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The Assignment with Antonia Hylton

2026

Next: S1 E8, Episode 8 · 2026-10-04

The Assignment with Antonia Hylton will bring Hylton's thoughtful, deeply reported journalism to MS NOW's audience every weekend. Based in New York, The Assignment with Antonia Hylton will serve as destination viewing for the latest political and cultural headlines, informative discussions and fresh insights from top lawmakers and changemakers. Centered around Hylton's award-winning field reporting and rooted in her signature curiosity and accountability, the program will aim to help audiences better understand not only the latest headlines, but also the broader context behind them, while inviting them into a community that engages more deeply.

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Antonia Hylton Host

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2026-09-12 · 180 min Here's where we start on the premiere episode of "The Assignment with Antonia Hylton" on MS NOW: It's September 12, 2026. It's been 197 days since the start of President Trump's war in Iran and just 52 days remaining before the midterm elections. Antonia reports on the state of the economy, the latest developments in the Middle East, and the pledges and promises coming out of this week's Republican convention in Texas. Antonia also brings in-depth reporting from her travels to the Big Bend sector of Texas for the newest installment of her MS NOW series, Cities Under Siege. It's where President Trump's long-promised border wall is no longer an abstraction. It's a 30-foot reality coming to life. It's turned ranchers, a longtime conservative sheriff, and Republicans who've voted for Trump against him. And more on the growing spotlight on Vice President JD Vance, who seems eager to solidify his position as President Trump's 2028 heir apparent.

E2 Episode 2 2026-09-13 · 180 min With 51 days until the midterm elections, new signs of desperation are emerging in President Trump's efforts to win at all costs, even as Americans struggle with high food and fuel prices and a seemingly intractable war. Meanwhile, reports continue to mount over GOP politicians' ties to Nazi sympathizers along with their hiring and platforming of extremists. All of this unfolds amid a fresh wave of warnings about the pace of AI development… warnings that could push Congress into action. This follows former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon accusing major AI companies of acting irresponsibly. Antonia Hylton is joined by analysts to break down these stories and more.

E3 Episode 3 2026-09-19 · 180 min Today, journalists were denied entry to the White House grounds, one day after President Trump said he planned to ban MS NOW, CNN and Politico, just 45 days before the midterms. And while Pete Buttigieg isn't on the ballot this November, he's invested in Democrats winning back Congress. Antonia Hylton asks the former Transportation Secretary what Democrats would do with that power. Plus, Macklemore was dropped as Ed Sheeran's opening act after voicing support for Palestinians onstage. Patriots owner Robert Kraft, whose stadium hosts Sheeran next week, threatened to cancel the shows if Macklemore stayed on the tour. Also, new updates on the Iran war, the economy, Trump's vanity projects, the Defense Department and more.

E4 Episode 4 2026-09-20 · 180 min

E5 Episode 5 2026-09-26 · 180 min Republican midterm candidates and some facing re-election are shifting their tone, calling for an immediate end to the war in Iran and urging President Trump to focus on the everyday issues weighing most on Americans. In Maine, Bob Peck set out to witness and document immigration raids, until ICE agents confronted and threatened him. He wasn't arrested, but his lawsuit says the threat did its job: he stopped following and observing ICE. His lawyer says it's the first time a Maine legal observer has sued ICE officers under the Maine Civil Rights Act. And despite mounting concerns over the economy, inflation and the war in Iran, President Trump is pressing ahead with a growing list of vanity projects and personal side quests. According to sources familiar with the effort, his aides are exploring putting his name on Ford's Theatre, the historic site where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Trump has denied the report.

E6 Episode 6 2026-09-27 · 180 min Born a Palestinian refugee in Syria and raised in a tent city, Mahmoud Khalil tells his story in a new book. The former Columbia graduate student, targeted by the Trump administration over his pro-Palestinian organizing, spent 104 days in ICE detention and missed his first child's birth, yet was never charged with a crime. He joins Antonia Hylton to reflect on it all and what happens next. Plus, with 37 days until the midterms and voting already underway in many states, lawmakers are raising alarm after the Supreme Court temporarily let DHS advance President Trump's "SAVE" citizenship-check program, which critics say exposes sensitive data and has wrongly flagged eligible voters as noncitizens.

E7 Episode 7 2026-10-03 · 180 min

E8 Episode 8 2026-10-04 · 180 min

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