President Trump is spending his second term remaking America’s system of politics and governance in his own image, where everything is a transaction; the latest on Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russian territory; and how to survive Donald Trump’s chaos economy.

How Trump is remaking American governance in his image; how the president’s trade war is endangering a key piece of NATO’s air defense system; and what’s coming for a Supreme Court that empowered a president who seems bent on diminishing its own authority.

What happens when campaign promises meet reality; an introduction to the pediatrician who is challenging Sen. Lindsay Graham in South Carolina; and Donald Trump’s brain drain

What Americans can do to secure their democracy; President Trump declares a ceasefire is “very close” between Israel and Hamas; and the Velshi Banned Book Club features “Pride Puppy,” a children’s book by Robin Stevenson that is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case.

President Trump tests America’s democracy and the limits of its legal institutions; why Americans on the right see Hungary as a model to emulate; and deporting migrants proves lucrative for American companies with ties to the administration.

What Americans can do to secure their democracy; President Trump declares a ceasefire is “very close” between Israel and Hamas; and Elon Musk’s tenure in the U.S. government has come to an end, but is DOGE really done?

An invitation inside Nicolle Wallace’s short list of the most inspiring people she knows.  

How the House GOP’s passage of President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ set up a massive upward transfer of wealth in America, why the actions we are seeing right now from the Supreme Court are more confusing than usual, and policing in America five years after the killing of George Floyd

Judge J. Michael Luttig discusses the impact President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary is having on American democracy. And what’s exactly at stake in Trump’s battle against Harvard and why it’s more than just a fight against an elite school

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) discusses how the passage of President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ sets the stage for a major upward transfer of wealth in America, how Trump’s tariffs and cuts at the Small Business Administration are squeezing small businesses nearly out of business, and why the action we are seeing from the Supreme Court is more confusing than usual

How President Trump’s apparent disregard of due process and attacks on immigrants are an attack on us all, fmr. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) discusses how Trump’s policies are harming American farmers, and with the criminalization of miscarriage and the decriminalization of clinic harassment happening side-by-side post-Roe America is getting scarier

How President Trump’s sweeping and unprecedented deportation crackdowns have landed him in the middle of multiple lawsuits and why it’s an alarming window into his assault on due process and judicial review. What Trump’s relationship with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu means for the future of the War in Gaza, and the author of “Fun Home” Alison Bechdel joins for this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins to discuss this week’s threats to democracy from President Trump, fmr. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) talks about how Trump’s policies are harming American farmers, and Trump’s retribution presidency continues to expand.

What happens when the president is running a get-rich-quick scheme on the side; why Republicans’ plans to slash Medicaid would have consequences reaching far beyond even the 72 million Americans who rely on it for healthcare; and how the slash-and-burn approach to dismantling the government is having dire consequences for FEMA, heading into hurricane season.

Ali Velshi is joined by Yale University Professor Jason Stanley, host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’ Dean Obeidallah, owner of ‘Busy Baby’ Beth Benike, and MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin.

The danger of a new normal, where profiting from the presidency is routine; plus former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reveals what the slashing of Medicaid would really mean, not just for Americans who rely on it for healthcare but for all of us.

What comes next in the budget battle now that members of President Trump’s own party blocked his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’; why the damage of Trump’s chaotic tariff rollout can’t be undone; and Stacey Abrams discusses being targeted by Trump, being investigated by Republicans, and a new potential run for governor of Georgia.

How Donald Trump’s return to the Middle East made him look less like the leader of a democracy and more like a visiting fellow monarch. Plus, a new photo-essay shows the desperation faced by millions suffering the consequences of Sudan’s civil war and the Trump administration’s cuts to humanitarian aid. And Malinda Lo, author of “Last Night At The Telegraph Club”, joins for this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

From tariff chaos to price hikes to a credit downgrade to the President’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ being blocked by members of his own party, how the practical impacts of Trump’s economic chaos is causing damage that can’t be undone

Trumpism on the world stage, former Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) discusses the power of speaking up to save democracy, and how the president’s economic policy chaos is exposing cracks in the GOP