In recent years, many voters have struggled to believe accurate descriptions of Republican proposals. With the One Big ...

While it’s true that this is only one poll, and a related Fox News poll offered alternative data, Gallup’s results suggested ...

Republicans see a status quo in which the wealthy have too little, and the poor have too much. Their megabill "fixes" this ...

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

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.

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 ...

Following a ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, it appears increasingly inevitable that Steve Bannon will have to report to prison this year.

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 ...

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 ...

ICE justifies covering agents’ faces with masks by pointing to assaults and threats. But there are new reasons to question the details of the agency's claims.

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 ...