NYT: Dems Have Strength In Senate Showdown; James Carville On Midterm Eve; Jen Psaki Joins "The Beat"
November 2, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber covers midterm eve with James Carville, Jen Psaki, and Zach Dembo as early turnout, Senate battle...
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20 of 1,212 episodesGOP panic hits ‘dumpster fire’ levels: MAGA goes code red in ‘red states’; Trump vet Ty Cobb on DOJ, WH chaos
WIth 4 days until the midterms, 48-million people have already voted. Democrats are feeling good and Republicans are... not. Strategist Chai...
NEW: late polls give Dems edge in key states; Howard Dean on GOP's red state panic
October 29, 2026; With just 5 days until the midterms, MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on Donald Trump's meltdown over Barack Obama's 'cheesecak...
Top Elections Forecaster Larry Sabato On Why Dems Have Midterms Edge
October 28, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber examines the final stretch of the midterms, with Barack Obama and Donald Trump holding dueling ra...
GOP 'Simping For Trump': Dem Wes Moore on Midterms; Grand Jury Declines To Indict Star Jan 6 Witness
October 27, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber breaks down a federal grand jury rejecting the DOJ’s bid to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, then inter...
Dems Vow Probes Into Trump Corruption, Epstein Financing, ICE, Musk (Special Midterm Report)
October 26, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber breaks down the Trump DOJ’s new James Comey indictment, Barack Obama’s midterm push, and how Demo...
Is Trump Afraid of Losing Mississippi & Alaska? Plus: Dems Eye Musk, Epstein, Hegseth Probes
Republicans are on defense with 11 days until the midterms. MS NOW's Ari Melber is joined by political strategist Chai Komanduri and MS NOW...
Molly Jong-Fast & Rev Al Sharpton on Midterms, Trump Praising Men's Bodies & DOJ Targeting Dems
With just 12 days until the midterms, MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on the latest developments and is joined by the Rev. Al Sharpton and The N...
Why Republicans Fear 'Electoral Apocalypse' & Chris Hayes Interviews Dem Ilhar Omar
With just 13 days until the midterms, MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on the state of American politics as President Trump’s approval rating plu...
Trump Approval Crashes With 14 Days To Go (Michael Steele, Maya Wiley)
With just two weeks until Election Day, Republicans are on defense as President Trump’s approval rating drops to 31%. MS NOW’s Ari Melber re...
DC Republicans 'Blame Trump' For Possible Midterm Losses; Michael Lewis on Elon Musk's Failures
With just 15 days until the midterms, Republicans are scrambling. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Brett Meiselas, co-founder of...
Trump WH Press Secy out after 5 days; SNL's Michael Che x Ari
President Trump’s White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is out after just five days on the job. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is join...
“Art of the Deal” Co-Author on Trump’s Decline
MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the latest developments following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. Plus, with less than th...
Top Republicans ‘Privately Concede’ They’ll Lose Midterms as Inflation Haunts Trump
MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on President Trump's failure to tame inflation and the broader political fallout for the GOP. Former New York Ci...
Texas Dem Gina Hinojosa on Her Bid to Unseat Gov. Greg Abbott
The Trump administration is facing backlash for allegedly defying a judge’s order, reportedly missing a deadline to stop running taxpayer-fu...
WSJ: Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips
MS NOW's Peter Alexander reports on The Wall Street Journal's reporting that Kimberly Guilfoyle, the new U.S. ambassador to Greece, boasted...
GOP panics as "Red Wall" falters
The GOP reaches a new level of panic ahead of a potential midterm reckoning. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by podcaster Brian Ty...
Trump DOJ Clashes With News Outlets In Court Over WH Ban
MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on a new legal loss for President Trump in his ongoing war on free speech. Andrew Weissmann, former FBI General...
Trump Rallies in Texas as Red Map Contracts
With just four weeks until the midterms, Republicans are trailing in most polls and playing defense in what Politico calls “triage mode.” MS...
Candidates Eye "First AI Election"
MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on President Trump’s declining support as the midterms approach. The New York Times’ Molly Jong-Fast and former...