On the Line with Alicia Menendez

July 10, 2026, 1p: MS Now Host Erielle Reshef sits in for Alicia Menendez to break down how new escalations between the U.S. and Iran are erasing economic gains made in the fragile ceasefire. Plus, how ripple effects from the political collapse of Graham Platner are changing Democratic strategy in battleground races across the country. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this...

July 10, 2026, 12p: MS Now Host Erielle Reshef sits in for Alicia Menendez on the president pushing an election power grab over tackling high prices. Plus, the latest details on the deadly ICE shooting in Houston. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

July 9, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez on whether the Democratic replacement for Graham Platner can make the election a referendum on Sen. Susan Collins. Plus, Pres. Trump has weighed in on Sen. Mitch McConnell. And a deadly ICE shooting is leaving a Texas community in shock. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Si...

July 9, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez asks whether FBI Director Kash Patel's lavish spending habits are finally catching up to him, with a Republican senator now asking questions. Plus, new safety concerns over the president's new plane after he switched back to the old Air Force 1 on the way back from the NATO summit.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show...

July 8, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the process of finding, recruiting and vetting candidates for office after the implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign. Plus, Lisa Rubin breaks down the latest legal court loss for the president, and win for E. Jean Carroll. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Host...

July 8, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president's new threats of strikes on Iran and his divisive rhetoric at the NATO summit. Plus, the latest on Sen. Mitch McConnell's health. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

July 7, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez interviews Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about the new DOJ threat to send election monitors to her state for the August primary. Plus, the warning from hundreds of former Justice Department lawyers about Todd Blanche. And a farewell to the Department of Government Efficiency. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this...

July 7, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez talks about the president's trip to Turkey for the NATO Summit as he threatens the alliance. Plus, the latest on the Maine senate race after an allegation of sexual assault against Democratic nominee Graham Platner. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

July 6, 2026; 1pm: MS Now host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, breaking down his latest economic policies as questions grow over his financial disclosure. Plus, the debate over Pres. Trump's former personal attorney Todd Blanche and how he could be the next Attorney General. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Sim...

July 6, 2026; 12pm: MS Now host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, discussing Pres. Trump calling out the "threat" of communism in his July 4th speech, while he was silent on the threat of white nationalists marching in DC. Plus, a top Army commander in Europe ousted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gets a hero's send-off. And the president takes questions about his phone call to FIFA ove...

July 2, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss how the more journalists dig into Trump's financial disclosure form, the more red flags they find. Plus, Rep. Jamie Raskin reacts to the billions the president has made from crypto. Plus, Rep. Jamie Raskin reacts to the billions the president has made from crypto. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this sho...

July 2, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president's continued efforts to justify his 2020 election loss with evidence-free allegations of fraud. Plus, new economic numbers show more job pressure than expected in the country. And Rep. Ro Khanna on the latest push to release files in the Epstein investigation.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen...

July 1, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and her panel discuss how Trump officials and lawmakers are trying to turn the Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship into a midterm talking point. Plus, the election denier who went from jail to an Oval Office visit. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simpl...

July 1, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and her panel look at the president's stunning income - including more than a billion dollars from crypto in 2025. Plus, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) responds to the DOJ's efforts to prosecute "birth tourists" after the Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS pod...

June 30, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez talks with Marc Elias, who argued before the Supreme Court to keep limits on campaign financing, on the court's decision to overturn those rules. Plus, one of Trump's favorite media outlets says his sons are "sloshing around in the muck" with their business deals. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcas...

June 30, 2026; 12p: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the historic Supreme Court ruling to reject Trump's effort to remake the identity of the United States with the ACLU's Cecillia Wang, who argued the case before the court. Plus, the White House brings in a new messaging expert as the president struggles to stay on message ahead of the midterms. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts...

June 29, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the Supreme Court ruling against RNC efforts to disenfranchise mail-in voters. Plus, how the court handed E. Jean Carroll another victory over Pres. Donald Trump.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inform...

June 29, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez talks to Rebecca Slaughter after the Supreme Court allowed the president to fire her from the FTC, and give him unprecedented power to remake agencies in his own image.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

June 26, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the national implications of the Supreme Court allowing Pres. Trump to end local protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants and refugees. Plus, we speak to The Washington Post reporter who got audio of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s phone call pressuring a Libertarian congressional candidate to drop...

June 26, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and her panel talk about the ways Pres. Trump has isolated himself from Congressional Republicans, fracturing the party in the last months it could have full control of Washington. Plus, Rep. Robert Garcia talks about the Leon Black factor of the Epstein investigation. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS...

June 25, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president's decision to celebrate himself instead of the country ahead of America 250. Plus, we hear from former Trump supporters who joined a support group after walking away from MAGA. And, we speak to an attorney who argued the TPS case before the Supreme Court about the ruling.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podca...

June 25, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and her panel discuss the Supreme Court allowing the president to remove temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian refugees and migrants. Plus, Sen. Chris Coons reacts to the Republican about-face on one of the few times they've stood up to The White House.   Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS po...

June 24, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and Sen. Elizabeth Warren on what's at stake for Americans struggling with the housing crisis, and the president's push to leverage a legislative solution with his push to nationalize elections. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ads...

June 24, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president's decision to turn a moment of bipartisanship into a political push to nationalize elections, moments before meeting with Senate Republicans face-to-face on Capitol Hill. Sen. Jack Reed shares his thoughts on the housing bill he helped craft, the Acting Director of National Intelligence and the state of negotiation...

June 23, 2026; 1pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez and her panel break down the judicial rebukes to the Trump administration's efforts to nationalize elections. Molly Jong-Fast and Leigh McGowan share their thoughts on the crumbling Trump vanity projects. Plus, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove speaks on efforts to push The White House to brief C ongress on the latest negotiations with Iran.   Sign up for MS...