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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell — 251 episodes

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‘YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO BREATHE’: Exasperated voters bash Trump who claims they aren’t mad at him

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Democrats see midterm momentum as Trump approval tanks

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Lawrence: The mystery of what Trump’s agents were doing in Michigan may make sense on Election Day

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Lawrence: Caving to Trump, Tillis & Cornyn prove once a senator, always a senator

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TRUMP’S TERRIBLE WEEK: 72% disapprove of Trump’s handling of his Iran war

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Lawrence: Trump cares more about his slush fund & tax amnesty than Blanche’s confirmation

7

Lawrence: Republicans attacking Anthony Fauci is 'one of the darkest days in our Senate's history'

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Lawrence: Trump proves he’s the stupidest negotiator in the history of American government

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Lawrence: Day 150 shows what happens when a madman starts a war

10

Pentagon lowers number of troop deaths in Iran war

11

Trump threatens to commit potential war crimes on Iran

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Combative Hegseth faces tough questions from senators

13

'Operation epic failure': Trump & Hegseth blasted by Rep. Jeffries as Iran war death toll climbs

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Trump’s poll numbers plummet on economy and his war in Iran

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Lawrence: Trump’s ‘demented’ speech showed how ready he is to interfere in the election

16

Lawrence: Blanche confessed who he really serves when he said of Trump ‘I’m his lawyer’

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Lawrence: Cowardly Susan Collins did nothing to protect Maine from Trump’s invasion forces

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Lawrence: Trump sued himself - and lost.

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Trump reiterates claim that U.S.-Iran ceasefire is ‘over'

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Lawrence: Trump says 'I don't know' when asked about the war in Iran he started

21

Graham Platner says he’s withdrawing, denies allegations

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Lawrence on the lesson of the Platner campaign: Always wait for the vetting

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Lawrence: JD Vance’s old accusation of Trump being ‘cultural heroin’ was on display this weekend

24

Lawrence: Trump cannot survive a federal criminal justice system that works

25

U.S.-Iran talks in Qatar end without breakthrough

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Trump loses SCOTUS fight to end birthright citizenship

27

Secretary Rubio & envoy Witkoff brief Congress on Iran

28

Trump accuses Iran of ‘foolish violation’ of ceasefire

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Lawrence: Republican 'Cowardly Lions' of the Senate will live the rest of their lives in disgrace

30

Lawrence: Bill Cassidy did what no GOP senator has done to Trump in a decade. Yell at him.

31

Lawrence: Republican Senator Sheehy just made Donald Trump Iran's ‘dope’

32

Haberman and Swan react to Trump's attacks on them ahead of damning book, 'Regime Change'

33

Lawrence: Trump picked the worst place in the world to sign his terrible deal with Iran

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Lawrence: Trump chose to play Obama's game and lost badly.

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Lawrence: Trump's describing his so-called Iran deal the only way he knows how. With nonstop lying.

36

Lawrence: White House effectively says NYT reporters must have tapes of Situation Room meeting

37

U.S. & Iran move closer to a deal to resume peace talks

38

Lawrence: Trump lies about Vietnam War dead in a desperate attempt to justify troops killed in Iran

39

Lawrence: Vance knew Epstein Files were ‘a huge problem’

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Lawrence: When Donald Trump says ‘if you want to know the truth,' he lies

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Lawrence & Rachel discuss what’s happening in California as Trump says the election is ‘rigged’

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Senate GOP kills move to block Trump $1.776B fund

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Lawrence: Blanche won the audition for Trump's AG when he publicly told Trump, 'I love you, sir'

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Lawrence: Trump is a big loser in California and in Congress

45

Lawrence: It's too late for Trump to kill the $1.776B political monster he created

46

Rep. Garcia: Todd Blanche is ‘clearly covering up’ for Donald Trump

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Lawrence: The tortured soul of Trump's lying & incompetent Treasury Secy. was on display again today

48

Lawrence: On the 88th day of Donald Trump's 'smart war,' his Cabinet once again laughed about war

49

Talarico to face candidate he calls nation's 'most corrupt politician' in U.S. Senate race in TX

50

Lawrence: Trump knows he's losing his 'slush fund' and his ballroom

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Lawrence: Trump says he's too busy to explain his Iran war. A Democrat did it in five minutes.

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Lawrence: Trump's the first president in history to say he's 'too busy' to explain a war he's waging

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Lawrence: Today Trump said, 'I don't want to be stupid.' Too late, Donald. Too late.

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Trump leaves China with no clarity on Iran or Taiwan

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'An embarrassment' & 'flat-out disaster': Cory Booker torches Trump over China summit

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Trump arrives for meeting with China's President Xi Jinping

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Hegseth grilled on the Hill as Pentagon’s Iran war estimate grows to $29B

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Velshi: Trump about to face down adversary China, 'weakened, overextended' and stuck in his Iran war

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GOP seek $1 billion from taxpayers for Trump’s ballroom

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69 days of Trump’s war and no deal has been reached

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Trump threatens Iran as he tries to wind down the costly war he claims he ‘won’

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Hegseth: Ceasefire ’not over’ as U.S., Iran exchange fire in Strait

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Lawrence: Even Donald Trump seems to know that his war in Iran is now illegal

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Trump, Hegseth’s ‘cavalier attitude’ towards U.S. deaths in Iran is ‘unacceptable,’ says Vindman

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Lawrence: Donald Trump cares more about prosecuting James Comey than his own war in Iran

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Lawrence: The first six Americans killed in Trump's war died because Hegseth left them defenseless

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Lawrence: America revolted against George III's ‘madness.' King Charles found the madness in America

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Lawrence: Trump is now the first U.S. president in history to complain publicly of 'too much work!'

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Trump sending Witkoff & Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks

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Velshi: Chaos surrounds Trump as his Iran war drags on

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Lawrence: It was another day of nothing happening in Trump's failed attempts to negotiate with Iran

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Lawrence: Tucker Carlson, Virginia voters, and the rest of America are turning on Trump

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Lawrence: Only Trump thinks threatening war crimes and committing war crimes 'will be my honor.'

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Trump’s ability to ‘BS the world’ on Iran is ‘otherworldly’, key Democrat says

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Lawrence: Trump, who failed to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence, now seeks Iran deal he ripped up

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Lawrence: Trump says 'nobody has ever ended one war.' Is that the stupidity or insanity speaking?

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Lawrence: British Parliament Member calls Trump ‘a dangerous and corrupt gangster’ over Iran war

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Lawrence: Trump’s Iran war defined by ‘madman’ posts as Jesus while telling Pope he’s wrong

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Trump threatens new attacks against Iran if talks fail

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Lawrence: Trump is now trying to get out of his war without everyone calling it a surrender

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Trump halts his war, but ceasefire agreement is unclear

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Lawrence: Trump's threat to destroy 'a whole civilization' leaves a permanent stain on our history

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Lawrence: Trump's profane and perverse Iran social media post is why the 25th Amendment was written

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Iran downs 2 U.S. jets, search for 1 crew member ongoing

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Lawrence: Your reward in Trump World for doing a 'tremendous job' is to be fired

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Lawrence: Trump failed to explain his war, disgraced military calling it 'a little journey to Iran'

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Lawrence: Trump is doing a very good job of sounding like the surrendering loser of his own war

88

Lawrence: Even some Trump voters joined the ‘No Kings’ protests

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Ali Velshi: History has shown us what can happen when the people show up

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Lawrence: Trump failed his own self-administered cognitive test while Iran's regime was watching

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Lawrence: Senator says ‘we have a delusional president’ as war continues

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Lawrence: Trump sounded like ‘spoiled child’ in trying to negotiate out of war he claims he’s won

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Lawrence: Trump retreats on Iran and proves he’s worse than Nixon

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Trump claims ‘we’ve won’ war as more troops deploy to Middle East

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Lawrence: Tulsi Gabbard again refuses to admit Trump lied about an ‘imminent threat’ in Iran

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Lawrence: Gabbard defying, not protecting Trump, in refusing to agree Iran posed imminent threat

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Lawrence: Trump’s ‘stupidity is utterly flawless at exposing his own lies’ on Iran war

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Lawrence: When asked, Trump refused to honor fallen U.S. troops in his war

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Trump says he’ll end Iran war when ‘I feel it in my bones’ as U.S. death toll rises to 13

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Lawrence: Trump's Iran war propaganda videos show the depths of his depravity

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Lawrence: Trump’s lie about Iran school bombing disgraces the American presidency

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Lawrence: Trump's war in Iran shows he doesn't know what he's talking about

103

Lawrence: Donald Trump says it's time to 'show some guts' in a warzone where no Trump would ever go

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Velshi: Trump's war is not making U.S. stronger, has the nation asking 'What the hell is going on?'

105

After Trump fired Kristi Noem, Klobuchar blasts ousted DHS secretary for pain she caused Minneapolis

106

Lawrence: Trump’s son will not fight in his ‘illegal and unconstitutional war’ in Iran

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MS NOW's special 'We The People' primary coverage of elections in Texas and North Carolina

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Lawrence: Trump speaks lovingly about drapes as U.S. death toll in his Iran war rises

109

Bill Clinton testifies in House Epstein investigation

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Lawrence: Hillary Clinton didn't know Epstein. Melania Trump did. When will Melania Trump testify?

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Dems to probe DOJ alleged withholding of Epstein files on Trump

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Trump's 2026 State of the Union

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Lawrence: Trump is the only president stupid enough to believe he has unlimited power to set tariffs

114

Velshi: 'There is hope yet for the republic' after Trump's Supreme Court loss

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Lawrence: Trump thinks the arrest of Epstein-linked ex-Prince Andrew is 'a very sad thing'

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Lawrence: Nothing has separated voters from Trump more than the Epstein ‘cover-up’

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Lawrence: Banned from Colbert, James Talarico says Trump is afraid of losing Texas

118

Lawrence: On Presidents' Day Obama used words Trump doesn't understand like 'decency' and 'kindness'

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Ali Velshi reveals latest humiliation for Trump in devastating new poll

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Lawrence: When Trump’s poll numbers find new lows, he retreats

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Lawrence: Ignoring Epstein survivors, Bondi showed a Trumpian level of heartless, soulless depravity

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Lawrence: Ignoring Epstein leads, Trump DOJ tries and fails to indict six Dems for reciting the law

124

Lawrence: Even after Trump’s ‘racist pig’ distraction, it always comes back to the Epstein files

125

Revealed: Inside the Epstein files

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Lawrence: Treasury Secy. Bessent is Trump’s most tortured accomplice

127

MS NOW Presents: Clock It with Symone and Eugene

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Lawrence: Trump says no one feels worse about Minneapolis killings than the killers

129

Lawrence: No Republicans show up as victims of Trump-encouraged ICE shootings testify

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Lawrence: Trump Justice Department has Epstein survivors begging 'delete my name!'

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Trump DOJ still withholding "50%" of the Epstein files, top Dem says

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Lawrence: The protesters are forcing Trump’s retreat.

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Lawrence: How will you say ‘no’ to Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s cruelty?

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DHS tells Congress two federal agents fired shots at Alex Pretti

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Minnesota sues DHS to preserve evidence in Pretti killing

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Minnesotans stage strike to protest Trump ICE surge

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Lawrence: Republicans have abandoned the rule of law to embrace the rule of Trump

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Lawrence: If Nixon was "our long national nightmare," Davos proves Trump is the world's nightmare now

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Lawrence: Trump publicly threatens Greenland to hide from questions about Epstein

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Lawrence: Trump's letter threatening Greenland is 'too stupid for even him'

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Gov. Walz & Mayor Frey blast Trump DOJ investigations

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Lawrence: And so it has come to a Democratic governor asking Trump not to attack his state

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Lawrence: Trump's middle finger to auto worker proves he is the vulgarian-in-chief

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Lawrence: After Trump's lies about Renee Good shooting, exodus at DOJ over botched investigation

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Lawrence: Sen. Kelly puts Pete Hegseth on the defensive by making him a defendant

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New video filmed by ICE agent released

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Lawrence: On Trump's last day in office he could pardon every single member of Trump's deadly force

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Lawrence: Video of deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting exposes Trump & Noem’s lies

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Lawrence on Jan. 6: GOP manages humiliation previously unimaginable supporting Trump

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Lawrence: Trump & Rubio’s remarks about Venezuela raise the question, ‘Is Cuba next?’

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House GOP releases Jack Smith deposition

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Rep. Khanna on Trump’s handling of Epstein files: ‘You can’t just ignore the law’

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Lawrence: Trump was flying with Epstein around the time FBI got its first tip about Epstein

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Lawrence on Trump DOJ failing to release all Epstein files: Trump can pardon anyone in a cover-up

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Trump DOJ releases heavily redacted Epstein files

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Lawrence: Trump seemed ‘angry at the truth’ as he read a ‘teleprompter full of lies’

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Lawrence: ‘Immoral’ is Donald Trump’s brand, and his chief of staff just proved it

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Velshi: Trump doesn't have a plan for you if you’re struggling to afford basics

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Lawrence on Hegseth strikes: Legal experts say nothing in U.S. law allows for use of deadly force

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Lawrence: Trump tries Epstein-style cover-up of second boat strike video

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Lawrence: Pardoning history’s biggest drug dealers proves Trump doesn’t care about drug trafficking

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Lawrence: If Trump hasn’t called you a ‘terrible reporter’ then you’re not doing your job

164

Hegseth faces calls to resign over boat strikes, Signalgate

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Lawrence on Hegseth boat strike: 'There was no war and there was no fog'

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Lawrence: Trump heightens insanity of war-mongering as Epstein island images released

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Lawrence: Hegseth's story on boat strike hinges on a new ‘fog of war’ lie

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Lawrence: After report of Hegseth's 'kill everybody' order, Trump's first instinct was to lie

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Preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”

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2 National Guard members in critical condition after D.C. shooting

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Lawrence: Congressional Republicans are stuck with Donald Trump. And they know that it's hopeless.

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GOP start to break with Trump on other issues after Epstein vote

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Lawrence: The Trump presidency is collapsing like the Berlin Wall collapsed

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Lawrence: Donald Trump put his surrender and humiliation in writing signing Epstein files bill

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Lawrence: Humiliated Trump's dictatorship over Republicans is coming apart with the Epstein vote

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Lawrence: There will be a massive rebellion against Trump when the House votes on Epstein files

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Trump wants DOJ to investigate others tied to Epstein

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Lawrence: Trump is lost in his own fear about the Epstein emails. His silence proves it.

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Lawrence: In newly public emails Epstein says 'of course' Trump 'knew about the girls'

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Lawrence: Trump says 65% of Americans are ‘FOOLS!’

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Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release

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Ali Velshi: Trump's reaction to Tuesday's crushing election defeat? Basically, 'Let them eat cake'

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Lawrence: Trump looking away from a man in need should be the portrait for his second term

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Lawrence: Trump is living in fear tonight of just how bad election night will be for him next year

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Lawrence: You are not alone tonight if you disapprove of Donald Trump's presidency

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Lawrence: Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files

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Lawrence: Trump’s impossible third term is a desperate diversion from his cruelties

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Lawrence: Trump and GOP effectively taking food from Americans as shutdown cuts to food stamps loom

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Trump destroys White House East Wing for ballroom

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Trump base mad after Trump uses taxpayer money to help MAGA pal in Argentina

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Democracy Forward to probe reported Trump demand for $230M

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MSLIVE ’25: The State of U.S. Democracy with Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell

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Historic preservation group warns Trump ballroom will ‘overwhelm’ White House

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Trump demolishes part of East Wing to build ballroom

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Estimated 7 Million protest against Trump nationwide

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John Bolton indicted on 18 criminal counts

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Democrats say Speaker Johnson delaying Grijalva swearing-in over Epstein files

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Lawrence: Trump admin. staffer reportedly in an 'I love Hitler' chat hasn't been fired by Trump yet

199

Lawrence: Did Trump 'czar' Tom Homan take $50,000 from the FBI? JD Vance's answer is, 'I don't know'

200

Ali Velshi: We’re seeing a politically weak Trump throw the authoritarian spaghetti at the wall

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Lawrence: Letitia James should wear being on Trump's enemies list as a badge of honor

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Lawrence: The only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side

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Lawrence: AOC on how to deal with insecure men like Trump. 'Laugh at them. Make them small.'

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Lawrence: Trump reveals he’s considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell

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Shutdown to enter second week amid Senate stalemate

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Lawrence: We are clearly seeing madness pouring from the darkness of Donald Trump's mind

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Lawrence: How many flashes of insanity from a president should we tolerate?

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Lawrence on deranged, vile Trump posts as govt. shutdown looms: How do you negotiate with that man?

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Fmr. FBI Director James Comey indicted after pressure from Trump

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Trump DOJ indicts former FBI director James Comey

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Lawrence: How can Democrats negotiate with Trump, the 'world's most powerful man-baby'?

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Lawrence: Trump knows Homan can't survive if video of him with undercover FBI agents becomes public

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'Stand up for our country': Rachel joins Lawrence to discuss her Kamala Harris interview

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House Democrats blast Alex Acosta: ‘Defiant and evasive'

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Lawrence: The Epstein survivors have questions that Donald Trump and Kash Patel refuse to answer

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Lawrence: Trump wants us to talk about Jimmy Kimmel. So we'll talk about Trump & Jeffrey Epstein.

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Lawrence: Trump files the most ridiculous lawsuit ever by the most ridiculous litigant in history

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Lawrence: Donald Trump doesn't want us to talk about Jeffrey Epstein's emails. So we will.

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Officials release new details on suspect arrested in Charlie Kirk’s murder

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Officials share video of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect escaping

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed during Utah campus event, shooter at large

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Lawrence: One honest thing Trump said about Epstein’s survivors is ‘I haven’t thought about it’

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Lawrence shares a note Trump sent him comparing its signature to the Epstein birthday note signature

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Ali Velshi: Trump's economy is so bad he's trying to distract from it by talking about Epstein

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Lawrence: RFK Jr., the most dangerous nepo baby in American history, testified today not under oath

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Epstein survivors call for full release of files

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Lawrence: The most perverse thing during Blanche/Maxwell interview was their laughter

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Federal appeals court: Most Trump tariffs are illegal

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Trump & RFK Jr. throw CDC into complete chaos

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Top Senate Democrat: Trump’s HHS Secy. RFK Jr. ‘must be fired immediately'

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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to sue over Trump’s ‘illegal’ attempt to fire her

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Trump says he’s removing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook

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Trump's DOJ releases audio of Maxwell interview as House lawmakers get first batch of Epstein Files

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Trump tries another distraction hours before DOJ is due to release some Epstein files to Congress

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Lawrence: Federal judge publicly calls out Trump Justice Dept. out for its Epstein case 'diversion'

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Lawrence: Trump uses his desk to hide his swollen ankles & his Atty. Gen. to hide the Epstein files

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Lawrence: President Zelenskyy had a successful day in the Trump White House

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Trump says no deal, ‘up to Zelenskyy'

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Lawrence: Gov. Newsom is showing Americans how to fight Donald Trump

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Lawrence: Rep. Raskin wants to know if Trump's DOJ committed crimes speaking to Ghislaine Maxwell

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Lawrence: Trump predicts a ‘1929-style result’ if Trump returns the tariff money he illegally took

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Lawrence: Ghislaine Maxwell may have already earned her Trump pardon on his final day in office

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Texas Democrats deny GOP quorum to pass unfair map

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Lawrence: Secret White House meetings won’t end Trump’s Epstein crisis.

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Lawrence: As long as Trump is alive he should face questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

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Lawrence: Did Trump lie when he said he didn't know about Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer?

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Lawrence: Trump is making Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell’s wish come true

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Ali Velshi: From a souring economy to Epstein, Trump 'isn't fixing anything. This is gaslighting.'

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House Oversight Committee to subpoena DOJ for Epstein files

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Trump White House engulfed in Epstein firestorm

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Senate Dems demand DOJ release tapes of Blanche-Maxwell interview