The Rachel Maddow Show

Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history

Rachel Maddow shares the amazing, historic story of how former Senator Alan Simpson and former Representative Norm Mineta partnered on hearings into the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and why Donald Trump's reported plan to inv…

'A sham': Federal judge blasts Trump admin on improper firings of federal workers; orders rehiring

Rachel Maddow reads from the court transcript in which a federal judge blasts the Trump administration's defense of its firing of thousands of federal workers and orders that the jobs be restored, with some harsh words for Trump's lawyers to boot.

Outrage and exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts

Rachel Maddow shares video of Rep. John Larson channeling the outrage of his constituents at the anticipation that Donald Trump's top donor, Elon Musk, is intending to destroy Social Security in order to privatize it. The Washington Post reported ear…

Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted

Plus, House Republicans literally alter time to avoid responsibility for Trump wrecking the economy

Trump puts U.S. at risk with increasing reliance on Musk

Rachel Maddow shows how the United States under Donald Trump is growing increasingly reliant on Elon Musk, and his Starlink program in particular. But Musk's words and deeds suggest he is not acting for the good of the United States.

American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts

As Donald Trump guts the programs and agencies behind some of America's greatest scientific achievements and fires the people responsible for those achievements and working on new ones, scientists across the country from every discipline took to the …

How one man took on Trump's improper firings and saved the jobs of thousands of people

Rachel Maddow talks with Hampton Dellinger, former chief of the Office of Special Counsel, about the importance of political independence for his watchdog agency, and his fight against Trump to restore the jobs of improperly fired federal workers.

Trump power grab tripped up by distinctly American resistance

Rachel Maddow reports on the number of Trump cuts, firings and other initiatives that have been reversed, blocked, walked back or reconsidered, and the variety of American institutions, from the courts to the streets, that have contributed to restrai…

Special coverage of Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress

Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MSNBC colleagues react to Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term.

Trump accidentally builds broad coalition of opponents energized by his unpopular agenda

Rachel Maddow surveys the varied and widespread protests in opposition to Donald Trump's wanton destruction of the federal government. From weather scientists to immigrants to LGBTQ+ and its allies to consumer advocates to park rangers, each round of…