Guests: Sam Stein, Brendan Buck, Asawin Suebsaeng, Brandy Zadrozny, Doug Bock Clark, Tyler Aquilina, Donna Edwards, Charlie Dent, Tim Miller, Wajahat Ali, April Ryan, Molly Jong=Fast, Dean Obeidallah

Tonight: The plan for Trump’s incoming administration. And RFK Jr. and what his potential confirmation to the Department of Health and Human Services may mean for the bird flu outbreak. Then, how North Carolina Republicans plan to undermine elected Democrats. Plus, how the NFL and Beyoncé are changing the streaming landscape. Also tonight, House Republicans prepare to elect their next speaker and how Elon Musk may get involved. And, Trump’s tech bros spar with MAGA loyalists online over immigration. Then, the threat to journalism abroad and in Trump’s second term. Plus, a few good things that happened this year.

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Guests: Sahil Kapur, Rep. Summer Lee, Faiz Shakir, Nancy Goodman, Melanie Zanona, Donna Edwards

Democrats bail out Republicans before a shutdown. Tonight: how Elon Musk imposed his will on the Republican Party. And how the world's richest man killed cancer funding for kids. And from his troubled transition to failure in the House, Donald Trump's weakened state as he returns to office.

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Guests: Melanie Zanona, Rep. Dan Goldman, Matt Fuller, Jamelle Bouie, Matt Duss

Elon Musk assumes control of the MAGA House. Tonight: the Republican mess that could shut down the federal government. Plus, Jamelle Bouie on the difference between "determined" opposition and what Democrats are doing now. And amid all that media coverage and campaign hysterics about record crime, the actual truth about America's falling crime rate.

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Guests: Melanie Zanona, Brendan Buck, Sherrilyn Ifill, Cecilia Muñoz, Jelani Cobb

Trump chaos and dysfunction is back, baby. Tonight: co-president Elon kills the Republican plan to fund the government and brings us closer to a shutdown as the House Speaker loses control of his caucus. Then, Trump escalates his threats of show trials for his political foes. And what the Great Drone Debate reveals about public trust.

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Guests: Ari Melber, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sam Adler-Bell, Lisa Rubin

Trump's latest attempt to intimidate the media with lawsuits. And how the former Republican candidate Governor of North Carolina just jeopardized his own case. Then, Senator Elizabeth Warren on Trump's new MAGA agenda with the same old Republican priorities. Plus, murder as an act of terrorism charges filed in the murder of an insurance CEO as new polling reveals a shocking amount of support for the killing.

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Guests: Rohit Chopra, Brandy Zadrozny, Faiz Shakir, David Milliband

Bombshell reporting on the Trump transition and the deregulation craze. Tonight: new alarm over the man Donald Trump picked to protect American health and the growing concern over the broad MAGA push for deregulation. And as the Fox News cabinet keeps filling out, why is the future president sending his future daughter-in-law to another continent?

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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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