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Federal court rejects GOP governor’s Medicaid work requirements
Apparently feeling betrayed, Trump pleads with Harley-Davidson
Roe v. Wade may be in trouble, but it enjoys broad public support
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.29.18
Add the World Trade Organization to the list of Trump targets
Ahead of NATO meeting, Trump takes aim at key international alliances
Trump promises historic economic growth (but only if he’s re-elected)
As budget deficit grows, White House’s Kudlow plays make-believe
Supreme Court fight affects state campaigns in unusual ways
Booker: No Supreme Court vote until resolution of Trump investigation
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.28.18
Health Matters: Want to reduce skin cancer risk? Follow the rules of sunscreen application.
The immigration fight becomes Trump’s latest legislative failure
Find your greatness this summer
A force to be reckoned with — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Despite his Benghazi panel past, Gowdy calls for Russia probe’s end
The end of complacency about the Supreme Court?
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.28.18
Democrats, Republicans, and a tale of two governing standards
Trump appears to make up a conversation with steel company executive
Ahead of summit, Trump again defends Russia over its 2016 attack
Kennedy’s retirement is about abortion (but that’s not all it’s about)
Kennedy secures his legacy by placing his ‘confidence’ in Trump
Dems press McConnell to honor his principles (which he’ll ignore)
Rubio explains why Republicans will never criticize Trump
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.27.18
Trump contradicts his advice to Congress on immigration (again)
Supreme Court’s conservatives undercut public-sector unions
Why Trump suggested his supporters stop chanting, ‘Build that wall!’
The GOP’s ‘Convict Caucus’ is struggling at the ballot box
House leader’s primary loss in New York jolts Democratic politics
Federal court to Trump: End border separations, reunite families
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.26.18
Two years after the ‘heist of the century,’ Republicans reap the rewards
Supreme Court’s conservatives side with Trump on Muslim ban
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.26.18
Republicans scramble to pass ‘the postcard test’
Trump World divided against itself on key economic issue
Trump targets Harley-Davidson with new public threats
Republicans impose new taxes on … churches?
Trump asks supporters, ‘What other country has judges?’
‘Ready, fire, aim’: On immigration, Trump admin gripped by confusion
Facebook posts lead to call for Democratic candidate to dump his campaign chief of staff
Trump’s policies push some Harley-Davidson production abroad
EPA’s Pruitt finds himself facing yet another federal investigation
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.25.18
Trump says coverage of North Korea talks has been ‘almost treasonous’
Why the tax returns for Trump’s charitable foundation are so important
Trump discredits his own talking points with order on North Korea
Trump boasts he’s ‘gutted’ the ACA, avoids blame for consequences
Trump takes anti-immigrant fear-mongering to an alarming new level
When it comes to deporting migrants, Trump has no use for due process
Those who have Trump’s ear tend to look a lot like him
With tax cuts finished, House GOP takes aim at food stamps
White House incompetence laid bare by immigration fiasco
Skin moles: What to check for and what warrants a doctor visit
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.22.18
What Trump chooses not to understand about Democrats and immigration
During immigration push, Trump cuts off House GOP leaders at the knees
Trump boasts he’s ‘re-opening’ NASA (which wasn’t closed)
The alleged partnership between Trump World and its favorite tabloid
What Peter King may not understand about US attitudes on immigration
Jeff Sessions apparently thinks Americans have very short memories
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.21.18
Melania Trump’s visit to Texas raises the wrong kind of questions
2 announcements from Know Your Value’s Mika Brzezinski
MSNBC presents ‘Story of Cool’ executive produced by LL Cool J
Trump’s ‘reverse Midas touch’ extends to attitudes on immigration
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.21.18
The price tag for Trump’s trade war is coming into focus
Trump is under the false impression he ‘actually beat Obamacare’
Interior’s Zinke confronts a new Halliburton-related controversy
Confused about his brand of populism, Trump wants to be ‘the elite’
Why Jeff Flake may start blocking Trump’s judicial nominees
Trump administration puts the Education Department in its sights
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.20.18
In retreat, Trump issues executive order on family separations
Michael Cohen resigns from his Republican National Committee role
Obama speaks up on Trump’s family-separation policy
Allegations of corruption continue to plague Trump’s cabinet
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.20.18
Oklahoma’s Inhofe willing to give Pruitt a pass on corruption allegations
Trump rejects another one of his own ideas on immigration
Trump Foundation may be unique in the ‘scope of its transgressions’
Mocking Sanford’s loss, Trump shows he is who we think he is
Trump confidant indifferent toward immigrant child with Down’s syndrome
On immigration, Trump leaves Republicans more confused, not less
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.19.18
Trump administration to quit UN Human Rights Council
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.19.18
On trade with China, Trump’s posture is increasingly disjointed
Trump directs the Pentagon to create a ‘Space Force’
Kansas’ Kobach suffers humiliating loss in federal court
Sessions: comparing family-separation policy, Nazi Germany is an ‘exaggeration’
What Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen considers ‘offensive’
Republicans back Trump on family separations, but US mainstream doesn’t
What Trump chooses not to understand about immigration negotiations
So far, no Republicans endorse the Dems’ ‘Keep Families Together Act’
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.18.18
Why Trump’s lies about German crime are so important
Trump World continues to raise the prospect of dubious pardons
Trump’s DHS chief pretends there is no family-separation policy
Trump wants credit for a North Korea ‘deal’ in which he gained nothing
Trump sees immigrant children as bargaining chips in political fight
Trump confidant met with Russian offering Clinton dirt during campaign
Trump rejects immigration ‘compromise’ he’s supposed to support
By falsely claiming ‘exoneration,’ Trump takes gaslighting to a new level
President tries to brush off lying about infamous Trump Tower meeting
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.15.18
Trump pretends to barely know the man who led his campaign
White House turns to conservative job fair to find willing staffers
Trump suggests he wants to be treated the way Kim Jong-un is treated
Defamation lawsuit grows more serious for Trump
‘People have gone to prison for stuff like this’
Justice Dept report makes Trump’s FBI criticisms appear foolish
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.14.18
Health Matters: Understanding skin cancer
Trump Foundation accused of widespread illegal activities
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Mika Brzezinski’s morning routine
On fatherhood: Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist, in their own words
Not a great week for Republican outreach to African Americans
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.14.18
Trump Jr offers the wrong response to concerns that the GOP is ‘cult-like’
The good question that Team Trump considers ‘ridiculous’ and ‘ludicrous’
Some on the right grow uncomfortable with Pruitt’s flamboyant corruption
Trump finds new ways to excuse his new friend’s heinous crimes
House Republican retweets Nazi sympathizer, faces no punishment
Putin suggested Trump’s controversial new foreign policy move
Cohen to drop his own legal team. TRANSCRIPT: 06/13/2018. The Beat with Ari Melber
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.13.18
Moderate Republicans suffer a ‘staggering loss’ on immigration
GOP senator makes a clumsy case on nuclear proliferation
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.13.18
Trump admin backs away from president’s promise on lower drug costs
Scott Pruitt’s brazenness apparently knows no bounds
Virginia Republicans rally behind Trump acolyte in Senate race
Why Mark Sanford’s loss in South Carolina is so important
After Wisconsin’s Walker tried to block election, Dems flip a GOP seat
Mission Accomplished, Part II: Trump thinks he’s solved the North Korea ‘problem’
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.12.18
To sell benefits of North Korea talks, Trump knows the truth isn’t enough
White House official identifies the Trump Doctrine: ‘We’re America, Bitch’
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.12.18
Trump recommends thinking of North Korea ‘from a real-estate perspective’
Flattering Trump will apparently get Kim Jong Un everywhere
Trump finds new ways to alienate our South Korean allies
Trump gushes about Kim Jong-un’s intelligence, ‘great personality’
Trump echoes North Korean rhetoric on military exercises
At summit with North Korea’s Kim, Trump gets his spectacle (but little else)
Why the latest indictments in the Mueller probe pack a potent punch
In Trump World, presidential record keeping is a crafts project
Supreme Court’s conservatives endorse state voter purges
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.11.18
Why Florida failed to do concealed weapons background checks
Republicans concerned about Trump can (and should) do more than tweet
At Singapore summit, Trump expects a clear picture ‘within the first minute’
When it comes to boosting Putin, Trump can’t seem to help himself
While lashing out at Canada, Trump accidentally shares his genuine beliefs
At key international gathering, Trump makes a bad situation worse
Trump says he ‘hates’ his own immigration policy, falsely blames Dems
Pointing to Clinton, Trump makes the case against preparation
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.8.18
Before Trump, the ‘Duty to Report Act’ was unnecessary
The revolving door at Trump’s White House just keeps spinning
Parties’ leaders divided over the use of stolen campaign materials
Myth Buster: ALL skin types need sunscreen
In latest pro-Putin move, Trump wants Russia readmitted into G-7
Mika Brzezinski congratulates graduates…including her own!
Navigating your early career – Advice from Dia Simms
Trump falsely accuses Obama admin of ‘totally illegal’ move
Trump admin takes dramatic steps to undermine health benefits
Statement from Joey Allaham regarding his relationship with Qatar
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.7.18
Trump on summit: ‘I don’t think I have to prepare very much’
Mika Responds: Giuliani’s comments devalue all women
MSNBC & Recode present ‘Revolution: Tech Titans Shaping the Future’
Just days ahead of summit, Team Trump is winging it on North Korea
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.7.18
On the international stage, Trump views flattery ‘as a one-way street’
Poll shows why the GOP has given up touting its unpopular tax plan
What congressional GOP leaders get wrong about legislative arithmetic
Giuliani: Kim Jong Un got ‘on his hands and knees and begged’
As hurricane season gets underway, Trump’s FEMA briefing goes awry
Despite pushback from allies, Trump peddles new conspiracy theory
‘HEADLINERS: Kim Jong Un’ airs Sunday, June 10 on MSNBC
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.6.18
White House struggles to explain ‘what sets us apart’
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.6.18
Giuliani: Mueller’s team is ‘trying very, very hard to frame’ Trump
Why Senate Republicans are scrapping plans for an August recess
Trump administration struggles with undiplomatic diplomats
White House’s commission on school safety will ignore guns
GOP consultant: ‘Every suburban Republican should be petrified tonight’
Corruption allegations against EPA’s Pruitt reach farcical level
Trump’s exaggerations on jobs are wrong and unnecessary
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.5.18
As health care premiums rise, responsibility shifts to Republicans
White House picks a bad time to brag about Trump’s foreign relationships
Judge orders LePage to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion
Asked about Trump’s pardon power, Cruz offers 18 seconds of silence
Facing credibility test, White House’s Sanders struggles badly
Trump faces one-two punch with news on Cohen and Manafort
An excerpt from ‘The World as It Is’
In narrow ruling, Supreme Court sides with cake maker in discrimination case
Trump’s ambassador to Germany is off to a ridiculous start
White House tries to accommodate Trump’s trouble keeping secrets
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.4.18
GOP doesn’t have to put up with Trump’s tariffs (but it probably will)
GOP’s Gowdy targeted by Trump’s allies for daring to tell the truth
Trump’s preoccupation with the Coast Guard’s ‘brand’ gets a little weird
Giuliani: ‘Our recollection keeps changing’ on infamous meeting
Trump takes aim at the Mueller investigation’s price tag
Trump’s lawyers try to position the president as above the law
Trump un-cancels summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
Trump administration weighs new plan to prop up coal industry
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.1.18
How to deal with empty nest syndrome
Understanding how to treat and deal with depression
Professional presence at work: appropriate clothes, first impressions and more
Why Trump may soon come to Rod Blagojevich’s rescue
Pruitt’s EPA forges partnerships with climate deniers
Trump’s ambassador to Israel plays a risky political game
Grieving mother after meeting Trump: ‘It was like talking to a toddler’