Catherine Rampell, Washington Post opinion columnist, joins MSNBC as host

Catherine Rampell, a Washington Post opinion columnist who has been a regular presence on CNN and other news programs, will join MSNBC as a co-host of its evening “Weekend” roundtable program, the latest new hire under network president Rebecca Kutler.

She will serve as a co-host of a show on which MSNBC is placing more emphasis. The current trio hosting the program — Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez — are moving to the network’s 7 p.m. hour. A new trio of Jonathan Capehart, Jackie Alemany and Eugene Daniels are taking over a morning version of the show. Rampell will co-host with Ayman Moyehldin and a third colleague to be named later.

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