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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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As the U.S.-led strikes on Iran enter their third week, we’re getting a clearer picture of the human cost of this war; MS NOW’s Ines De La Cuetara reports on Israeli strikes triggering a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon; Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton discusses her bid for the U.S. Senate; author George M. Johnson returns to the “Velshi Banned Book Club” to discuss their upcoming memoir, “And If I Die Before I Wake” To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.