Deadline: White House

February 17, 2026; Despite tanking poll numbers and resistance from district courts, President Trump’s DHS continues its push into American cities. Its latest target? A school bus stop in Lindenwold, NJ, where members of the community have since shown up to protest and voice their disapproval. One resident, Joseph Zobel, joins us to discuss the operation with Maya Wiley, Rev. Al Sharpton and Claire McCaskill. Also in the hour, a reflection on the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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February 17, 2026; In his latest effort to undermine free speech in the U.S., President Trump’s FCC prevented an interview with James Talarico on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” from airing ahead of a contentious Texas midterm. Nicolle Wallace unpacks what this means and its political context with Alex Wagner, Oliver Darcy and David Frum. Later in the hour, the panel examines Les Wexner’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein. 
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Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers news out of New Jersey, where ICE agents were spotted near a school bus stop, causing elementary school students to run away in fear, warning each other that ICE was nearby. Immigration enforcement and the excessive funding of the DHS was cited as one of the top reasons why Donald Trump was elected, but the behavior of ICE in U.S. cities and neighborhoods has quickly turned immigration enforcement into a political Achilles’ heel for Trump.
Later, Michael Crowley and Michael McFaul join Alicia to discuss the Munich Security Conference, specifically Secretary of State Marco Rubio slamming mass migration in his remarks, where he called on Europe to help build Trump’s vision of the new world order.
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Alicia Menendez is in for Nicolle Wallace. Alicia covers the Department of Justice’s attempts to ‘move on’ from the Epstein files, which include Attorney General Pam Bondi sending a letter to Congress claiming that all the documents required by the Epstein Transparency Act have been released. However, Epstein’s victims and authors of the Epstein Transparency Act, Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie, beg to differ.
Later, on this year’s President’s Day, Basil Smikle and Eddie Glaude join Alicia to discuss Former President Barack Obama’s political magnetism as well as his appearance on a podcast where he addressed the racist video Donald Trump posted, deleted, and never apologized for.
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Nicolle Wallace on how the election interference so many Americans fear is already well underway by the Trump administration.
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