Deadline: White House

August 6th, 2025: As the Epstein Scandal continues to unfold, victims decry the Trump administration’s handling of the case. Nicolle Wallace and our top experts ponder why top Trump administration officials are meeting to discuss strategy without some of the most important people affected by Epstein – the victims. Plus, she and our experts unpack the gerrymandering efforts in Texas and new polling that highlights Trump’s growing unpopularity.

August 5th, 2025: After a letter from Epstein victims condemning the latest push by the Department of Justice to release transcripts, Nicolle Wallace unpacks their reactions with Tara Palmeri and just how the White House press corps is covering it – or not – with the New York Times’ Tyler Pager. Plus, she deals with pushback to Trump’s agenda outside the beltway – from angry GOP town halls to Texas Democrats fighting back. State Rep. James Talarico joins to give us the latest. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh To listen to this show and other MSNBC podcasts without ads, sign up for MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Sam Stein, Vaughn Hillyard, Charlie Sykes, Steve Liesman, Ben Rhodes, Eddie Glaude, State Rep. John Bucy, Lisa Rubin, and Jacob Soboroff.

Stephanie Ruhle – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Peter Baker, Dan Nathan, Gene Sperling, Sen. Adam Schiff, David Enrich, Mara Gay, Sam Stein, Matthew Dowd, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Elizabeth Castillo.

Stephanie Ruhle – in for Nicolle Wallace – on the stunning plea from the family of a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s new tariffs going into effect tomorrow, and a new report highlighting the increased force used by immigration officers. Joined by: Lisa Rubin, Tim Miller, Kristy Greenberg, Ron Insana, Gene Sperling, Neal Katyal, Nicole Foy, Lee Gelernt, Michele Norris, Rick Stengel, and Michael Fanone.

Nicolle Wallace on the multiplying questions around Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Trump criticizing Jerome Powell during a bill signing, and the Senate confirmation of Emil Bove for a lifelong seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Joined by: Julie K. Brown, Angelo Carusone, Ankush Khardori, Steve Liesman, Maria Aspan, Marc Elias, Mitch Landrieu, Kristy Greenberg and Associate Justice Allison Riggs.

Nicolle Wallace discusses Trump’s strange comments about one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, late night comedy’s refusal to backdown on Trump’s Epstein connection, new reporting from inside New York City’s immigration court, Emil Bove’s nomination hurdling towards confirmation despite more whistleblowers, and more. Joined by: Sen. Dick Durbin, Sam Stein, Claire McCaskill, Tara Palmeri, Marc Santia, Chris O’Leary, Jacob Soboroff, Andrew Weissmann, Charlie Sykes, and Dominic Patten.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by John Heilemann, Emily Davies, Ben Rhodes, Texas State Rep. James Talarico, Molly Jong-Fast, John Hudson, and Bob Kitchen.

Nicolle Wallace on the second day of DOJ interviews with Maxwell for the second day, the FCC approving the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger, and how smaller law firms are challenging the Trump administration’s agenda. Joined by: Julie K. Brown, Andrew Weissmann, Tim Miller, Angelo Carusone, Cornell Belcher, Rep. Madeleine Dean, Rev. Al Sharpton, John Heilemann, Mike Schmidt, and Traci Feit Love.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Vaughn Hillyard, Harry Litman, Glenn Thrush, Beto O’Rourke, Dominic Patten, Michael Grynbaum, Charlie Sykes, and Ian Bassin.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Jonathan Chait, Alex Wagner, Andrew Weissmann, Michele Norris, Angelo Carusone, Sam Stein, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and Paul Rieckhoff.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Glenn Thrush, Tara Palmeri, Claire McCaskill, Harry Litman, Anne Applebaum, Rep. Jim Himes, Tom Nichols, Miles Taylor, Molly Jong-Fast, and Rick Stengel.

Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump’s struggle to move past the Epstein fallout, Tulsi Gabbard bringing 2016’s “RussaGate” back into the spotlight, and a former Air Force Secretary sounding the alarm over fear tactics being used by the Trump administration. Joined by: Mike Schmidt, Tim Heaphy, Tim Miller, John Brennan, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Michele Norris, Eddie Glaude, and former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Perry Stein, Tim Miller, Angelo Carusone, Rich Logis, Lisa Rubin, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Harry Litman, Molly Jong-Fast, Rev. Al Sharpton, and David Folkenflik.

Nicolle Wallce on the DOJ firing Maurene Comey, a prosecutor of Jeffery Epstein and the daughter of James Comey, Trump facing mounting pressure from MAGA over the Epstein case, and Senate Judiciary Democrats walking out of Emil Bove’s judicial nomination vote. Joined by: Mike Schmidt, David French, Kristy Greenberg, Claire McCaskill, Sean Patrick Maloney, John Heilemann, Maya Wiley, Tyler Pager, and Rep. Robert Garcia.

Joined by: David Gilbert, Charlie Sykes, Alex Wagner, Michele Norris, Sen. Cory Booker, Marc Elias, Angelo Carusone and Sarah Longwell.

Nicolle Wallace discusses the mess of Trump’s own making as his staunchest allies seem to break with him over Epstein, the rising unpopularity of his inhumane immigration tactics, a new inflation report that shows the real impacts of his trade war, the coalition of judges warning about Emil Bove’s nomination, and more. Joined by: John Heilemann, Sam Stein, Charlotte Howard, Carol Leonnig, Kim Atkins Stohr, Eddie Glaude, Judge Nancy Gertner, and Rick Stengel.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Glenn Thrush, Julie Brown, Claire McCaskill, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Marc Elias, Youman Wilder, Kevin Blackistone, and David Frum.

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Adam Goldman, Michael Feinberg, Sue Gordon, Vaughn Hillyard, Rev. Al Sharpton, John Heilemann, Mitch Landrieu, Charlie Sykes, Michele Norris, Ian Bassin, and Dr. Irwin Redlener.

Nicolle Wallace on Trump’s attempted attack on the rule of law by launching investigations into former intelligence officials, a ruling blocking the administration’s order restricting birthright citizenship, and how the White House continues to weaponize tariffs to rebalance global influence. Joined by: Shane Harris, Andrew Weissmann, Cody Wofsy, Claire McCaskill, Cornell Belcher, Michael Crowley, Justin Wolfers, Angelo Carusone, Harry Litman and Kristy Greenberg.