Lawmakers spent day one of the government shutdown playing a bitter political blame game, while federal workers found their jobs thrown into limbo, yet again. Anthony Fisher, Hagar Chemali, and Ron ...

Democrats think the messages may violate the Hatch Act, which prohibits government resources from being used for political ends.

The government is now in its first shutdown since 2019 — and there is little sign that either party will soon give in to the other side’s demands and turn the lights back on. There are already signs ...

Partisans are scrambling to assign and avoid blame, while the president is making things worse for himself and his party.

The pain inflicted on the American people as a result of Donald Trump's shutdown of the federal government is of little concern to Trump, but the political unpopularity of that pain certainly is.

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell speaks to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about the slumping Trump economy, the effects of another Trump-GOP government shutdown, and the bizarre story about ...

Jen Psaki addresses questions raised in the White House briefing room with real answers instead of the Trump administration's distortions and spin, including the bizarre claim that Donald Trump's ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Donald Trump gives every indication “that he has lost his mind and every single elected Republican official in Washington excuses it.” ...

Maryland Governor Wes Moore talks with Jen Psaki about Donald Trump's bizarre presentation to a gathering of U.S. military leadership, including Trump's suggestion that U.S. cities be used as military ...

Hegseth disparaged some generals as "fat." But more concerning was what he wants them to do for the president.

Pope Leo XIV is making headlines after criticizing those who call themselves “pro-life” while supporting the inhumane treatment of immigrants. The Weeknight hosts weigh in on his thinly veiled remarks ...

Combs cited the First Amendment in trying to upend his conviction on the grounds that he’s an amateur pornographer and porn consumer.