Rachel Maddow points out that Donald Trump's frenzy of DOGE-era cuts to the federal government, including to vital capabilities like combatting anti-American disinformation narratives and foreign influence, are having the predictable effect of leaving the U.S. unprepared and poorly defended as those attacks grow. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite M ...

“I don't want to speculate about, ‘why does the Secretary of Defense hate me?’”: Shelly Bloomrose is one of thousands being impacted by President Trump's 2025 ban on transgender service members. Now, she's one of the plaintiffs in a legal case challenging this order. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite MS NOW anchors. Sign up now for free at https:// ...

After making history as the farthest journey into space humans have ever made, NASA’s Artemis II mission returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast southwest of San Diego. LINK: https://www.ms.now/news/artemis-ii-splashes-down-returns-earth-san-diego-coast MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite MS NOW anchors. Sign up now for free at https://ms.now ...

Luke, you're right that 42 days into this costly war, the main winners are Iran and Russia. Tomorrow, President Trump gets to decide whether to continue the waiver of sanctions on the sale of Russian oil. A whole group of us in the Senate believe that he should not, because Russia has been profiting off this war.And as your question implied, so has Iran. They're making more money off of their oil exports now than they were before the war. And yes, we have degraded their ballistic missiles and sunk a lot of ...

In the coming moments, you will see three parachutes deploy. The parachutes will slow the descent speed of that capsule to below 20 miles per hour. It'll splash down at somewhere between 17 and 19 miles per hour.We are now less than five minutes away from that. Recovery teams are on scene. NASA is on scene.The amphibious transport ship, the USS John P. Myrtha. ARE STANDING BY NEAR THE LANDING AREA.ALL HAVE MADE CONTACT, HAVE MADE VISUAL CONTACT AND NOW WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT WITH THE SPACE MODULE. T ...

Astronauts aboard the Artemis II are almost home. The crew will begin their descent into Earth's atmosphere in just a few minutes after 10 days in space and a long list of historic firsts, the first black person and the first woman to make such a trip, the farthest human space travel in history and the first view, the far side of the moon. It is an amazing, amazing effort.And just speaks to not just what we can do, but the possibilities of everybody doing it. You know, this is now sort of━the world is watch ...

We also have to face what's happening on this eaearth, which remains divided and at war in the Middle East because of choices made by President Donald Trump without consulting the Congress, the American public, and a war that he INCREASINGLY IS TRYING TO WIND DOWN OR GET OUT OF. UNITED STATES IS PREPARING FOR NEW CEASE-FIRE TALKS HERE THIS WEEKEND IN PAKISTAN. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE WILL LEAD THE DELEGATION.HE'S ON A KIND OF A MAGA He's been voicing opposition to the war for weeks, according to leaks in the N ...

MS NOW’s Ari Melber delivers a special report on AI, labor, and humanity, and is joined by The Atlantic’s Thomas Chatterton Williams and Jelani Cobb, dean of Columbia University’s School of Journalism. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari) MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite MS NOW anchors. Sign up now for free at https://ms.now/joinus MS NOW is t ...

Vice President JD Vance heads to Islamabad this weekend in a precarious position: hoping to negotiate a lasting end to a war in Iran he never wanted. Vance has privately voiced opposition to the war for weeks — to Donald Trump and top White House aides — even as the president has pursued an aggressive military campaign, according to two White House officials granted anonymity to speak candidly about internal dynamics. Jake Traylor has the exclusive reporting. Read more here: https://www.ms.now/news/vance-ir ...

The growing divide within the once unified MAGA coalition shows no signs of slowing as some of the nation’s most popular conservative commentators continue their verbal sparring with Donald Trump. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Molly Jong-Fast, Marc Elias, and Ian Bassin for reaction and analysis on Deadline White House. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favo ...