MS NOW Daily Columnists
Zeeshan Aleem
Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MS NOW. He primarily writes about politics and foreign policy.
Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University.
Hayes Brown
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MS NOW. He focuses on politics and policymaking at the federal level, including Congress and the White House.
Anthea Butler
Anthea Butler is a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael A. Cohen
Michael Cohen is an MS NOW columnist. He is also the publisher of the newsletter Truth and Consequences and hosts the weekly podcast That ‘70s Movie Podcast.
Jarvis DeBerry
Jarvis DeBerry is an opinion editor for MS NOW Daily. He was previously editor-in-chief at the Louisiana Illuminator and a columnist and deputy opinion editor at The Times-Picayune.
Anthony L. Fisher
Anthony L. Fisher is a senior editor and opinion columnist for MS NOW, often covering free speech, civil liberties and extremism. He was previously the senior opinion editor for The Daily Beast and a politics columnist for Business Insider.
Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman Mohyeldin is a host of "‘The Weekend: Primetime" and an MS NOW political analyst.
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
Symone D. Sanders Townsend is an author and a co-host of "The Weeknight."
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes is an MS NOW contributor and the author of the newsletter "To the Contrary."
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Groups warn of risk that Trump ‘will keep or destroy’ presidential records
The Justice Department’s new legal interpretation, if upheld, could give the president the green light to hoard records.
Jamie Raskin demands Justice Department turn over details on Michael Flynn settlement
The Maryland Democrat has asked all the right questions about the fiasco, which he characterized as a blatant and unlawful abuse of public trust.
Team Trump leans into religious messaging, claims God supports U.S. war in Iran
An increasingly unstable leader is insisting that he has divine support for his military ambitions. When has that ever gone wrong in world history?
Pete Hegseth faces new impeachment effort from House Democrat
The effort against the beleaguered defense secretary faces impossible odds in the Republican-led House, but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant.
Pressed on possible war crimes, Trump peddled 3 answers. They were all unacceptable.
The president has had plenty of time to prepare coherent answers to obvious questions. He hasn’t used that time wisely.
Why Trump’s potential war crime threats are likely to backfire
The president’s threat to take out all of Iran in ‘one night’ is as heinous as it is dumb.
Iran calls for human chains around power plants as Trump’s deadline for deal nears
Israel’s military warned Iranians in Farsi to avoid taking trains throughout the day, likely telegraphing intended strikes on the rail network.
Can a Democratic farmer pull off the unthinkable in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s old district?
Shawn Harris, a cattle farmer and retired Army general, is running in the most Republican district in Georgia. Republicans are nervous anyway.
Republicans see Trump’s threats against Iran as ‘leverage.’ Democrats see ‘war crimes.’
The president has given Iran a Tuesday evening deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz or face “living in Hell.”
This rare species may be extinct by the time Pete Hegseth is done
The administration argues that it needs exemptions to the Endangered Species Act to extract more oil form the Gulf of Mexico when it’s already extracting record amounts.
