
Location:
New York, NY
Genres:
US News
Description:
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
Language:
English
Episodes
Donald Trump’s Reign of Error
5/24/2026
How President Trump’s political retribution tour could come back to haunt him and Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections; fmr. Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses her bid for Governor of Georgia; Co-Creator of The Daily Show Lizz Winstead discusses the end of The Late Show and what it means for politics, art, and expression in the second Trump era.
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Duration:00:42:25
The Collapse of the Civil Rights Era
5/24/2026
The rare bipartisan effort in Congress to fix America’s housing crisis; the latest on the potential agreement end the War with Iran; Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses the systematic effort to dismantle Black political power across the U.S.; how miscarriage patients are paying the price for living in states with abortion bans
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Duration:00:40:50
The Life and Times of an Unpopular President
5/24/2026
How Donald Trump’s midterm primary revenge tour could backfire on him in November; MS NOW’s inside look at what it will take to demine the Strait of Hormuz; and fmr. Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms talks about her bid for Georgia Governor.
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Duration:00:39:37
Growing Outrage Over Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
5/23/2026
The growing GOP outrage over President Trump’s $1.8B so-called ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund and how it’s threatening to derail Trump and the GOP’s political agenda; Washington DC Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges discusses his new lawsuit seeking to block the creation of Trump’s fund; Palestinian author Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli author Maoz Inon discuss their important new book “The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land" on the Velshi Banned Book Club
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Duration:00:40:28
Citizens, United against ‘Citizens United’
5/23/2026
How Hawaii is employing a creative and potentially powerful new tool against corporate campaign spending in politics; why the CFTC is looking into suspiciously-timed oil trades around President Trump’s Iran announcements; the new reporting shedding light on who the U.S. and Israel had in mind to take over Iran that is almost too fantastical to believe
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Duration:00:40:46
Growing GOP Backlash To Trump’s $1.8B Settlement Fund
5/23/2026
The Trump administration is trying, and failing, to contain the fallout over the creation of President Trump’s $1.8B so-called ‘Anti-Weaponization’ fund; Fmr. U.S Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn discusses his new lawsuit seeking to block the creation of Trump’s fund; the state of the new ebola outbreak and how the Trump administration’s spending cuts may have made the U.S. less equipped to handle the outbreak; a close look at Texas where on Tuesday Republicans will choose their nominee for the Senate race
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Duration:00:42:47
The True Cost of Trump’s Iran War
5/17/2026
Federal judges overwhelmingly rebuke ICE detention practices and breaches of due process; Democrats back independent candidate Dan Osborn for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska; the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against Cuba; the true cost of the war with Iran could run into the trillions of dollars.
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Duration:00:39:58
Trump Is Funding Vanity Projects amid Domestic Cuts
5/17/2026
President Trump is funding expensive vanity projects in spite of an agenda that seeks to make big domestic cuts; what the UAE quitting OPEC means for the mighty oil cartel; Trump’s grip on the Republican Party remains strong despite cratering popularity among the American public
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Duration:00:41:22
Trump scores GOP primary victory with Sen. Bill Cassiday’s defeat
5/17/2026
Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Republican primary in Louisiana; Democrats back independent candidate Dan Osborn for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska; Israel and Lebanon talks yield a ceasefire extension, while violence against Palestinians intensifies in the West Bank; federal judges overwhelmingly rebuke ICE detention practices.
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Duration:00:40:58
Reading Between the Gerrymandered Lines
5/16/2026
Why Republicans’ gerrymandering strategy could backfire on them in November; how President Trump’s seemingly small concession to China’s Xi Jinping could have massive consequences; and the state of the resistance, as demonstrators gather in Alabama to protest efforts to undermine Black representation.
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Duration:00:40:56
China’s Innovation Powers its Global Ascent
5/16/2026
How China’s innovation powers its ascent on the world stage as a rival superpower to the United States; rising inflation paints an alarming economic picture; a teacher and mom in Tennessee take the fight to their local book banning library board.
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Duration:00:40:44
The Math behind the Gerrymandering Wars
5/16/2026
How Republicans may have overshot with gerrymandering; what the true cost could be for the seemingly small win Trump handed to China’s Xi on Taiwan ; and why Eric Trump’s participation in his father’s trip to China is raising eyebrows.
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Duration:00:41:12
Democrats lose their midterm edge amid the redistricting wars
5/10/2026
Antonia Hylton is in for Ali Velshi; Republicans rush to redraw congressional maps after two consequential court decisions that sap Democrats of their midterm edge; the first passengers fly home from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship; sources tell MS NOW that FBI Director Kash Patel is in panic mode to save his job President Trump escalates pressure on Cuba with harsh new sanctions
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Duration:00:41:24
America’s struggle for democracy runs through Tennessee
5/10/2026
Antonia Hylton is in for Ali Velshi; Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones explains why his state is ground zero for America’s struggle for democracy; Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude Jr. discuss how a recent Supreme Court ruling undermines Black representation in Congress; two Texas mothers explain how local voters ousted book banning board members from their local school district, amid a new report on book bans rising nationwide
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Duration:00:40:09
Midterm Math Adding Up
5/10/2026
Antonia Hylton is in for Ali Velshi; Republicans gain the upper hand in the House redistricting wars, as President Trump faces record low approval ratings; Trump awaits Iran’s response to a U.S. proposal to end the war; 19-year-old asylum seeker Olivia Andre discusses her six months of detention at an ICE facility in Texas; sources tell MS NOW that FBI Director Kash Patel is in panic mode to save his job
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Duration:00:41:27
America’s New Deconstruction Era
5/9/2026
The Republican push to redraw congressional districts in southern states threatens to cut into Black representation after a consequential Supreme Court decision; Ali Velshi explains why consumer sentiment hits an all-time low amid glow economic numbers; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries breaks down Democrats’ next steps in the nationwide redistricting fight; Edwidge Danticat’s “Brother, I’m Dying” is the subject of this week’s Velshi Banned Book Club
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Duration:00:41:43
Policy and Racism in the era of Trump
5/9/2026
The Trump administration has been particularly effective at treating racism as policy; civil rights advocate and law scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses her new memoir “Backtalker;” Ellen Blaine, attorney for Maurene Comey, discusses her client’s lawsuit against the Trump Department of Justice over her abrupt firing; a former U.S. marine and fire captain pulls off a major Democratic win in Michigan, a potential bellwether for upcoming midterms
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Duration:00:39:58
America’s redistricting wars heat up
5/9/2026
America’s partisan redistricting battle heats up after the Virginia Supreme Court blocks the state's new voter-approved congressional map; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries explains how Democrats plan to fight back after the Virginia ruling; Ben Rhodes discusses U.S. proposal to end the war with Iran and why it looks very similar to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal
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Duration:00:41:06
The Consequences of Trump’s War of Choice
5/3/2026
Rep. Pramila Jayapal discusses the direct and indirect costs Americans are paying for Trump’s War with Iran; how Republicans are trying to eliminate the only Black-majority congressional district in Tennessee; how federal courts are helping anti-abortion states take abortion restrictions nationwide; how Trump’s retribution agenda is subsuming America’s DOJ
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Duration:00:40:42
The Government’s Warrantless Mass Surveillance
5/3/2026
The consequences of Congress allowing the government to continue to conduct warrantless mass surveillance; trying to make sense of Trump’s increasingly dizzying comments on the War with Iran; Rep. Adam Smith explains why the Pentagon’s estimated cost for the War with Iran is far lower than the true cost; a midterm campaign roundup and how Texas could potentially turn blue
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Duration:00:41:10