The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell is a one-hour news and political commentary show that airs on MSNBC every weeknight. You can catch it live at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time from Monday to Friday. Lawrence O'Donnell hosts the show from Monday to Thursday, while Fridays usually feature guest hosts, often Ali Velshi. MSNBC describes O'Donnell's role as giving the final take on the day's most important topics and engaging stories.

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Who will succeed Pope Francis, dead at 88, a pontiff for the 21st century

3 days ago | msnbc.com | Anthea Butler

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America and the first from the Jesuit order to lead the Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at 88. Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the Pope’s death in a statement released by the Vatican: “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father.” His successor will be chosen soon during a papal conclave.
Trump's hope for "one of the greatest Easters ever" doesn't include these Christians

4 days ago | msnbc.com | Anthea Butler

“This is really — I hope — going to be one of the greatest Easters ever,” President Donald Trump told faith leaders he invited to the White House last week, “because we have something going that I don’t think this country has seen in 100 years.
Trump hits resistance from Maine, California and Washington state officials

5 days ago | msnbc.com | Jen Psaki

As President Donald Trump pushes the limits of executive power — from threatening programs for low-income students to wielding tariffs like political cudgels — some Democratic state officials are pushing back. Hard. Here are three striking examples of that resistance just this week:Gov. Janet Mills has never been one to back down from a fight — especially not with Trump.
Chris Hayes: Top nutrition scientist leaves NIH, accuses Kennedy of 'censorship'

6 days ago | msnbc.com | Chris Hayes |Allison Detzel

This is an adapted excerpt from the April 17 episode of “All In with Chris Hayes.”America has long been a country that is both very rich and shockingly unhealthy. Traditionally, Democrats have been the party trying to use government policy to improve health coverage and outcomes, while Republicans have mostly fought tooth and nail against them. Right now, for instance, Republicans in Congress are contemplating $880 billion in cuts to programs like Medicaid.
Elon Musk gets a ringing endorsement ... from Vladimir Putin

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Ja'han Jones

Elon Musk just received a ringing endorsement, but the source — Russian President Vladimir Putin — might raise some eyebrows. In comments apparently delivered to university students and published Wednesday by Russian state media outlet TASS, Putin praised Musk and compared him to Sergei Korolev, who’s known as the “father” of the former Soviet Union’s space program.
Trump rolls back regulations aimed at curbing arsenic and mercury pollution

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Ja'han Jones

Those who believe Donald Trump truly has a vested interest in making America healthy will have a hard time squaring that claim with his recent efforts to derail policies meant to protect Americans from poisonous pollution and harmful waste. But that’s the reality: Trump — who incorporated Robert F.
Trump’s ‘America First’ policies bolster China's interests at the expense of our own

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Nicholas Grossman

For tariffs and undermining America’s alliances, Trump and right-wing media’s pitch to their followers is nationalistic. With promises to reverse globalization and restore a mythologized past, they sell a vision of booming domestic manufacturing and repatriated jobs prompting a reflowering of masculinity, calling it “America First.” But that’s just a marketing slogan. The impact of Trump’s hostility to the world isn’t deglobalization; it’s de-Americanization.
Kennedy axes HHS committee advising states on genetic screening for newborns

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Allison Detzel

Despite Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” the Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly axed an advisory committee responsible for recommending which genetic disorders should be included in newborn health screenings. According to an internal HHS email reviewed by NBC News, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) was terminated, without explanation, on April 3.
Opinion | The makers of TurboTax gave Trump’s inauguration $1 million. They just got their money’s worth.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Helaine Olen

One month before the start of Donald Trump’s second term, Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax, announced a $1 million contribution to his inauguration committee. At the time, the company told Politico the donation was “part of our decades-long commitment to bipartisan advocacy.”But that long-time “bipartisan advocacy” was done with a goal in mind. As Politico reported: “Intuit has numerous interests in Washington that would incentive it to gain favor with the incoming Trump administration.
Chris Hayes: International tourism to the U.S. is cratering under Trump. Americans will pay the price.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Chris Hayes |Allison Detzel

This is an adapted excerpt from the April 16 episode of “All In with Chris Hayes.”For the first time in four decades, the Olympics are returning to Los Angeles. On Wednesday, we got a look at where many of the venues for the 2028 Summer Games will be, from Long Beach to Pasadena to Dodger Stadium, even the Universal Studios lot.