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AI CEOs signed a "morally-binding" and "self-policing" pledge at Donald Trump's urging. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) dismisses it as "theater of the absurd."

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You've probably interacted with an LLM, the AI programs behind everything from ChatGPT to customer service chats. But as LLMs become widespread, it's important to remember their limitations, faults, and dangers. And while they produce human-like writing, LLMs are not human.

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“Donald Trump and MAGA sold the American people a false bill of goods.” Voters have made it clear that they want Congress to address the high cost of living. Instead, the GOP held a sham hearing trying to trap Jack Smith. “I think the American people can see through it,” says Rep. Joe Neguse.

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Ali Velshi does the math calculating how much more Donald Trump’s policies are costing the average American household.

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The State Dept. contradicts a U.S. ambassador's claim that Trump offered to sell China weapons, and the FBI deputy director resigns amid several bureau controversies. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi says "our adversaries are cheering" watching this dysfunction from the Trump administration.

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MS NOW, CNN, and Politico filed a new motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the judge for a longer-term block on Trump's ban of the three news outlets from The White House.

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“Make stuff cost less” is the slogan for the campaign of Roy Cooper – the Democratic nominee for Senate in North Carolina. He joins Ali Velshi to discuss how ending the war in Iran and getting rid of Trump’s “chaotic” tariffs will do just that. “We know how critical this is," Cooper says.

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MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hahah I wondered if anyone would catch that!

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NOW: @velshi.com is live at the big board in Texas, unpacking the history of the country’s voting system and offering a deep dive into the latest polling data.

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“If you’re confident in your position…then you have no reason to ban the media.” Journalist Evan Smith responds to Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to block news outlets he does not like.

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Every single American voter is one tiny light. Together, we are bigger than the darkness, and more powerful than any voter suppression.

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Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa is hoping to deny incumbent Republican Greg Abbott a fourth term and become the state's first Democratic governor in decades. She accuses Abbott of doing "the bidding of moneyed interests and not the people of Texas."

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“The perfect storm.” Evan Smith – co-founder of The Texas Tribune - ticks through the three factors that are giving Democrats real reason to believe that they could win a statewide race in Texas for the first time in three decades.

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MS NOW's race on our radar takes us to Florida's 22nd congressional district, which was drastically redrawn by Republicans this year to make it more Republican-friendly. But that aggressive gerrymandering may actually backfire in a race that is being targeted by both national parties.

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A new letter sent by acting Secretary of the Navy revealed there has been 8 suicide attempts associated with the USS Abraham Lincoln while deployed to the Iran war.

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Emily St. John Mandel's novel 'Exit Party' is a time-bending work of speculative fiction that speaks to our divided present moment. Mandel tells Ali Velshi that the novel addresses "the idea of compliance and acquiescence" with authoritarianism that is "something that we're seeing today."

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Democrat Pia Dandiya is fighting to win Florida’s re-drawn 22nd congressional district, which she says “was gerrymandered to try and pull a fast one” on voters. But she says, “not on our watch.”

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A ruling is expected soon in a lawsuit filed by MS NOW, CNN, and Politico after Donald Trump banned these outlets from the White House. George Washington University Law Professor Mary Anne Franks tells Ali Velshi that Trump's actions show "he's afraid of anyone who is not his lackey."

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Despite promises by DHS that ICE officers should wear body cameras, the officer who shot a Venzuelan immigrant in Austin, Texas on Sunday was not wearing one.

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A Maine voter told MS NOW's Elise Jordan, "TSA employees go through more training than these ICE agents," after a massive ICE operation in the state earlier this year. It's proving to be a hot issue for Mainers ahead of November's crucial Senate race.

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As President Trump hosts China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit, Eurasia Group’s Gerry Butts says Trump’s missteps like the Iran War are gifts to China which is doing well by sitting back “watching its adversaries engage in great acts of self-harm.”

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Trump's speech at the United Nations was filled with "the kind of lies, contradictions, and unverifiable nonsense" that won't stand up to scrutiny, which is one reason why he is trying to ban the press from the White House.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening another key waterway for oil in the Middle East. If they decide they want to put more pressure on the global economy,"They just block all kinds of shipping," says Bobby Ghosh

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A Democrat hoping to flip Iowa's third congressional district says voters are “ready for a change.” President Trump's policies on war and trade are hitting the state’s farm economy. Sarah Trone Garriott says Iowans who voted Republican their whole lives are telling her, “I'm voting for you now.”

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 22/09/2026

The Trump administration says it has a right to ban journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House grounds, arguing “access to the White House is a privilege — not a right.”

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A look back at the very first White House correspondent and where the press finds itself today.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 22/09/2026

Hisham Awartani, one of three Palestinian-American students injured in 2023 by a loan gunman in Vermont, is grateful that his shooter has been convicted of attempted murder for his crime. Yet, Hisham and his mother, Elizabeth Price, express frustration that the case wasn't prosecuted as a hate crime

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/09/2026

During his first administration, Donald Trump revoked Jim Acosta's press credential, because the President didn't like his line of questioning. On Friday, the President renewed his attack on Acosta.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/09/2026

Pres. Trump's policies are driving up diesel and fertilizer prices, which in turn are driving up costs for farmers and food prices for consumers. Former Montana Senator Jon Tester tells Ali Velshi that farmers "are looking at not being able to pay their bills because the energy costs are so high."

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/09/2026

Florida's 27th congressional district is a race on our radar, because Republican incumbent Maria Salazar publicly BROKE with Trump on his immigration policy. She's feeling the heat in a district that's heavily Latino. Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez now sees a chance to flip the House seat

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/09/2026

With AI in the headlines, MS NOW's Josh Einiger visited West Virginia farmers facing the ground-level consequences of the AI boom. Einiger tells Ali Velshi, "There is huge antipathy" toward AI, because "people fear for their privacy concerns, they fear big tech overreach."

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/09/2026

The GOP is worried that polls show voters upset by high costs tied to Trump's Iran war. MS NOW political analyst Peter Beinart notes that "Trump never made the case for this war" and "there's no prospect it's going to end" soon.

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Canada and the European Union are flirting with a new kind of trade partnership that would allow them to sideline Donald Trump and his trade war. It’s another example of how Mark Carney has been “forthright in standing up to Trump’s nonsense” – and winning support from the public because of it.

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In the new book “End Times Fascism,” co-author Naomi Klein argues that a far-right coalition of tech billionaires, Christian extremists, and ethno-nationalists are hastening and profiting from global catastrophe. “They’re not just building their own arks, they're also causing the floods.”

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Darline Graham is a "historically WEAK candidate" according to her opponent Annie Andrews, the Democratic trying to flip South Carolina's Senate seat blue. "The Senate seat does not belong to the Graham family. It doesn't belong to one political party and it doesn't belong to a president."

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