Opinion

Morning Joe

RacheL Maddow

Deadline: White House

The weekend

NEWSLETTERS

Meredith O’Brien

By  Meredith O’Brien

Meredith O’Brien

Meredith O’Brien is the author of six books, including a memoir, "Uncomfortably Numb: A Memoir about the Life-Altering Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis," and "Uncomfortably Numb 2: An Anthology for Newly-Diagnosed MS Patients." She is a trustee for the Greater New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

test MS NOW - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News

Opinion

Morning Joe

RacheL Maddow

Deadline: White House

The weekend

NEWSLETTERS

White House

Congress

Supreme Court

Culture

World

Science & Tech

Civil Rights

Business

Sports

Jeanine Pirro holding a press conference, looking angry.

Jeanine Pirro’s failure to indict Biden speaks to something bigger

Hayes Brown

People in military uniforms holding guns and Kurdish flags stand in formation.

Why arming Kurdish militants against Iran would be playing with fire

Ayman Mohyeldin

Steve Bannon sits at a desk.

Steve Bannon could soon get good news from Supreme Court

Jordan Rubin

Men put their faces on the ground as they pray outside the ruins of a building.

The many reasons the U.S. economy may not be able to take Trump’s Iran war for long

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

‘Unholy alliance’: Republicans are suddenly nervous about Russia’s support for Iran

Jack Fitzpatrick

Iran’s president apologizes for strikes on neighbors as missiles and drones still pound their cities

The Associated Press

A close up of Christina Applegate.

Christina Applegate’s honest answer to the worst question you can ask

Meredith O’Brien

Backs of people's heads sitting in an audience. Multiple people wear Trump hats. The entire photo is tinted blue by the lights.

A Florida college GOP group chat highlights a jarring problem for the right

Anthony L. Fisher

In this split image, Kristi Noem can be seen on the left and Jen Psaki on the right.

Of all of Kristi Noem’s scandals, this appears to be the one that finally did her in

Jen Psaki

Cassidy Hutchinson looks up from behind a desk. Only her head is visible.

Republicans reportedly refer Cassidy Hutchinson to DOJ over Jan. 6 testimony

Steve Benen

People in the foreground raise their hands; in focus in the background, Pete Hegseth, left, and Dan Caine stand behind podiums.

Judge criticizes Pentagon’s new restrictive press policy

Fallon Gallagher

James Talarico, left, is about to hug a supporter while a crowd is cheering for him.

What could help explain James Talarico’s surprising strength with Latino voters

Zeeshan Aleem

While Se. Mullin walks down the stairs there are two security personnel around him, one in front of him and one behind him.

Ex-DHS staffer on Trump’s new pick: Sending an ‘arsonist into a burning house’

Allison Detzel

IRAN WAR

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile in support of Operation Epic Fury.

Democrats seize on the Iran war’s enormous daily price tag

Steve Benen

'I guess': Trump gives wrong response about possible Iranian reprisals on U.S. soil

Steve Benen

Birds are seen with smoke in the background.

Iran highlights: Trump says Iran could surrender ‘when they can’t fight any more’

Republican-led Congress insists on keeping war powers in the hands of one man

Steve Benen

Photoillustration of Donald Trump in front of American military assets and an illustrated globe icon, all overlaid on a bright orange background.

Trump is seizing power abroad — before he loses it at home

Zeeshan Aleem

Trump wants to pick foreign leaders, and his list isn’t limited to Iran

Steve Benen

A man enters an AutoZone store.

U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February as Trump-era job market continues to suffer

Steve Benen

Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, right, raise their hands as they speak.

Do Biden’s pardons justify Trump’s?

Jordan Rubin

Chris Coons speaks while surrounded by reporters holding phones and microphones.

On Iran, Democrats thread the needle with a single word

Ali Vitali

Pictures of Kristi Noem showing how much she's changed her look in the recent years.

Kristi Noem forgot the most important part of serving Donald Trump

Hayes Brown

Markwayne Mullin wears a cream colored cowboy hat as he speaks.

Who is Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s pick to replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary?

Ebony Davis

A man looks up as he parked his truck in front of a gas pump.

Maybe Trump’s emphasis on gas prices wasn’t such a good idea after all

Steve Benen

Politicians sit around the casket of Jesse Jackson during his funeral.

‘A born leader’: Jesse Jackson’s legacy celebrated at memorial service

Ebony Davis

Jason Reding Quiñones speaks into a microphone.

DOJ running quiet operation in Miami to hunt for charges on Cuban leaders, per sources

Carol Leonnig & Jake Traylor

Legislators and visitors walk up the steps to the Senate chambers at the Kentucky state Capitol.

Kentucky Senate advances bill to lure foreign doctors amid Trump’s immigrant crackdown

Ja'han Jones

Steve Kerr; Doc Rivers.

Steve Kerr, Doc Rivers and other coaches play defense for educational independence

Ja'han Jones

Elon Musk looks down and has his arm crossed on his chest.

Judge won’t pause California AI law as Elon Musk, xAI sue to block it

Ja'han Jones

Tina Peters at a rally on April 5, 2022 on the west steps of the State Capitol in downtown Denver.

The Tina Peters debacle is turning Colorado’s Democratic governor into a cautionary tale

Anthony Coley

Pres. Barack Obama speaks at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s memorial service

Why is Trump’s team shrugging off Iran terror threats?

UAE moves to freeze Iranian assets

Trump tells Axios: ‘I have to be involved’ in picking next Iran leader

Americans trust scientists more than they trust RFK Jr., polling shows

DOJ releases new Epstein files tied to unsubstantiated Trump allegations

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. Photoillustration of Donald Trump gesturing with the words "two weeks" overlaid.

    Trump’s claim that Iran was close to a nuclear weapon included an obvious tell

    Jarvis DeBerry

  2. The Department of Justice building, seen reflected in a puddle.

    How the DOJ embarrassed itself by reversing its attack on law firms

    Mary McCord

  3. Two men shout at each other in this photo shot from below.

    I watched the Tea Party take over the GOP. I see a similar movement brewing on the left.

    Michael Steele

  4. James Talarico during a campaign event in Houston.

    Can James Talarico turn Texas blue? That’s asking the wrong question.

    Philip Bump

  5. Mourners hold a portrait of a students during a funeral ceremony for children who were killed after a primary school was targeted in US and Israeli attacks in Minab, Iran.

    The strike on an Iranian girls’ school exposes the hypocrisy of Trump’s war on Iran

    Noor Noman

  6. Pete Hegseth, from below.

    Trump can’t decide why we’re bombing Iran. Some military commanders may have an answer.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. Jessica Barrett and Chris Fusco on season 10 of "Love Is Blind."

    The depressing male phenomenon at the center of this season’s ‘Love Is Blind’ viral drama

    Noor Noman

  8. A close up of Thom Tillis in black and white.

    Thom Tillis’ legacy is a cautionary tale for the Trumpian age

    Billy Ball

  9. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference.

    The moment from Kristi Noem’s hearing that would leave federal judges scoffing

    Hayes Brown

  10. Troops loyal to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi arrive to control a crowd of demonstrators outside a burning government building at the height of Islamic revolutionary fervor on Nov. 4 1978 in Tehran.

    Trump says Iranians should rise up. Regime change isn’t that simple.

    Kelly J. Shannon

  11. Epstein survivor Haley Robson, second from right, wipes tears from her eyes with tissue. She is surrounded by people, including other survivors.

    The DOJ’s Epstein file mishandling could ripple well beyond this particular case

    Diane Goldstein

Shows

Rachel Maddow Show

View
Cover art for Morning Joe

Morning Joe

View
Cover art for Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace

Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace

View
Cover art for The Beat with Ari Melber

The Beat with Ari Melber

View

All in with Chris Hayes

The Weeknight

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Know Your Value

Read More
Annika Malacinski smiles with her ski outside.

The only winter Olympic sport without women — and the athlete determined to change that
This is a video screenshot, showing Mamdana Dayani interviewing Noor Pahlavi - side by side.

‘If you care about women’s rights, you should care about Iran’: Activist Mandana Dayani

Did you just get the ‘Gen Z stare’ at work? This is why.
Halle Berry poses for photos at a red carpet event.

Halle Berry: Women shouldn’t have to stay ‘forever 30’
A graphic headlined "Forbes 30/50 Summit." On it, photos from (top left, clockwise) Simone Biles, Diane von Furstenburg, Sophia Bush and Diana Flores.

Simone Biles, Diane Von Furstenberg, Sophia Bush, and more to headline Know Your Value, Forbes’ 30/50 Summit
Shot of a young black businesswoman looking stressed out in an office.

The words that slipped out after HR fired me still terrify me
Sue Zarco Kramer smiles at an outside venue.

This ‘Divorcee Doula’ wants women to reclaim their confidence and get their ‘zhoosh’ back
African American woman using social media on her phone.

The 5 keys to resisting social media envy — for good
Mandana Dayani poses with her daughters after being sworn in as a trustee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Dec. 8.

“Never Again” is more than remembrance. It’s a mandate to act before hate becomes violence.
Mika Brzezinski in her car with the Christmas Tree she bought.

Mika: Why this year’s Christmas tree comes with extra weight – and hope
Closeup shot of two businesspeople shaking hands in an office.

Want to get ahead in your career? Here’s the playbook on decoding workplace culture.
Woman in front of a device screen in video conference for work.

Leaders, your meetings are quiet for a reason (and it’s you)

Latest from MS NOW

15h ago
Opinion

As world powers distance themselves from the Iran war, the U.S. has an existential problem
15h ago
Maddowblog

Friday’s Mini-Report, 3.6.26
16h ago
Deadline: Legal Blog

Florida Bar says it’s not investigating Lindsey Halligan despite previously saying it was
17h ago
Maddowblog

White House’s Miller suggests Latin American military leaders ignore their lawyers
20h ago
Morning Joe

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: Friday edition
21h ago
News

‘Civil rights superhero’: Jesse Jackson honored by Warnock before Chicago funeral service
22h ago
News

As DOJ releases more Epstein documents, survivors brace for impact — again
test test