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How mixed-status families are planning for Donald Trump’s promised immigration crackdown, how Trump’s pick for CIA is being received in the Senate, and the tech that could make wildfires detectable in minutes

The California wildfires are playing into a growing insurance crisis, Mark Zuckerberg is getting fact-checked on his motivations for ending fact-checking on Meta, what Donald Trump’s sentencing means, and a timely analysis of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian classic ‘Fahrenheit 451’ with author Lois Lowry and fascism expert Jason Stanley.

Donald Trump’s election win will be certified on January 6, 2025 - four years after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn his previous election loss. Congressman Jamie Raskin reflects on that dark day, the impeachment that followed, and “the struggle between authoritarian lies and democracy” that will continue into a second Trump term.

What Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrowest of margins means for a new Republican congress, the alarming details of an under-the-radar Chinese espionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. telecom companies; and the most underappreciated aspects of Jimmy Carter’s legacy as his state funeral begins in Georgia

Previewing Trump’s cabinet confirmations with Rina Shah, Steve Benen, Philip Bump, Errin Haines; the problematic history of the death penalty with Bryan Stevenson; what we learned about the Black voting bloc in the 2024 campaign cycle with Basil Smikle and Quentin James; South Carolina’s proposed abortion bill with Mia McLeod and Melissa Murray; the discriminatory policies undermining black homeownership with Bernadette Atuahene; an interview with 13-year-old political influencer Knowa de Baraso

Previewing President-elect Trump’s first day back in office with April Ryan, Ameshia Cross, Jonathan Alter, Hugo Lowell; the year in Trump trials with Danny Cevallos; the push to exonerate Marcus Garvey with Rep. Barbara Lee; the importance of counting all pregnancy-related deaths in TX with state Rep. Donna Howard; how corporations are preparing for Trump with Adia Wingfield

Republican Congressman Don Bacon pushes back on “hyperpartisanship” endorsed by Bannon, why Texas says it will not review pregnancy deaths from the two years after the state began banning abortion, a conversation with former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, and more.

The chaos of the Trump/Musk GOP, a new Democratic strategy for opposing Donald Trump, Paula Hawkins’ “The Girl on the Train,” and more

Rick Wilson, Barbara McQuade, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Donald Trump’s latest administration picks, Rachel Barkow and Rep. Jim McGovern on presidential pardon power, Michele Goodwin and Marc Hearron on Republican efforts to expand the reach of state abortion bans, Imara Jones on what trans Americans are doing to prepare for another Trump administration, and Paola Ramos on Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.

What President Biden’s pardons mean for Trump’s pardoning plans, an exit interview with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Nikole Hannah-Jones on the future of journalism in a new Trump era.

What Kash Patel as FBI Director could mean for Trump’s retribution agenda and the rule of law, lessons on outlasting Trump’s strategic chaos, what’s behind corporate rollbacks of DEI initiatives and more.

What Donald Trump’s tariff threat would mean for American consumers, an alarming new salvo in the abortion wars, the story of a Louisiana librarian who was relentlessly targeted for speaking out against censorship, and more

Lessons from the first successful pushback against the Trump agenda, what we’re getting wrong about the First Amendment and who it really protects, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on what we can expect from a Trump cabinet that’s shaping up to be the opposite of a Team of Rivals.

Donald Trump tells on himself with cabinet picks that herald a Project 2025 agenda; who’s behind the well-funded effort to tear down the separation of church and state in America’s public school system; and Matt Gaetz’s new gig.

The story of how America became the kind of place where a pair of billionaires can be put in charge of slashing government spending, the truth about Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, and how Senate Republicans are faring against his pressure campaign to give up their constitutional duty of advice and consent

Lessons on standing up to an autocrat by someone who’s done it before, the Trump cabinet pick who warned that “the world is not ready” for him, and a roadmap for fighting censorship from Jodi Picoult

Why finding the path forward in a new Trump era requires a reckoning with America’s history, what’s behind the almost uniquely American problem of electing women presidents, and what governing will look like in Trump’s second term

Ali Velshi draws on American history – and his own family’s journey to democracy– to demonstrate that defeat can pave the way for triumph.

Rachel Maddow joins "Velshi" to share her closing argument about abortion ahead of Election Day, the latest NBC News poll shows Harris and Trump are tied, the fierce battle for swing states

Harris and Trump blitz swing states ahead of Election Day, the impact of protest votes on the election, how Trump mishandled the coronavirus pandemic