to more breaking news reporting and less political commentary and opinion. The next day the program aired its final episode. MSNBC later announced that Wagner would host a weekend program, but those plans were later abandoned. On April 26, 2016, The Atlantic announced that Wagner was leaving MSNBC to join the magazine as a senior editor. In addition to writing for The Atlantic, Wagner would moderate events with AtlanticLIVE and help with developing video and TV projects with The Atlantic Studios. In November 2016, Wagner replaced Vinita Nair on CBS This Morning Saturday. March 17, 2018 was her last appearance on CBS This Morning Saturday as she confirmed she would be leaving that show to co-host The Circus for Showtime, replacing Mark Halperin. In 2020, Wagner launched a podcast with Crooked Media and Cadence13 that addressed the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2021, Wagner filled in for Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC's Deadline: White House. In February 2022, Wagner filled in for Rachel Maddow on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, as well as Chris Hayes on All In with Chris Hayes. In June, it was announced that Wagner would host a show that assumes Maddows 9 PM slots on Tuesdays through Fridays as the former scaled back to Mondays only. Wagner's new show, Alex Wagner Tonight, premiered on August 16, 2022. In September 2022, it was announced that Wagner will be hosting Netflix's The Mole reboot. Political views She has described herself as progressive. On matters involving Israel, she believes that there is an element of "trepidation that inhibits a robust discussion about Israel in the American media" due to fears of being falsely slurred as an anti-Semite. Personal life On August 30, 2014, Wagner married former White House nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef Sam Kass in a ceremony held at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Pocantico Hills, New York. The wedding was attended by then U.S. President Barack Obama and his family, as Kass had been the Obama family personal chef since Chicago. Wagner and Kass's first child, Cyrus, was born in 2017. On April 16, 2019, she gave birth to their second child, Rafael. Books In April 2018, Futureface, her book about her Burmese American ancestry, was published. References External links Now with Alex Wagner on MSNBC Alex Wagner bio on MSNBC 1977 births Living people American people of Burmese descent American political journalists Brown University