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Fighting the President's Press Ban

September 21st, 9am: MS NOW, Politico and CNN are suing the White House for banning their journalists. Then, the continued debate over how to regulate artificial intelligence, as another tech company reports its AI model went rogue. Plus, the toll the war in Iran is taking on American farmers amid …

President Trump's recent ban on media outlets and how it's illegal and unconstitutional

James Sample, a legal and political analyst focusing on issues of Constitutional Law and Democracy Image: AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah

The President who cried National Security

September 26, 2026; 10am: President Trump is still trying to find workarounds to banning the press – but we’re still here and will continue to do our job. David Rohde and James Sample discuss this blatant violation of the Constitution and the legitimacy of Trump’s favorite excuse: national security…

Dems call for investigation into pro-Trump ads

On “The Moment with Katy Tur” Ari Melber, Host of MS NOW’s “The Beat”; Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Legal Reporter and James Sample, Hofstra University Professor of Law join Katy to examine how Donald Trump is not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms, and how his talk of mail fraud might be w…

MAGA money making

October 8th, 2026 2PM: On “The Moment with Katy Tur” James Sample, Hofstra University Law Professor; John NIchols, Executive Editor at The Nation; Molly Jong-Fast, MS NOW Political Analyst and host of “Fast Politics" join Katy to break down The Wall Street Journal’s recent reporting that Kimberly G…

Aaron Sorkin, Frances Haugen, and the week in grift

October 9th, 10am: Senate debates in Georgia and Maine, where the attacks got personal as Democrats tied their opponents to Trump. Then, the week in grift: Guilfoyle pressing a donor for a $100,000 wire, Trump buying millions in SpaceX debt and Meta stock, and his Doral resort set to host the G20. …

Balance of power falling apart

October 13th, 2026 2PM: On “The Moment with Katy Tur” Ned Price, Former Senior State Department and CIA official; James Sample, Hofstra University Law Professor; David Rhode, MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter; Mark Leibovich, Staff Writer at The Atlantic and MS NOW Political Contributor join…

Midterm campaigning reaches a fever pitch

October 20, 2026, 11 p.m.: Trump rallies Republicans in North Carolina as we see record-breaking early voting turnout in Texas. And the Justice Department is alleging voter fraud in California as ICE raids surge in the state. Rep. Brendan Boyle, Vasant Bhatt, John Sandweg, James Sample, and Chrysti…

Trump promises payouts if Rep. win

October 21st, 2026 2PM: On The Moment with Katy Tur, John Nichols, Executive Editor of The Nation; Teddy Schleifer, New York Times reporter and an MS NOW contributor; Dan Merica, anchor of The Washington Post’s Early Briefing newsletter; and Stuart Stevens, senior adviser to The Lincoln Project, jo…

Why your healthcare costs just keep climbing

Monday, October 26th, 10am: Trump heads to deep red Mississippi, where Democrats now see as an opening, while Obama is back on the trail in key states. Then, concerns about election interference are growing, as the Justice Department files a challenge to the Alaska Senate race and demands Californi…