Deadline: White House

October 30, 2026, 5pm; Donald Trump and his allies canceled campaign rallies in Kansas and Iowa only to reverse course within a day. The reasons for the reversal -- and the reversal of the reversal -- aren't entirely clear, but all the same, the switch-up didn't go unnoticed or uncriticized. It also is not clear whether Republican candidates in those states want him there, anyway.  For more f...

October 30, 2026, 4pm; MS Now reports that federal prosecutors in California have issued grand jury subpoenas to state and local election officials Thursday, according to a person with knowledge of the effort and a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder's Office.  For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you g...

October 29, 2026; 5pm: Just 5 days before the midterms, the New York Times is reporting a grim mood in the White House. Meanwhile, Trump is cancelling his Saturday rally in Kansas in favor of what the administration is calling "tele-rallies."  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 App...

October 29, 2026; 4pm: Brand new reporting from The New York Times finds that Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, was the target of a Chinese spy plot. This comes as Trump is refusing to regulate AI, arguing that the U.S. needs to advance in the AI industry to compete with China.  For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh  To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sig...

October 28, 2026, 5pm; With less than a week to go until election day, as ever, it's the voters with their hands on the wheel in this country. And they're proving today, what they'll prove next week: that they're the ones driving. 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 podca...

October 28, 2026, 4pm; One sign of the end of the rule of law is that facts and evidence of a case are pursued at the end stage after the targets have been identified. Another might be the end of the grand jury process, the standard procedure for obtaining a criminal indictment. Both are features, not bugs, of a Trump presidency. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best Pe...

October 27, 2026, 5pm; By continuing to speak out, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's heinous crimes have kept the spotlight on the lack of justice they have seen, and now a bombshell new report is making sure that lack of accountability comes back to haunt the GOP.  For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To...

October 27, 2026, 4pm; Trump's GOP is desperately trying to bribe, gaslight, beg, and bully voters -- and if that doesn’t work? Well, then they might just try to sow doubt in the results of the election, just like he did in 2020. 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 podcas...

October 26, 2026; 5pm: In Trump's second term, there is a vast accountability void in the DOJ, begging the question as to who might step in and be proactive in filling that void. A group of veteran federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers has created "The Rule of Law Project" in an attempt to do what the DOJ refuses to do.  Later, some breaking news: Trump's DOJ charges For...

October 26, 2026; 4pm: Around the world, the fight for democracy is ringing true and toppling strong-men leaders. In Brazil, Lula da Silva retained power in an election against right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of previous Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving 27 years in prison for trying to overturn Brazil's last election. In Serbia, strong-man ruler Aleksandar Vučić was t...

October 23, 2026; 5pm: Russia has returned an American hostage, and it is something to celebrate. What is causing many to pause, however, is what Trump was willing to give up in exchange. Trump lifted sanctions on Russia, which he previously signed into law. This is the latest in what former CIA analyst Julia Curlee calls Putin reaping the rewards for interfering in the 2016 election.&nb...

October 23, 2026; 4pm: Trump's DOJ filed a preemptive lawsuit against Alaska, seeking to block the senate election results if anyone other than the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan, wins. The reason? There is an unaffiliated candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan, who is also on the ballot. The DOJ claims that the election's integrity could be compromised because voters could be confused b...

October 22, 2026; 5pm: Elon Musk and the White House are engaged in a robust game of pointing fingers at each other after Ukraine's Zelensky said that Starlink, the Musk-owned military grade system Ukraine uses in its war against Russia's invasion, was slowed and less functional.  For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh  To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads,...

October 22, 2026; 4pm: With the midterms just less than two weeks away, our democracy and election integrity is being put to the test as some Democrats are preparing for Trump and his administration to allege foreign meddling and fraud in order to justify election interference.  For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh  To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts...

October 21, 2026, 5pm; Alina Habba Mildon denied any role in the pardon, and the Herreras did not respond to the Times' multiple requests for comment. In a statement, the Justice Department told the Times that Mildon didn't speak to anyone about a pardon, and a White House official said Mildon had nothing to do with the Herrera pardon. But there's no doubt, it fits into a much larger, more troubli...

October 21, 2026, 4pm; Trying to convince us that up is down and black is white in a meeting with Vladimir Putin to discuss restarting peace talks with Ukraine, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff apparently called the Russian president a "humanitarian." 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 an...

October 20, 2026; 5pm: Midterm elections are just two weeks away, and questions are arising about the safety of our elections, especially when the threat is allegedly coming from within.  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, follow and download her p...

October 20, 2026; 4pm: New MS NOW reporting highlights the chaos, disorder, and trauma military families experienced in February when Iran bombarded a U.S. Navy Base in Bahrain. The evacuation of that base was what some of those 1200 military families called "utter chaos."  For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh  To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sign up...

October 19, 2026, 5pm; As poll after poll after poll shows that voters from both parties are fed up with the grift of Donald Trump 2.0, for their part, Republicans are showing us the alarming depths they will sink to to preserve Trump’s ability to grift.  For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To listen t...

October 19, 2026, 4pm; The first of those two obsessions is, of course, himself. This is not exactly ground-breaking analysis of a certified narcissist -- except Republicans seeking office and the voters they're hoping to convince are all but shouting lately that they want less Donald Trump, not more. His brand new polling isn't just bad. It's a disaster.    For more from Nicolle, follow...

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, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts. To listen to this show and other...

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 you get your podcasts. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Pr...

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 importantly, Trump seems to have an affinity for Ukraine’s biggest adversary: Russian President Vladimir Putin.&...

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 Instagram @deadlinewh  To listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sign up for MS...

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 significant number of seats in Congress in less than 3 weeks’ time. And Americans are paying ridiculous amo...