Rachel Maddow

www.savehhs.org

On our lead story tonight:

"Noem has also been particular about the service on the Coast Guard planes. In one incident, she and her staff grew irritated when a weighted blanket she often uses on trips was not provided to her, an issue that was “escalated” within the service..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

apnews.com/article/rach...

kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...

Connecticut, Wednesday May 20 ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/05/18/p...

Indiana: www.wane.com/top-stories/...

“That does not, to me, sound like a charitable purpose...” www.kpbs.org/news/border-...

"The town's lawsuit says that the price ICE paid for the Social, Circle, Georgia warehouse was more than five times the property’s previously assessed value..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

"She had envisioned the end of her senior year as a celebration. Instead, she has spent months waging a stubborn campaign against the planned ICE detention center near her school..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

"A scale of family separations that far eclipses that of the first Trump administration’s 'zero tolerance' policy in 2018, when about 5,500 children were removed from their parents..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

this would be an excellent time for donald trump to *not* have installed the host of a youtube show called "erection connection!" as the person charge of infectious disease policy for the united states of america. www.statnews.com/2026/05/17/e...