The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

By Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Drawing upon his experience as a former chief of staff on the Senate Finance Committee and as an Emmy-winning executive producer and writer of ‘The West Wing,’ Lawrence O’Donnell examines the compelling and impactful political stories of the day. Join him every weeknight.

Episodes (34)

Lawrence: Trump is doing a very good job of sounding like the surrendering loser of his own war

42m4/1/2026

Lawrence: Trump failed to explain his war, disgraced military calling it 'a little journey to Iran'

41m4/2/2026

Lawrence: Your reward in Trump World for doing a 'tremendous job' is to be fired

40m4/3/2026

Iran downs 2 U.S. jets, search for 1 crew member ongoing

42m4/4/2026

Lawrence: Trump's profane and perverse Iran social media post is why the 25th Amendment was written

39m4/7/2026

Lawrence: Trump's threat to destroy 'a whole civilization' leaves a permanent stain on our history

41m4/8/2026

Trump halts his war, but ceasefire agreement is unclear

42m4/9/2026

Lawrence: Trump is now trying to get out of his war without everyone calling it a surrender

43m4/10/2026

Trump threatens new attacks against Iran if talks fail

42m4/11/2026

Lawrence: Trump’s Iran war defined by ‘madman’ posts as Jesus while telling Pope he’s wrong

37m4/14/2026

Lawrence: British Parliament Member calls Trump ‘a dangerous and corrupt gangster’ over Iran war

42m4/15/2026

Lawrence: Trump says 'nobody has ever ended one war.' Is that the stupidity or insanity speaking?

42m4/16/2026

Lawrence: Trump, who failed to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence, now seeks Iran deal he ripped up

42m4/17/2026

Trump’s ability to ‘BS the world’ on Iran is ‘otherworldly’, key Democrat says

42m4/18/2026

Lawrence: Only Trump thinks threatening war crimes and committing war crimes 'will be my honor.'

38m4/21/2026

Lawrence: Tucker Carlson, Virginia voters, and the rest of America are turning on Trump

41m4/22/2026

Lawrence: It was another day of nothing happening in Trump's failed attempts to negotiate with Iran

41m4/23/2026

Velshi: Chaos surrounds Trump as his Iran war drags on

42m4/24/2026

Trump sending Witkoff & Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks

43m4/25/2026

Lawrence: Trump is now the first U.S. president in history to complain publicly of 'too much work!'

37m4/28/2026

Lawrence: America revolted against George III's ‘madness.' King Charles found the madness in America

42m4/29/2026

Lawrence: The first six Americans killed in Trump's war died because Hegseth left them defenseless

42m4/30/2026

Lawrence: Donald Trump cares more about prosecuting James Comey than his own war in Iran

42m5/1/2026

Trump, Hegseth’s ‘cavalier attitude’ towards U.S. deaths in Iran is ‘unacceptable,’ says Vindman

42m5/2/2026

Lawrence: Even Donald Trump seems to know that his war in Iran is now illegal

39m5/5/2026

Hegseth: Ceasefire ’not over’ as U.S., Iran exchange fire in Strait

42m5/6/2026

Trump threatens Iran as he tries to wind down the costly war he claims he ‘won’

42m5/7/2026

69 days of Trump’s war and no deal has been reached

43m5/8/2026

GOP seek $1 billion from taxpayers for Trump’s ballroom

42m5/9/2026

Velshi: Trump about to face down adversary China, 'weakened, overextended' and stuck in his Iran war

41m5/12/2026

Hegseth grilled on the Hill as Pentagon’s Iran war estimate grows to $29B

42m5/13/2026

Trump arrives for meeting with China's President Xi Jinping

42m5/14/2026

'An embarrassment' & 'flat-out disaster': Cory Booker torches Trump over China summit

42m5/15/2026

Trump leaves China with no clarity on Iran or Taiwan

42m5/16/2026

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