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Ari Melber

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Ari Melber delivers the biggest political and news stories of the day, with interviews and original reporting from around the nation. An Emmy-winning journalist, attorney and former Senate staffer, Melber cuts through the spin and the noise to tell you what's really happening. Real news, every night.

The Beat with Ari Melber

November 7, 2025; 6pm: Polling shows that affordability and economic anxiety drove the GOP losses as millions of Americans are going to food banks unable to access their SNAP benefits, MSNBC's Ari Melber reports. New York Times' Michelle Goldberg, Emily Bazelon, and MSNBC's Jason Johnson join. Plus, hundreds of flights have been CANCELED and even more delayed as the shutdown triggers reductions in airspace capacity.

 
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Trump Blames Shutdown for GOP’S Election Wipeout

November 6, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC’s Ari Melber analyzes Democrats’ 2025 election sweep and the growing ripple effects across U.S. politics. Vanity Fair's Molly Jong-Fast joins. 

 
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Dems Sweep as Voters Take MAGA To School

November 5, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC's Ari Melber reports on the string of Democratic wins upending politics. Michael Steele, Juanita Tolliver, and Neal Katyal join to discuss. 

 
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Stunning Voter Data Rattling Trump

November 3, 2025; 6pm: New York City's Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani joins The Beat ahead of November 4th's election. Donald Trump held a "Great Gatsby" themed Halloween party, drawing backlash amid government shutdown. Barack Obama campaigns for Democratic candidates in New Jersey, Virginia. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Zoran Mamdani and Eugene Robinson.

 
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Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani on NY mayor’s race

October 31, 2025; 6pm: Food assistance is on the brink of expiration as the government shutdown hits one month. A federal judge in Rhode Island Ruling ordered the Trump administration to fund the SNAP program for November, despite their vows to let that funding expire. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Juanita Tolliver. 

 
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"Trump Shutdown" Sparks Outrage as Food Aid, Air Travel Take Hit

October 30, 2025; 6pm: The Pentagon orders the National Guard to establish "quick reaction" forces in every state for civil unrest, meaning as many as 500 soldiers will receive non-lethal crowd control training, MSNBC's Ari Melber reports and is joined by Reverend Al Sharpton and Staff Sergeant Demi Palecek. Plus, the apparent backroom deal struck between the Trump family and the high-profile crypto giant Binance. 

 
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DC National Guard Deployment Extended into 2026

October 28, 2025; 6pm: Trump is planning to replace some regional ICE leaders with Border Patrol officials for a more "aggressive" crackdown, MSNBC Ari Melber reports. John Flannery and Chai Komanduri join to discuss Trump's expanding presidential power. Plus, Trump and republicans are refusing to tap an existing SNAP contingency fund as 42 million people are bracing for food stamp benefits to run dry.

 
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Trump Escalates Threats on Domestic Force

October 27, 2025; 6pm: President Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in 2028. Plus, The Wall Street Journal reports President Trump fast-tracked the demolition of the East Wing by firing three Biden-appointed members of a 12-person planning committee, “installing his own panel of loyalists, including senior White House officials, giving Republicans control of a little-known body that has outsize influence over the historic White House complex.” 

 
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Trump Says He Would 'Love To' Run Again in 2028

October 24, 2025; 6pm: Trump ally Steve Bannon says President Trump will serve a third term, despite the 22nd amendment. Plus, MSNBC's Jason Johnson reports on President Trump's major expansion in his controversial, and potentially illegal, military campaign in Latin America. Congressman Adam Smith joins. 

 
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Trump ally Bannon reveals Trump third term plan

October 23, 2025; 6pm: MSNBC’s Jason Johnson breaks down President Trump’s East Wing demolition, Trump’s $230 million demand from the DOJ, and Trump’s pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao. Plus, former special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump twice, is pushing to testify publicly.

 
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Trump’s WH Demolition, DOJ Demands & Crypto Pardon Outrage Rock Admin

October 15, 2025; 6pm: President Trump is doubling down on his weaponization of the Justice Department. Plus, some Democrats are calling on top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer to step aside. Former Congressman Joe Crowley and Amanda Litman, co-founder and president of “Run for Something,” join MSNBC's Ari Melber on "The Beat" to debate.

 
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Trump's ICE Tactics Draw Backlash: Ari Melber's Legal Report on Agents Causing Danger

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