On the Line with Alicia Menendez
Alicia Menendez leads insightful conversations that bring us to a deeper understanding of the day’s headlines, focusing on what’s at stake for our country and our communities.
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The president propping up his pick
August 21, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the president's efforts to hang onto Republican control of the senate. Plus, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold talks about the Trump administration's efforts to influence elections. And Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) talks about the Democratic plans to hold the White House accountable if Republicans lose the midterms.
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The White House aide more visible than the First Lady
August 21, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the White House response to new reporting about Trump aide Natalie Harp.
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The Trump priority that means rooting against the U.S. economy
August 20, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the economic cost of the president's policies. Plus, his meeting with crypto leaders puts his corruption on full display.
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Who really is the president's gatekeeper?
August 20, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the new MS NOW reporting into the White House aide that appears to be one of the president's most powerful gatekeepers. Plus, Rep. Robert Garcia has a new demand in the Epstein Investigation: Get Attorney General Todd Blanche in front of the House Oversight Committee. And David Jolly, a former republican and current democratic gubernat
Republicans caught in the wake of Trump's economic agenda
August 19, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW's Erielle Reshef sits in for Alicia Menendez, breaking down the economic warning signals the president is brushing off. Plus, retired Army Brig. Gen. Leela Gray talks about her campaign to unseat Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.
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Election deniers win big, but don't question those results
August 19, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW'S Erielle Reshef sits in for Alicia Menendez, talking about the election deniers who just won primary elections.
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Ossoff forces Trump to own his failures
August 18, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez examines how Sen. Jon Ossoff is highlighting Trump's corruption - and getting under his skin. Plus, Trump votes by mail - again.
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More election deniers on the ballot
August 18, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez looks at the election deniers vying for the governor's seat in Florida. Plus, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hits the campaign trail as the Pentagon confronts multiple challenges.
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Trump team's PR campaign to downplay problems on USS Lincoln
August 17, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez digs into the Trump administration's response to reports of problems on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Plus, the latest target of Trump's retribution campaigns.
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Ditching post-Watergate reforms
August 17, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down AG Todd Blanche's refusal to pledge he'll run the Department of Justice independently from Pres. Trump. Plus, Trump's latest military decision that one national security expert calls "insane."
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On the Defense Secretary
August 14, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez covers the increasingly dire conditions aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz, and the pressure it's putting on Pres. Trump and his Defense Secretary.
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Basic facts on the line at DOJ
August 14, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks with Lisa Rubin, who was inside the federal courthouse for Luigi Mangione's guilty plea. Plus, the president taking a victory lap for something local law enforcement has done for years?
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Secrecy permeating all levels of the executive branch
August 13, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on the lengths this White House will go to keep secrets from the American people. Plus, Danielle Bensky talks about the latest court hearing on which documents in the Epstein investigation get revealed, and which stay secret.
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Epstein transparency goes to court
August 13, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about how the new Attorney General is handling — or not handling — the release of the Epstein Files. Plus, marine corps veteran Rep. Jake Auchincloss talks about the conditions American servicemembers are facing aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln patrolling near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Election conspiracists are on the ballot
August 12, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the election denier looking to lead Wisconsin. Plus, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) shares what questions he has for Attorney General Todd Blanche, who has already broken promises to lawmakers.
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Feeding the relentless appetite for retribution
August 12, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez looks at DC U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's decision to convene a special grand jury after her reflecting pool prosecution sank. Plus, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is making her private family choices public for women across the country.
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Riding The Big Lie to November
August 11, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on the gubernatorial candidates trying to ride The Big Lie to victory in November. Plus, what's at stake with the president's new vaccine policy.
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Priority Number 1: Protect the President
August 11, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down just how quickly Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved to protect his former client, and the current President of the United States. Plus, the secretive security measure in the Middle East that involved the president hiding in a catering truck.
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Flailing to pass the SAVE Act
August 10, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the president's pressure to pass the SAVE Act, which would give him unprecedented power over state elections. Plus, the new GOP efforts to deflect bad economic data.
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Power to go after political enemies
August 10, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on the powers Todd Blanche will have now that he's officially Senate confirmed as Attorney General. Plus, Alicia welcomes Peter Alexander as he launches his new MS NOW show, "State of Play."
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Blanche clears his highest hurdle to controlling the DOJ
August 7, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, getting the first reaction from longtime Judiciary Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal to Todd Blanche clearing the biggest hurdle yet to be Attorney General.
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Falling in line with the DOJ on the line
August 7, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, breaking down the consequential decision by Sen. Bill Cassidy to greenlight the president's former personal attorney's quest to be Attorney General.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks Senate power on the line
August 6, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, talking with Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her first TV interview since Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's primary victory over Haley Stevens in Michigan.
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Will Blanche skeptics hold the line?
August 6, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, asking about the GOP holdouts standing between Todd Blanche and senate confirmation. Plus, a partisan vote finds Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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A (Fool's) Golden Age
August 5, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Jonathan Lemire sits in for Alicia Menendez to break down the president's rosy economic picture as Americans' bottom lines bottom out.
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Matchup for Michigan
August 5, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Jonathan Lemire sits in for Alicia Menendez to lay out the stakes of the matchup for Michigan's open Senate seat. Plus, while counting the votes for Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General, the DOJ just closed its last Jan. 6 case.
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One step closer to full power for the president's former personal attorney
August 4, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Liz Oyer and Marc Elias about what's at stake for American democracy now that Todd Blanche is one step closer to having full power over the Justice Department. Plus, the pivotal primary election in Michigan that could reshape the Democratic coalition.
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Trump's Personal Attorney General
August 4, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez speaks to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on the senate vote to get Todd Blanche one step closer to being confirmed as Attorney General. Plus, could the $1.776B anti-weaponization fund be a smoke screen for what the president really wants: IRS Immunity?
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Finally, some clarity on who's in charge of the ODNI
August 3, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez asks about the implications of the delayed swearing-in of the nation's new spy chief Jay Clayton. Plus, whiplash from the president's comments on Iran.
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Ding Dong, is the deal dead?
August 3, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the deal Republican Senate holdouts struck to confirm Todd Blanche as the next Attorney General. Plus, new clarity on the leadership limbo at the top of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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Trump's bottom line, or yours?
July 31, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Nicolle Wallace about the number of controversies hanging over President Trump's Cabinet meeting at Camp David. Plus, new reporting on how the President is raising millions from donors for his pet projects.
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Intrigue at Trump's Cabinet Meeting
July 31, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the power dynamics at play in President Trump's Cabinet.
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"Acting up in an acting capacity"
July 30, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to former CIA Dir. John Brennan about the Todd Blanche nomination battle, and reporting that the Secret Service felt pressured to spy on former FBI Dir. James Comey.
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The "stunning" about-face on Blanche
July 30, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) about President Trump's threat to withdraw Todd Blanche's Attorney General nomination until two key GOP holdouts are out of office.
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Fauci takes the Fifth, not the bait
July 29, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about Dr. Anthony Fauci pleading the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in a Republican-led Senate hearing about his actions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Allegations of a coordinated retribution campaign
July 29, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the latest court filing in the James Comey "86 47" case, alleging Pres. Trump illegally coordinated with law enforcement for his retribution campaign.
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Wars dovetail for a president with no plan
July 28, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) about the toll of the war with Iran while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit Washington, DC for Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral.
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Trump's supreme attempt for an election takeover
July 28, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on the president's latest appeal to the Supreme Court to tighten federal controls over state-run elections.
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Trump forced to confront reality with Iran
July 27, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the harsh realities the president's facing in his war of choice with Iran. Plus, we have new reporting on the expensive scramble to retrofit the president's new Air Force One.
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Trump's trip to battleground Michigan
July 27, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez discusses the decision to send President Trump to battleground Michigan at a time when republican candidates are keeping their distance from his policies. Plus, a new update from Sen. Mitch McConnell's team on his health after a 6-week absence from the Senate.
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New tariffs, looming price increases for Americans
July 24, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down Pres. Trump's new worldwide tariffs, despite the Supreme Court denying his previous attempts. Plus, Democrats hold a field hearing in Houston, TX to get answers into the deadly ICE shooting.
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Questions over whether the Pentagon is being honest
July 24, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez asks why the Pentagon has lowered its official death toll in the war with Iran. Why are these numbers changing? Plus, the DOJ has backed off its legal crusade against The New York Times over its reporting on whether the president flew on an unsafe plane.
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Political opposition to the war with Iran coming from the right
July 23, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about how Republicans in office and their voters are growing increasingly frustrated with the quagmire with Iran. Plus, the latest Republican culture war comes for the Smithsonian, and its gift shop.
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The latest push for politically charged prosecutions
July 23, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the Republican push to prosecute former Special Counsel Jack Smith. Plus, Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks about her successful effort to draw a line in the sand around Pres. Trump's war with Iran.
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Trio of election deniers on November ballots
July 22, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Marc Elias and Arizona native Vaughn Hillyard about election deniers sweeping the state's Republican primaries. The president attends the dignified transfer of four American troops killed in the war with Iran.
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A nuclear deal, but not with Iran
July 22, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the U.S. nuclear dealmaking in the Middle East, in the middle of the war with Iran.
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Americans pay for Trump to settle political scores
July 21, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya break down the ways American taxpayers are spending more to weather the president's chaotic economic agenda.
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No clarity from Todd Blanche
July 21, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Sen. Richard Blumenthal about the Republican push to get Todd Blanche confirmed as Attorney General.
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Defying political reason and practical reality
July 20, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss how the Republican push for the SAVE Act could tank the rest of its agenda. Plus, did the president admit he flew on a jet that wasn't safe?
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Americans deserve a better explanation for the Iran war
July 20, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the intensifying war with Iran after the total collapse of the ceasefire. Plus, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse shares why she and other survivors don't think Todd Blanche is the right pick for Attorney General.
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Trump tries to tilt the scales for midterms
July 17, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez asks Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan about President Trump's primetime address attacking the integrity of U.S. elections.
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Trump's receipts don't back his election claims
July 17, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about how President Trump is using the full weight of government to bolster his false election claims.
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Priority One: Elevate loyalists
July 16, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the line of loyalists Pres. Trump wants to defend his false election claims. Plus, how the Epstein investigation and the survivors are shaping the Attorney General confirmation hearings.
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"Really Big News" or a Really Big Lie
July 16, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel talk about the president's newest efforts to undermine American elections, and his inability to move on from his 2020 election loss. Plus, Sen. Alex Padilla talks about The White House's quest to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.
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"What happened to you, Todd Blanche?"
July 15, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. The question now is whether Pres. Trump's former personal lawyer will take over as the nation's top law enforcement officer.
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"Trump over truth"
July 15, 2026, 12pm: Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing to determine if president's personal lawyer becomes the next Attorney General.
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Outcry after back-to-back deadly ICE shootings
July 14, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Sen. Ruben Gallego about the growing outrage over deadly shootings by ICE agents in American streets. Plus, Supreme Court Justices discuss the security threats they face in rare public testimony. And, MS Now has the receipts for Pres. Trump's payout to E. Jean Carroll.
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President's primetime rebrand of The Big Lie
July 14, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez discusses the president's upcoming primetime speech, where he's expected to continue to push 2020 election conspiracies. Plus, Rep. Robert Garcia and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joined ahead of the attorney general confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche.
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Political maneuvering after a Senate stalwart's passing
July 13, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the president's priorities for Sen. Lindsey Graham's replacement. Plus, new MS Now reporting on the White House working to release documents to fit their election security narrative.
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Complicating the path to power
July 13, 2026; 12pm: MS Now Host Alicia Menendez talks about how the sudden passing of longtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is complicating the path for Todd Blanche to get confirmed as attorney general. Plus, the latest details on the deadly ICE shooting in Houston.
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Volatility abroad, economic volatility at home
July 10, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Erielle Reshef sits in for Alicia Menendez to break down how new escalations between the U.S. and Iran are erasing economic gains made in the fragile ceasefire. Plus, how ripple effects from the political collapse of Graham Platner are changing Democratic strategy in battleground races across the country.
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Election power grab over American affordability
July 10, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Erielle Reshef sits in for Alicia Menendez on the president pushing an election power grab over tackling high prices. Plus, the latest details on the deadly ICE shooting in Houston.
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Maine Concern
July 9, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on whether the Democratic replacement for Graham Platner can make the election a referendum on Sen. Susan Collins. Plus, Pres. Trump has weighed in on Sen. Mitch McConnell. And a deadly ICE shooting is leaving a Texas community in shock.
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Have Kash Patel's antics caught up with him?
July 9, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez asks whether FBI Director Kash Patel's lavish spending habits are finally catching up to him, with a Republican senator now asking questions. Plus, new safety concerns over the president's new plane after he switched back to the old Air Force 1 on the way back from the NATO summit.
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Pivotal moment for Democratic power
July 8, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the process of finding, recruiting and vetting candidates for office after the implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign. Plus, Lisa Rubin breaks down the latest legal court loss for the president, and win for E. Jean Carroll.
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Trump claims unity while undermining allies
July 8, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president's new threats of strikes on Iran and his divisive rhetoric at the NATO summit. Plus, the latest on Sen. Mitch McConnell's health.
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Solving problems that don't exist
July 7, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez interviews Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about the new DOJ threat to send election monitors to her state for the August primary. Plus, the warning from hundreds of former Justice Department lawyers about Todd Blanche. And a farewell to the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Trump vs. Allies
July 7, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the president's trip to Turkey for the NATO Summit as he threatens the alliance. Plus, the latest on the Maine senate race after an allegation of sexual assault against Democratic nominee Graham Platner.
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On Account of Trump
July 6, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, breaking down his latest economic policies as questions grow over his financial disclosure. Plus, the debate over Pres. Trump's former personal attorney Todd Blanche and how he could be the next Attorney General.
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White House Silence on White Nationalism in the Nation's Capital
July 6, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW host Ali Vitali sits in for Alicia Menendez, discussing Pres. Trump calling out the "threat" of communism in his July 4th speech, while he was silent on the threat of white nationalists marching in DC. Plus, a top Army commander in Europe ousted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gets a hero's send-off. And the president takes questions about his phone call to FIFA ove
Indifference to conflicts of interest
July 2, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss how the more journalists dig into Trump's financial disclosure form, the more red flags they find. Plus, Rep. Jamie Raskin reacts to the billions the president has made from crypto. Plus, Rep. Jamie Raskin reacts to the billions the president has made from crypto.
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Six-year search for evidence
July 2, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president's continued efforts to justify his 2020 election loss with evidence-free allegations of fraud. Plus, new economic numbers show more job pressure than expected in the country. And Rep. Ro Khanna on the latest push to release files in the Epstein investigation.
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MAGA-verse responds to SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling
July 1, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and her panel discuss how Trump officials and lawmakers are trying to turn the Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship into a midterm talking point. Plus, the election denier who went from jail to an Oval Office visit.
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Cashing in on the presidency
July 1, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and her panel look at the president's stunning income - including more than a billion dollars from crypto in 2025. Plus, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) responds to the DOJ's efforts to prosecute "birth tourists" after the Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship.
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Opening the floodgates
June 30, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks with Marc Elias, who argued before the Supreme Court to keep limits on campaign financing, on the court's decision to overturn those rules. Plus, one of Trump's favorite media outlets says his sons are "sloshing around in the muck" with their business deals.
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship
June 30, 2026; 12p: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the historic Supreme Court ruling to reject Trump's effort to remake the identity of the United States with the ACLU's Cecillia Wang, who argued the case before the court. Plus, the White House brings in a new messaging expert as the president struggles to stay on message ahead of the midterms.
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A victory for voting
June 29, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the Supreme Court ruling against RNC efforts to disenfranchise mail-in voters. Plus, how the court handed E. Jean Carroll another victory over Pres. Donald Trump.
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Presidential power, courtesy of the Supreme Court
June 29, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Rebecca Slaughter after the Supreme Court allowed the president to fire her from the FTC, and give him unprecedented power to remake agencies in his own image.
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Protected status pending
June 26, 2026; 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the national implications of the Supreme Court allowing Pres. Trump to end local protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants and refugees. Plus, we speak to The Washington Post reporter who got audio of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s phone call pressuring a Libertarian congressional candidate to drop
An isolated president, a fractured party
June 26, 2026; 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and her panel talk about the ways Pres. Trump has isolated himself from Congressional Republicans, fracturing the party in the last months it could have full control of Washington. Plus, Rep. Robert Garcia talks about the Leon Black factor of the Epstein investigation.
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