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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.
Episodes
- On the Line with Alicia Menendez
Trump's closing message: The weave or ramblings?
October 29, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the president's campaign strategy in red states in the final days of the midterms…
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Trump's red state swing passes through South Carolina... again
October 29, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss why the president is going to South Carolina, again, to rally in a senate race…
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Trump returns to Ohio defending the indefensible
October 28, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down why Pres. Trump is going back to Ohio, the site of one of the costliest and ugliest…
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Sen. Cory Booker on the "Commander-in-Cheat" and the midterms
October 28, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez sits down with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) to talk about whether there could be a fight to seat new Senators…
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Corruption takes center stage at Trump's Texas rallies
October 27, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss how voters are increasingly viewing corruption as a major election issue, just as…
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Trump prepares to lean on courts to win elections
October 27, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss how the president's plan to win the midterms could play out in the courts, not on the…
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Trump plays defense in deep-red Trump country
October 26, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss why Pres. Trump is heading to a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate in…
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Trump is determined to derail elections
October 26, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the ways Pres. Trump and the Dept. of Justice are trying to use the courts to…
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The White House's preemptive panic over Alaska
October 23, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the ways the Dept. of Justice could meddle with the elections, even before all the…
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The Trump ego trip to Florida
October 23, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks to Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Jolly about the president heading to one of the reddest…
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The Trump administration puts the integrity of the midterms on the line
October 22, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the ways Trump officials are undermining trust in elections. Sign up for MS NOW…
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From the "Bush Line" to the "Trump Trench"
October 22, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the president's red state blitz aiming to minimize GOP midterm losses. Sign up for…
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Trump tries to boost a candidate who shouldn't be in a close race
October 21, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss why Pres. Trump is heading to South Carolina, again, to boost a Senate candidate…
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Democrats sue to stop Trump from lying about elections
October 21, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the ways Pres. Trump has been repeating election lies at nearly every campaign…
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Trump's 11th hour midterm scare tactics
October 20, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the ways Pres. Trump is trying to scare voters into supporting Republican…
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Trump's rescue mission with North Carolina on the line
October 20, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down if Pres. Trump is the GOP's savior or scapegoat as he hits the road again. Sign up…
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Dems tie Trump corruption scandals to higher prices for voters
October 19, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss how Democrats are trying to harness the steady drip of corruption scandals dragging…
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Trump hits red districts as his approval hits new lows
October 19, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the president's campaign plans for the week, showing a Republican party on defense in races…
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New White House Press Secretary OUT after five days
October 16, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel react to the ouster of WH Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, and the broader turmoil behind the…
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Trump's Republican rescue mission in Georgia
October 16, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel talk about how Pres. Trump's campaign stop in Georgia could end up being a boon for…
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Trump's retribution campaigns take on new forms
October 15, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the Trump Administration's latest threat, including to a sitting U.S. Congresswoman. Plus, the…
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Trump's approval hits a record low
October 15, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the record disapproval rating for Pres. Trump and his economic agenda. Plus, two…
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Hegseth's new Christian nationalist crusade
October 14, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down Secretary Pete Hegseth's new crusade to push Christian nationalist ideology on the…
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Keeping Trump insulated from political reality
October 14, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down why the president is insulating himself in deep red districts, while spending…
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Shaky start for the new face of the Trump White House
October 13, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the shaky start for the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, who has a…
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Republicans worry about losing Senate firewalls
October 13, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel talk about the president's pilgrimage to a state that should be a slam dunk election for an…
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Trump charges his weapon of choice: The DOJ
October 12, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down how Trump is using the DOJ to investigate news outlets. Plus, Texas Senate…
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Trump's flailing attempts to salvage the midterms
October 12, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel discuss the president making foreign policy moves to cushion domestic economic pain. Plus…
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Jon Ossoff's roadmap to November for Democrats
October 9, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down last night's debate between GA Sen. Jon Ossoff and his Republican opponent Rep. Mike Collins…
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Donald Trump's obsession with Lisa Cook
October 9, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down Trump's new committee to investigate Lisa Cook, months after the Supreme Court blocked him from…
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A head-scratching new plan for the midterms
October 8, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down Trump's political calculations on Iran, as the U.S.S. Lincoln returns home. Sign up for MS NOW…
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Trump's Oprah-style giveaway to voters
October 8, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down President Trump's last-ditch efforts to convince voters to go with Republicans with just 26 days…
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Republicans try to fend off a blue wave
October 7, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks the midterm races that appear to be shifting from red to blue, with just over three weeks to election…
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Trump's Texas-sized midterm problem
October 7, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down Trump's third trip to Texas in a month to support struggling candidates in a traditionally red…
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A rare reversal from Trump?
October 6, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down President Trump's new comments, saying he'll pay for his propaganda ads himself…
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Trump's shocking defense of the Iran war as voters worry about high prices
October 6, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the bipartisan backlash Trump is facing after suggesting Iran could annihilate Los Angeles or…
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Trump's latest midterm rescue mission in Nebraska
October 5, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez digs into Trump's campaign trip to Nebraska, a state he won by almost 20 points in 2024. Also, the details of…
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Republicans stuck playing defense
October 5, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down how the midterm map has been scrambled, 29 days out from Election Day. Plus, Justice Samuel…
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Trump's bad PR and your tax dollars he's using to try to fix it
October 2, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Ali Vitali, in for Alicia Menendez, digs into President Trump's latest argument for why Republicans are struggling right now…
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Republicans running out of time
October 2, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Ali Vitali, in for Alicia Menendez, breaks down new signs of trouble for Republicans with just 32 days to the midterms…
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The midterm alarm bells ringing over Trump's economy
October 1, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down a new poll showing the president's approval on the economy hitting new lows, less…
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Trump fighting for friendly territory
October 1, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on the Republican midterm strategy that's relegating Trump to red states and keeping him out of…
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New details about Trump's taxpayer-funded ads leave people "gobsmacked"
September 30, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the reports that the money for pro-Trump ads actually came out of DHS funds…
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The Republican disinformation machine
September 30, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the GOP's disinformation surrounding A.I. and the Jack Smith hearing. Plus, the DOJ announces…
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GOP hearing "smelled of desperation"
September 29, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down Republican attacks on former Special Counsel Jack Smith during his Senate…
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Jack Smith won't be intimidated
September 29, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down former Special Counsel Jack Smith's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee…
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Trump's taxpayer-funded hype reel
September 28, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the growing backlash over Trump's latest political ad funded by the U.S…
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Trump promised a boom, delivered a bust
September 28, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the presidential laser focus on grievances, golf courses and gaudy construction…
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A wasted opportunity for vulnerable Republicans
September 25, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the missed opportunity for Republicans to show voters they understand the economic pain caused…
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Fears of voter purge after Trump's SCOTUS win
September 25, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez breaks down the stakes for Americans now that the Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to…
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Trump's Strongman Pomp and Circumstance
September 24, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel react to President Trump welcoming China's Xi Jinping with open arms at the White House - a…
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MS NOW Regains White House Access
September 24, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the ongoing legal battle over Pres. Trump's White House press ban, as MS NOW reporters regain…
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Trump's Red Scare to Red Carpet
September 23, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks President Trump rolling out the red carpet for Pres. Xi at the White House. Plus, Democratic…
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Demanding coverage, but on his terms
September 23, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez and the panel break down the upcoming court battle over the president's attack on the free press. Sign up…
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The Justice Dept. settling political scores for Trump
September 22, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez covers the president's push to use the power of the Department of Justice to settle personal scores. Sign…
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Trying to bend reality to his will
September 22, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez asks the panel about the president's less-than-inspiring take on global affairs, and his purely political…
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Trump's forced isolation on the world stage
September 21, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez discusses Trump foreign policy decisions that have isolated the U.S. from allies amid the war in Iran…
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With the sanctity of the First Amendment on the line
September 21, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez talks about the president's ban on media organizations at the same moment he can't create a coherent…
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America's heartland may be falling out of love with Trump
September 18, 2026, 1pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez on Republicans scrambling to secure what were once safe GOP seats. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple…
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Democracy in motion as Trump tries to hold it back
September 18, 2026, 12pm: MS NOW Host Alicia Menendez covers the first day of in-person early voting while the Trump White House tries to take control of…