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The U.S. awakens to news that the Trump administration captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife overnight. Ali Velshi gets the scoop from New York Times correspondent Tyler Pager, who spoke with the president in the immediate aftermath of the operation, and is joined by geopolitical experts and former military personnel to discuss what could come next.

President Trump holds a news conference to address the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the capture of its leader Nicolas Maduro. The president says the U.S. is "going to run the country" in Maduro's absence. Ali Velshi digs into that assertion with James Story, former U.S. Ambassador to the Venezuela Affairs Unit.

In the wake of Nicolas Maduro's capture by U.S. forces, President Trump says America will now run Venezuela. Ali Velshi is joined by Ana Vanessa Herrero, an independent journalist in Caracas, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and others to answer the top question on everyone's mind: "What comes next?" 

What Donald Trump has revealed about his plans for Venezuela after capturing its president, a report from the ground in Caracas about a country in crisis, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's objection to Maduro's imprisonment in Brooklyn.

Long-time geopolitical and law experts weigh in on Trump's capturing of Maduro, the future of Venezuela, and why oil is at the center of this all. Plus you need to know newly-elected Iowa State Senator Renee Hardman's name and her story. 

What we know about the Trump administration's plans for Venezuela after seizing its president; Trump's new warning for Venezuela's Vice President; and why we'll all pay for the lapse in Obamacare health insurance subsidies. 

Analyzing the footage from the Minneapolis ICE shooting; how the Trump administration's narrative on the ICE shooting is part of an ongoing threat to American democracy which started with the Big Lie; the growing Republican rift of Obamacare subsidies.

How President Trump is now making it clear that the U.S. operation aimed at Venezuela is about oil; U.S. Representatives from Minnesota Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig & Kelly Morrison discuss their attempt to conduct oversight of a Minneapolis ICE facility; Jacob Soboroff discusses his important new book about the California wildfires.

Analyzing the footage from the Minneapolis ICE shooting; how the MN ICE shooting is part of the ongoing threat to American democracy; Nanette Vonnegut discusses her father's classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five in this week's meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

What's happening in Minneapolis and how ICE's latest escalations are being met on the ground; why the Nobel Prize is beginning to feel like a ‘World's Greatest Dad' mug in the era of Trump 2.0; what comes next for Iran amid massive protests; how Trump promised retribution but is delivering something else.

What Trump's federal takeover of Minneapolis looks like to the citizens facing it; what a blue wave could really mean in the upcoming midterms; a discussion on how to protest safely in America.

What Trump's federal takeover of Minneapolis tells us about the current moment in American history; Rep. Pramila Jayapal discusses the ICE hearing she co-hosted; the new developments in the standoff between Trump and Iran's leadership and how it's playing out on the ground in Tehran; Emily St. John Mandel's ‘Station Eleven' is the subject of this week's Velshi Banned Book Club.

As we stand at this precarious moment in history, we look to draw lessons from past historical movements where violence was also unleashed on protesters by the state; how the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal might have prevented the latest tensions between the U.S. and Iran; and the president has announced what he's calling America's ‘Great Healthcare Plan,' but in reality it isn't a plan at all.

Why a federal judge accused Trump administration officials of engaging in an "unconstitutional conspiracy," and what it means for the future of free speech in America; Rep. Adam Smith goes in on Trump's misadventures in Venezuela, Greenland and Iran; Trump's latest threat to place tariffs on American allies; and we go inside the current state of Trump's economy.

How the feds' response to protests in Minneapolis are the latest manifestation of the Trump administration's extremely cruel immigration policy; what president's latest saber-rattling could mean for the current regime in Iran; Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King reflect on Dr. King's legacy, which has become more relevant than ever today.

A year of Trump 2.0 has clarified the clear and present danger America faces, and now is the time to act; how Trump's tariff threats and global misadventures are shaping the economy; how Trump's Greenland gambit and diminishment of NATO is reshaping the world order.

Breaking news coverage of new protests in Minneapolis following another deadly shooting involving a federal agent.

The latest on the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, including a frame-by-frame analysis of the video of his killing with former NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher and the lies the Trump administration has told to justify Pretti's death; in response, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) calls on Democrats to vote against DHS funding in the Senate budget bill; Minnesota state Rep. Aisha Gomez discusses the tensions on the ground in her South Minneapolis community.

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine discusses ICE's new operations in her state; MS NOW's David Noriega reports on Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty's lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security in response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti; and why deploying armed and poorly trained paramilitary forces into America's cities is a recipe for chaos.

he latest on the ground in Minneapolis following yesterday's deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents; a frame-by-frame analysis of the videos from the shooting; Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) discusses why it matters that the Trump administration continues to lie about shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) breaks down what Congress can do to fight Trump's ICE deployments; former ICE Acting Director John Sandweg explains how the agency has strayed from its original mission; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) urges Democrats to leverage their minority power in the Senate to halt funding to the Department of Homeland Security.

The Trump Administration's latest threat against constitutional rights, is an attack on the freedom of the press; Rep. Angie Craig discusses the ongoing protests in Minneapolis and explains why it's important her colleagues are on the right side of history; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reacts to the latest release of Epstein files; how the Trump administration has resurrected The Big Lie from the 2020 election with the Fulton County raid, and what comes next.

The ICE resistance and the power of economic protest; Jim Acosta discusses Trump's latest attack on America's freedom of the press and the arrest of his former colleague Don Lemon; an explainer on how to protest safely

The fight for America and the latest from Minneapolis; Ali delivers a personal essay on the power of music as resistance; how far-right influencers are framing ICE resistance as domestic terrorism; Greg Ketter, the 70-year-old bookstore owner who went viral during the Minneapolis protests, joins a special and important meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

The next "No Kings" Day, general strikes, and what it will take to create a sustainable protest movement to meet the current moment; the surprising results from special elections in Texas; why Democratic election officials are planning crisis scenarios for the upcoming midterms; retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman discusses his run for U.S. Senate in Florida.

Unions are stepping into a critical role in the resistance against Trump's ICE crackdown and authoritarian slide; volunteer "rapid responders" speak out about tracking ICE deployments in the Twin Cities in real time; and a conversation about why sustained defiance is what's needed now to meet this moment.

Why organizers say the next "No Kings" Day will be the biggest yet - and why it has to be; how to tell ICE agents from other deployed federal officers; what Minnesota's top election official thinks about the Trump administration's latest demand for the state's voter rolls; and a look at the pricey, state-of-the-art technology that helps ICE track its targets.

President Trump wants to  ‘nationalize the voting' in several states; The Washington Post under Jeff Bezos goes from ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness' to a shell of its former self; the Velshi Banned Book Club tackles the Aldous Huxley classic "Brave New World."

Democrats outperform Republicans by wide margins in recent special elections is fueling GOP angst ahead of the midterms; Arizona authorities announce new developments in the Nancy Guthrie case; what new nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran mean for stability in the region; President Trump's calls to ‘nationalize the voting' fuel fears of election interference.

A look at the role everyday Americans are playing in the fight against Trump's authoritarianism; The Washington Post's former Executive Editor, Marty Baron, discusses the current state of the publication amid mass layoffs and a recently resigned CEO; how DHS is using a secretive legal weapon to target regular people who question the ICE crackdown.

How Clergy members are on the frontlines of protests against Trump's agenda; the latest developments in the search for Nancy Guthrie; The Washington Post's former Executive Editor Marty Baron slams owner Jeff Bezos amid mass layoffs of Post journalists; all the ways in which the math is getting worse for Congressional Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.

President Trump's election coalition to victory in 2024 worked in part by bringing Hispanic and other minority voters to his fold, but they are now souring on Trump amid his deeply unpopular immigrant crackdown; Caleb Silver discusses new reports warning of a surge in layoffs and a slowdown in hiring; the GOP bill which repackages old school voter suppression, and the Supreme Court's decision that corrupted election campaign finance.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) weighs in on Democrats' demands to reform the Department of Homeland Security; the latest on the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance; retired General David Petraeus discusses what's needed to end war in Ukraine; the devil is in the details inside this week's positive economic news.

The real reason Republicans are pushing so hard to pass the SAVE Act; Rep. Jason Crow breaks down Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks at the Munich Security Conference; former Washington governor Jay Inslee discusses why the EPA's revoking of the "endangerment finding" on greenhouse gas is a dangerous decision.

How a small town in Texas has become central to Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown; MS NOW's Daniel Noriega gives an important on the ground look at ordinary people in Minneapolis working together to oppose ‘Operation Metro Surge;' House minority leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) lays out Democrats' demands for reforming the Department of Homeland Security; Jennifer Finney Boylan's new book "Cleavage" is the subject of this week's Velshi Banned Book Club.

Several of President Trump's cabinet members are under fire for a variety of controversies dogging the administration; former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland weighs in on the role of middle powers in the new global order being shaped by Trump; how a Canadian pro hockey legend plays into Trump's latest quest to cancel an important infrastructure project in the U.S.

President Trump's continuous self-promotion is pushing a cult of personality in America; why Trump's FDA refuses to review clinical data behind a promising new flu vaccine; abortion bans prove deadly for pregnant patients with chronic conditions.

Sen. Alex Padilla discusses the race to the bottom among Trump's cabinet officials and Republicans targeting of the 2026 midterms; former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland describes the new world order being shaped by Trump; how a new class of retiring GOP lawmakers is creating a so-called ‘Retirement Caucus' filled with ‘YOLO Republicans'.

The Supreme Court imposes guardrails on Trump's tariffs; Trump says he is ‘mulling' a limited strike on Iran, but what does that really mean? Faith leaders, like Bishop William J. Barber II, have a long history of fighting government overreach and injustice. They're still fighting today.

Former federal judge, J. Michael Luttig, says America never fully reckoned with the January 6th insurrection, but it's not too late; sitting Congressmen on both sides of the aisle weigh in on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Trump's tariffs & the potential for an attack on Iran.

Trump doubles down after the Supreme Court rules against most of his global tariffs and Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont weighs in; Jennifer Egan's novel "The Candy House" asks us what is the cost of privacy and authenticity in a tech-driven world.

Professor Laurence Tribe, preeminent Constitutional scholar, weighs on the wave of rulings against Trump's immigration policies; Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vows to prosecute ICE agents who break the law; and make no mistake, the right to vote is being suppressed. What comes next?

How the Right is blurring the line between church and state, and the danger that poses to democracy; Former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser during the Obama Administration weighs in on what's happening in the West Bank; and new reporting shows ICE's coming expansion.

Judges are not mincing words when it comes to the Trump Administration's contempt for the rule of law; Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vows to prosecute ICE agents who break the law; and a potential reckoning for social media companies.

Ali Velshi speaks to reporters on the ground, Middle East experts and U.S. lawmakers about the joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran.

President Trump's mounting domestic challenges are the beginning of the end of his authoritarian power grab; Trump's war of choice with Iran is going to be costly, deadly, and built on lies; presidential historian Jon Meacham discusses his new book ‘American Struggle.'

President Trump's administration hits an accountability inflection point; Rep. Adam Smith discusses what Congress should do to rein in Trump's war of choice with Iran; the U.S. economy is shedding jobs,, as energy prices surge; Texas primary chaos fuels fears of voter suppression ahead of the midterms.

President Trump's mounting domestic challenges are the beginning of the end of his authoritarian power grab; Rep. Robert Garcia discusses his work on the House Oversight Committee and Trump's sacking of Kristi Noem; Trump's war of choice with Iran is going to be costly, deadly, and built on lies; this week's edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club discusses Philip K. Dick's ‘The Man In The High Castle.'

Sen. Chris Van Hollen discusses the rising resistance in Congress against Trump's cabinet; Rep. Lloyd Doggett explains the extreme cost of the war with Iran; TN State Rep. Justin Jones on the power of protest and the need for more action & organization.

The alarming new reporting that the war with Iran is being pitched to American servicemembers as a new holy war; the latest on the intensifying strikes on Tehran as Iran reportedly gets closer to selecting a new Supreme Leader; how the Pentagon is using AI and why one tech company is standing up to the Trump Admin.

The rising resistance threatening to hold more of Trump's problematic cabinet to account; Lev Parnas, former Trump ally, on why he's now running for Congress as a Democrat; Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses the scandal-plagued hearings that contributed to Kristi Noem's ouster and which WH official could be next.

Jumping into this war with Iran was not only incredibly expensive, but Ian Bremmer explains where the lack of strategy regarding oil in the region has backfired; with the Illinois Senate primary is days away, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joins Ali to talk about the war with Iran and how the Trump Administration has leapfrogged Congress; MS NOW's Ayman Mohyeldin sits down for an exclusive interview with the Foreign Minister of Iran.

The Trump-era billionaire boom exposes the real divide in America: not right versus left, but the billionaires versus everyone else; more than a dozen pregnant teen migrants have been sent to a facility in South Texas where they can't receive adequate prenatal care. A former Trump Administration official says "This is 100% and exclusively about abortion" and not about immigration; and Ben Rhodes digs into the sheer unpopularity of the Iran war and Pete Hegseth's increasingly unhinged wartime rhetoric.

As the war with Iran enters the second week, we're getting a clearer picture about the human cost of this war; MS NOW's Ines De La Cuetara reports on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Lebanon as a result of this war; as Illinois voters gear up to head to the polls on Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton stops by to discuss her Senate bid; author George M. Johnson returns to the "Velshi Banned Book Club" to debut the cover of his new, forthcoming memoir.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries reacts to new reporting that Trump knew the risk of Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz, but he chose to go to war anyway; Georgia Democrat Shawn Harris dishes on his bid to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House; former Republican Congressmen Joe Walsh and Charlie Dent weigh in on the new signs that Trump's grip on power could be slipping.

Now with more than half of the measures in Project 2025 implemented by the Trump administration, The Heritage Foundation is now looking to roll back the rights of American women; The New York Times' Maureen Farrell discusses her new reporting on Jared Kushner's attempt to raise billions for his private equity firm from foreign governments, despite serving as an envoy for President Trump; and Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly makes the case for why she should be the next U.S. senator from Illinois.

New reporting suggests President Trump knew of all the risks of going to war with Iran, but decided to do it anyway; Ali digs into new polling that shows Americans have serious doubts about the fairness of our elections; Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes reacts to the Trump administration's new investigation into his state's 2020 election results; and, as the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its fifth year, Ali reconnects with a former Ukrainian refugee he met in Poland at the start of the current war, in 2022.

Facing the consequences of his unpopular policies, an affordability crisis and an unwanted war, President Trump is placing all his bets on the SAVE Act ahead of the midterms; Rep. Madeleine Dean, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee weighs in on the war with Iran; how Democrats plan to keep up the pressure on the Dept. of Homeland Security and why Sen. Markwayne Mullin will fit right in with the rest of Trump's inner circle.

Ali discusses all the ways in which President Trump's brutal and pervasive immigration crackdown is still happening everyday with MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff; how a new Republican bill in Ohio would force the state to go full Handmaid's Tale and track every pregnancy; Dr. Mehmet Oz turned artificial intelligence loose on Medicare in several states… and it's going very badly.

President Trump is running out of political solutions to his political problems, so he's turning to voter suppression; how Americans are dealing with rising gas prices caused by the War with Iran, and what history tells us about oil price spikes; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) discusses the War with Iran; ‘Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison is the subject of this week's Velshi Banned Book Club

Millions of Americans gear up for next weekend's historic ‘No Kings' Day protest; the latest on the war with Iran; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse weighs in on President Trump's push to pass the SAVE America Act; a deep dive into all the products and goods affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Inside America's affordable housing crisis and why a fix may not be so simple; a new report details how the U.S. is losing its standing as a liberal democracy; why the President gifting members of his cabinet ill-fitting shoes is a loyalty test and a humiliation ritual all at the same time

The importance of participating in protest and dissent in America; the latest on the war with Iran; how President Trump is now eyeing Cuba for his next international misadventure.

Tennessee state representative Justin Jones speaks to the power of protest from a "No King" rally in Nashville; authoritarianism expert Prof. Jason Stanley comments on the importance of dissent in this political moment; rally organizer Hannah Stauss and civil rights activist Maya Wiley comment on the power of "No Kings" protests from New York.

Indivisible Project's Ezra Levin discusses the third "No Kings" Day of protests nationwide; former Republican member of Congress Joe Walsh joins live from a "No Kings" rally in Arlington, Virginia; MS NOW's David Rohde analyzes the latest developments in the U.S. war with Iran; newly elected Florida state representative Emily Gregory comments on flipping President Trump's home district for Democrats.

University of Toronto historian Timothy Snyder comments on the importance of the "No Kings" movement; MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde analyzes the latest developments in the U.S. war with Iran; celebrated Irish author Colm Tóibín joins the Velshi Banned Book Club with his new collection of short stories, "The News from Dublin"

A look at where the resistance goes after ‘No Kings' 3.0; a live report from Dubai on the War with Iran; all the ways in which Trump administration officials and their associates are making a lot of money.

The Trump administration scandal that's flying under the radar, but has the potential to become a Watergate-level crisis; how Israel's expanding invasion of Lebanon is having deadly consequences; how back-to-back court losses could be proof that the era of accountability for social media companies has arrived.

Millions come out for the third "No Kings" protests nationwide; Israel expands its invasion Lebanon amid the U.S.-led war on Iran; some Republican states are adopting Trump's voter suppression agenda.

How Pam Bondi's loyalty to Donald Trump wasn't enough to save her job as U.S. Attorney General, and why that may be a concerning sign of things to come; the latest on the search for the missing U.S. airman after their F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran; everything you need to know about the global oil shock caused by the war with Iran; how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly may have tried to profit financially from the war with Iran.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) discusses President Trump's incoherent and convoluted sales pitch for the War with Iran, and the global consequences of the war; the real reason why Trump is so determined to target mail-in voting; everything the United States could afford to do for the American people with the money being spent on the war with Iran.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) discusses Pam Bondi's firing and what could come next for the DOJ; the latest on the ongoing search and rescue operation for the missing American airman who was shot down over Iran; in the wake of this week's Supreme Court ruling on conversation therapy, Gerrard Conley returns to the Velshi Banned Book Club to discuss "Boy Erased"

Inside the high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan; what refusing an illegal order in the U.S. military looks like; former CIA Director John Brennan breaks down what happens when a President disregards accurate assessments from the U.S. intelligence community.

The wide-ranging ramifications of President Trump using genocidal language regarding Iran; what the historic Artemis II mission means for the future of mankind and space exploration; all the ways in which Democrats continue to overperform at the ballot box ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari weighs in on the U.S.-Iran talks that are underway in Pakistan and her new call for President Trump to be removed via the 25th Amendment; inside the high-stakes Hungarian election and how Viktor Orban is facing the toughest challenge yet to his 16-year grip on power; what refusing an illegal order in the U.S. military looks like; the historic Artemis II space mission and what it means for all mankind; Co-CEO of PEN America, Summer Lopez, discusses the risk of erasing heritage during wartime on a special edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) discusses the fallout from the talks in Islamabad and President Trump's new threat to close the Strait of Hormuz; Shawn Harris discusses why his loss in the Special Election in Georgia actually contains good news for Democrats heading into the midterms; And a conversation about tech companies turning over personal data in response to secretive DHS subpoenas.

Government leaks play an important role in holding power to account; Iran's blocking of the Strait of Hormuz reveals the leverage it holds in the current war and the wider global economy; parliamentary elections in Hungary decide the fate of one of President Trump's favorite strongmen.

U.S.-Iran peace talks in Pakistan fail to reach agreement; President Trump threatens to blockade the Strait of Hormuz; the U.S. oil blockade of Cuba triggers a humanitarian crisis; inflation surges due to effects due to war with Iran.

When it comes to the upcoming midterms, Puck News reporter Abby Livingston insists, "There are more and more paths for Democrats to get to a majority than ever before"; Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.) discusses DNI Tulsi Gabbard's new criminal referrals for activities involving President Trump's first impeachment; and Hennepin County Attorney, Mary Moriarty, brings criminal charges against an ICE agent for felony assault in Minnesota.

Historian Anne Applebaum describes what Americans can learn from Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary; newly elected Congresswoman Analilia Mejia proclaims, "We have to fight the stranglehold that corporations have on our democracy;" Ali Velshi uses his big board to break down Virginia's upcoming redistricting vote, while UVA's Larry Sabato insists, "Democrats do have a lot of excess votes," to win Tuesday's referendum.

As Democrats gain momentum ahead of the midterms, political pollster Cornell Belcher insists, "We have to give kudos to candidate recruitment; look at the quality of candidates Democrats have been able to land in these seat;" Sarah Fitzpatrick dishes on her bombshell report about FBI Director Kash Patel that has Washington talking; and Kaveh Akbar, best-selling author of the novel "Martyr!" is the newest inductee to the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Why a jury's ruling that Live Nation-Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly reaches far beyond concert ticket prices and puts all of corporate America on notice; the story of an American journalist currently detained in Kuwait and the ramifications of the tight restrictions against journalists in the Middle East; the unexpected war being waged by the Trump administration against Pope Leo and how it threatens to fragment the GOP's core base ahead of the midterms.

How MAGA Republicans are focusing on the Supreme Court in case of a midterm defeat; the dire warning from the IMF about the future of the global economy due to the War with Iran; how President Trump's efforts to rewrite the history of January 6th is moving even beyond the blanket pardons and commutations he issued on his first day back in office.

How some Republicans are focused on the U.S. Supreme Court in case of a midterm defeat; former President Barack Obama and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani visit an elementary school in the Bronx; a live report from the Middle East ahead of the newly announced Iran talks; how diplomacy could have prevented the war with Iran entirely if not for the two inexperienced and unqualified individuals leading America's efforts.

10:00am: Charles Coleman, Jr. is in for Ali Velshi with how Democrats are gaining momentum ahead of the midterms; what's really going on in the effort to end the war with Iran amid mixed messaging from the White House; Rep. Madeleine Dean grills Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein; Trump's labor secretary is out amid a shakeup in his cabinet.

11am: Charles Coleman, Jr. is in for Ali Velshi discussing the incoherent messaging surrounding the Iran war with Rep. Adam Smith; Pope Leo returns from his Africa tour amid a feud over war with President Trump; women's health research funding is being cut at the National Institutes of Health; U.S. veterans hold complex views about the war with Iran; cases before the Supreme Court now could fundamentally reshape American democracy.

12pm: Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi discussing how Democrats are gaining momentum ahead of the midterms; President Trump cancels his envoys' trip to Pakistan for Iran talks; Rep. Madeleine Dean grills Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein; Epstein survivors gather in Washington to honor Virginia Giuffre; "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien is the subject of this week's Velshi Banned Book Club

MS NOW's continuing coverage of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident in Washington.

The latest on the investigation into the White House Correspondents' shooting incident in Washington; where U.S.-Iran peace talks go next; Jon Meacham discusses the history of the WHCD and the Washington Hilton Hotel, site of Ronald Reagan's attempted assassination.

What President Trump and his administration are saying about the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC; fighting flares up between Israel and Lebanon despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire extension; Democrats gain momentum ahead of the midterm elections; why Americans are seeing a rise in political violence, and why we shouldn't normalize it.

The U.S. is on the brink of an economic crisis and it may be worse than we think; breaking down exactly what goes into the price of oil and why gas prices are on the rise; the alternate, made-up math the President and his administration are using to try to justify their policies.

Creator of ‘The 1619 Project' explains the wide-ranging ramifications of the gutting the Voting Rights Act; Melissa Murray discusses her annotated guide to the U.S. Constitution; whether a hotel ballroom or a school classroom, Americans shouldn't have to live with gun violence any longer.

Americans are struggling with the rising costs of goods & gas, but the President is focused on his big and expensive ballroom; what led to the collapse of Spirit Airlines; President Trump says the war with Iran is ongoing, while also telling Congress it's ‘terminated'; Patricia McCormick's ‘SOLD' is the subject of this week's Velshi Banned Book Club.

Rep. Seth Moulton describes the economic pain Americans are feeling due to President Trump's War with Iran; the key piece of Trump's immigration crackdown that was shot down by a Trump-appointed judge; how federal courts are helping anti-abortion states take abortion restrictions nationwide; an open letter from Ali to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The consequences of Congress allowing the government to continue to conduct warrantless mass surveillance operations; 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.

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.

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.

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

MS NOW's Antonia Hylton sits 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 reflects on her six-month detention at an ICE facility in Texas; sources tell MS NOW that FBI Director Kash Patel is in panic mode to save his job.

Antonia Hylton sits in for Ali Velshi; Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones explains why his state is ground zero for America's struggle for democracy; Professors Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude Jr. discuss how a recent Supreme Court ruling undermines Black representation in Congress; two Texas moms explain how local voters ousted members from their local school district who support book banning.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy loses big in Louisiana's Republican primary; Democrats back Independent candidate Dan Osborn for the Nebraska's U.S. Senate seat; Israel and Lebanon talks yield a ceasefire extension, while violence against Palestinians intensifies in the West Bank; federal judges overwhelmingly rebuke ICE's detention practices.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.