Deadline: White House

Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Carol Leonnig, Tim Miller, Paul Rieckhoff, Sen. Mark Kelly, Annie Karni, Luke Broadwater, Rep. Jim Himes, Sam Stein, Harry Litman, Marc Elias, and Martin O’Malley.

Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – discusses the continued fallout over the Atlantic’s bombshell reporting that their editor was added to a group chat where U.S. national security officials discussed military operations, as senators get to question some of the members of the chat on Capitol Hill, as well as the Trump administration’s defiance of the judicial branch in its quest to deport Venezuelan nationals without due process, and more.

Joined by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Tyler Pager, Cait Conley, Amanda Carpenter, Lee Gelernt, Mondaire Jones, and Phil Holsinger, Zerlina Maxwell, and Angelo Carusone.

Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – on the D.C. appeals court hearing into Trump’s deportation flights, the administration’s careless handling of national security intel, and Trump’s escalating attacks on the rule of law. 

Joined by: Lisa Rubin, Jacob Soboroff, Claire McCaskill, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Charlie Sykes, Gov. Andy Beshear, Mary McCord, Harry Litman, Michele Norris, Eddie Glaude, Rep. Jason Crow, and Michael Crowley.

Nicolle Wallace discusses new reporting that the Pentagon was planning to brief Elon Musk on military plans for a possible conflict with China, the ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour’s huge crowds while Republicans get heckled by dissatisfied voters, law firms and universities bending to the president’s demands, and more.

Joined by: Julian Barnes, Rev. Al Sharpton, General Barry McCaffrey, Rep. Jim Himes, Mitch Landrieu, Mike Schmidt, Kristy Greenberg, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and Allison Riggs.

Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – on Trump’s executive order dismantling the Department of Education, angry voters confronting Republican lawmakers, and the Trump administration’s continued attacks against the judiciary.  

Joined by: Sheria Smith, Angelo Carusone, Chasten Buttigieg, Rep. Jason Crow, Mini Timmaraju, Harry Litman, Claire McCaskill, and John Heilemann.

Nicolle Wallace on the Trump tariff plans sowing chaos in the global economy and the Pentagon removing webpages on war heroes.

Joined by: Anthony Scaramucci, David Jolly, David Gura, Kristy Greenberg, Rep. Madeleine Dean, Alex Isenstadt, Amy McGrath, Basil Smikle, Mara Gay, Evelyn Farkas, Ben Rhodes, and Marc Elias.

Nicolle Wallace discusses the phone call between President Trump and Putin, growing fears from economists over a possible impending recession, the DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace, protesting federal employees who – despite a court ordered return – are now being placed on “administrative leave,” Trump’s escalating threat on the rule of law, and the rare pushback he got from Supreme Court Justice John Robert – AND live coverage of the NASA astronauts splashing down to earth after more than nine months in space. 

Joined by: Michael Crowley, Charlie Sykes, John Brennan, David Gura, Liam Scott, Andrew Weissmann, Tim Miller, Jacob Soboroff, Judge Esther Salas, and Chris Sembroski.

Nicolle Wallace on Trump’s open defiance of a judge’s order to stop deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, his baseless claims that Biden’s preemptive pardons are invalid, and the concerns expressed by three fired CDC workers over DOGE cuts.

Joined by: Mattathias Schwartz; Andrea Flores; Andrew Weissmann; Claire McCaskill; Amb. Michael McFaul; Jacob Soboroff; Mara Gay; Eddie Glaude; David Folkenflik; and Sarah Boim, Abigail Tighe and Stephanie Tran, who were all fired from the CDC during recent DOGE cuts.

Nicolle Wallace on Trump’s rage-filled speech at the Justice Department, Elon Musk continuing to overhaul the government amid backlash, and the public booing of JD Vance at the Kennedy Center.

Joined by: Elizabeth Oyer, Vaughn Hillyard, Andrew Weissmann, Basil Smikle, Michael Steele, Ryan Nobles, Angelo Carusone, Tim Miller, Eddie Glaude, Marc Elias, and Pablo Torre.

Nicolle Wallace on how Trump’s economic troubles have put Republicans on the defensive, the EPA’s move to roll back key environmental regulations, and the Trump administration’s systemic undermining of the justice system. 

Joined by: David Gura, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, David Jolly, Katherine Steele, Andrew Weissmann, Alex Wagner, Judge J. Michael Luttig, and David Enrich.