Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace on Tulsi Gabbard releasing documents she insists exposed a "deep state" conspiracy, related to Trump's first impeachment - which offer zero clear of evidence of any such direct coordination.

Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump's standoff with Pope Leo over whether the president's already-deeply unpopular war of choice in Iran is justified.

Nicolle Wallace covers the concerning pattern of behavior from Donald Trump over the past 10 days by taking a closer look at his social media activity. From threatening to annihilate a civilization to posting AI imagery of himself as Jesus, Trump stays busy at all hours of the night posting on Truth Social while the world waits with bated breath as to what he could possibly say next.

Nicolle Wallace covers the breaking news that the Trump DOJ moved to exonerate the seditious conspiracy charges of 12 Jan. 6th rioters. All 12 are leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, both far-right, anti-government militia groups.

After nearly 16 years in power, Orban lost his re-election bid, signaling to America’s far-right that the tide might be changing.

As war and political violence continue to engulf the news cycle, Pope Leo is speaking out on behalf of the church – and the Trump administration is biting back.

Nicolle Wallace covers far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s stunning loss to his opponent Péter Magyar in the most recent Parliamentary elections. Orban’s loss is a stunning rebuke of authoritarianism on a global scale.

Nicolle Wallace covers Trump’s decision to escalate tensions with Iran by threatening a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, an announcement CENTCOM quickly had to clarify, saying that U.S. forces would only block ships going to and from Iranian ports. This comes after a weekend of failed peace talks with Tehran.

Nicolle Wallace covers the surging inflation and gas prices because of the war in Iran. Not only is the war affecting the United States, but it is also affecting airports in Europe, who are warning that they might face a jet fuel shortage if oil can’t pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It is a full scale global economic crisis, and it has no signs of winding down any time soon with Iran still maintaining its chokehold on the Strait.

Nicolle Wallace covers how Donald Trump went from threatening genocide earlier in the week to being in a tactically, politically, and morally weaker position now than he was on Monday.

In the administration’s latest attempt to flood the zone, Melania Trump took to the media with a unexpected statement on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

It’s been more than 40 days since we’ve led this program with news about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein – Melania Trump changed that today.

April 8, 2026: Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump backing off his threat to take out a whole entire civilization and agreeing to a two week ceasefire in his war with Iran last night.

Trump's existential ultimatum to Iran poses unprecedented threats to Iran, the U.S. military and the world at large.

If nothing changes by tonight and Trump follows through on his public threat, we may soon be witness to what experts fear will be war crimes.

After rambling press conferences and incoherent Truth Social posting sprees, Nicolle Wallace covers the question that people on both sides of the aisle are asking: Is Donald Trump okay?

Nicolle Wallace covers the latest headlines from the war in Iran. In a press conference today, Donald Trump addressed the rescue of an American pilot who went missing last week when Iran shot down a U.S. F-15 fighter jet. Trump also double downed on his threats to Iran that he posted on Truth Social, and he attacked reporters and news outlets for asking him about those threats, specifically whether he was worried about committing war crimes.

Ayman Mohyeldin is in for Nicolle Wallace. Ayman continues to cover the breaking news of the search and rescue operation in southwestern Iran for a missing U.S. fighter jet pilot. This pilot was one of two pilots onboard a U.S. F-15 fighter jet that was shot down by Iran. One pilot has been rescued, but the whereabouts of the second pilot are still unknown.

Ayman Mohyeldin is in for Nicolle Wallace. Ayman covers the breaking news that a U.S. F-15 fighter jet was shot down over southwestern Iran. One of the two-member crew was rescued, while the second person onboard has still not been found. A search and rescue operation is underway to try to find the second pilot. This jet strike comes hours after the U.S. attacked a bridge under construction in Iran, killing 8 people.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers Pam Bondi’s firing and her legacy after her 422 days on the job as Attorney General.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers the breaking news that Pam Bondi is ousted as Attorney General. Bondi’s removal is the second high profile Trump cabinet firing, coming just weeks after Trump fired Kristi Noem from her position as DHS Secretary.

Nicolle Wallace on Trump's challenge to mail-in voting, his latest, most egregious, least bauthorized attempt to assert control over America's system of elections.

Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump is facing an erosion of support within his own party -- ahead of his first address to the nation on his unpopular war with Iran.

As Trump’s war remains overwhelmingly unpopular, even among his own party, his loyalist supporters found a new angle.

It’s day 32 of the war with Iran, and Trump is signaling he wants to end the U.S. military campaign – even as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed.

Nicolle Wallace covers the infighting in the MAGA coalition, with prominent MAGA members criticizing the Trump administration and Fox News’ coverage of the war in Iran.

Nicolle Wallace covers new Wall Street Journal reporting which points out the ‘well-timed’ bets mystery traders have made on platforms like Polymarket, resulting in them raking in millions of dollars, right before drastic policy changes from the Trump administration.

Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on the American people bearing witness to what could be a monumental break up of what was until very recently a seemingly unshakeable political coalition — the MAGA movement.

Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on brand new reporting showing that the Pentagon is thinking of deploying 10,000 more troops to the region as Iran moves to strengthen it's control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on a Florida special election where Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Republican Jon Maples -- in the district that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf club.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers Trump’s escalating calls for revenge on judges that rule against him as well as on New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers where things stand on day 27 of the war in Iran. The USPS is now having to charge an 8% surcharge on all packages due to the high cost of gas and inflation is expected to top 4%. Meanwhile, Iran has rejected Trump’s peace proposal and there does not appear to be active negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on where things stand on Day 26 of the war with Iran, with the Pentagon deploying 3,000 more troops to the Middle East even as the U.S. sends a peace proposal to the Iranian regime.

As Trump’s push to get the SAVE America Act pushed through Congress, a pending Supreme Court case will determine the validity of mail-ballots post-marked by Election Day.

In the middle of the third week of the war, the Iranian regime remains a major threat, and at home, gas prices continue their upward climb.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers the infighting within the MAGA Republicans over the war in Iran, with members like Sen. Lindsey Graham cheering the war on while other members like Rep. Anna Paulina Luna criticizing the Trump administration and Graham for “acting as if [our troops] are expendable cattle.”

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers the head-spinning announcements from Donald Trump that make it increasingly unclear whether the war with Iran will end or whether it will escalate.

It's day 21 of the war in Iran, and here's where things stand.

Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that the Trump administration may weaponize our national security apparatus in order to subvert the 2026 midterm elections.

Nicolle Wallace on a litany of videos published by the Trump administration, including a video game simulation of bombs hitting Iranian targets, all intended to drive up online engagement for the war.

Nicolle Wallace on a series of retaliatory strikes by Iran on oil and gas facilities across the Middle East -- adding fuel to the fire that is the worst oil supply crisis in history.

Nicolle Wallace on Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump's chosen successor for soon to be-former DHS Secretary, Kristi Noem, receiving some difficult questions today from his former Senate colleagues in his hearing in front of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Nicolle Wallace on where things stand on Day 19 of the war with Iran - oil prices are soaring after an Israeli strike on the world’s largest natural gas field - raising fears that Iran will retaliate with more attacks on oil and gas facilities, with gas prices in the U.S. up 5 cents just from yesterday.

Without a consistent, coherent justification for Trump’s war in Iran, a growing and vocal subsect of Trump voters is sounding the alarm.

As the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran approaches its third week, the rift in Trump's coalition came to a head today.

Nicolle Wallace covers the threats Brendan Carr, chair of the FCC, and Donald Trump have made to the news media for covering the war in Iran in a matter that is ‘unfavorable’ to the Trump administration.

Nicolle Wallace covers the mountain of bad headlines related to the war in Iran: six more U.S. servicemembers have died, more than 140 have been injured, U.S. allies are refusing to help Trump reopen the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that they won’t take part in a war they did not start, and gas prices don’t seem to be coming down any time soon.

Nicolle Wallace, John Heilemann, and Rev. Al Sharpton discuss if Republicans have a line when it comes to Donald Trump. In the wake of the war in Iran, it seems as if the cracks in the MAGA coalition are beginning to widen.

Nicolle Wallace covers the breaking news that a judge has derailed U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro’s case against Federal Chair Jerome Powell. Judge Boasberg wrote that the DOJ was trying to use this case against Powell to pressure him to vote for lower interest rates or to pressure him to resign, and that there was little to no evidence presented to charge Powell with an actual crime.

With a contentious race for Texas governor on the line, Republicans are reaching new lows in attempts to win Trump’s favor.

We’re following two breaking news stories today: an attack on Temple Israel, a synagogue near Detroit, and a shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia.

Nicolle Wallace covers how The White House is using clips from movies and popular culture on social media to treat the war in Iran as a spectacle. This is happening amid the MAGA base breaking with Trump because they do not support this war.

Nicolle Wallace covers the new reporting that an investigation found the U.S. culpable for striking an Iranian elementary school, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 children. On Feb. 28, the U.S. used outdated information, resulting in a tomahawk missile dropping on the wrong target.

In the latest front in Trump’s assault on our fair and free elections, a subpoena for records related to a 2020 review of voting data in Maricopa County, Arizona.

After a girls’ school in Iran was bombed, even Trump’s own base is raising questions about who was culpable and why they did it.

Nicolle Wallace covers the political free-fall of Donald Trump, a nosedive which began well before the war started in Iran. Later, Nicolle covers new Wall Street Journal reporting that says that some Democrats and Republicans are pointing the finger at Sen. Lindsey Graham for creating the perfect circumstances to initiate the war in Iran.

Nicolle Wallace covers everything that has transpired a week after Donald Trump waged war with Iran. 8 U.S. service members have died, the White House did not rule out a draft, the Wall Street Journal says we are facing the worst energy crisis since the 1970s, and the Iranian regime has named Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the new Ayatollah.

War in Iran had been on the table for most presidential administrations in recent memory – so far, only Trump has believed that the human cost would be worth it.

In the latest twist in the administration’s evolving, often contradictory, justifications for its war in Iran, Trump said today that he would accept nothing short of “unconditional surrender.”

Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper give an update on the war with Iran. Later, John Heilemann, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, David Frum, and Alex Wagner discuss the presser with Nicolle.

Nicolle Wallace covers the breaking news that Kristi Noem is out at DHS. Donald Trump made the announcement on Truth Social this afternoon and named Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as her replacement. Noem’s firing comes after weeks of turmoil in Minneapolis, resulting in the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, and reports from all over the country of U.S. citizens being detained and assaulted by ICE officers.

Nicolle Wallace on members of Donald Trump's own party galzanizing to investigate his administration's stonewalling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Nicolle Wallace on the United States using a submarine-launched torpedo to sink an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka -- the first time an American submarine has been used to fire a torpedo against an enemy ship in combat since World War II.

Rachel Maddow and her MS NOW colleagues track the primary election returns in Texas and North Carolina, with Ali Velshi offering special statistical insights from the big board as one of the most closely watched elections, the Democratic Senate primary between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico mired in legal complications after polling place confusion in Dallas.

"Hypocrite" is an interesting word to use, considering its source: an FBI Director, who NOT ONLY promised, under oath, that his agency would refrain from retaliating against targets of Donald Trump.

Trump’s presidency is now engulfed in twin crises -- a ballooning national security crisis and an unprecedented political civil war within his political movement.

Nicolle Wallace covers how the latest attack within Iran is yet another betrayal of the MAGA base, who wants America to be put first. Back before the 2024 election, Stephen Miller, now Homeland Security Advisor to Trump, called Kamala Harris’ campaign “war-mongering neocons [who] love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves.” Fast forward to 2026 under a second Trump presidency, the United States has upended Venezuela’s regime, conducted air strikes in the Caribbean, and struck Iran, killing its Supreme Leader, all of which puts the U.S. military at risk.

Nicolle Wallace covers the latest breaking news coming out of Iran amid the endless unanswered questions from the Trump administration as to what the goals of this new war are. New reporting from the Washington Post suggests that many inside the Pentagon are nervous at the possibility that the conflict ignited in Iran may soon become too big for the United States to handle.

Nicolle Wallace anchors breaking coverage of the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, and the death of Ayatollah Khamenei.

After months of contentious back and forth between Netflix, Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery, Trump and the Ellisons might finally get their way.

In the latest in the Epstein probe, the Clintons testified before the House Oversight Committee.

Nicolle Wallace covers the threat to the safe and secure elections Americans have enjoyed and are promised by the Constitution. According to new reporting from MS NOW, Donald Trump is directing his counsel’s office to find legal ways to establish more roadblocks to casting votes at polling locations nationwide. Trump is urging this despite his own legal counsel warning that such action could get him in deep legal trouble.

Nicolle Wallace covers new reporting from The Miami Herald which details how Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with high-ranking officials in the Florida justice system, including the former chief of the criminal division in Miami, to gain special favors and lower sentences for his crimes.

Ali Velshi, in for Nicolle Wallace, on Donald Trump and his administrations' continuing war on elections in our nation.

Ali Velshi, in for Nicolle Wallace, on accusations of a cover up by the Trump administration after multiple outlets, including MS NOW, reported that memos and handwritten notes from FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault when she was a minor, are missing from the Epstein files that were released to the public.

Listen to MS NOW’s Special Coverage of President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address on February 24th, 2026.

Trump is set to deliver the first State of the Union of his second term tonight – what to expect of the address.

Months after Congress mandated a full release of the Epstein files, new reporting suggests a cover-up from President Trump’s Department of Justice.

Nicolle Wallace covers Donald Trump’s interference with one of the biggest, high-stakes business deals happening right now: the bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Brothers Discovery. Trump demanded on social media on Saturday night that Netflix should fire Susan Rice -- ambassador to the UN, national security advisor, a director of domestic policy who served in the cabinets of two presidents – and most recently, a board member of Netflix.

Nicolle Wallace covers growing signs of resistance against the Trump administration across poll numbers to sports figures speaking out against Trump to artists using music to promote unity in a time of deep division.

Nicolle Wallace covers the 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court to block Donald Trump from imposing global tariffs. The Supreme Court, while not suggesting that tariffs can’t be imposed, is asserting that tariffs can only be imposed with the approval of Congress.

Nicolle Wallace covers the stunning ruling from the Supreme Court, where the Justices chose 6-3 to strike down Donald Trump’s global tariffs. It is a stark example of the power of the checks and balances system of the United States government, where the Supreme Court has limited the power of the presidency. More importantly, it has limited the power of Donald Trump.

Nicolle Wallace covers Donald Trump’s obsession with Fulton County, GA and his claims of voter fraud and rigged elections, all of which have been proven false. Today, Georgia’s 5 member (MAGA majority) state election board, through the endorsement of Donald Trump, concluded its first meeting where they are close to deciding a state takeover of elections in Fulton County, Georgia’s most diverse and populous county.

Nicolle Wallace covers the stunning arrest of Former Prince Andrew on suspicions of public misconduct, the accusation specifically is that he shared confidential government information with Jeffrey Epstein. This arrest comes years after demands for accountability from survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has claimed that Epstein trafficked her to Andrew, who then raped her multiple times.

Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump still peddling election lies.

Nicolle Wallace on the House Oversight Committee questioning billionaire businessman Les Wexner, who was personally and financially tied to Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

Thursday morning, elementary school students found themselves running from their bus stop in New Jersey when ICE agents were spotted nearby.

Ahead of midterms and in light of tanking poll numbers, President Trump is using his FCC again to attack his perceived adversaries in the media.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers news out of New Jersey, where ICE agents were spotted near a school bus stop, causing elementary school students to run away in fear, warning each other that ICE was nearby. Immigration enforcement and the excessive funding of the DHS was cited as one of the top reasons why Donald Trump was elected, but the behavior of ICE in U.S. cities and neighborhoods has quickly turned immigration enforcement into a political Achilles’ heel for Trump.

Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers the Department of Justice’s attempts to ‘move on’ from the Epstein files, which include Attorney General Pam Bondi sending a letter to Congress claiming that all the documents required by the Epstein Transparency Act have been released. However, Epstein’s victims and authors of the Epstein Transparency Act, Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie, beg to differ.

Nicolle Wallace on how the election interference so many Americans fear is already well underway by the Trump administration.

Nicolle Wallace on journalist Don Lemon pleading not guilty in court to two counts, including conspiracy against right of religious freedom after he was charged following his coverage of a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota last month.

Nicolle Wallace covers the resounding rejection by a grand jury to indict six Democrats who participated in a video urging the military to refuse illegal orders. Additionally, a judge rebuked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, concluding that Hegseth is unlawfully targeting Senator Mark Kelly, one of the Democrats who was in the video.

Nicolle Wallace covers Trump border czar Tom Homan’s announcement today that thousands of federal agents are withdrawing from Minneapolis. Homan’s announcement comes after federal agents shot three people, two of whom were killed: Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Nicolle Wallace on Pam Bondi's failure to provide the one thing that the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse wanted from her testimony in front of a House committee.

Nicolle Wallace on the Justice Department failing to secure an indictment against the six Democratic lawmakers who released a video simply reminding members of the military that they swore an oath to the Constitution and were duty-bound to refuse illegal orders.

With key Homeland Security officials notably missing from today’s Capitol Hill hearings on ICE, Nicolle Wallace examines what little was revealed.

The latest drop of Epstein files raises more questions than it answers about Donald Trump and other high profile figures’ connections to the disgraced predator.

Nicolle Wallace covers Bad Bunny’s electrifying Superbowl halftime performance, a performance that celebrated Puerto Rico, culture, and unity in a time of deep division in the United States.