It's not enough to say, "Republicans always cave," because before Donald Trump took dominion over the party, GOP lawmakers ...

Lisa Murkowski cast an indefensible vote in favor of the Republicans' megabill. After the House approved the same package, ...

Opponents of the most regressive legislative proposal in a generation only needed four House Republicans to balk. That didn't ...

Maddow Blog | The Trump White House keeps trying (and failing) to make mathematical formulas work. Steve Benen. Fri, April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM UTC. 4 min read.

Maddow Blog | Trump administration’s policies spark on-base protests at Defense Department schools. Steve Benen. Thu, April 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM UTC. 2 min read.

In Texas last week, a man wore a Make America Great Again hat inside a polling location in San Antonio. Asked to remove it, the man allegedly ended up throwing several punches at a 69-year-old ...

At the presidential level, North Carolina is one of this year’s most closely watched battleground states, and while recent polling averages suggest Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris, the ...

Then Maddow brought up the glaring irony of the message of Trump’s blog. “Yes, he used to be president, but now he’s at his house in Florida, arising a beacon of freedom straight from his ...

Regardless of what happens with Maddow’s show, we here at the Erik Wemple Blog are using her likely departure to suggest a 15-year term limit for prime-time cable news hosts.

In 2018, Maddow briefly surpassed Hannity to become the most-watched cable news host. The show achieved its strongest ratings in 2021, averaging 4.3 million nightly viewers — the highest 9 p.m ...