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On this week’s episode of The Best People, legendary documentarian Ken Burns gives us hope.

"Lawless": Ty Cobb, former Trump White House lawyer during the first term, on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Trump's "thug fund."

The $1,776,000,000 that Donald Trump wants to distribute to his criminal political allies does not come from an insurance policy or a corporate entity. It is money from American taxpayers. Andrew Weissmann, former federal prosecutor and author of the newly released "Liar's Kingdom," discusses why Trump's fund shouldn't exist in the first place, even before any debate about who should benefit from it.

MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump knows the Republican-controlled Senate “now has the momentum to defeat his slush fund and to defeat his ballroom” as more Senate Republicans speak out against what some call a "payout pot for punks" that is “utterly stupid, morally wrong.”

The officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 are suing the Trump administration. MS NOW’s Ari Melber is joined by former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn.

MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Rep. Seth Moulton, a combat veteran, explained the current status of Donald Trump's war in Iran at a Congressional hearing in five minutes when Trump didn't have the time to explain it in a 50-minute address to the Coast Guard Academy graduates.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are among several White House officials excluded from the ruling.

The NAACP is encouraging Black athletes to avoid playing in states where Republicans are attacking Black voting rights.

January 6th rioters are among those eligible for payouts from the DOJ's  newly-created $1.8B "anti-weaponization" fund. U.S. Army Veteran Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), who was inside the Capitol when it was attacked, joins Antonia Hylton to share his reaction.

Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president and brother of Fidel Castro, has been indicted by the Department of Justice on seven charges. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche shared more details at a press conference.

President Trump’s settlement with the IRS includes a provision that the U.S. government is "forever barred and precluded" from examining or prosecuting Trump, his family and the Trump Organization’s current tax examinations. Morning Joe panel discusses the unprecedented use of executive power. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is weighing in on Republican incumbents who lost their primaries to Trump-endorsed candidates. He said, "I never ask anyone to violate a core principle, but you have to give up on some of your personal preferences." MS NOW Reporters Mychael Schnell and Rosa Flores have more details on the races. USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page and Editor-at-large for The Bulwark Bill Kristol join Antonia Hylton with their reaction and analysis.

At nine months pregnant, the 33-year-old deserved medical care and human dignity. Instead, she was forced to give birth in a New York City courtroom.

In practical terms, the controversial fund has not yet taken root. Michael Caputo submitted a filing anyway.

Hell hath no fury like a Republican senator scorned by his own party’s president.

"It is time for all of us to Georgia, to Louisiana, to Tennessee, to Mississippi, and let them know exactly what they have uncorked with this injustice."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke in Montgomery, Alabama, over the weekend, where thousands were gathered to protest redistricting efforts across the South.

"I think you're going to want to take a deep breath before this one."

MS NOW's Stephanie Ruhle shares her reaction to newly revealed records showing Donald Trump reported thousands of stock trades totaling hundreds of millions of dollars at the start of the year.

The White House told CNBC that Trump’s assets are held in a trust managed by his children and that “there are no conflicts of interest.”

Joe slams Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for campaigning against Republican Senator Thomas Massie of Kentucky and claiming the seven-term lawmaker of betraying fellow Republicans and President Trump. 

The National Abortion Federation catalogued death threats and harassment targeting its members —and cast blame on the Trump administration.