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What Speaker Mike Johnson's narrowest of margins means for a new Republican congress, the alarming details of an under-the-radar Chinese espionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. telecom companies;  and the most underappreciated aspects of Jimmy Carter's legacy as his state funeral begins in Georgia.

Rep. Debbie Dingell and Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent on what Republican governance will look like; Samm Sacks on the threat posed by a sophisticated Chinese espionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. telecom companies; and Rep. Hank Johnson on the legacy of President Jimmy Carter

Donald Trump's election win will be certified on January 6, 2025 - four years after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn  his previous election loss. Congressman Jamie Raskin reflects on that dark day, the impeachment that followed, and "the struggle between authoritarian lies and democracy" that will continue into a second Trump term.

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on the new Republican congress, Sen. Gary Peters on what happens when a government is uninterested in accurate information in national security matters, Caleb Silver on why both President Biden and President-Elect Trump opposed the U.S. Steel deal, and Zeke Hernandez and Stuart Stevens on the immigration battle playing out in Republican politics.

The California wildfires are playing into a growing insurance crisis, Mark Zuckerberg is getting fact-checked on his motivations for ending fact-checking on Meta, what Donald Trump's sentencing means, and a timely analysis of Ray Bradbury's dystopian classic ‘Fahrenheit 451' with author Lois Lowry and fascism expert Jason Stanley.  

Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy on advanced fire-fighting and prevention technology; what's next in Trump's hush-money case with Melissa Murray and Lisa Rubin; the heads of PolitiFact and Snopes discuss what the end of Meta's fact-checking program means for the spread of disinformation; Lois Lowry and Jason Stanley join the Velshi Banned Book Club to discuss Ray Bradbury's ‘Fahrenheit 451'

How mixed-status families are planning for Donald Trump's promised immigration crackdown, how Trump's pick for CIA is being received in the Senate, and the tech that could make wildfires detectable in minutes.

Erika Andiola and Viviana Marquez share personal stories from when their own immigrant families were caught in the crosshairs of America's broken immigration system ahead of a promised crackdown by Donald Trump; Pulitzer Prize-winner David Rhode previews Senate hearings for John Ratcliffe's nomination to head the CIA; and Orange County, California Fire Chief Brian Fennessy explains how game-changing new tech could transform wildfire detection.

Former CIA Director John Brennan weighs in on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as Director of National Intelligence, Nobel Prize-winner Maria Ressa shares crucial lessons for reporting on a government that's hostile to the free press, and why this week's selection for the Velshi Banned Book Club, John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" is still so relevant to American life and politics that it's still being banned.

Barbara McQuade, Charles Coleman Jr., Joyce Vance and Elie Mystal on how justice is already being reshaped one week into Trump's new term; inside the president's late-night firing of federal agency Inspectors General; Attorneys General Keith Ellison and William Tong on fighting back against Trump's push to end birthright citizenship; Jen Rubin on how to hold the line for democracy; and Manuel Munoz on his short story collection, "The Consequences" on the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Ambassador John Bolton and Rep. Bennie Thompson discuss what President Trump's first week back in office means for American national security; inside the dangerous new efforts to undermine laws that were enacted to curb violence against abortion providers; what the rise of the new American oligarchy means for America's democracy and the working class; Peter Beinart on the future of the war in Gaza; Paula Ramos discusses her alarming conversation with a prominent member of the Proud Boys following his presidential pardon

A new shock-wave of firings by the Trump administration, Day One of Trump's new tariffs, and the state of the most endangered Trump cabinet nominations.

Ali Velshi is joined by Joyce Vance, Tim Weiner, Tom Nichols, Anna Merlan, Eddie Glaude, Melissa Murray, and Christopher Paul Curtis

U.S. trade partners retaliate for Trump's tariffs, Trump's FBI purge meets pushback, and a new era of American unseriousness on the global stage takes hold.

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Ryan Reilly, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Mehdi Hasan, Ravi Agrawal, Richard Cordray, and Randi Weingarten

How Elon Musk's DOGE is amassing power and President Trump is making good on his promise to dismantle government. Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Rep. Gwen Moore, Joyce Vance, and fmr. RNC Chair Michael Steele discuss the dangers of President Trump and Elon Musk's dismantling of the federal government; plus the Velshi Banned Book Club features one of the student plaintiffs suing the state of Idaho over its book banning law.

Senators Chris Van Hollen and Tammy Baldwin discuss plans being floated in Congress to fight the Trump-Musk dismantling of the federal government; fmr. Education Secretary Arne Duncan explains what's at stake for America's children if the Department of Education is shut down; Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza offers a warning about what happens when big tech coddles dictators; Imani Perry and Errin Haines discuss why eviscerating the civil service could hit the Black community hardest.

The judicial branch is now under threat as the Trump administration continues its power grab in Washington and tests the limits of the president's power. Will America's system of checks and balances hold? Laurence Tribe and Larry Summers discuss the Trump administration potential Constitutional overreach; inside the rift erupting at the DOJ following the Trump administration's move to dismiss charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams; how Elon Musk and his business empire may be benefitting from DOGE's efforts to dismantle the government; fmr. VA Inspector General Michael Missal discusses the lawsuit he and his colleagues have filed against the Trump administration; Gillian Flynn, author of "Gone Girl", is this week's guest on the Velshi Banned Book Club

Even with both chambers of Congress at his disposal, Donald Trump continues to unilaterally bulldoze his way through government, consolidating power. At every turn the president flouts the proper channels and procedures necessary to accomplish his goals, and instead Trump chooses chaos. But it really doesn't have to be this way.

What's behind an extraordinary series of late-night firings at the Pentagon, the truth about Republican cost-cutting, and what the new American administration's reversal on Ukraine means for the war-torn country.

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Brendan Boyle, former HHS Secretary and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt III, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Yaroslav Trofimov.

How America's foreign policy realignment under Donald Trump threatens to unravel decades of global alliances and what history tells us about what might come next.

Ali Velshi is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Anne Applebaum and Jon Meacham, former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, and Nastya Shpot, who was a 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee fleeing the Russian invasion when Ali first met her in Poland in 2022.

Trump takes Russia's side, the White House seizes control over the press pool, and post-Roe America brings echoes of the real-life stories that inspired The Handmaid's Tale

Europe prepares for a world without the U.S. as a reliable ally, Canada readies for Trump's tariffs, and Republicans work toward slashing health and nutrition programs to pay for tax cuts

Congressman Al Green (D-TX) talks about challenging President Trump with "righteous incivility" while the courts are increasingly viewed as the last, best, clearest line of defense against presidential overreach.

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Al Green, fmr. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Judith Browne Dianis, Kate Shaw, Joyce Vance, Leah Litman, Barbara McQuade, Caleb Silver, Joanne Freeman, and Michele Goodman.

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Douglas Brinkley, Janai Nelson, Lisa Rubin, Caroline Randall Williams, and Imani Perry.

Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discuss the funding fight in Congress, the battle to hold the line against Trump's power grab, and the continuing fight for civil rights in America

Ali Velshi is joined by Harvard Economist Kenneth Rogoff, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Canada's Consul-General in New York Tom Clark, constitutional law and global health policy professor Michele Goodwin, two-time Newbery medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, and Columbia Professor Rachel E. Adams.

Why Donald Trump is underwater on the economy, what's at stake as he slashes health research, and why more people aren't speaking out against creeping authoritarianism

Ali Velshi is joined by Dr. Peter Hotez Co-Director for the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), fmr. Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA), fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), first amendment scholar Mary Anne Franks, and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist John Harwood