The Rachel Maddow Show

Rachel Maddow examines impeachment efforts targeting Pete Hegseth and the growing accountability test facing Todd Blanche’s Justice Department. Historical corruption cases offer a lens on DOJ oversight, while Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses Medicaid expansion and state resistance to federal policy. Former FBI official Peter Strzok assesses politicization inside a weakened Justice Department, alongside updates on unresolved Senate and governor races.

Rosa Flores, MS NOW national correspondent covering Texas and Latino communities, joins Jamie Raskin, a Maryland congressman and constitutional law professor. They discuss restoring congressional oversight, confronting executive defiance, investigating DOJ election interference, and holding corporate allies accountable. Flores explores Texas Democrats’ statewide sweep, Latino voters, grassroots organizing, and a renewed sense of hope.

Chris Hayes, journalist and author, and Lawrence O’Donnell, political commentator and former Senate staffer, join the election-night analysis. They examine Democrats’ sweeping 2026 midterm gains, Texas and Georgia’s political realignments, a blue wave in North Carolina, and Republican losses in longtime strongholds. The discussion also covers Mississippi’s razor-thin Senate count, congressional investigations, and the pressure on Republicans to govern cooperatively.

Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary and political commentator, joins Chris Hayes, an anchor focused on democracy and public policy, for a dramatic election-night roundup. They explore surprise Democratic victories in Alabama, South Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and Texas, historic wins for Black, Latino and Native candidates, and how a transformed Texas could redraw the national electoral map.

Chris Hayes, progressive journalist and political analyst; Symone Sanders Townsend, strategist and former Harris adviser; Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary; and Ali Velshi, veteran politics and economics correspondent, break down a stunning Democratic wave. They track House control, Senate upsets in Texas and Kansas, governor races, surprise wins in Kentucky and Florida, and the forces reshaping Congress.

David Remnick, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and longtime New Yorker editor, joins a tense election-eve discussion. Topics include DOGE’s controversial voter-data operation, court battles over election interference, fears of ballot seizures, subpoenas targeting officials, Trump’s authoritarian ambitions, institutional resistance, and the looming impact of new Iran strikes.

Leah Greenberg, a political organizer and co-founder of Indivisible, discusses the nationwide push to defend democracy. Topics include Trump delaying unpopular policies until after the midterms, Republican healthcare backlash, possible election challenges, foreign-interference claims, and the surge in early voting. She also details No Kings organizing, volunteer recruitment, and efforts to protect election certification.

Michele Norris, acclaimed journalist and political storyteller, joins Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani to trace the progressive movement’s evolution. They explore Sanders’ outsider campaigns, winning back working-class voters, AOC’s political future, Mamdani’s approach to governing, authenticity, grassroots organizing, and the tensions between progressive ideals and Democratic strategy.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the former organizer and bartender turned New York representative, joins Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator and democratic socialist. They discuss the Sanders movement’s impact on the 2026 midterms, working-class politics, electability, race, corporate influence, grassroots organizing, and the future of a multiracial Democratic coalition.

Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, an attorney and education advocate, discusses her competitive governor’s race, public schools, affordability, and shifting Latino voters. Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon, a grassroots organizer, shares how she is challenging entrenched Republican leadership through statewide organizing. Rachel Maddow examines Democratic opportunities, Trump’s mounting desperation, and a senator’s curious unpaid cookie bill.