The Weeknight

In the Trump Administration's latest attempt to undermine elections, federal monitors are being sent across Arizona as voters head to the polls, and the DOJ is demanding voter data from New Jersey. MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard and Neera Tanden, the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, join the conversation to break down the latest developments. Plus, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill asking for more taxpayer dollars to fund Donald Trump's war of choice with Iran. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of the Appropriations Committee joins The Weeknight after questioning Hegseth in that hearing.

Donald Trump was back in Georgia, a state that was at the center of his 2020 election conspiracy theory, working to sow doubt in the system ahead of November's midterms. Georgia's democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms joins The Weeknight to respond. Plus, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination may be in peril over his refusal to kill the president's $1.8 billion slush fund. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joins The Weeknight as senators weigh their concerns. 

The DOJ is in crisis after Rep. Jim Jordan sent a criminal referral of Special Counsel Jack Smith to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Former DOJ Spokesman Peter Carr joins The Weeknight to react. And former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori joins the table to analyze major new reporting on Donald Trump Jr. profiting from his father's presidency.

Donald Trump will address journalists at tonight's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, after threatening to revoke broadcast licenses for major networks and subpoenaing journalists. In previewing his speech, the President described it as "vicious." Michele Goodwin, Constitutional Law Professor at Georgetown University, joins the table to discuss. And Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward, breaks down how Democratic senators are strategizing and fighting back against Trump's attempts to undermine the midterm election.