Jen Psaki talks with former Governor Roy Cooper, Democratic candidate for Senate from North Carolina about the contradiction in Donald Trump paying lip service to affordability while at the same time starting a trade war with Canada that will be a further burden on American consumers.
According to Mary and Andrew, recent moves by President Trump’s administration have been following a pattern: “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again.” The co-hosts begin by breaking down the flurry of news surrounding mail voting, starting with Monday afternoon’s decision by the Supreme Court to allow President Trump’s executive order curtailing mail voting to proceed, though not issuing a decision on the merits of the order. They discuss that decision in conjunction with the Postal Service’s announcement on Friday for a final rule that would comply with the executive order, a move that Andrew calls a proxy for the government to “have the Postal Service act in a way that has a clearly disproportionate impact on…
Tim Miller, host of the Bulwark podcast, and Jim Messina, former Obama campaign manager, talk about the stakes of the South Carolina Senate race, Trump's extraordinary effort to see his candidate to victory and whether Darline Graham is damaged enough as a candidate to be vulnerable to the very compelling Democratic candidate Annie Andrews.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) tells MS NOW’s Ali Velshi that Trump’s trade war is “embarrassing” and costly. She's hopeful that Democrats will win the House majority in the midterms, but if so: “we have our work cut out for us, because he's done so much damage and been such an incompetent government."
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Former State Senator Mike Mazzei, Trump's choice in the Oklahoma governor's race, narrowly defeats Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond in the Republican primary runoff.
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Democrat Annie Andrews to face Darline Graham, fresh from her win in the GOP primary runoff, in South Carolina's Senate race this November.
Jen Psaki points out that Donald Trump surely knows that his poll numbers are terrible. And he is surely aware of the growing list of Republican candidates who lost primary races despite (or maybe because of) carrying his endorsement. So, it seems likely that his support for Darline Graham once he'd already endorsed her, was more about demonstrating his own influence that any regard for her candidacy.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Donald Trump's "chaotic" decision to raise tariffs on Canadian goods.
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New questions about the future of The Kennedy Center after the Trump administration suggested in court that the iconic building could be demolished if President Trump's renovation plans are blocked. Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann joins MS NOW's Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss.
Two destroyers that were deployed alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln since the end of 2025 — and experienced similar supply shortages during the Iran war — have not yet been sent back to their home ports. Priya Sridhar reports.