MSNBC is embarking on its first major steps toward building up a newsgathering operation, with plans to add a Washington bureau and domestic and international correspondents. With MSNBC being spun off from Comcast later this year,

MSNBC is poised to give more screen time to Jen Psaki and 'The Weekend' trio of Michael Steele, Alicia Melendez and Symone Sanders-Townshend

Ms. Psaki, 46, will host a show at 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, replacing Alex Wagner, a longtime political journalist who has anchored that hour since 2022, according to a memo to staff from Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC’s president. Ms. Wagner will remain at MSNBC as an on-air correspondent.

New MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler is eying an expanded role for network breakout Jen Psaki and for "The Weekend" hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, TheWrap has learned.