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Monkey see, monkey do. In mimicking Donald Trump’s obsession with investigating the investigators and attempts to prosecute anyone who has tried to hold him accountable, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee brought in the former Special Counsel Jack Smith today for his third appearance before Congress.

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, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States," the White House is scrambling to do damage control, denying that the U.S. would ever offer arms sales to China.

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.

Yesterday, Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House in what appears to be a start of a parade of dictators after he announced that he also intended to host Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit at his Miami resort later this year.

.Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to exert more power over our elections has faced setback after setback, but today, with fewer than 40 days to go until Election Day and early voting already underway in a handful of states, the highest court granted the administration a win.

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.

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 House Access after the Trump administration banned the news organizations from White House grounds late last week.

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.

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.

September 22, 2026, 5pm; The country is facing levels of corruption so blatant and so undeniable that we’re now even seeing a member of Trump’s own party feel compelled to speak out.

This afternoon, perhaps more than ever, Donald Trump, ever the aspirational autocrat, is draping himself in all the trappings of an old-school dictator.

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 United States, but worldwide.

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 attack on press freedom.

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.

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.

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.

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 Trump in the White House in 2024.

September 16th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on the war in Iran that has now made deployment far more dangerous for United States troops.

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.

There are few figures in this administration as hidden from view as Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

In a 7-2 decision, with Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh joining all three liberal Justices, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempts to curb mail in voting.

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 Putin.

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?

September 11, 2026; 5pm: Just last year, special envoy Steve Witkoff made $257 million from his multiple businesses and $120 million from selling a stake in his family's real estate business. Meanwhile, Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas.

September 11, 2026; 4pm: On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Nicolle Wallace and friends reflect on the lives lost, the endless grief, and what it means to serve one's country in the wake of such tragedy.

September 10, 2026; 5pm: A second late night show host, facing pressure from the FCC, has been forced to not air his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Talarico will be available on YouTube instead. Stephen Colbert was the first late night show host to upload his interview with Talarico on YouTube instead of airing it on CBS due to FCC threats.

September 10, 2026; 4pm: Fuel prices are sky high, grocery prices are through the roof, trade wars with our allies, and now endless food safety issues. As we creep closer to the midterms and Republicans are busy with their "Trump-a-palooza," everyday Americans are growing increasingly disillusioned with Trump and the Republican party.

September 9th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on Trump's unprecedented gifts to White House staffers, including Natalie Harp, the "human printer".

September 9th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on the GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas featuring non-stop Donald Trump content.

September 8th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump, with his historically low approval ratings, focusing on anything except for what matters to voters.

September 8th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on our northern neighbors' retaliatory tariffs going in full effect.

September 7, 2026; 5pm: Jackie Alemany is in for Nicolle Wallace. The November midterm elections are right around the corner and Donald Trump is continuing his crusade to transform mail-in voting — even as some states have ALREADY kicked off their mail-in voting programs.

Despite promising reduced inflation, lower gas prices, and economic prosperity on the campaign trail, Trump has enriched himself by billions while everyday Americans, even those who voted for him, are left struggling to get by.

States are standing up to Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempt to control our elections.

September 3, 2026; 5pm: There's a non-zero chance that a federal agent is armed with YOUR highly personal data, scouring state voter systems -- as part of an EXPANSIVE new fishing expedition, designed to uncover widespread "voter fraud."

September 3, 2026; 4pm: For anyone who wonders why we spend so much time covering the manifestly unqualified, episodically unstable and fearlessly grifty members of Donald Trump's cabinet, it’s because the personal and ethical standards and qualifications of a leader trickle down - for better and sadly for worse.

September 2nd, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump's allergy to actual governance -- leaving his supporters with meaningless gestures lacking any substantive solution to the very real problems he created.

September 2nd, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, in his 19 months on the job, overseeing a massive purge of high-ranking military officials.

September 1st, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on last night's resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can tout his leadership all he wants, but according to new reporting from MS NOW, the sea change those actually inside the ranks of the military are experiencing is not a positive one.

Ahead of midterms, Donald Trump is throwing stuff at the wall in order to see what sticks.

The legendary country music star sadly died today at the age of 80. She will be remembered for her contributions to both the world of entertainment through her songs, films and tv shows as well as for her contributions to humanity.

It may very well be impossible to count on just one hand the number of people as universally beloved in the history of this country as the legend herself Dolly Parton. And so, it's with great anguish that we'll share with you Dolly Parton died today at the age of 80.

We begin this hour with breaking news out of the United States Supreme Court, which has just granted Donald Trump a win in his fight to take control over our elections.

This hour, at a highly flammable moment for our American economy, Donald Trump is lighting another match -- igniting what could become a brutal trade war.

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.

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.

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.

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 into doubt.

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.

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.

August 18th, 2026; 5pm: With Trump’s approval rating underwater and Americans struggling to afford basic goods and services, could the state of Florida be up for grabs again?

August 18, 2026, 4pm; As the second summer of Donald Trump’s second presidency sinks into territory that can be only defined as a hot mess, with skyrocketing gas and groceries prices, multiple public health crises growing at the same time, and his war with Iran showing no sign of ending.

Democrats are seizing on the message that this administration is delivering by way of its own actions – that the current president and those around him are in it for themselves.

As the 60-day memorandum of understanding with Iran expires, Trump is proving once and for all that his ego, fragility and apparent instability might actually be America’s greatest national security threat.

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.

August 14, 2026; 4pm: New reporting by the New York Times finds that even as Donald Trump is issuing pardons to his wealthy friends and donors for crimes like wire fraud, bank fraud, insider trading, and money laundering, his administration is devoting its energy to targeting small dollar fraud.

August 13, 2026; 5pm: Newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed employees at the DOJ earlier today, touting a reverence for the justice system. Meanwhile, the DOJ is actively pursuing cases against Trump’s perceived political enemies and former Olympian David Hearn for allegedly “vandalizing” the remodeled Lincoln reflecting pool.

August 13, 2026; 4pm: Less than 2 years into Trump 2.0, the vast majority of all Americans are fed up with rising costs spurred by what may be Trump’s greatest political betrayal of all time: starting a war in the Middle East with no clear or easy way of getting out.

August 12th, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on new reporting in the Washington Post that taxpayers will foot most of the bill for Trump's D.C. vanity projects.

August 12th, 2026, 4pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on who was allowed to fly with Trump on his unmarked plane from Turkey -- and what staffers had to ride on the decoy with the press.

U.S. presidents have been known to have tense relationships with those who report on them at times, but Donald Trump’s attacks are a much more aggressive affront to a right enumerated in the First Amendment.

In a presidency that is every day summed up by its historically unprecedented combination of callousness, incompetence and surrealness, Donald Trump and his administration have managed to outdo themselves, likely endangering national security, his own staff and the journalists whose job it is to cover them in the process.

August 10, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss Todd Blanche officially being sworn in as the nation’s 88th attorney general today.

August 10, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and friends unpack the generational shift Trump has caused in who voters trust to handle the economy more. Wall Street Journal reporting finds that voters trust Democrats more than Republicans on the economy as the war in Iran rages on, causing more inflation and higher gas prices.

August 7, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on an unexpected, very disappointing jobs report out this morning showing a slump in the job market.

August 7, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on Senator Bill Cassidy taking to the Senate floor earlier today and essentially handing over the keys to the Department of Justice to Donald Trump.

August 6, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and friends cover the lack of clarity around US weapons stockpiles, which is troubling considering our ongoing war with Iran.

August 6, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests cover Trump’s plunging poll numbers driven by voters’ anger and frustrations with the economy.

August 5th, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on how Donald Trump's outright refusal to admit that anything he had done for his Reflecting Pool renovation was wrong, or in this case what the pool contractor he hired had done wrong, is symptomatic of a much larger, more serious issue.

August 5th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on 18% of Democratic primary voters listing the economy as the main motivating factor for their vote, nearly tied with their opposition to Donald Trump and his Republican party.

Voters are heading to the polls in five states for primaries today.

As voters head to the polls in Michigan, Donald Trump appears to be treating today’s primary elections as a dress rehearsal for his attempt to take control of our elections in November.

August 3, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia and friends discuss the newest instance of corruption coming from the Trump White House: an expensive subscription for early access to Donald Trump’s social media posts.

August 3, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss Todd Blanche meeting the demands of two GOP holdouts – Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. At least, that’s how it appears on the surface. But there is mounting skepticism that Blanche will stand on his commitments since history has shown that his loyalty primarily lies with Donald Trump.

July 31, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and friends discuss the Wall Street Journal’s stunning new report about the Trump administration’s massive level of fundraising and how private companies yield to his requests.

July 31, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests break down the stall in Todd Blanche’s confirmation to lead the Department of Justice. Two GOP senators won’t vote “yes” on Blanche until there is confirmation that the slush fund is dead, but Trump refuses to let it go.

July 30, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and friends cover the Trump administration’s gutting of the Center for Prevention, Programs, and Partnerships – a division of the DHS established by the Biden administration that was meant to fight against terrorism and keep this country safe.

July 30, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss Todd Blanche’s failure to advance his nomination to lead the Department of Justice. Two GOP senators – Sen. Thom Tillis and Sen. John Cornyn – are still saying they will vote “no” on Blanche.

As James Talarico’s senate campaign in Texas continues gaining momentum, here is a simple takeaway from one of his latest ads: Focus on what voters care about. And that’s prices.

We are getting the fullest view to date of the lengths to which Donald Trump and his foot soldiers in the Department of Justice are willing to go to bend the rule of law to satisfy Trump’s endless appetite for retribution -- especially against one of his top perceived enemies.

Donald Trump is no longer even hiding anymore that he doesn’t care about the lives of everyday Americans.

What if doing all the things that make you Donald Trump's best candidate ever for attorney general means that you never get confirmed as attorney general? It’s not a riddle -- it’s being Todd Blanche.

July 27, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests break down the American people’s exasperation with the consequences of the war in Iran which has since taken the lives of 18 servicemembers and wounded 624.

July 27, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss Friday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner where, instead of celebrating the First Amendment, Trump threw cruel insults and personal barbs to the journalists who attended.

July 24, 2026; 5pm: Jackie Alemany, in for Nicolle Wallace, on Donald Trump unveiling new tariffs today which could send gas prices even higher.

July 24th, 2026; 4pm: Jackie Alemany, in for Nicolle Wallace, on incredible brand new reporting detailing Donald Trump lashing out in an Oval Office tirade.

July 23, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests discuss Trump’s war in Iran and how it shows no signs of slowing down. On the contrary, Axios is reporting that Trump is seriously considering major combat operations in Iran and the Wall Street Journal is reporting that there is a surge of U.S. forces in the region.

July 23, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace and guests cover the breaking news that the DOJ is rescinding the subpoenas issued to 5 reporters from The New York Times that would have compelled their testimony in front of a grand jury. In a win for the first amendment, the judge told prosecutors to either rescind the subpoenas, or he would quash them himself.

July 22nd, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on new reporting from MS NOW revealing how Chris Krebs’ former agency has been gutted in Trump’s second term.

July 22, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on a wide open opportunity Donald Trump had to change the tone today. An opportunity he seemed to have passed on.

We continue to follow as Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee.