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Author: MS NOW, Ayman Mohyeldin, Elise Jordan, Antonia Hylton, Catherine Rampell

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Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell, Antonia Hylton and Elise Jordan set the agenda for Saturday, Sunday, and the week ahead; fresh analysis of the week's biggest events.
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Tonight: How Trump's approach to global affairs increasingly boils down to his own personal whims. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 28, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: Recent Gallup poll shows Pres. Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 36%, matching some of the lowest levels of his presidency. Some analysts say he already looks “smaller,” with Americans increasingly unhappy with his performance as his first year in office ends.  For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 28, 2025 at 7pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: Pres. Trump wrapped up his meeting with Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago to discuss a 20-point peace plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Trump said talks went “very well” with just a few issues left to work out, even as fighting and negotiations with Russia continue. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 28, 2025 at 6pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley and other lawmakers are working on how to hold the Justice Department accountable for failing to turn over all of the files earlier this month as the law required. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 27, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: President Donald Trump is lining up high-stakes talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signaling a renewed push into diplomacy. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec, 27, 2025 at 7pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: Trump capped a busy foreign policy week with planned talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Israel’s Netanyahu, as he announced U.S. strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria on Christmas Day. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 27, 2025 at 6pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Vice President JD Vance ended a dramatic Turning Point USA event, which saw prominent conservative voices point the finger at one another over the future of MAGA. Plus, a top Democrat offers his plan to solve Trump's health care mess. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 21, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Ice Violence

Ice Violence

2025-12-2245:08

President Trump's mass deportation campaign is violent and often brutal. New video shows a woman being dragged by her wrists through the snow. Plus, what are the legal justifications for Trump's strikes against Venezuela.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 21, 2025 at 7pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith calls the military activity a “regime change operation,” saying it is part of Trump’s effort to draw the U.S. into a war with Venezuela.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 21, 2025 at 6pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: The Turning Point event was supposed to be a coming together for the MAGA movement, but instead it's exposing fault lines between MAGA and America First. Plus, the Vanity Fair photos the internet is obsessing over.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 20, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: two New York Times investigative reporters join the show to talk about how Jeffrey Epstein made his wealth, and his close bond with President Trump. Plus, how the GOP has NEVER had a plan for health care.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 20, 2025 at 7pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Oversight Committee member Congressman James Walkinshaw weighs in on reports that 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ’s Epstein webpage, including a photograph of Donald Trump.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 20, 2025 at 6pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
"The Weekend: Primetime" Tonight: frustratingly few answers for the community of Providence, RI as they grapple with the fallout from the latest mass shooting in America. Plus, cruelty is the point in a jaw dropping new report into Alligator Alcatraz. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 14, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Deadly Shootings

Deadly Shootings

2025-12-1543:49

"The Weekend: Primetime" Tonight: two mass shootings around the world are shaking communities. One at Brown University and another at Bondi Beach in Australia. Plus, the deadline approaches for the DOJ to release the Epstein Files. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 14, 2025 at 7pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
A deadly weekend was marked by two tragedies, one here at home and another on the other side of the globe. In Sydney, Australia, at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured in a shooting at a Hanukkah celebration, which authorities there are calling a terrorist attack. And in Providence, Rhode Island, authorities say a 24-year Wisconsin man is in custody. He is a person of interest connected to the Brown University shooting that killed two people wounded 9 others.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 14, 2025 at 6pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: there are serious questions whether Hegseth will be the first member of the second Trump administration to get the chop. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 7, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains in crisis mode for a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, and the revelation of a second strike to eliminate survivors. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 7, 2025 at 7pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
New questions are emerging about another boat strike, this one on October 16. It targeted suspected drug runners. But unlike the double-tap September strike where two survivors were killed, two survivors in the October attack were rescued by U.S. forces and quickly repatriated to Colombia and Ecuador.For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 7, 2025 at 6pm. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight: the story of Fei Zheng and his 6-year-old son Yuanxin. Last week, the pair showed up at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City for a routine immigration check-in and were detained. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 6, 2025 at 8pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Affordability Politics

Affordability Politics

2025-12-0742:46

Tonight: the ongoing fallout surrounding the boat strikes and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Plus, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna joins us to discuss her push to ban congressional stock trading. For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @theweekendprime.This episode aired on Dec. 6, 2025 at 7pm.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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