Alex Wagner

Jan 29, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Alex Wagner

In the weeks ahead, dozens of new Trump administration appointees will arrive at the Pentagon. They won't be preparing a new approach to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine, deterring China or even building an $850 billion-plus budget. As they show up, it's already clear their priority is rooting out the "DEI" and "wokeness" they believe are destroying the military. They won't have much to do. Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are a tiny sliver of what the Defense Department does.

Jan 16, 2025 | msnbc.com | Alex Wagner

This is an adapted excerpt from the Jan. 14 episode of “Alex Wagner Tonight.”Los Angeles is in its second week of fighting the largest fires the city has ever seen. The fires have already collectively burned an area more than twice the size of Manhattan, displaced more than 100,000 people and killed at least 27. While those fires are still actively burning — and authorities are still searching burned-out houses for the dead — how is the Republican leader of the House, Mike Johnson, responding?

Jan 9, 2025 | msnbc.com | Alex Wagner

This is an adapted excerpt from the Jan. 7 episode of "Alex Wagner Tonight."On Thursday, former President Jimmy Carter’s six-day state funeral came to an end. The national service was attended by Carter’s family and friends, as well as President Joe Biden and all the living former presidents. This solemn occasion comes as Carter’s legacy has been thrust back into the news by incoming President Donald Trump. “The Panama Canal is a disgrace, what took place at the Panama Canal.

Jan 1, 2025 | msnbc.com | Alex Wagner

This is an adapted excerpt from the Dec. 11 episode of “Alex Wagner Tonight.”Just weeks before Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, we got the huge news that FBI Director Chris Wray plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term. For some perspective as to why this is so significant, remember that FBI directors are appointed to 10-year terms precisely to avoid the impact of partisan politics.

Nov 20, 2024 | msnbc.com | Alex Wagner

This is an adapted excerpt from the Nov. 19 episode of "Alex Wagner Tonight."If there is one hallmark of the Trump era, one strategy that has been employed to force through a radical agenda, it might be this one — first articulated by Steve Bannon, all the way back in 2018: “The Democrats don’t matter. The real opposition is the media.