The cable outlet known until Saturday morning as MSNBC has long been known for newsy hot takes. Now it’s putting some emphasis on reporters’ news breaks.

Yes, that was MSNBC in September touting a dispatch from reporters Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian, who found the FBI in 2024 allegedly recorded current White House border czar Tom Homan accepting a paper bag containing $50,000 in cash from undercover agents posing as business executives. After President Trump took office, however, the probe was shut down, they reported. Suddenly, MSNBC had kicked off a news cycle, instead of just weighing in on it later in the evening.

The network, which just changed its name to MS NOW as it splits from NBC News and NBCUniversal , has gained some notice recently, but not necessarily always tied to t

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