Joining us now, journalist and author Pao Ramos. She is contributor for MSNBC and Noticia Telmundo. Also joining us is independent reporter and former Washington Post columnist my former colleague Philip Bump. Thanks so much for joining us this morning, guys. It appears that the apocalypse that Republicans were predicting happen >> did not happen. Um but Paula, what what did you see yesterday on the streets? >> So I was coming back from the Rio Grand Valley. So, I spent um the last week in in the valley and ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to back down from his strategy of keeping the House out of session until Senate Democrats vote to end the government shutdown. But one GOP lawmaker is bucking the party line. Congressman Kevin Kylie of California is one of a few GOP lawmakers still showing up to work in Washington.And he's also been very critical of Johnson's handling of the shutdown, believing Republicans should be in Washington negotiating a solution rather than staying on hiatus in their districts. ...

If you are one of the fortunate Americans who's managed to avoid the pain of the government shutdown, there's some chance that uh fortune could be coming to an end very soon. Almost 20 days into the shutdown, millions faced uh paying dramatically more for health insurance if Congress fails to extend health insurance subsidies. What does that mean.Well, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, if those tax credits expire, annual out-ofpocket premiums are estimated to increase by 114% next year. Th ...

Hope of President Trump's immigration crackdown has been expanding and more US citizens are getting caught in the crosshairs. ProPublica just released a massive new report that found more than 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents over the course of the first nine months of this administration. One of those Americans detained was attorney Robert Held, seen here at a protest last week in the Chicago area.He's part of a group of attorneys who have been coordinating and doing rapid response efforts ...

[Music] Good evening and welcome back to the weekend prime time. I'm Aman Moidin along with Elise Jordan, Antonio Hilton, and Katherine RPAL. We begin this hour with President Trump escalating his attacks off of the Venezuelan coast.Today, Defense Secretary Pete Hexith posted a new video on X of a strike on a vessel he claims was affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and operating in the US South Command area of responsibility. Hexath claimed three male narot terrorists were killed in the stri ...

One of the biggest days of protest against President Trump and his policies. It took place on Saturday in cities around the US. Coast to coast, people came out in droves for the No Kings rallies.In what Trump's critics view as a president acting more like a monarch than an elected official. According to organizers, nearly 7 million Americans participated in roughly 2700 marches. The largely peaceful protests come amid accusations that Trump is pushing this country toward authoritarianism or in some proteste ...

Why do you think they're going to these communities. Not because they've got some targeted list of gang members uh thousands of people long. It's because they know they're going to run into likely undocumented people like Maricella, the woman who 53 years old wearing a little pink backpack and was going to buy meat to make a stew and has lived in the US for 30 years and has kids and a family and now she's in a detention center.I'm just literally now just literally texting with her daughter about she doesn't ...

The Supreme Court appears on the verge of further undercutting voting rights. It's a move that could have huge implications on the upcoming midterm elections for you. The dispute stems from Louisiana where a federal judge ordered lawmakers to draw a second majority black congressional district after ruling their original map with just one out of six districts being held by Democrats unlawfully diluted black voting power.Now, a group of white voters is challenging that decision, arguing it goes too far. It's ...

Well, joining me now, Democratic Congressman from Washington, Adam Smith. He of course the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. Congressman, welcome back to the broadcast.Good to have you here. So, if negotiations are going nowhere with Republican lawmakers, could Democrats try to make a deal directly with President Trump. I mean, how else can this shutdown end.>> I think we should. I think, you know, understanding the issue here though is important. The Republicans are refusing to negotiat ...

So, President Trump now says he might show up in person to watch the Supreme Court argue his authority to set sweeping tariffs. A decision from the justices could overturn lower court rulings which found the president has no legal authority to impose countryspecific tariffs from earlier this year. Trump calls it one of the most important cases ever brought.So, joining me now to talk about it, former US attorney and host of the Talking Feds podcast, our friend Harry Litman. Harry, what is your reaction to Tr ...