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The Beat with 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.

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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.

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English


Episodes
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Trump Budget Passes After Bruising Battle

7/3/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, July 3, and reports on the House passing Trump’s budget and new reporting from The New York Times about how the Trump administration is plotting fresh ways to distort vote counting. Melissa Murray, Douglas Brinkley and Eugene Robinson join.

Duration:00:41:01

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House Vote on Trump Budget "Frozen" Amid GOP Holdouts

7/2/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Wednesday, July 2, and reports on the House GOP’s stalled vote on Trump’s budget, the Diddy verdict, and California’s rollback of its landmark environmental law. Scott Wiener, James Carville, Nancy Erika Smith and Kim Osorio join the show.

Duration:00:41:24

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Senate Passes Deficit-busting Budget by One Vote

7/1/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Tuesday, July 1, and reports on on the Senate’s passage of President Trump’s budget and Trump’s latest grift: launching a fragrance line. Evan Handler, Alex Wagner, Chai Komanduri and Maya Wiley join.

Duration:00:41:05

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GOP Cracks show as Budget Hikes Debt by Over Three Trillion

6/30/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Monday, June 30, and reports on the Senate showdown as Republicans push to advance President Trump’s mega-bill and the Supreme Court’s decision limiting judges on how and when they can pause presidential policies. Juanita Tolliver, Jason Johnson, Adrian Clouatre, and Melissa Murray join.

Duration:00:42:31

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SCOTUS Limits Nationwide Injunctions Used to Stop Trump Policies

6/27/2025
MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton hosts “The Beat” on Friday, June 27, and reports on the Supreme Court’s consequential ruling in the birthright citizenship case. Hylton also covers the growing backlash to Donald Trump’s sputtering mega-bill and examines the future of the Democratic Party. Jason Johnson, Jamaal Bowman, Evan Osnos, Jon Meacham, Leah Litman, and Ankush Khardori join.

Duration:00:40:43

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Major Setback to Trump Mega-Bill

6/26/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, June 26, and reports on the mayor blow to President Trump's agenda in the Senate and the escalating tensions between the Trump administration and the press over its coverage of the U.S. strikes in Iran. Plus, filmmaker Wes Anderson joins. Robert Reich, Molly Jong-Fast and Karim Sadjadpour also join.

Duration:00:41:24

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Top DOJ Officials Grilled on Capitol Hill

6/25/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, May 25, and reports on on top DOJ officials facing tough questions on Capitol Hill after a whistleblower alleged one DOJ leader wanted to tell the courts “f* you.” The claim was denied under oath. Melber also covers the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. Emily Bazelon, John Flannery and Jumaane Williams join the show.

Duration:00:41:25

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Trump Aides Plotted to Tell Courts “f*** you,” Says DOJ Insider

6/24/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, March 24, and reports on the bombshell allegation that a Trump DOJ official plotted to tell courts “f* you,” according to a DOJ insider. Melber also reports on the Israel-Iran ceasefire and Trump’s budget troubles. Andrew Weissmann, Gen. Wesley Clark and Don Lemon join.

Duration:00:40:24

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Trump Says Israel and Iran Have Agreed To a "Total Ceasefire"

6/23/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Monday, June 23, and reports breaking news: President Donald Trump claims on social media that Iran and Israel have agreed to a full ceasefire. Maya Wiley, Yamiche Alcindor, Ambassador Dennis Ross and General Barry McCaffrey join.

Duration:00:42:15

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Jude Blocks Trump Attempt to Attack Harvard

6/20/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, June 20, and reports on major setbacks for President Trump’s immigration agenda, presidential abuse of power and growing backlash against the nation's top health official, RFK Jr. Brad Lander, Dr. Fiona Havers, Sec. Louis Caldera, Juanita Tolliver, and Emily Bazelon join.

Duration:00:41:32

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Pressure on Trump's Iran Policy as Tensions Rise

6/19/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, June 19, and reports on President Trump’s Iran policy and the growing resistance against his administration. Plus, rapper Warren G and MSNBC’s Alex Wagner join Melber for the latest “Fallback” installment. Chai Komanduri and David Rothkopf also join the program.

Duration:00:41:31

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Trump Touts Military Powers After Massive Weekend Protests

6/19/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, June 18, and reports on President Trump's abuse of power, the future of The Democratic party and the conflict in The Middle East. Amb. Dennis Ross, Michael Hirschorn, Maya Wiley and Molly Jong-Fast join.

Duration:00:41:27

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Courts weigh Trump's military powers after national protests

6/17/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Tuesday, June 17th, and reports on the court cases weighing Trump's military powers after national protests, Sen. Mike Lee backing down after vitriolic posts mocking an assassination, and the Trump family facing tariff hypocrisy as they launch a new "gold phone" business. Jason Johnson, Joyce Vance and Francis Fukuyama join.

Duration:00:49:05

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More than 2,100 anti-Trump demonstrations held across U.S. over weekend

6/16/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Monday, June 16 and reports on more than five million attending anti-Trump demonstrations over the weekend, Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband killed in their home Saturday in an apparent act of political violence, and new fallout over Donald Trump's unprecedented move to deploy active duty troops in L.A. Rep. Kelly Morrison, Eugene Robinson, Paul Rieckhoff and Lena Waithe join.

Duration:00:42:00

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Marines Deployed to a U.S. City for the First Time in 30 Years

6/13/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Friday, June 13th, and reports on Trump's mobilization of the military in the United States, California's court case against Trump's use of the National Guard within the state, Rep. McIver's charges over a clash with law enforcement at a New Jersey ICE facility, and the latest in the Middle East. Rep. LaMonica McIver, Barry McCaffrey, and Tyler Perry join.

Duration:00:40:44

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Outcry as DHS Forces U.S. Senator to the Ground on Federal Property

6/13/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Thursday, June 12th, and reports on California Senator Alex Padilla's forcible removal and cuffing from a DHS briefing, California's court case against Trump over Trump's use of the National Guard, and immigration raids and protests under Trump. Senator Alex Padilla, Jacob Soboroff, former Senator Barbara Boxer, Alex Wagner, and John Flannery join.

Duration:00:47:19

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Tensions rise as Trump orders Marines to U.S. streets

6/11/2025
MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, June 11, and reports on the Trump administration deploying Marines to U.S. streets amidst protests. Plus, Elon Musk apologizing for some of the attacks he lobbed at Trump during their public blowout. Sen. Jack Reed, Douglas Brinkley, and Ta-Nehisi Coates join.

Duration:00:41:26

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California sues over Trump's use of Marines and National Guard

6/11/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Tuesday, June 10th, and reports on the Los Angeles protests and resistance to Trump's related actions, Trump's deployment of additional troops to Los Angeles, RFK Jr. and vaccines, and Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial. David Noriega, Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Seth Moulton join.

Duration:00:41:52

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Deploying National Guard without state cooperation, Donald Trump breaks 60 years of precedent

6/9/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Monday, June 9th, and reports on the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles and Trump's actions in response. Jacob Soboroff, Maya Wiley, Jose Luis Solache Jr., Ankush Khardori, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Tom Nichols join.

Duration:00:40:51

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Trump-Musk Feud Roils MAGA as New Insults Fly

6/9/2025
MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts The Beat on Friday, June 6th, and reports on Trump and Musk's split, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Harvard and Columbia University. Mark Leibovich, Melissa Murray, and RZA join.

Duration:00:41:12