
  • Trump is coming for Social Security. And he has a new 'Big Lie' to justify it.
    Mar 6 2025

    Guests: Sen. Cory Booker, Betsey Stevenson, Mark Joseph Stern

    The Trump White House sets its sights on the social safety net. Tonight: the new "Big Lie" and the Trump threat to Social Security. Then, new reporting on the excruciating mistakes caused by the DOGE chainsaw. Plus, today's surprising defeat for Donald Trump at the Supreme Court. Then, the growing blowback at home and abroad after three days of trade war. And why America's top health official is responding to a measles outbreak...with cod liver oil?

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    42 mins
  • Chris Hayes: Trump ‘irreparably destroyed’ world order with Zelenskyy blowup
    Mar 1 2025

    Guests: Ben Rhodes, John Brennan, David Remnick, Tim Snyder, Sen. Richard Blumenthal

    An appalling spectacle in the Oval Office as Trump and his cronies ambush the president of Ukraine—and make America and the world a more dangerous place. Tonight: the irreparable damage to the international order. And the craven response of MAGA Republicans.

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    47 mins
  • Release of 'Epstein Files' sparks MAGA anger and disappointment
    Feb 28 2025

    Guests: Jon Lovett, Jamelle Bouie, Sen. Chris Murphy, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Chase Strangio

    Trump starts to actively endanger the American economy. Tonight: a timely reminder of what happens when a democratic society chooses something massively self-destructive. Then, how the Trump administration used international diplomacy to get an accused sex-trafficker back to Florida.

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    42 mins
  • Tensions heat up among Republicans over Elon Musk, DOGE
    Feb 27 2025

    Guests: Cass Sunstein, Alencia Johnson, Michelle Goldberg, Dr. Peter Hotez, Gov. Andy Beshear

    The unlawful Musk coup on full display as he leads the first cabinet meeting. Tonight: the lawless takeover of the federal government while Musk enriches himself at the expense of all of us. Then: America's first measles death in a decade—with an anti-vaxxer in charge of the nation's health. Plus: Kentucky's Governor on the Republican plan to gut Medicaid. And the growing backlash to the MAGA contempt for workers.

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    42 mins
  • House GOP narrowly passes Trump budget blueprint that threatens Medicaid
    Feb 26 2025

    Guests: Sahil Kapur, Rep. Joe Neguse, Bob Bauer, Adam Serwer, Alexander Vindman

    Medicaid is on the table as Republicans pass a radical new budget bill. Then, who is really in charge of the made-up department doing all the cutting and firing? Plus, when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is fired it's because DEI, but when Donnie Jr’s special hunting friend is hired—well, that's "merit."

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    47 mins
  • Trump echoes Putin, calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator'
    Feb 20 2025

    Bipartisan backlash to Donald Trump's attack on an American ally. Tonight: the historic stakes of Donald Trump's support of Vladamir Putin. Plus, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the world's richest man and his takeover of American government. Sen. Bernie Sanders on his grassroots push to resist the Trump administration. And an exclusive interview with former FTC Chair Lina Kahn.

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    42 mins