Rachel Maddow

1 month ago | msnbc.com | Rachel Maddow |Allison Detzel

This is an adapted excerpt from the April 29 episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show.”Earlier this month, dozens of people gathered at an airport in New Haven, Connecticut, to protest a small budget airline called Avelo. The company, which markets itself as a consumer airline for the general public, recently signed a contract with the Trump administration for the use of its planes, flight attendants and everything else for deportation flights.

2 months ago | player.fm | Rachel Maddow |Chris Hayes

According to a new CNN poll, President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at 41%. That's a steep drop from Trump's support just before the election, and the lowest for any US president at this point in his term going back to at least the 1950s. Will these negative ratings spell doom for the rest of the president's term? Or are they just one more ride on the Trump roller coaster? Susan Glasser, Staff Writer for The New Yorker, joins the program to discuss.

2 months ago | player.fm | Rachel Maddow |Chris Hayes

Harvard University has refused to bow to President Trump's demands to drop DEI measures and punish student protesters. While some universities like Columbia buckled under the financial pressure and Trump's demands, Harvard is not alone in resisting. Among those fighting back is Wesleyan University, whose own federal funding has been threatened. School President Michael Roth joins Christiane from Connecticut.

2 months ago | msnbc.com | Rachel Maddow |Allison Detzel

This is an adapted excerpt from the April 7 episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show.”On Saturday, thousands across the country took to the streets to protest the actions of the Trump administration. Among the many signs at the nationwide “Hands Off” demonstrations, a whole subcategory was devoted to measles. In Chicago, one protester held a sign that read: “Got measles?

Mar 27, 2025 | msnbc.com | Rachel Maddow

This is an adapted excerpt from the March 26 episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show.”Typically, in March of an odd-numbered year, we don’t get a lot of big election news. However, that isn’t the case this year. On Tuesday, we got two major results out of two elections in Pennsylvania. In the Pennsylvania state House, Democrats won a special election that will hand them control of that legislative chamber. The win wasn’t much of a surprise since it was considered a Democratic-leaning district.