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Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.
"The unshakable Epstein Files"
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.Â
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"One week to go until the midterms"
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.
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"James Comey charged once again"
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.Â
Later, some breaking news:Â Trump's DOJ charges Former FBI Director James Comey for a violation of the Espionage Act. This is the third time Comey has been charged by this DOJ.Â
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"A fight for democracy around the world"
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 VuÄŤić was toppled by a student-led movement who protested for months before the election.Â
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"The deal with Russia"
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.Â
Later, Democratic senate candidate Mary Peltola joins Nicolle to talk about the DOJ preemptive lawsuit against Alaska and its election integrity.Â
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"DOJ files preemptive lawsuit against Alaska"
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 between the two Sullivans. This suit comes as polls place the democratic candidate, Mary Peltola, higher.Â
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"The art of pointing fingers"
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.Â
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"A critical test of the strength of our democracy"
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.Â
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"Yet another pay-for-play scheme"
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 troubling pattern.
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"Trying to convince us that up is down and black is white"
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."
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"Protecting our elections"
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.Â
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"A disorganized effort"
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."Â
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"Closing arguments to voters"
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.Â
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"Republicans want less Trump"
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.Â
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"Blaming Zelenskyy and punishing his country"
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.
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"A billionaire cash wave hits the midterms"
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.
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“An affinity for Putin”
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.Â
Later, some breaking news out of Bend, Oregon where a suspect was killed and multiple people were injured, including children, after a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School.Â
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“DOJ sues California just 19 days before the midterms”
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.Â
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"Trump plays Russian roulette ahead of the midterms"
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 amounts at the pump.Â
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"From unpopular, then to toxic, now to radioactive"
October 14, 2026, 4pm; Republicans are putting distance between themselves and Trump, including many who were originally willing to overlook the weird comments, the flagrant corruption, the political prosecutions, and the brazen incompetence. But not anymore. Because today, the economy is a flashing red political crisis for Trump and his party.
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"Guilfoyle is out"
October 13, 2026, 5pm; The U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, seemingly did just that when the Wall Street Journal published two damaging stories in the past week, exposing her conduct before and during her time in Athens. Announced today by the new White House press secretary, the administration asked for Guilfoyle's resignation, which she confirmed soon after on social media.Â
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"Just 21 days to go"
October 13, 2026, 4pm; Ten years ago, the public had its hands on the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, and Trump, facing slipping polls, suddenly warned of a "stolen election." But that was then, and this is now. And now, yesterday in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump's event was largely empty.
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"3 weeks to go until the midterms"
October 12, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. With just 3 weeks to go until the midterms, Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, campaigns with President Obama while Republicans are inching away from unpopular President Trump, who is touring deep red places in the country. What should be easy wins for Republicans are proving to be more competitive races than the GOP initially thought.Â
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"Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home raided by Homeland Security"
October 12, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. A longtime target of Trump's ire, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's D.C. home was raided by DHS this morning in an apparent alleged criminal fraud investigation. This raid comes 22 days away from the midterm elections, where Rep. Omar is up for reelection.Â
Later, Trump's war with the press continues as the DOJ launches an investigation into TV news networks over potential anti-trust violations. This investigation comes after the pool suspended operations last month in solidarity with CNN, Politico and MS NOW after they were banned from the White House.Â
..."Trump's Grand Conspiracy Case is in turmoil"
October 9, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. New reporting from The New York Times finds that Trump DOJ's 'Grand Conspiracy' case, which targets former law enforcement and intelligence officials for allegedly 'undermining Trump's political career,' is in turmoil after the sudden departures of two key Trump allies: Joe DiGenova and Kurt Olsen.Â
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"Republicans distance themselves from Trump's rank unpopularity"
October 9, 2026; 4pm: Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. As Trump's popularity continues to nosedive, Republican candidates running in the upcoming midterms are scrambling to distance themselves from Trump's policies.Â
Later, Gov. Kathy Hochul joins Alicia to discuss the ICE shooting in New York City yesterday.Â
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"Kimberly Guifoyle's urgent request"
October 8, 2026; 5pm: When Kimberly Guifoyle texted Trump donor and former lawyer Eric Deters to urgently send her $100,000 so she could pay off American Express, that request came with a promise: what Deters called "absolutely a quid pro quo."Â
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"The reality on the ground paints a far different picture"
October 8, 2026; 4pm: While the Trump administration tries to convince the public that the U.S. is in a strong position in the war with Iran, Senator Chris Murphy joins Nicolle in his first TV interview after his visit to American military bases in the Gulf convinced of the opposite.Â
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"Republicans put rhetorical distance between themselves and Trump"
October 7, 2026, 5pm; Trump’s approval ratings have hit record lows as of late. His policies continue to cause prices to rise, and he repeatedly shows he does not understand what the American people care most about.
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"Questionable hirings as we barrel toward the midterms"
October 7, 2026, 4pm; Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the DOJ civil rights division is putting together a Star Wars bar of crackpots -- people who wouldn't even get their resume looked at in a normal presidential administration.
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"Trump's 2020 losses still sting"
October 6, 2026, 5pm; We are just four weeks out from an election that could have huge consequences for the direction of the country and Donald Trump's final two years in office, and his attempts to exert control over our elections and sow distrust in our democratic systems continues to mount.
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"Trump's latest deranged fantasy sequence"
October 6, 2026, 4pm; Trump’s communications director said that the uproar over the comments was “not rooted in reality,” claiming that Trump was talking about the threat Iran would have posed to those cities without Trump. But whatever kind of clean up the Trump administration is doing today, the backlash is only growing today.Â
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"The sheer volume of corrupt acts"
October 5, 2026; 5pm: A stunning new piece in The New York Times examines how part of the deal to get Russia to end the war in Ukraine involves a multibillion-dollar oil deal with Trump's close allies.Â
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"Americans are ready to save themselves"
October 5, 2026; 4pm: As poll numbers for the Trump administration fall abysmally low, Americans have had it up to here with the faltering economy, the sky-high gas prices and the endless war in Iran. This weekend, thousands showed up to the Power to the People protest event in Maryland, where icons like Bruce Springsteen and Joan Baez performed.Â
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"Not the warmest welcome for their party leader"
October 2, 2026; 5pm: The midterms are looming closer, and Donald Trump has hit the campaign trail, traveling to states that are normally ruby red. In the wake of the war in Iran, high gas prices, and a lagging economy, these same red states now seem politically competitive. Meanwhile, many Republican candidates are quietly clearing out their websites and political ads of any mention of the unpopular Donald Trump.Â
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"The Patel report"
October 2, 2026; 4pm: As Trump's DOJ is investigating whether former President Richard Nixon -- of the infamous Watergate affair -- got a raw deal, Kash Patel is busy collecting information to examine the FBI's past investigations and operations. Ken Dilanian's reporting suggests that the Russia investigation and Trump's criminal investigations are likely to be included in what's being called "The Patel Report."Â
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"Donald Trump and crypto corruption"
October 1, 2026; 5pm: In 2025 alone, Donald Trump made 1.4 billion dollars from his family's cryptocurrency businesses, which include a Trump meme coin and a crypto firm created by his sons, called World Liberty Financial. His embrace of digital currencies helped him return to the White House in 2024 when crypto execs poured money into his campaign, but now those same people are speaking out against Trump's corruption.Â
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"The family of Renee Nicole Good sues the Trump administration"
October 1, 2026; 4pm: After nearly a year of the Trump administration attempting to smear their daughter and wife as a terrorist and actively blocking any attempt to investigate her murder, the family of Renee Nicole Good is fighting back. Today, at a press conference, they announced they are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations after her shooting death at the hands of ICE agent Jonathan Ross.Â
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"Reshaping the Pentagon and the U.S. military in his image"
September 30th, 2026, 5pm: Nicolle Wallace on Pete Hegseth move to cut high level army positions as our country is literally at war.
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"Donald Trump's retribution campaign against public servants"
September 30th, 2026; 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on the Trump DOJ filing a judicial misconduct complaint against Minnesota judges who spoke to the New York Times about ICE earlier this year.
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