The New York Times reports there is a grim mood in the White House ahead of the midterm elections as polls lean in Democrats’ favor. MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard, Co-founder of Punchbowl News Jake Sherman, Democratic strategist Basil Smikle and Iraq War Veteran and Host of the “Independent Americans” podcast Paul Rieckhoff join Katy Tur to discuss. 

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House Democrats are calling for a special counsel to investigate Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein as they fight to regain control of the chamber. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the House Oversight Committee, joins The Weeknight. 

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Alaska’s governor has ordered a criminal investigation into Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign. Also, The New York Times reports the Justice Department is stepping up moves as the midterms near. Jen Psaki points out that the outrage that Donald Trump and his supporting Republicans are expressing over new New York Times reporting that Democrats had a hand in recruiting a candidate to the Alaska Senate race with the same name as the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, rings hollow when Republicans also have a record of “ballot stacking” spoiler candidates, including in that very same race.

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Rachel Maddow walks through Trump’s race-day flag fiasco, where he made a simple job look much harder than it is.

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Days before Michigan’s Senate race, Rep. Haley Stevens is criticizing Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, while her fiancé vows to vote for Republican Mike Rogers. Mallory McMorrow, who ran in the primary against both, says, “I have no idea what Haley Stevens is doing, but it’s got to stop.” 

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