WATCH: A brutal day in court for Trump as three judges challenge his Kennedy Center stunt, his IRS settlement, and his $1.776 billion slush fund. Rep. Jamie Raskin weighs in.

Join @maddow.bsky.social and team for live analysis of Tuesday night’s primary elections with @velshi.com breaking down real-time results. Special coverage begins Tuesday at 10pm ET on MS NOW.

“Donald Trump is the snake. And we let him in. Twice. And now he is biting us, over and over and over,” says Chris Hayes.

WATCH: The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll, according to CNN and the New York Times. MS NOW senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin joins to discuss.

Chris Hayes on Trump’s shrinking faction: “It’s a strange, toxic dynamic we’ve seen play out in autocratic regimes and cults through history.”

BREAKING: DOJ reportedly launches criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll

WATCH: Sen. Andy Kim was pepper-sprayed by federal agents outside a New Jersey ICE detention center as protests continue over alleged poor conditions and detainees’ hunger strike.

I joined @chrislhayes.bsky.social and @jelaniya.bsky.social on MSNOW last night to talk about South Carolina’s redistricting - I called it both egregiously racist and politically stupid. Seems like the GOP recognized the second part of that bc today, the vote failed. youtu.be/FkHPjaqIlww?...

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says Trump’s DOJ can’t seek billions for anti-fraud efforts while backing a Jan. 6 payout fund he calls “politically tone deaf.”

“I think it's abject nonsense. I think that's what somebody says when they don't want to see their taxes go up,” says Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Jeff Bezos arguing taxing him more won’t help Americans.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social honors Stephen Colbert as the last episode of “The Late Show” airs tonight: “One of the greatest broadcasters of our era.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell: “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong Take your pick.”

“I don't want these people to be rewarded for their crimes.” D.C. Metro Police Officer Daniel Hodges explains why he’s suing to block Trump’s $1.776 billion compensation fund that may be used to pay out Jan. 6 rioters.

WATCH: “The outrage over Donald Trump's plan to help himself to $1.776 billion of your money is building,” says Chris Hayes. “It is a ‘settlement’ of Trump’s IRS lawsuit, offered to him by his own government, to dole out to his insurrectionist friends."

“What are you going to do, baby?" Sen. Elizabeth Warren says a Democratic Congress could push childcare through and dare Trump to veto help for American families.

WATCH: GOP Rep. Thomas Massie delivers a concession speech after losing his primary in Kentucky, following an intense effort by Trump to oust him.

Chris Hayes calls it the "Sistine Chapel of Trump corruption." According to ABC News, Trump wants to drop his IRS lawsuit in exchange for a $1.7 billion fund for victims of government “weaponization.”

A fourth grader wrote to his Republican congresswoman as part of a civics assignment. Her response? A shocking lecture about “propaganda” and “indoctrination.”

Chris Hayes says Trump’s IRS lawsuit settlement could be “the greatest heist in American history.” “A direct transfer of billions of your taxpayer dollars to Donald Trump—all dressed up as a ‘settlement’ of a lawsuit in which he is both the plaintiff and the defendant,” says Hayes.

FBI Director Kash Patel said he would take an alcohol-use screening test following a tense exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who joins the show to react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8mg...

According to The New York Times, Trump’s reflecting pool project is now set to cost more than seven times what he claimed, with a no-bid contract going to a firm tied to his own golf club. Chris Hayes reacts.

ABC is pushing back against the Trump administration, accusing the FCC of chilling First Amendment-protected speech.

Chris Hayes: “They want a new Jim Crow. They’re very explicit about it. They’re hard at work trying to make it happen, and now they have a blessing from the Supreme Court.”

“We thought it would be helpful to take a brief journey through the insane ups and downs of the war as told through the Truth Social proclamations of one President Donald J. Trump,” says Chris Hayes.

On Wednesday, a federal judge unsealed a suicide note purportedly from Jeffrey Epstein. MS NOW has not authenticated whether or not Epstein wrote the note.

“Can anyone look at this FBI and this Justice Department and simply assume they are acting in good faith?” says Chris Hayes on the FBI raid of the office of State Sen. Louise Lucas, two weeks after she led Virginia’s redistricting victory.

The newly released Epstein note contains a weird a phrase "watcha want me to do - Bust out cryin!!" Well, our eagle-eyed producer @carebrose.bsky.social found it in an email Epstein sent to his brother in 2016. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Today we’re launching the inaugural episode of our new #WITHPod Series, The AI Endgame with @dkthomp.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Republicans are proposing $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump’s White House ballroom—after the president repeatedly claimed it would be privately funded and cost Americans “not one penny.”

The New York Times reports a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein has been kept secret for nearly 7 years, locked up in a New York courthouse.

Chris Hayes: Trump’s Iran war may hand oil companies a windfall in the short term, but the resulting price shock could also speed America’s turn toward cheaper, cleaner energy.

NEW: @chrislhayes.bsky.social is releasing a special podcast mini-series, “Why Is This Happening: The AI End Game." The series kicks off next Tuesday, May 5th. Check it out!

“If your message going into the midterms is to lie about gas prices, voters are going to laugh you out of office,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Republicans like Tim Scott and Steve Scalise pretending gas prices aren’t at record-level thanks to Trump’s Iran war.

No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk. @allinwithchris.bsky.social

“The Supreme Court has done it again. They’ve once again intervened to pull us back towards the policies of Jim Crow,” @chrislhayes.bsky.social says of the ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act. Civil rights scholar Sherrilyn Ifill weighs in.

WATCH: After Trump and Melania publicly demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired over a joke, Trump’s FCC suddenly launched a review of ABC licenses. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez reacts.

WATCH: “We all know Trump’s kingly demands. He wants a ballroom built and his enemies persecuted,” says Chris Hayes.

WATCH: Mamdani faces two wealthy New Yorkers over his new “tax the rich” plan. “Our vision of a city is not one where we push anybody out of it. Our vision, rather, is one where there's room for everybody to stay here,” says Mamdani.

WATCH: As part of “ALL IN America: Mayor Mamdani,” a Republican New Yorker who voted for Trump challenges Mayor Mamdani on taxes and public services. Mayor Mamdani responds.

WATCH: Mamdani faces two wealthy New Yorkers on his new “tax the rich” plan. “Our vision of a city is not one where we push anybody out of it. Our vision, rather, is one where there's room for everybody to stay here,” says Mamdani.

WATCH: Chris Hayes asks Zohran Mamdani about his relationship with Donald Trump, and Mamdani makes clear that under his proposed pied-à-terre tax, even the president would not get a special exemption.

🧵Highly recommend watching the Mandami town hall with Chris Hayes airing tonight. Its informative, loaded with substance and regardless of where you politically fall on a spectrum there is so much to learn from him! www.xfinity.com/stream/entit...

WATCH – Local grocery store manager to Mamdani: “We already provide, I believe, affordable groceries. Your store was supposed to be in areas where the community didn't have access, but we were right around the corner. Why so close?”

WATCH -- A Republican New Yorker who voted for Trump presses Mayor Mamdani: “If you're going to charge me a tax, I want you to show me something for it.”

WATCH – Mamdani on Trump paying the pied-à-terre tax: “We don't have exceptions in our taxes that we propose.”

WATCH: "ALL IN America: Mayor Mamdani" airs now on @ms.now.

TONIGHT: @chrislhayes.bsky.social sits down with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a new primetime special “ALL IN America: Mayor Mamdani.” Tune in tonight at 8 p.m. ET on @ms.now.

WATCH: Eric Trump went on Fox News to celebrate one of the companies he backs getting a $24 million defense contract from his father’s Pentagon. Rep. Robert Garcia joins to discuss.

UPDATE: American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin acquitted on all charges.

TOMORROW: @chrislhayes.bsky.social ayes sits down with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a new primetime special. Tune in to “ALL IN America: Mayor Mamdani” tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET on @ms.now.