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Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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.

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Yesterday · 49 min
“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.
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Yesterday · 43 min
“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.
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Wednesday · 43 min
"Trump plays Russian roulette ahead of the midterms"
Over the past few days, Donald Trump has handed Russia win after win, especially with his lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel fuel and therefore putting Ukraine in even more danger as it continues to defend itself against Russia's brutal war.
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Wednesday · 43 min
"From unpopular, then to toxic, now to radioactive"
Twenty days to Election Day, and the American people appear poised to slam the door shut in Donald Trump's face -- and in the faces of Republicans more broadly.
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Tuesday · 43 min
"Guilfoyle is out"
It’s rule #1 in the Trump administration. Don’t look weak and desperate.
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Tuesday · 43 min
"Just 21 days to go"
At a moment of self-made political crisis for Donald Trump and a breakdown among his supporters, 10 years after the drop of the "Access Hollywood" tape, the most pressing consideration for the rest of us is whether that was then and this is now.
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Monday · 43 min
"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.
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Monday · 41 min
"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.
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October 9 · 43 min
"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.
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October 9 · 40 min
"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.
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October 8 · 42 min
"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."
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October 8 · 43 min
"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.
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October 7 · 43 min
"Republicans put rhetorical distance between themselves and Trump"
It was quite a show by Republican senate and gubernatorial candidates last night, putting as much distance as they could between themselves and their party’s leader, Donald Trump.
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October 7 · 41 min
"Questionable hirings as we barrel toward the midterms"
With the FBI already humiliated by at least one MAGA senator over its lowering of hiring standards, one Trump official today is saying "hold my beer!"
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October 6 · 42 min
"Trump's 2020 losses still sting"
Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona, and specifically in Maricopa County, in the 2020 election stung him so bad that he is still not over it.
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October 6 · 44 min
"Trump's latest deranged fantasy sequence"
Last night at a Republican National Committee campaign rally, Donald Trump engaged in what can only be summed up as a deranged fantasy sequence about Iran dropping bombs on two American cities -- both of which happen to be heavily Democratic.
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October 5 · 42 min
"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.
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October 5 · 41 min
"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.
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October 2 · 42 min
"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.
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October 2 · 40 min
"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."

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