Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.* In the 2024 election cycle, Elon Musk donated ...

Are House Republicans likely to approve the Senate Republicans' version of the GOP megabill? Yes. Is it a sure thing? No.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...