Deadline: White House

September 1st, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on last night's resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. 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 podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcas...

September 1st, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on Republicans in one of Texas' largest counties debating a proposal that would eliminate their polling sites in November's midterms by thirty percent, as polls show Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico surging. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Bes...

August 31, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Not wanting to be blamed for what are expected to be major losses for Republicans in November, Donald Trump's latest message is – it's them, not me.  For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh  To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. For more from Nicolle...

August 31, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. As Trump resumes strikes on Iran for the first time since July and Trump's repeated claims that Iran was "desperate" to make a deal, it is becoming undeniable that the war with Iran has all the makings of a quagmire.  Later, the breaking news that the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, is allowing construction on Trump's bal...

August 28, 2026; 5pm: Jacob Soboroff is in for Nicolle Wallace. As the midterms loom closer and Trump's approval numbers plummet, even Trump's cabinet is struggling to sell his record. Later, all eyes are on Texas as Trump wraps his two-day trip to the Lone Star State to campaign with controversial Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton. Paxton, according to recent polling, is 6 poi...

August 28, 2026; 4pm: Jacob Soboroff is in for Nicolle Wallace. "A little excursion" is how Donald Trump described it, at least at the beginning. Not even a REAL WAR... just some swift military action. A conflict that would take all of, quote, "four to five weeks." So much for that. Later, while the war in Iran rages on, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth seems more concerned with stampin...

August 27, 2026; 5pm: Jacob Soboroff is in for Nicolle Wallace. As we speak, a complex legal battle is playing out across the country that could significantly impact November’s midterms -- which are just 68 days away. The issue at hand is the implementation of new rules laid out in Donald Trump's executive order targeting mail in ballots. Later, Dems on the House Judiciary Committee have laun...

August 27, 2026; 4pm: Jacob Soboroff is in for Nicolle Wallace. This afternoon, Republicans are starting to reckon with the consequences of hitching their wagon to Donald Trump. Later, Trump's new policy, which removes tariffs from imported ground beef for 90 days (conveniently right up until the midterms), is making American cattle farmers feel frustrated and betrayed. For more, follow...

August 26, 2026, 5pm; Multiple accounts add to the picture of what reporting alleges is an army that is "essentially rudderless." 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 podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

August 26, 2026, 4pm; GOP strategists pitched a political blueprint to Donald Trump that would center on local issues, individual races and individual candidates -- it might not surprise you to learn that Trump rejected that strategy. 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 p...

August 25, 2026, Dolly Parton never strayed from who she was, and it was her authenticity that was so magnetic. An accomplished singer and songwriter, when speaking about the thoughts behind her philanthropy, she put it very simply: "I just give from the heart." For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To listen...

August 25, 2026, 4pm; Even in the depths of America's most bitter, most divisive moments these last few decades, country music icon Dolly Parton has seemingly occupied her own stratosphere: adored across all regions, genders, political affiliations and on and on. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To liste...

August 24, 2026, 5pm; Today's ruling is about Trump's executive order that would restrict mail-in voting. The highest court has granted the administration's request for a stay, which means that the injunction previously placed on Trump's executive order is lifted while the appeals process goes through. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,”...

August 24, 2026, 4pm; Today's rank escalation is the latest in a series of punches and counter-punches between two allies, the U.S. and Canada, following the collapse of weeks-long negotiations over the weekend. 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 podcasts without ads, si...

August 21st, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on a stunning report exposing how Donald Trump pardons those who donate to support him and his family. 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 podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, s...

August 21st, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on Chief Justice John Roberts, acting alone, allowing Donald Trump to continue construction of his golden ballroom. 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 podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts w...

August 20th, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on the outsized role Jennifer Hegseth plays alongside her husband in the Department of Defense. 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 podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up...

August 20th, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on state officials and election administrators in active conversation with local law enforcement, state attorneys general and legal advisers about how to respond if federal agents attempt to raid a polling site and seize ballots or machines -- breaking the chain of custody for ballots and potentially throwing an election's results in...

Aug 19th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on how when it comes to Trump, it is always about retribution and going after those he feel wronged him. 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 podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium...

Aug 19th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on how Natalie Harp has this level of access to the president and the White House, and if there any kind of risk to having her inside. 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 podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ad...

August 18th, 2026; 5pm: Today the Sunshine State holds its primaries ahead of November’s midterms. We dive into the issues coloring politics purple this hour with Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate David Jolly and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.  For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To listen to th...

August 18, 2026, 4pm; Trump and his cabinet seem be focused on everything and anything but the business of making people's lives better and governing as practically Donald Trump’s entire cabinet hits the campaign trail and as Trump’s poll numbers plummet with less than 80 days to the midterms. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever...

August 17, 2026, 5pm; Democrat lawmakers say Trump 2.0 is more focused on getting rich and prosecuting perceived enemies than helping the American people, and the American people have had enough. But rather than stop the corruption or make the American people feel better about what their government is doing, this administration is leaning in. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast,...

August 17, 2026, 4pm; In the span of just 20 hours Trump threatened to both dramatically expand the war with Iran and to abandon one of our closest allies in favor of a dictator who has been nice to him. 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 podcasts without ads, sign up fo...

August 14, 2026; 5pm: “Stranger things have happened” is Donald Trump’s response to a proposal that he declare a national emergency to take control of our elections, an unsettling thing to hear given that the upcoming midterms will serve as a symbolic referendum on Trump and his administration a year and a half into his second term. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to this sh...