Hayes Brown
MSNBC Opinion Writer/Editor
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.
Latest from Hayes Brown
How Trump’s election executive order would break mail-in voting
Donald Trump’s disdain for mail-in voting is at play in his executive order that tries to make ballots mailed on Election Day not able to be counted
How Elon Musk and Congress are courting a financial crisis
The IRS may have less revenue because of Elon Musk's cuts as fewer audits go out. That could cause the debt ceiling X date to move up if Congress doesn't act.
Usha Vance surely knows what she’s doing by going to Greenland right now
Second lady Usha Vance will travel to Greenland to watch a dog sled race, around the same time NSA Mike Waltz visits the Denmark-controlled island.
John Roberts and Elon Musk are both wrong about impeaching judges
Donald Trump called for Judge James Boasberg to be impeached, a call John Roberts rejected and Elon Musk embraced to Speaker Mike Johnson's chagrin.
How NASA outsourcing the space program helped enrich Elon Musk
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned from the International Space Station in a Dragon capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX after months in space.
Trump is busy finding the legal loopholes needed to reign supreme
Trump officials use of the Alien Enemies Act and Marco Rubio revoking Mahmoud Khalil's green card are part of an attempt to consolidate executive power.
Chuck Schumer’s stumbles leave Democrats without a message
Chuck Schumer was one of 10 Democrats to vote to prevent a shutdown and allow the GOP's funding bill to pass without limiting Trump and Musk's DOGE cuts.
Trump's EPA is ready to make polluters great again
Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin announced rollbacks on climate regulations on greenhouse gases like carbon to benefit big coal and oil.
Senate Democrats need to hold strong against Trump's purse snatching
The House passed a spending bill to prevent a government shutdown that gives Trump and Elon Musk free reign to implement DOGE spending cuts without Congress
Fifty days in, Trump has already shown his weak points
Fifty days into his second term, Donald Trump has already shown his weak points as he tries to pursue an unpopular agenda.
Trump’s outreach to white South Africans isn’t (just) about Elon Musk
President Donald Trump offered white South African Afrikaner farmers U.S. citizenship based on a false claim of genocide by the Black government.
