The Beat with Ari Melber
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The Beat with Ari Melber
Ari Melber delivers the biggest political and news stories of the day, with interviews and original reporting from around the nation. An Emmy-winning journalist, attorney and former Senate staffer, Melber cuts through the spin and the noise to tell you what's really happening. Real news, every night...
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Trump Threatens U.S. War Powers Against Denmark
January 19, 2026; 6pm; In a newly released text message, President Trump cites being snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of his unprecedented pu...
New Protests After ICE Shootings
January 15, 2026; 6pm; Trump has sent three thousand federal agents to Minneapolis and is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell ICE prot...
FBI Searches WaPo Reporter's Home Amid Classified Docs Probe
January 14, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the FBI executing a search warrant at a Washington Post reporter’s home in Virginia. This alarmi...
Trump Seeks 'Scapegoat' for Voters' Economic Fears
January 13, 2026; 6pm; The Trump administration is probing Fed Chair Jerome Powell. MS NOW’s Ari Melber delivers a special report on the “blatant abus...
DOJ Opens Inquiry into Fed Chair Powell
January 12, 2026; 6pm; The Trump administration has launched an unusual criminal probe into an official who has clashed with Trump for years, Federal...
Minneapolis Mourns Mother Killed in ICE Shooting
January 9, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on new evidence in the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Plus, Melber covers Jon Stewart taking on...
FBI Blocks State Officials From Investigating ICE Shooting
January 8, 2026; 6pm; The Trump administration is blocking state officials from investigating the deadly ICE shooting of an American citizen in Minnea...
Woman Shot and Killed by Ice Agent in Minneapolis
January 7, 2025; 6pm; MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the breaking news out of Minneapolis, where a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by an ICE agent. T...
Trump on Defense Over Democracy from Venezuela to Jan. 6
January 6, 2026; 6pm; President Trump is openly vowing to seize Venezuela's oil, following the ousting of Nicholas Maduro. Plus, MS NOW's Ari Melber r...
Maduro & Wife Plead Not Guilty
January 5, 2026; 6pm; Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to charges that include narco-terrorism and drug trafficking in...
Artists Revolt after Trump Adds His Name to Kennedy Center
December 30, 2025; 6pm; Artists have canceled their upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to rename the performing arts ve...
New Trove of Epstein Files Released
December 23, 2025; 6pm; Thousands of new pages from the Epstein files have been released. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by Vanity Fair's M...
DOJ admits it did not post most Epstein files by deadline
December 19, 2025; 6pm; The Trump administration facing backlash over the heavily-redacted release of a small portion of the Epstein files, a violatio...
DOJ Releases Some Epstein Files
December 19, 2025; 6pm; The Department of Justice has released some of the Epstein files. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by former federal...
DOJ Vet Who Prosecuted Trump Testifies
December 17: 2025; 6pm; FCC chairman Brendan Carr testified to a congressional committee for the first time since ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show. M...
Trump Admin rocked by Susie Wiles' comments in Vanity Fair article
December 16: 2025; 6pm; MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the comments from Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles who is on-the-record critiquing everything...
Brown University, Sydney Australia shootings put spotlight on gun violence, antisemitism
December 12, 2025; 6pm; A manhunt is underway after a shooting at Brown University left two students dead and multiple injured. An antisemitic mass sh...
New Epstein pics put heat on DOJ for December deadline
December 12, 2025; 6pm; House Democrats releasing numerous photos of Jeffrey Epstein with prominent individuals including Bill Gates, Donald Trump, St...
Trump In Crisis Amid High Prices, Deportation Backlash
December 11, 2025; 6pm: President Trump is facing backlash over ICE, the ongoing Epstein scandal, and the economy. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is...
Trump Fact-Checked on False "Affordability" Claims
December 10, 2025; 6pm: Americans are facing high prices. MS NOW’s Ari Melber fact-checks President Trump’s comments on prices and reports on how thes...
Trump Rallies on Economy as Poll Numbers Tank
December 9, 2025; 6pm: MS Now's Ari Melber reports on how high prices and economic pain are shaping voters' priorities. President Trump noticed and is...
Trump Centers Himself at Kennedy Center Honors
December 8, 2025; 6pm: MS Now's Ari Melber reports on President Trump's appearance at the Kennedy Center Honors, and his latest attempt to use power t...
Report: Video Undercuts Pentagon Rational for Strike
December 5, 2025; 6pm: Trump Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing war crime allegations. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on new details and video from...
Pentagon Chief Under Fire
December 4, 2025; 6pm: Trump defense secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire and facing allegations of having committed or overseen a war crime. Plus, a...
Multiple Scandals Engulf Pentagon Chief
December 3, 2025; 6pm: Trump defense secretary Pete Hegseth is facing allegations of having committed or overseen a war crime. Plus, 50 Cent and direc...
Trump Faces GOP Defections Over Epstein and Boat Strikes
December 2, 2025; 6pm: Trump faces a political tipping point as hundreds of DC Republicans voted to release the Epstein files and demand answers on wh...
Outrage Amid Trump Admin “War Crime” Reports
December 1, 2025; 6pm: MS NOW’s Melissa Murray reports on an alleged war crime that is engulfing the Trump administration. Plus, Murray breaks down th...
Preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”
Rachel Maddow’s new series lays bare one of the most shocking decisions in American history. It’s story that reveals how an executive order authorizin...
Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House
November 26, 2025; 6pm: Two members of the West Virginia National Guard are in critical condition after being shot near the White House. MS NOW's Mich...
Trump Defeated on Epstein, DOJ Prosecutor, and 2025 Elections
November 25, 2025; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on Trump's approval ratings sinking to record second-term lows after suffering a humiliating defea...
Trump Loses Cases Against FBI Vet Comey, AG James
November 24, 2025; 6pm: A federal judge has dismissed the cases against James Comey and Letitia James after the judge determined the interim U.S. atto...
Emails show Epstein's links to two MAGA lawyers
November 21, 2025; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber breaks down the Epstein emails, including newly-surfaced messages from lawyers who went on to represent Tr...
Trump Signs Bill to Release Epstein Files
November 20, 2025; 6pm: Trump signs the Epstein files release bill, meaning the DOJ has 30 days to release the files. New reports show Trump secretly...
Trump's Epstein failure haunts his second term
November 19, 2025; 6pm: MS NOW’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat and reports on Congress passing legislation to force the DOJ to release its Epstein files....
Congress Votes to Release Epstein Files
November 18, 2025; 6pm: A major loss for Donald Trump today, MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on how Republicans went from opposing any vote to pass the Ep...
Trump Loses Monthslong Bid to Stop Epstein Vote
November 17, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat and reports on Trump's apparent reversal of stance on the release of the Epstein files. Maya...
Trump Deflects as Epstein Scandal Raises New Questions
November 14, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC's Ari Melber reports on Trump now trying to deflect the Epstein emails, calling on his Justice Department to investigate...
GOP and Dem Lawmakers Respond to Release of Epstein Emails
November 12, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC's Ari Melber reports on the damning Epstein emails rocking the Trump White House. Andrew Weissman and Rep. Melanie Stans...
Trump is in the Epstein emails: He 'knew,' spent 'hours' with victim
November 12, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC's Ari Melber reports on damning emails that allege President Trump knew of Jeffrey Epstein’s conduct. The New York Times...
Americans Revolt Over High Prices Under Trump
November 11, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC's Ari Melber reports on the affordability crisis in the US, with recent polling showing that 66% of Americans say Trump...