Guests: Brian Beutler, Adam Serwer, Sen. Peter Welch, Jennifer Granholm

The intimidation continues and the MAGA picks keep coming. Tonight: why Republican rejection of democracy is still alive and well. Then, despite a massive PR push, the signs that Trump's Pentagon pick is not out of the woods yet. And Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on the case that Donald Trump can't roll back all of the Biden climate progress.

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Guests: Ryan Reilly, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Beverly Gage, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Goldberg

The FBI director resigns before Donald Trump takes office. Tonight: the resignation of Christopher Wray—and the major implications it has for Trump's second term. Plus, the historian who wrote the book on J. Edgar Hoover on why Trump's new pick could be worse. And inside the MAGA campaign to save Pete Hegseth by intimidating the Republican Senate.

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Guests: Ken Dilanian, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Sahil Kapur, Alexi McCammond, Sen. Chris Murphy, Samar Ali

Trump's targets for retribution speak out as we learn startling new details about abuse from Trump's first DOJ. Then, inside the MAGA pressure campaign to try and avoid another Matt Gaetz. And 72 hours after Assad's ouster in Syria, the real opportunity and the real danger that exists at the end of the dictatorship.

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Guests: Zeke Faux, Marq Claxton, Tim Weiner, James Risen, Rep. Jasmine Crockett

The billionaire takeover of the American Government. Tonight: shedding new light on what those billionaires are getting for their investment. And the growing concerns that Trump's FBI pick could pull America back to the dark days of J. Edgar Hoover. Then, an update on Day 3 of the manhunt after the insurance CEO shooting.

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Guests: Faiz Shakir, Rep. Greg Casar, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Pricilla Thompson, Paul O’Brien

The Party of Trump dusts off the old playbook as Republicans begin saying the quiet part loud. Then: another day of bad headlines for Trump's Pentagon pick. And new evidence in the shooting of an insurance executive as the manhunt for the suspect continues.

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Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Stephanie Ruhle, Dean Baker, Harry Litman, Jill Wine-Banks, Jelani Cobb, Tim O’Brien, Katie Benner

Banks closing, stocks falling, and the government rushing to shore up the system. Tonight: What happened with the banks this weekend and how to stop it happening again. Then, all eyes on the grand jury as Michael Cohen testifies against his former boss. Just how close are prosecutors to indicting the ex-president? Plus: how a hand-picked conservative judge tried to hide an abortion pill hearing from the public. And as Trump tackles DeSantis head-on in Iowa, cue the softball interviews.

Guests: Sahil Kapur, Rep. Dan Goldman, Tom Winter, Zack Beauchamp, Jace Woodrum

Trump's Pentagon pick remains in peril as Hegseth's mom joins the Curvy Couch. Tonight: the latest political fallout from a troubled transition. Then, Supreme Court arguments on the law to ban gender affirming care for minors. And new images of the suspect in the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO.

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Guests: Tim Miller, Andrew Weismann, Karine Jean-Pierre, Tara Setmayer, Fernand Amandi

Donald Trump meets with his lawyers following new reporting that he could be indicted for a hush money payment from 2016—but is now the right time for this prosecution? Plus, President Biden blasts a Republican proposal to gut spending as Democrats call it "extreme on steroids." Then, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis prepares to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, but does the man people are calling "short Trump" have what it takes to go on the offensive?