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    GOP embraces Trump's Big Lie with Mike Johnson vote; brings threat to democracy inside the House

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  • Legal snowball rolls over Trump as judge reinstates gag order

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  • A mosaic of failures: As list of pre-Oct. 7 failures grows, Netanyahu fights to shift blame

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  • 'The Republican Party is sick.': Maddow notes atypical nature of current House speaker vacancy

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  • Settlement with separated migrant families marks step in closing shameful Trump-era chapter for U.S.

    03:24
  • Democrats inexplicably allow indicted Senator Bob Menendez to continue serving 

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  • 'Negotiations large and small': Hostage releases, aid to Gaza suggest possible shift as war rages

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  • Maddow on her new book ‘Prequel’ clarifying today's politics: ‘I have a lot of faith in democracy’

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  • Maddow on the Gaza hospital bombing: ‘We as humans have to believe that the truth matters’

    07:39
  • 'I will not permit it': Judge throttles Trump's ranting to protect trial integrity

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  • Massive voter turnout in Poland appears to reject right-wing party; Halts authoritarian drift

    03:10
  • Biden hopes to head off any regional expansion of war with trip to Israel: Rep. Himes

    04:49
  • Glimmer of hope as Hamas broaches subject of releasing some hostages

    07:14
  • A real variable we've not seen before: Hamas hostage-taking complicates response to attacks

    03:55
  • 'Hamas needs to be eliminated': Rep. Goldman calls for 'neutralizing' terror group as 'initial mission'

    05:08
  • 'Like no nightmare I can ever imagine'; Israeli seeks help in the return of his abducted family members

    10:37
  • Why Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York matters the most to him

    06:29
  • 'There is no way to both-sides this': Republican meltdown paints stark contrast with Democrats

    11:55
  • 'How did Dr. Frankenstein deal with his monster?'; Trump era GOP struggles with old school politics 

    05:34
  • 'It's like the whole system is busted': Does the Trump era mark 'the end of politics'?

    08:46

Lessons from a World War II scandal that put the Justice Department to the test.

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Rachel Maddow talks to historian Bradley Hart about protecting democracy and the lessons learned from a WWII scandal in which some members of Congress worked with a Nazi agent to distribute pro-Nazi propaganda.