Rachel Maddow

Sam Stein, Huffington Post White House Correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about the steps outlined by President Obama for dealing with the IRS scandal, including securing the resignation of the acting commissioner, and whether the IRS is irreparably damaged by revelations of political targeting.

Rachel Maddow reports on a second IRS scandal in which the agency shared with journalists at ProPublica the non-profit application data of organizations not yet approved - a serious breach, even if accidental.

Senator Barbara Boxer talks with Rachel Maddow about yet another high profile sex abuse scandal in the U.S. military and what can be done legislatively to fix a problem at which military leaders have failed miserably and which is apparently sustained in part by military culture.

Rachel Maddow reports on the recent history of the idea of a shield law to protect journalists who deal with sensitive sources, putting a federal judge between journalists and federal subpoenas, and the resurrection of that idea in the wake of outrage over the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records.

Rachel Maddow reports on how a photo of the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey naked on his front stoop didn't prevent his election the first time when he blamed it on cloudy thinking, but likely cost him the election when he changed his story for yesterday's election.

Nicholas Thompson, editor of The New Yorker magazine's website, talks with Rachel Maddow about their 'Strongbox' submission tool that allows sources to remain anonymous and untraceable when they submit a story tip.

Rachel Maddow describes the Jersey City, New Jersey mayor's desk, a relic of bygone days, that is designed to facilitate government payoffs.

Rachel Maddow reviews some recent high profile heists and recommends viewers inclined toward mystery watch the upcoming segment.

Rachel Maddow reports on the search for a book that is cited as the source for dozens of words in the Oxford English Dictionary but that dictionary officials have never actually found.

Gregory Johnsen, Near East Studies Scholar at Princeton University and author of The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al Qaeda and America's War in Arabia,' talks with Rachel Maddow about why conditions now favor returning some Guantanamo prisoners to their native Yemen and what such a step would mean toward closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Rachel Maddow highlights the curious details in the videotaped arrest of an accused CIA spy by Russia's FSB and points out the coincidental timing of the arrest to Russian events with high profile Americans.

Bill Wolff, executive producer of the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of tonight s show the latest on Benghaz, plus an American diplomat caught wearing a ridiculous wig in Russia, and biblio brainteaser to kickstart your weekend.