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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New Heat on Trump AG Pick
July 17, 2026, 6pm: Ty Cobb, who served as a White House lawyer during President Trump’s first term, joins MS NOW’s Ari Melber on "The Beat" for a wid...
Obama Rallies for Voting Rights After Trump's Plots
July 16, 2026, 6pm: MS NOW’s Ari Melber delivers a special report on accountability for Sen. Susan Collins. Plus, The New York Times has filed a motio...
Epstein Saga Haunts DOJ Confirmation Clash
July 14, 2026, 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on President Trump's string of legal losses and is joined by The New York Times' Molly Jong-Fast and f...
Trump Loses Another Court Battle over Rule of Law
July 13, 2026, 6pm: A U.S. judge has voided Donald Trump's $1.8 billion settlement with the IRS. MS NOW's Ari Melber has the latest. Plus, Memphis Ble...
BONUS: Ari and Memphis Bleek on Jay-Z's return
In this podcast extra, Memphis Bleek discusses his time on stage with Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium with MS NOW's Ari Melber.
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Trump Fires Election Officials After Losing Ballot Case
July 10, 2026; 6pm: President Trump is refusing to sign a housing bill passed by his own party's Congress. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined b...
Trump WH Swamped by Iran, Epstein, Prices, Court Losses
July 9, 2026; 6pm: The war in Iran, the Epstein scandal and high prices continue to engulf the Trump White House. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is j...
Oil Spikes as Trump Fails to Quell Mideast Conflict
July 8, 2026; 6pm: President Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is over amid renewed fighting in the region. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the latest...
Trump WH Exposé Rocks DC
July 7, 2026; 6pm: The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan join MS NOW's Ari Melber to discuss their new book, "Regime Change," which go...
Receipts: Trump Profiting Off WH
July 6, 2026; 6pm: New receipts show President Trump is profiting off the White House. MS NOW's Ari Melber delivers a special report. Plus, Andrew Wei...
BONUS: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hamilton in DC, lessons & hip hop with Ari Melber
In this podcast extra, the celebrated actor, composer, lyricist and writer Lin-Manuel Miranda talks Obama, “Hamilton,” “Warriors,” and life lessons in...
Jack Smith Speaks Out In First Interview
July 2, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace joins Ari Melber to discuss her exclusive interview with former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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Trump Rakes in Billions in Office
July 1, 2026; 6pm: President Trump's annual financial disclosure reveals he made at least $2.2 billion during the first year of his second term. Plus,...
SCOTUS Rejects Trump's Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
June 30, 2026; 6pm: The Supreme Court issued its final decisions for cases argued this term, including rejecting President Trump’s executive bid to en...
SCOTUS Crushes Trump's Midterm Mail Plot
June 29, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW'S Ari Melber delivers a special report on President Trump's mixed day at SCOTUS. Plus, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin joins to d...
BONUS: SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer on Ari Melber’s "Summit Series"
BONUS: Listen to Ari Melber's 2024 interview with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who discusses the reversal of Roe v. Wade, attacks on...
Judge Orders More Epstein Files Released
June 26, 2026; 6pm: A federal judge has ordered the Trump DOJ to release more Epstein files in response to a legal filing alleging the department fail...
Judge Halts Trump Midterm Plot
June 25, 2026; 6pm: A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on the latest d...
Trump Drives Rift Within GOP
June 24, 2026; 6pm: In a stunning rebuke, the Senate votes to block President Trump’s war with Iran unless Congress authorizes it. MS NOW's Ari Melber...
Trump Approval Crashes Amid Mistakes
June 23, 2026; 6pm: President Trump is threatening to sue ABC News again over its coverage of his multi-million dollar renovation of the Reflecting Po...
Trump WH on Defense Over Iran Concessions
June 22, 2026; 6pm: President Trump eyes a deal with Iran that appears to echo aspects of the Obama-era agreement he once scrapped. MS NOW's Ari Melbe...
BONUS: From the Knicks to NYC Culture: Ari Melber with Bill Bradley & Lexa Gates
In this podcast extra, hear Ari Melber's conversations with New York rapper Lexa Gates and Knicks legend Bill Bradley. Melber talks with Gates about w...
Trump's New False Claim: 'No Limits' To My Power
June 19, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Melissa Murray reports on renewed fears that the president is asserting an expansive vision of presidential power. Semafo...
"Horrific Surrender": Allies and Critics Blast Trump Iran Deal
June 18, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW’s Antonia Hylton reports on growing bipartisan outrage over President Trump’s Iran deal. Richard Stengel, former Obama Stat...
MAGA & Fox News Voices Pummel Trump's Iran Deal
June 17, 2026; 6pm; President Trump is facing heat from Democrats and Republicans over his deal with Iran to end the war. MS NOW's Melissa Murray repo...
BONUS: Ari x Fabolous, Maino, Jim Jones & Dave East
In this podcast extra, New York hip hop legends Fabolous, Maino, Jim Jones, Dave East join Ari Melber for a wide-ranging discussion about their new po...
Cost of Trump Projects Hit Voters as Midterms Loom
June 16, 2026; 6pm; President Trump's ballroom, which he claimed would be paid for by private donations, has already cost taxpayers roughly $300 milli...
Scrutiny on Trump's Iran Deal as Details Remain Secret
June 15, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on President Trump’s tentative agreement with Iran to end the war, with many details still not public....
DOJ Approves Paramount Deal to Buy Warner Bros.
June 12, 2026; 6pm: Antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice have approved Paramount’s $110 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. after an eig...
Trump Rocked as Epstein Scandal Roars Back
June 11, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW’s Ari Melber breaks down reports of “chaos” engulfing the Trump White House, from the war in Iran and the Epstein scandal t...
NYT: Epstein Turmoil Drove WH "Freakout"
June 10, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on a bombshell report from The New York Times detailing how the Epstein scandal caused an internal "fr...
Turmoil Engulfs Trump DOJ
June 9, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on tough news for the Trump DOJ as a top Jeffrey Epstein employee testifies. Renowned civil rights atto...
BONUS: Ari talks NY power & realness with The LOX in Beat Intv
In this podcast extra, hip-hop icons The LOX join music enthusiast Ari Melber to discuss New York rap, their famous Versuz battle, music podcasts, cul...
Trump Approval Crashes Amid Econ & Intel Stumbles
June 8, 2026; 6pm: President Trump formally nominates his former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, to serve as attorney general. Plus, new lies from Trum...
Knicks Icon Bill Bradley on Finals Fever
June 5, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on the Trump DOJ's bizarre "Statue of Liberty" scandal. The New York Times' Emily Bazelon and MS NOW's...
Trump Eyes Personal lawyer to Run DOJ
June 4, 2026; 6pm: MS NOW has confirmed President Trump plans to nominate Acting AG Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports a...
Trump Undercuts AG on Ending Convict Fund
June 3, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports on escalating confusion surrounding the status of President Trump’s $1.8 billion “slush fund.” Former S...
CBS's Top Anchor: MAGA Owners Helping Kill “60 Minutes”
June 2, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on growing fears within the GOP that President Trump is damaging the party with scandals and blunders....
Trump Admin to Abandon “Slush Fund” Amid Backlash
June 1, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW reports that the Trump administration is planning to abandon its highly controversial $1.8 billion “slush fund.” MS NOW’s Me...
BONUS: Trump slush fund and Democracy talk with Andrew Weissmann and Maya Wiley
BONUS: In this podcast extra, Ari Melber reports on President Trump's slush fund and speaks with Andrew Weissmann about legal ways to stop the unprece...