August 21, 2026, 7pm: Democrats are hopeful about their odds of gaining a Senate majority come November's midterm elections, while an unpopular president is stumping for a Republican running for a safely red Senate seat. Jess Mackler, the president of Emily’s List, joins the conversation. Plus, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori joins The Weeknight as Donald Trump threatens to sue a liberal think tank publishing a report he didn’t like.

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August 20, 2026, 7pm: The DNC is suing the Trump administration for failing to respond to its public records request on potential plans to seize ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. Norm Eisen, fmr. ambassador and Co-Founder and Executive Chair of the Democracy Defenders Fund joins The Weeknight to respond. And, MS NOW exclusive reporting reveals Trump’s close personal aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a year, filling out the official forms in recent months only after the President personally intervened. MS NOW White House Correspondent Jake Traylor, who co-authored the piece, joins The Weeknight with more details from his reporting.

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August 19, 2026, 7pm: Trump’s corruption saga continues as he welcomes crypto executives to the White House after personally pocketing $1.4 billion from an industry he regulates. MS NOW political analyst Kimberly Atkins Stohr joins The Weeknight to react. Plus, State Rep. Angie Nixon joins the table after her surprising victory in last night's Democratic Senate Primary in Florida.

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August 18, 2026, 7pm: More primaries are underway as Trump's approval rating falls to an embarrassing second term low that matches the lowest point of his first term. Matthew Bartlett, MS NOW political analyst, and Mo Elleithee, Executive Director of Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service, join The Weeknight to discuss. Then, NAACP General Counsel Kristen Clarke joins the table to react to Trump's repeated hypocrisy over voting by mail and his DOJ's plan to sent 1,000 poll monitors across the country in November. Plus, ABC sues the Trump administration's FCC over First Amendment violations as Trump continues to hurl personal attacks at reporters.

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August 17, 2026, 7pm: Attorney General Todd Blanche refuses to pledge that the Justice Department will remain independent from Donald Trump, and threatens to take the administration’s fight for access to state voter rolls all the way to the Supreme Court. Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters, and Ankush Khardori, former federal prosecutor, join The Weeknight to discuss the stakes. Plus, Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, joins the table as voter frustration grows over gas prices driven higher by Trump’s war with Iran.

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August 12, 2026, 7pm: Trump's DOJ is going to extraordinary lengths to punish the President's enemies, now convening a rare special grand jury to potentially release a report related to any subject of Trump's ire. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins The Weeknight with his plans to fight back. And, as the self-enrichment of Donald Trump reaches new levels of absurdity, Truth Social is getting sued for its new service that charges up to $100,000 for early access to the President’s posts. Fmr. federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori joins The Weeknight to respond to the latest grift.

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August 13, 2026, 7pm: Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered an uncharacteristically normal speech to the Justice Department workforce in a stark difference from his daily efforts to weaponize the DOJ. Marc Elias joins The Weeknight to break down the Trump admin's latest attacks on the rule of law and election integrity. Plus, independent journalist Katie Phang joins the table to discuss her lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ for its botched release of the Epstein Files. And Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and former Republican John Giles join The Weeknight to explain how they're fighting against Trump's lies with a message of affordability and unity.

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August 11, 2026, 7pm: Sweeping changes inside Trump's DOJ to shield the president from prosecution are underway, hours after Trump's former personal attorney is sworn in as AG. MS NOW Legal Analyst Mary McCord joins The Weeknight to break it down. And, Trump is rolling back decades of childhood vaccine guidance, signing an executive order calling for children to be vaccinated against 11 diseases… instead of the 18 currently advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Joshua Sharferstein, distinguished professor of the practice in health policy and management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, joins The Weeknight to explain the dangerous consequences of the executive order.

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