Rachel Maddow shares details of new reporting from ProPublica that Donald Trump Jr.'s lavish weekend wedding celebration was largely paid for by a "very generous" Russian oligarch who even helped plan the festivities despite there being some questions about just how well he knows the couple or what he might expect in return for his generosity. Brett Murphy, investigative reporter with ProPublica, joins to talk about the report.
Former federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the Supreme Court blocking Donald Trump’s new USPS mail ballot rules from being used in the midterm elections, a “humiliating defeat” for Trump who has tried to “affect the midterm elections unconstitutionally.”
Rachel Maddow spotlights the message waiting for Trump as he flew into Ireland, a massive “No Kings,” protest earthwork carved into the sand on Dublin Bay.
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell examines warnings from tech leaders that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity. Lawrence discusses Donald Trump dismissing concerns about AI as a "hoax" and highlights Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff's call for Congressional investigations into the AI industry and scrutiny of the Trump administration's financial ties to technology companies.
"Unlike any other time in American history, looming over all of this is the strangest thing in American politics for decades, if not for centuries, which is that the current sitting president of the United States has a weird, unrelenting, and apparently slavish devotion to Vladimir Putin." In an MS NOW member exclusive — Rachel Maddow shares her take on the CIA Director John Ratcliffe's recent trip to Russia. For more exclusive content like this, become a member at ms.now/membership
A shocking new whistleblower report alleges DHS agents have possibly been ordered to illegally access state voter rolls. The Weeknight hosts react to the breaking news.
The Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Admin, denying its attempt to halt a judge’s block on the government from using a USPS rule to restrict mail ballots, for now. The Weeknight hosts react.
As AI leaders call for caution, President Trump says fears of AI taking over are a “hoax” and argues that his leadership is all the guardrails America needs.
Jimmy Kimmel says his planned TV interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was not televised after the Trump administration’s FCC “threatened” him, ABC and its affiliates over editorial decisions and guest bookings. Kimmel instead released the full interview on YouTube, where it has racked up 9.6 million views as of Monday, Sept. 14.
