Trials and Tribulations

<p>An extraordinary phase of the 2024 race unfolding this week as Donald Trump finds himself stuck in a Manhattan courtroom and the focus of historic Supreme Court arguments, while President Biden sprints across a major battleground state. Senator Claire McCaskill and former Whit ... Show More

<p>This year's White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner features NBC News Senior White House Correspondent and President of the White House Correspondents' Association, Kelly O'Donnell. With remarks from President Joe Biden and Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update host Coli ... Show More

<p>What do the newest generation of voters want? What engages them and motivates them? This is a question that's central to 2024, as protests over Gaza continue on college campuses nationwide. Senator Claire McCaskill and former White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmie ... Show More

Late spring/early summer is always a busy time for the Supreme Court, but this year, it’s not just the controversial decisions that are making news. The justices themselves have been in headlines — for all the wrong reasons. Kara and an expert panel discuss the ethical lapses, re ... Show More

<p>With Michael Cohen testifying in the New York criminal trial this week, MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord take stock of the style and the substance of the assertions made by Trump’s former lawyer and ‘fixer’. Andrew was in the courtroom for the first day of ... Show More

A federal jury reached a unanimous guilty verdict on the two contempt of Congress charges in the case against Steve Bannon, a former aide to President Trump. CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin and CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin discuss the verdict and wha ... Show More

<p>A jury has been seated in Hunter Biden’s trial in Delaware. Mexico makes history by electing its first woman president as the White House prepares to take executive action at the southern border. Former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett discusses the latest cease-fire p ... Show More

<p>A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump – setting a new precedent for holding American leaders accountable. But how does a prosecutor like Alvin Bragg actually convince a jury to convict a former president? MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord ... Show More

There’s new legal maneuvering out of Fulton County, Georgia where Rudy Giuliani and six other co-defendants in the election interference case pleaded not guilty today. One of those alleged co-conspirators, Kenneth Chesebro, also told a judge he wants to sever his case from former ... Show More

The first jury trial stemming from the Varsity Blues admissions scandal ended last week with a guilty verdict. It was a big win for prosecutors who relied heavily on exchanges the parents had with the mastermind of the scheme Rick Singer, without ever calling the man himself to t ... Show More