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Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton during "An Evening With The Clintons" on April 11, 2019 in New York City.

House panel votes to hold Clintons in contempt in Epstein investigation

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A person holds a sign reading "Good Rest in Power" during a vigil on Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis.

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Lisa Cook in the back seat of a vehicle with the door still open.

Lisa Cook hearing highlights extreme nature of Trump’s Federal Reserve stance

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump delivers a special address during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos.

Trump backs off tariffs over Greenland, says a deal is in the works

Clarissa-Jan Lim

The real reason Trump is so fixated on seizing Greenland

Philip Bump

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A person inspects a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

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A protester holds a sign reading "Impeach Trump" during a "Hands Off!" rally in on April 05, 2025 in Los Angeles.

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Gavin Newsom walks down a hallway during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Newsom accuses Trump administration of icing him out of a Davos media appearance

Akayla Gardner

US Border Patrol agents stand guard on Jan. 8, 2026 in Minneapolis.
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Laura Barrón-López & David Rohde

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting on Jan. 3, 2026 in Kyiv.

Zelenskyy won’t travel to Davos to meet with Trump, official says

Sydney Carruth & Vaughn Hillyard

Elon Musk, wearing a black hat that says "DOGE," puts his hand to his chin while looking down.

Social Security whistleblower vindicated on DOGE allegations five months later

Steve Benen

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents walk down a street on Jan. 26, 2025, in Chicago.

Trump administration launches ICE ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ in Maine

Erum Salam

Donald Trump, left, and Gianni Infantino reflected in the floor of the Kennedy Center.

Trump’s visa restrictions sow confusion for visiting World Cup fans

Ja'han Jones

President Donald Trump during a news conference on Jan. 20, 2026 in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

Trump advances bizarre conspiracy theory about Venezuela, 2020 election

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Jonas Gahr Store, left, is shaking Donald Trump's hand with Trump's face behind Store's.

Trump’s weird text to Norway’s prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk

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As DOJ lags Epstein files deadline, Joe Scarborough asks, ‘Who are they protecting?’

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Bottles of wine are displayed on April 25, 2025 at a Costco Wholesale store in San Diego.

By threatening France with a tariff on wine, Trump gives away the game

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Klobuchar blasts DOJ for targeting Dems instead of ICE agent who shot Renee Good

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A photo of a young Latino man holding a photo of himself and his father, a view of the young man in the hospital wearing a neck brace, and a view of the man being detained by immigration officers.

How a drive to school became a violent chase and a snapshot of immigration agents’ tactics

Antonia Hylton & Kay Guerrero

People wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a demonstration on Jan. 17, 2026 to protest against the US President's plans to take Greenland in Nuuk.

It’s up to Congress to stop Trump’s Greenland power trip

Claire McCaskill

Federal law enforcement agents confront anti-ICE protesters during a demonstration on Jan. 15, 2026 in Minneapolis.

Democrats scored the smallest of wins with ICE’s 2026 budget

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Karim Diane as Jay-Den Kraag in "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy."

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Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, on Jan. 21, 2026 outside the US Supreme Court.

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U.S. appeals court temporarily allows DHS to continue Minn. surge

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‘We are in the midst of a rupture’: NATO allies warn against Trump Greenland aggression

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  1. A crowd of people, many carrying Trump flags and American flags.

    Trump’s ‘big lie’ doesn’t seem to have gone far enough for him

    Eric Lutz

  2. A United States map in blue shows President Trump through the blue state holes that voted for Biden in 2020.

    Trump’s plot to tear the country in two

    Paul Waldman

  3. A photo illustration of a person holding an iPhone while filming an ICE agent

    There’s a reason the DOJ wants to stop Minneapolis citizens from filming ICE

    Scott Hechinger

  4. A photo collage of menacing-looking ICE agents with Trump pointing overlayed

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  5. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks in United Nations Plaza at the culmination of the April 15, 1967 anti-Vietnam War march that went from Central Park to the UN.

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    Hayes Brown

  6. A photo illustration of a whistle in front of Renee Good's vehicle after being involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations.

    Trump’s latest smear of Renee Good

    Jarvis DeBerry

  7. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Washington, D.C.

    How ICE could sink a deal to fund the government

    Hayes Brown

  8. President Trumps walks out of the White House at night, holding a large black umbrella.

    Trump’s Minnesota threats suggest he may be close to unleashing what he’s always wanted

    Philip Bump

  9. Federal law enforcement officers during confrontations with residents in Minneapolis.

    I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.

    Nicole Bedera

  10. An ICE agent signals "stop" with his left hand up while holding a spray bottle as other agents follow him.

    ICE funding jumped $75 billion. Here’s my plan to redirect the windfall.

    U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto

  11. Emissions rise from the Royal Dutch Shell Plc Norco Refinery in Norco, La.

    Trump’s EPA is giving companies a license to make Americans sick

    Hayes Brown

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RacheL Maddow

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White House

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Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton during "An Evening With The Clintons" on April 11, 2019 in New York City.

House panel votes to hold Clintons in contempt in Epstein investigation

Ebony Davis

A person holds a sign reading "Good Rest in Power" during a vigil on Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Why the White House shifted its tone on Renee Good and the deadly ICE shooting

Steve Benen

Lisa Cook in the back seat of a vehicle with the door still open.

Lisa Cook hearing highlights extreme nature of Trump’s Federal Reserve stance

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump delivers a special address during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos.

Trump backs off tariffs over Greenland, says a deal is in the works

Clarissa-Jan Lim

The real reason Trump is so fixated on seizing Greenland

Philip Bump

Some of the U.S.’ closest allies are talking about Trump like he’s the enemy

Chris Hayes

A person inspects a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Europe has new reasons to think Trump isn’t just pretending to be a ‘madman’

Zeeshan Aleem

A protester holds a sign reading "Impeach Trump" during a "Hands Off!" rally in on April 05, 2025 in Los Angeles.

Impeaching Trump now would be a mistake

Austin Sarat

Gavin Newsom walks down a hallway during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Newsom accuses Trump administration of icing him out of a Davos media appearance

Akayla Gardner

US Border Patrol agents stand guard on Jan. 8, 2026 in Minneapolis.
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Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment

Laura Barrón-López & David Rohde

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting on Jan. 3, 2026 in Kyiv.

Zelenskyy won’t travel to Davos to meet with Trump, official says

Sydney Carruth & Vaughn Hillyard

Elon Musk, wearing a black hat that says "DOGE," puts his hand to his chin while looking down.

Social Security whistleblower vindicated on DOGE allegations five months later

Steve Benen

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents walk down a street on Jan. 26, 2025, in Chicago.

Trump administration launches ICE ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ in Maine

Erum Salam

Donald Trump, left, and Gianni Infantino reflected in the floor of the Kennedy Center.

Trump’s visa restrictions sow confusion for visiting World Cup fans

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President Donald Trump during a news conference on Jan. 20, 2026 in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

Trump advances bizarre conspiracy theory about Venezuela, 2020 election

Steve Benen

Jonas Gahr Store, left, is shaking Donald Trump's hand with Trump's face behind Store's.

Trump’s weird text to Norway’s prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk

Steve Benen

As DOJ lags Epstein files deadline, Joe Scarborough asks, ‘Who are they protecting?’

Allison Detzel

Bottles of wine are displayed on April 25, 2025 at a Costco Wholesale store in San Diego.

By threatening France with a tariff on wine, Trump gives away the game

Steve Benen

Klobuchar blasts DOJ for targeting Dems instead of ICE agent who shot Renee Good

Allison Detzel

A photo of a young Latino man holding a photo of himself and his father, a view of the young man in the hospital wearing a neck brace, and a view of the man being detained by immigration officers.

How a drive to school became a violent chase and a snapshot of immigration agents’ tactics

Antonia Hylton & Kay Guerrero

People wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a demonstration on Jan. 17, 2026 to protest against the US President's plans to take Greenland in Nuuk.

It’s up to Congress to stop Trump’s Greenland power trip

Claire McCaskill

Federal law enforcement agents confront anti-ICE protesters during a demonstration on Jan. 15, 2026 in Minneapolis.

Democrats scored the smallest of wins with ICE’s 2026 budget

Hayes Brown

Karim Diane as Jay-Den Kraag in "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy."

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John DeVore

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, on Jan. 21, 2026 outside the US Supreme Court.

Supreme Court appears likely to side with Lisa Cook in Federal Reserve case

U.S. appeals court temporarily allows DHS to continue Minn. surge

‘He’s not going to be president forever’: Pritzker vows accountability for Trump officials

‘We are in the midst of a rupture’: NATO allies warn against Trump Greenland aggression

Doesn’t advance the investigation: House Democrat on why he’s a no on contempt vote against Clintons

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. A crowd of people, many carrying Trump flags and American flags.

    Trump’s ‘big lie’ doesn’t seem to have gone far enough for him

    Eric Lutz

  2. A United States map in blue shows President Trump through the blue state holes that voted for Biden in 2020.

    Trump’s plot to tear the country in two

    Paul Waldman

  3. A photo illustration of a person holding an iPhone while filming an ICE agent

    There’s a reason the DOJ wants to stop Minneapolis citizens from filming ICE

    Scott Hechinger

  4. A photo collage of menacing-looking ICE agents with Trump pointing overlayed

    Something darker is taking shape inside Trump’s ICE

    Zeeshan Aleem

  5. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks in United Nations Plaza at the culmination of the April 15, 1967 anti-Vietnam War march that went from Central Park to the UN.

    MLK Jr.’s anti-war warning feels impossible to ignore now

    Hayes Brown

  6. A photo illustration of a whistle in front of Renee Good's vehicle after being involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations.

    Trump’s latest smear of Renee Good

    Jarvis DeBerry

  7. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Washington, D.C.

    How ICE could sink a deal to fund the government

    Hayes Brown

  8. President Trumps walks out of the White House at night, holding a large black umbrella.

    Trump’s Minnesota threats suggest he may be close to unleashing what he’s always wanted

    Philip Bump

  9. Federal law enforcement officers during confrontations with residents in Minneapolis.

    I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.

    Nicole Bedera

  10. An ICE agent signals "stop" with his left hand up while holding a spray bottle as other agents follow him.

    ICE funding jumped $75 billion. Here’s my plan to redirect the windfall.

    U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto

  11. Emissions rise from the Royal Dutch Shell Plc Norco Refinery in Norco, La.

    Trump’s EPA is giving companies a license to make Americans sick

    Hayes Brown

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Rachel Maddow Show

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Cover art for Morning Joe

Morning Joe

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The Beat with Ari Melber

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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
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.

Did you just get the ‘Gen Z stare’ at work? This is why.
Mika Brzezinski in her car with the Christmas Tree she bought.

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Closeup shot of two businesspeople shaking hands in an office.

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Woman in front of a device screen in video conference for work.

Leaders, your meetings are quiet for a reason (and it’s you)
Mika Brzezinski and Huma Abedin.

Know Your Value, Forbes honor women shaping success at age 50 — and beyond
Black and white photos of Neiny and Shaquita Garcia

The photographer who wants to help women embrace visibility – one portrait at a time.
Senior businesswoman giving speech at business conference

How a ‘prosperity mindset’ can supercharge your career
raquel oden hsbc

Women are redefining purposeful giving. Here’s how.
Mattel Hopes To Reinvent Barbie With An Assist From Hollywood

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‘I looked grotesque’: Mika shares ugly truth about products that made her sick

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10h ago
Maddowblog

With pardons in hand, many Jan. 6 rioters are demanding taxpayer-funded compensation
10h ago
Maddowblog

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.21.26: Letlow to challenge Cassidy in Louisiana
11h ago
Maddowblog

What Trump doesn’t know about economic growth (but should)
11h ago
Maddowblog

ICE’s problems go well beyond public relations, despite Trump’s latest claims
14h ago
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Trump’s boasts about international ‘respect’ ring tragic as allies turn against U.S.
16h ago
Deadline: Legal Blog

In Federal Reserve case, Trump meets a power that SCOTUS might not give him
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