MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell said he is already tired from covering the Trump administration and will be taking a weeklong break to recover properly. The host of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell made the announcement during an appearance at the end of The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday night.

That's also the midpoint for Rachel Maddow 's return to a Monday through Friday schedule on MSNBC. In that time, Maddow has given MSNBC a ratings boost, fueling the network to double-digit growth in primetime and total day.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow devoured with glee the latest legal blow to the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal workforce on Thursday, before following the judge’s lead and delivering a tongue-lashing of her own.