Host Alicia Nieves is following breaking news out of the White House, where press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down from her role at the end of August. Meanwhile, in the latest primary races, there was a shift in the Democratic Party in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. 00:00 -- Introduction 03:00 -- Karoline Leavitt leaving as WH press secretary 16:53 -- DOT targets gamers, sees recruitment boom 22:08 -- Trump says Strait of Hormuz open 32:23 -- Democrats press AI giants on rogue agents 36:55 -- Postal service warns of hikes, closures
For weeks, members of the White House press corps thought they traveled with President Trump from Turkey on Air Force One, only to find out he secretly exited the plane via a catering truck to fly on a different aircraft. Vaughn Hillyard explains why the White House’s security concerns don’t fully explain its decision to keep the press in the dark.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to allocate up to $20 million to purchase gloves for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that can send electric shocks to a person’s skin upon contact, according to a notice released this week. Katy Tur has the latest.
MS NOW’s Jen Psaki talks to MS NOW Senior Medical Analyst Dr. Vin Gupta about the dangers of Donald Trump’s executive order rolling back federal childhood vaccine recommendations.
Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and former White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby joins MS NOW’s Jen Psaki to discuss Donald Trump’s claims that the United States has “complete control” over the Strait of Hormuz and new reporting for The Washington Post that the CIA questioned the credibility of Israeli intelligence about an Iranian threat to Trump that ultimately led to Trump’s secret flight out of Turkey last month.
Jen Psaki sets the record straight on extraordinary Democratic enthusiasm in this year's midterm elections, as evidenced by exceptional turnout in the primaries so far, and points out that despite the media's obsession with intra-party competition, Democrats are actually very unified with candidates in even the most contentious primaries supporting each other once the contest is over.
A once-obscure ICE program that empowers local law enforcement officers to essentially act as immigration agents has rapidly expanded since Donald Trump returned to office. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) joins guest host Catherine Rampell on The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi to discuss why local police should abandon this program.
Andrew Weissmann explains what makes the special grand jury reportedly convened by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro unusual — and why, based on exclusive reporting from The Washington Post, he has concerns about the prosecutor overseeing it.
Strategist Julie Roginsky argues that if Dems take the White House in 2028 they should destroy Trump’s ballroom. “If you're tearing that down, you're tearing down the entire corrupt structure of this administration, all of the waste, all of the fraud, all of the abuse that Republicans always talk about. This is it in one fell swoop.”
