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Deadline: White House
by Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.
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"Blaming Zelenskyy and punishing his country"
October 16, 2026, 5pm; The truth has not stopped Donald Trump from blaming Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and punishing his country, the latest by way of restricting technology Ukraine’s military uses: a program called Starshield. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast,...
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"A billionaire cash wave hits the midterms"
October 16, 2026, 4pm; In poll after poll, Republican candidates are getting their rear ends kicked. But polls, however useful, are also notoriously imperfect. That's where the money comes in. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever...
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“An affinity for Putin”
October 15, 2026; 5pm: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in a difficult position because to defend Ukraine, he needs to ask the U.S. for help with weapons and intelligence. However, Donald Trump has intensified his pressure on Zelenskyy, calling for him to be replaced, and more...
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“DOJ sues California just 19 days before the midterms”
October 15, 2026; 4pm: Just 19 days before the midterms, Trump’s DOJ is fulfilling its promise of going after voting in Democratic states. Today, the DOJ sued California minutes after the 48-hour deadline to review an unverified list of alleged noncitizens expired. For more, follow us on…
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"Trump plays Russian roulette ahead of the midterms"
October 14, 2026, 5pm; Trump's treatment of fellow democratically-elected president, Zelenskyy, has been hot and cold for years now, but this latest betrayal comes as Trump is in a desperate spot politically here at home. His approval rating is in the gutter. His party looks poised to lose a...
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"From unpopular, then to toxic, now to radioactive"
October 14, 2026, 4pm; Republicans are putting distance between themselves and Trump, including many who were originally willing to overlook the weird comments, the flagrant corruption, the political prosecutions, and the brazen incompetence. But not anymore. Because today, the economy is a...
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"Guilfoyle is out"
October 13, 2026, 5pm; The U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, seemingly did just that when the Wall Street Journal published two damaging stories in the past week, exposing her conduct before and during her time in Athens. Announced today by the new White House press secretary, the...
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"Just 21 days to go"
October 13, 2026, 4pm; Ten years ago, the public had its hands on the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, and Trump, facing slipping polls, suddenly warned of a "stolen election." But that was then, and this is now. And now, yesterday in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump's event was largely empty. For more...
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"3 weeks to go until the midterms"
October 12, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. With just 3 weeks to go until the midterms, Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, campaigns with President Obama while Republicans are inching away from unpopular President Trump, who is touring deep red places…
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"Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home raided by Homeland Security"
October 12, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. A longtime target of Trump's ire, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's D.C. home was raided by DHS this morning in an apparent alleged criminal fraud investigation. This raid comes 22 days away from the midterm elections, where…
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"Trump's Grand Conspiracy Case is in turmoil"
October 9, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. New reporting from The New York Times finds that Trump DOJ's 'Grand Conspiracy' case, which targets former law enforcement and intelligence officials for allegedly 'undermining Trump's political career,' is in turmoil after the…
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"Republicans distance themselves from Trump's rank unpopularity"
October 9, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. As Trump's popularity continues to nosedive, Republican candidates running in the upcoming midterms are scrambling to distance themselves from Trump's policies. Later, Gov. Kathy Hochul joins Alicia to discuss the ICE shooting in…
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"Kimberly Guifoyle's urgent request"
October 8, 2026; 5pm: When Kimberly Guifoyle texted Trump donor and former lawyer Eric Deters to urgently send her $100,000 so she could pay off American Express, that request came with a promise: what Deters called "absolutely a quid pro quo." For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To…
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"The reality on the ground paints a far different picture"
October 8, 2026; 4pm: While the Trump administration tries to convince the public that the U.S. is in a strong position in the war with Iran, Senator Chris Murphy joins Nicolle in his first TV interview after his visit to American military bases in the Gulf convinced of the opposite. For more,...
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"Republicans put rhetorical distance between themselves and Trump"
October 7, 2026, 5pm; Trump’s approval ratings have hit record lows as of late. His policies continue to cause prices to rise, and he repeatedly shows he does not understand what the American people care most about. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with...
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"Questionable hirings as we barrel toward the midterms"
October 7, 2026, 4pm; Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the DOJ civil rights division is putting together a Star Wars bar of crackpots -- people who wouldn't even get their resume looked at in a normal presidential administration. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best…
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"Trump's 2020 losses still sting"
October 6, 2026, 5pm; We are just four weeks out from an election that could have huge consequences for the direction of the country and Donald Trump's final two years in office, and his attempts to exert control over our elections and sow distrust in our democratic systems continues to mount.…
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"Trump's latest deranged fantasy sequence"
October 6, 2026, 4pm; Trump’s communications director said that the uproar over the comments was “not rooted in reality,” claiming that Trump was talking about the threat Iran would have posed to those cities without Trump. But whatever kind of clean up the Trump administration is doing today…
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"The sheer volume of corrupt acts"
October 5, 2026; 5pm: A stunning new piece in The New York Times examines how part of the deal to get Russia to end the war in Ukraine involves a multibillion-dollar oil deal with Trump's close allies. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts...
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"Americans are ready to save themselves"
October 5, 2026; 4pm: As poll numbers for the Trump administration fall abysmally low, Americans have had it up to here with the faltering economy, the sky-high gas prices and the endless war in Iran. This weekend, thousands showed up to the Power to the People protest event in Maryland, where...
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"Not the warmest welcome for their party leader"
October 2, 2026; 5pm: The midterms are looming closer, and Donald Trump has hit the campaign trail, traveling to states that are normally ruby red. In the wake of the war in Iran, high gas prices, and a lagging economy, these same red states now seem politically competitive. Meanwhile, many...
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"The Patel report"
October 2, 2026; 4pm: As Trump's DOJ is investigating whether former President Richard Nixon -- of the infamous Watergate affair -- got a raw deal, Kash Patel is busy collecting information to examine the FBI's past investigations and operations. Ken Dilanian's reporting suggests that the Russia...
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"Donald Trump and crypto corruption"
October 1, 2026; 5pm: In 2025 alone, Donald Trump made 1.4 billion dollars from his family's cryptocurrency businesses, which include a Trump meme coin and a crypto firm created by his sons, called World Liberty Financial. His embrace of digital currencies helped him return to the White House in...
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"The family of Renee Nicole Good sues the Trump administration"
October 1, 2026; 4pm: After nearly a year of the Trump administration attempting to smear their daughter and wife as a terrorist and actively blocking any attempt to investigate her murder, the family of Renee Nicole Good is fighting back. Today, at a press conference, they announced they are…
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"Reshaping the Pentagon and the U.S. military in his image"
September 30th, 2026, 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on Pete Hegseth move to cut high level army positions as our country is literally at war. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your...
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"Donald Trump's retribution campaign against public servants"
September 30th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on the Trump DOJ filing a judicial misconduct complaint against Minnesota judges who spoke to the New York Times about ICE earlier this year. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best...
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"Donald Trump is seriously out of touch"
September 29, 2026, 5pm; The skyrocketing prices for goods? Donald Trump denies people’s lived realities and calls it a hoax. The campaign promise that he would not start any new wars? We are currently in the eighth month of a war of choice with Iran. And he’s also on the other side of a major...
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"Attempting to relitigate Jack Smith's indictments against Trump"
September 29, 2026, 4pm; It was an attempt by the GOP to relitigate Jack Smith’s two indictments against Trump -- but what they got instead was the former Special Counsel unwavering in his assertions that his team did everything right and a string of humiliating moments in their questioning of…
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"Rolling out the red carpet for President Xi Jinping"
September 28, 2026; 5pm: Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping was welcomed to the White House with pomp and celebration. This week, the U.S. Ambassador to China said that Donald Trump offered to sell ARMS to Xi. As Donald Trump cozies up to what the New York Times calls "the greatest military,...
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"Another major shakeup at Kash Patel's FBI"
September 28, 2026; 4pm: Amid a series of losses of experts and qualified agents, Kash Patel's FBI is yet again in turmoil after Co-Deputy FBI Director, Andrew Bailey, announced he is leaving after just one year on the job. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to this show and...
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"Trump's autocratic impulses on full display"
September 25, 2026, 5pm; While Trump feted a foreign dictator, one who has helped to prop up Trump’s proclaimed number one enemy Iran, the American press was out in the cold. In a week filled with alarming warning signs about the Trump administration and their allies' willingness to attack the...
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"40 days to go until Election Day"
September 25, 2026, 4pm; In an emergency ruling, the Supreme Court will allow the federal government to use the SAVE citizenship database in coordination with states to find noncitizens. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you…
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"A very warm welcome"
September 24, 2026; 5pm: While White House reporters struggled to have their press passes restored earlier today, Chinese President Xi Jinping received a warm welcome from Donald Trump. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sign...
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"Press passes restored"
September 24, 2026; 4pm: The White House restored the press passes for MS NOW White House correspondents today after almost being in outright defiance of a court order and a potential constitutional crisis. Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico's White...
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"Donald Trump's assault on our free press was put on the legal record"
September 23rd, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace anchors continuing coverage of a hearing over Trump's ban of MSNOW, CNN and Politico from the White House -- as legal experts call the move an attack on free speech and the First Amendment. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from...
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"Unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional"
September 23rd, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace anchors continuing coverage of a hearing over Trump's ban of MSNOW, CNN and Politico from the White House -- as legal experts call the move an attack on free speech and the First Amendment. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from...
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"To sell a nation to the highest bidder"
GOP lawmakers notably are calling out the findings of that bombshell ProPublica report on Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding and the hypocrisy among those in the party at the same time. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your...
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"Trump the aspirational autocrat"
September 22, 2026, 4pm; It starts, but doesn't end, with his inane ramblings and threats before world leaders at the UN General Assembly this morning. Stay with us and appreciate this new bottom for our American democracy. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People...
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"An endless number of headlines"
September 21, 2026; 5pm: As world leaders touch down in the U.S. for the UN General Assembly tomorrow, there are endless headlines about Trump's corruption, his weaponization of the DOJ, and his assault on the free press. It's a pressing moment for the sanctity of democracy, not just in the…
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"The press fires back"
September 21, 2026; 4pm: Journalists, news anchors, and correspondents report ON the news. They don't want to BE the news. Today, MS NOW has to make an exception. MS NOW joins CNN and Politico in a lawsuit against the Trump administration after Trump removed our White House access in the latest...
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"Donald Trump’s great white whale"
September 18th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on brand new reporting from our colleagues Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian on how the Justice Department is aggressively pursuing Donald Trump's favorite myth -- mass voter fraud. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow...
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"Threatening to drag down his entire party"
September 18th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on brand new reporting in the Washington Post today that more U.S. troops have died during the war than the Pentagon has disclosed, publicly bringing the death toll to 22 U.S. troops. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle,...
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"Rampant, brazen corruption"
September 17, 2026; 5pm: The enriching of Donald Trump, his sons, and many others at the expense of the American people have reached such astronomic levels that it has left the confines of investigative journalism and become comedy fodder. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to...
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"When the bottom falls out for Donald Trump"
September 17, 2026; 4pm: The midterms are inching closer and Republicans are starting to publicly break from Donald Trump. A new political ad from Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar calls Trump out directly for deportations going too far and for betraying the Hispanic voters who put...
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"You can hear the love"
September 16th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on the war in Iran that has now made deployment far more dangerous for United States troops. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get…
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"Donald Trump is becoming political dead weight for the Republican Party"
September 16th, 2026, 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump threatening to drag his whole party down with him as voters sour on his handling of just about every issue under the sun. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best…
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"Kushner is out of his depth"
September 15, 2026, 5pm; In both the first and second Trump terms, Kushner has largely stayed away from the cameras, despite playing an outsized role in our nation’s foreign policy. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get…
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"A decisive blow to Trump's threat to the midterms"
September 15, 2026, 4pm; The nation's high court found that the Trump administration was “unlikely to succeed on the merits." For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS…
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"The Trump Russia connection"
September 14, 2026; 5pm: As Trump continues to blame Ukraine for the price of diesel skyrocketing, the connection between the Trump family and Russia becomes more apparent with the news that Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding was funded by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir…
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"Are we ready to face the consequences of AI?"
September 14, 2026; 4pm: As the CEOs of the largest AI companies band together to call for a slowdown of AI development and whistleblowers flock to the media to warn that AI is developing too fast, the question all of us are asking is: is the world prepared to respond to this code red? For more,...
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Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.
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