Columnist Catherine Rampell To Co-Host Evening Edition Of MSNBC's ‘The Weekend'
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The network is adding an evening edition of The Weekend as part of a programming overhaul. The show will air from 6 p.m. ET to 9 p.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays.
In the morning, Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany will co-host, as Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael Steele move to weeknights.
Rampell has reported on economic and political issues for the Post, and has interviewed figures including Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. She previously was economics and politics commentator for CNN, and a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour. She also worked as an economics reporter for The New York Times and columnist for Sunday Magazine.
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