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The Weekend

Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany set the agenda for Saturday, Sunday, and the week ahead; fresh analysis of the week’s biggest events.

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The Weekend July 26 9a: DOJ’s Assist on Epstein Jul 26, 2025

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Deputy Attorney General and former defense attorney to Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, spent two days in Florida interviewing Epstein’s longtime accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. New reports say the DOJ granted Maxwell limited immunity during these meetings. Legal experts Andrew Weissmann and George Conway join The Weekend to dissect these rare actions. Then, Representative Maxwell Frost explains what Democrats are doing to push for answers on Trump and Epstein. Plus, a look at the pushback federal judges are giving the Trump administration on its deportation tactics.

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The Weekend July 26 8a: Demanding Transparency Jul 26, 2025

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In this hour, Teresa Helm, a Jeffrey Epstein survivor, joins The Weekend to describe the anguish survivors are dealing with and why it is important to release the Epstein files. Plus, Texas State Representative James Talarico joins The Weekend to discuss his newfound popularity and how he’s getting Lone Star Democrats fired up for the next big election. Then, former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone shares his thoughts on House Republicans’ new January 6th subcommittee.

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The Weekend July 26 7a: Epstein Files Deflection Jul 26, 2025

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President Donald Trump tries to deflect from the Jeffrey Epstein controversy amid calls for transparency. Former Congressman Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania and Republican strategist Annalyse Keller join The Weekend to discuss Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, meeting for two days with a top DOJ official and the DOJ's decision to offer her limited immunity. Plus, in an effort to distract Americans from the Epstein case, the Trump administration is now trying to accuse President Barack Obama of treason. Administration officials claim he manufactured a false assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 elections. This has been widely debunked.

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The Weekend July 20 9a: The DOJ’s Voting Probe Jul 20, 2025

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New reporting details the Justice Department’s plot to obtain voter rolls and election data from multiple states. These unprecedented steps are raising concerns among election officials ahead of the 2026 midterms. Colorado’s Attorney General Phil Weiser and Executive Director of the Colorado County Clerks Association Matt Crane join The Weekend to discuss. Plus, Gretchen Carlson talks about her former Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch and his very complicated relationship with Donald Trump, who now has a $10B libel suit against Murdoch and his company over the latest Wall Street Journal reporting about Jeffrey Epstein.

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The Weekend July 20 8a: A Brewing Storm Jul 20, 2025

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All eyes are on Texas as the state’s legislature is set to convene for a special session that will likely be dominated by one agenda item: President Trump’s demand to redraw the state’s congressional maps. Former Texas congressman Colin Allred joins The Weekend to discuss the implications this could have on the midterms. And, as extreme flooding hits many parts of the nation, the Trump administration shut down a federal website that presented congressionally mandated reports and research on climate change. Representative Eric Sorensen, the only meteorologist in the U.S. Congress, joins The Weekend to explain how these budget cuts could make it more difficult to predict storms. Plus, Emmy-winning actor Jim Parsons joins The Weekend to discuss “Reclaim The Flag,” a new documentary which unpacks the LGBTQ+ community's relationship with the American flag and examines how it can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans.

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The Weekend July 20 7a: White House Fallout Jul 20, 2025

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Former Biden White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary Daniel Koh and former Federal Prosecutor Paul Butler join The Weekend to discuss the tangled saga President Trump has gotten himself into over Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, new reporting reveals Trump is getting annoyed with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files. And, Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, who you may remember from the “Tennessee Three,” joins The Weekend to share what happened to him after being barred from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference, an event that was held in his own district. She was there to promote a “self-deportation” plan that would offer migrants $1,000 and a one-way ticket out of the country.

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The Weekend July 19 9a: Trump vs Media Jul 19, 2025

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It’s been a dramatic week after Republicans took a hatchet to public media that could devastate access to news in rural areas. Former president and CEO of National Public Radio Vivian Schiller joins The Weekend to discuss Congress’ deep cuts to public broadcasting including PBS and NPR. Plus, Elon Musk might be out of Washington, but Republicans are still moving forward on DOGE cuts. Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico joins The Weekend to discuss. And, Donald Trump loves to promote conspiracies. He is leading his administration into spending taxpayer dollars to investigate these easily disproven assertions.

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The Weekend July 19 8a: MAGA Meltdown Jul 19, 2025

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President Donald Trump can’t get his MAGA-base to stop obsessing over the Epstein files. But after new reporting from the Wall Street Journal, some MAGA loyalists are coming to the president’s defense. MSNBC contributor Jeremy Peters joins The Weekend to discuss. Plus, new polls reveal most Americans, including Republican voters, disapprove of the way the Trump administration is handling the Epstein case.

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The Weekend July 19 7a: Another Wonderful Secret Jul 19, 2025

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Amid the frustration growing over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, new reporting from The Wall Street Journal alleges President Trump hand-drew a lewd photo of a woman for Epstein’s 50th birthday. In response, Trump filed a libel lawsuit, seeking at least $10 billion in damages against the parent company of the newspaper, News Corp, its publisher, Dow Jones; two reporters for the newspaper, News Corp's chief executive, Robert Thomas, and its owner, Rupert Murdoch. Vaughn Hillyard, Kristy Greenberg, and Tara Setmayer join The Weekend to discuss.

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The Weekend July 13 9a: Trump's Retribution Tour Jul 13, 2025

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Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly fired more than 20 employees from the Department of Justice who worked on cases involving January 6 and President Donald Trump’s classified documents case. The DOJ confirmed it opened criminal investigations into two of Trump’s repeated targets, former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey. Former DHS Chief of Staff, Miles Taylor and Former Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the FBI, Michael Feinberg join The Weekend to discuss the Trump administration's attempt at going after those who are at odds with the president.

Plus, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a press conference Saturday announcing that five other states are in talks to develop similar facilities modeled after Florida's new immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." Ofirah Yheskel and Brendan Buck join The Weekend to discuss how the DHS is looking to ramp up its immigration policy.

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