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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Pecker Describes Involvement In Suppression Of Stormy Daniels, McDougal Stories In Third Day Of Testimony; Pecker Testifies He Had Concerns About Legality Of Catch-And-Kill Deals; Trump Attorney Concedes Some Of Trump's Actions May Be Private, Not Official; Clock Ticking On Supreme Court Decision, After Justices Appear Skeptical Of Sweeping Trump Immunity Claims; But Float Possible Trial Delay; Full Thursday Trial Transcript Just Released; Pecker Describes Involvement In Suppression Of Stormy Daniels, McDougal Stories In Third Day Of Testimony; Parents Of Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin Speak After Release Of Hamas Video Showing Him Alive. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Yale Law School Lecturer in Law and Slate Political Gabfest Co-Host Emily Bazelon; Interview with Former NATO Deputy Secretary General and Stanford University Lecturer Rose Gottemoeller; Interview with British Labour MP Harriet Harman; Interview with "Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny" Author and Cornell University Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Professor Kate Manne. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Testimony Ends For The Day In Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Speaks After Third Day Of Testimony In Hush Money Trial. Aired 4-5p ET
• Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All; Justices Question What Is Considered An "Official Act" As President; Justice Question What Is Considered An "Official Act" As President; Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Is Interviewed About Trump's Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Case; Key Trump Aides Indicted In Arizona For Fake Electors Scheme. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Extraordinary Split Screen Of Trump Criminal, Immunity Cases; Are Presidents Above Law, Justices Hear Trump's Argument; CNN Political Analysts Discuss Presidential Immunity. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Pivotal Day for Trump as Supreme Court Hears Immunity Claim, Hush Money Trial Resumes; Soon, Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Trump Immunity Case; Key Trump Allies Indicted in Arizona Election Subversion Case. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Soon: Trump's Hush Money Trial Resumes, Supreme Court Hears Trump Immunity Case; Biden Administration Finalized Highly Anticipated Rules For Power Plants; Sec. Blinken Meeting With Chinese Leaders In Beijing. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Presidential Immunity from Criminal Prosecution for Acts Committed While in Office; Criminal Trial of Former President Trump for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels Continues; Former Trump White House Aide Cassidy Hutchinson Gives Interview on Trump's Behavior as President; Trump Makes Early Morning Campaign Stop Before Criminal Trial Resumes. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Major Trump Supporters Charged for Subverting Elections in Arizona; Third Day of Criminal Trial, Trump Scheduled to Appear in Court; Trump's Pivotal Day as Supreme Court Weighs on Claim of Immunity and Hush Money Cases Continues. Aired 8:30-9a ET
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CNN Newsroom
• U.S. House Speaker Visits Columbia Amid Demonstrations; Biden Approves Aid Package for Ukraine After Months of Negotiations; Antony Blinken Walking Diplomatic Tightrope During China Visit; Blinken Walking Diplomatic Tightrope During China Visit; Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Idaho's Abortion Ban. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Biden Signs $95 billion Aid Package For Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan; Police In Riot Gear Arrest, Disperse Pro-Palestinian Protesters At USC; Hamas Releases Video Of Injured Israeli American Hostage; Arizona Grand Jury Indicts Meadows, Giuliani, Other Trump Allies For 2020 Election Interference; Blinken Walking Diplomatic Tightrope During China Visit; New Video Undermines Pentagon Narrative of Kabul Blast; Flash Flooding in Nairobi at Extreme Levels; Japan Airlines New CEO Mitsuko Tottori Focused on Safety. Aired 1-2a ET
• Pro-Palestinian Protests Across The U.S.; Protests Spreading To University Campuses Across U.S.; Police Arrest 93 Protesters At USC Campus In Los Angeles; Supreme Court Ruling on Idaho Abortion Ban Expected in June; Arizona House Voters to Overturn Abortion Ban From 1864; Blinken Walking Diplomatic Tightrope During China Visit, to Push for Regional Stability With Taiwan, Warn Beijing on Support for Russia; Officials in Kenya Say Flash Flooding in Nairobi at Extreme Levels; 160 Pilot Whales Stranded on Australian Coast, 26 Dead. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• More Pro-Palestinian Protests Erupted Colleges Acorss America, Several Students Arrested; Biden Sealed the Foreign Aid Bill to Resume U.S. Aid to Ukraine; Blinken Visits China to Spearhead Diplomatic Talks; Grammy Producer Ian Brennan Shares His Recent Collaboration with the Rohingya Refugees; TikTok Influencer Reacts to the Feared Ban of the Popular App in the U.S. Amid Her Popularity; Former Flight Attendant Now Becomes First Woman CEO of Japan Airlines in the Light of January's Tragedy. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Presidential Immunity Arguments; Arizona Grand Jury Indicts Key Trump Allies; Hamas Releases Video of Israeli American Hostage; Pro-Palestinian Protests on Campuses; Deadly Flooding in Kenya; Blinken Walking Diplomatic Tightrope During China Visit. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: U.S. to Resume Aid to Ukraine After Biden Signs Aid Package; Potential U.S. Ban Looms Over Popular App TikTok; Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Idaho's Abortion Ban; Pro- Palestinian Protests Ongoing at Columbia University; Japan Airlines' New CEO Mitsuko Tottori Focused on Safety. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Monumental Day In Court For Trump In NY And Washington; Soon: Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Trump Immunity Case; Soon: Day Three Of Testimony From David Pecker At Hush Money Trial. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Justices Question Attorney For Special Counsel Jack Smith; Supreme Court Hearing Presidential Immunity Arguments Underway; Special Counsel's Lawyer: Trump Not Immune From Prosecution. Aired 11a-12p ET
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• CNN INTERNATIONAL: Trump Faces Hush Money Trial; U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Trump Immunity Case; College Protests Over Gaza Sweep Across America; Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Resumes In Supreme Court; David Pecker Testifies In Trump Trial On Day Three; Historic Implications Of Trump's Critical Legal Day; Arguments In Trump Supreme Court Immunity Dispute Now Over; Russia's War On Ukraine; U.S. Sending Ukraine "Significant Stocks Of Ammunition"; Dramatic Rescue In Australia Saved The Lives Of Dozens Of Pilot Whales. Aired 2-3p ET
• CNN INTERNATIONAL: Ex-Tabloid Publisher David Pecker Back On Stand In Hush Money Case; Justices Seem Skeptical of Trump's Sweeping View Of Immunity; Protests Spreading Across University Campuses In U.S. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Giuliani & Meadows Indicted In Arizona, Trump Named Unindicted Co-Conspirator; U.S. Secretly Supplies Ukraine With Long-Range Missiles; Politico: European Leaders Grappling With Possible Second Trump Presidency. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Today: Trump Back In Court For Criminal Hush Money Trial; Speaker Johnson Calls On Columbia President To Resign; Today: SCOTUS Hears Trumps's Presidential Immunity Arguments. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Giuliani & Meadows Indicted in Arizona, Trump Named Unindicted Co-Conspirator; Trump to Make NYC Campaign Stop Before Today's Trial; Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia Enter 9th Day; 15M+ Facing Severe Storm Threats Across Tornado Alley. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Makes Campaign Stop on Way to Courthouse; SCOTUS Hears Trump's Presidential Immunity Arguments; One-on-One with Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Trump Back in Court in Criminal Hush Money Trial. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Israeli's War Cabinet Discusses Potential Hostage Release ahead of Rafah Invasion; Donald Trump Speaks to Media about his Criminal Hush Money Trial and Supreme Court Arguments; Day Three of Testimony Begins in Criminal Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Hears Presidential Immunity Arguments; Pivotal Day for Trump as Supreme Court Hears Immunity Claim and Hush Money Trial Resumes. Aired 9-10a ET
• Supreme Court Hearing Presidential Immunity Arguments; Trump Hush Money Trial; Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Pecker Recounts Brokering Secret Deal At Center Of Trump Trial; Supreme Court Appears Poised To Delay Trump's Election Trial; USC Cancels Main Graduation Ceremony Amid Campus Protests. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump On Trial; Trump's Absolute Immunity Claims Considered; Trump's Absolute Immunity Claims Tested; U.S. Secretary Of State Blinken In China; U.S.-China Relations; Disappointment Read On U.S. Growth; Big Tech, Big Earnings; Protesters Arrested At U.S. College Campuses; Pro-Palestinian Protesters; Dramatic Whale Rescue In Australia; Premier League Title Race. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
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Isa Soares Tonight
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Laura Coates Live
• SCOTUS Hears Arguments On Trump's Claims Of Absolute Immunity; Harvey Weinstein's Landmark Sex Crime Conviction Tossed Out; Supreme Court Appears Ready To Delay Trump's Election Trial; Laura Coates Answers Callers' Questions. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN Covers Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Being Cross-Examined In Trump Trial; US Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Trump Immunity Case; Microsoft, Alphabet Announce Earnings; Testimony Ends For The Day In Trump Hush Money Trial; U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Trump Immunity Case. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Supreme Court To Hear Trump Immunity Case As Hush Money Trial Resumes. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Hush Money Trial Underway, Supreme Court Hears Trump Case Soon. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hush Money Trial Underway, Supreme Court Hears Trump Case Soon; Supreme Court Questions Trump Lawyer in Immunity Case; Justice Press Trump Lawyer on Which Presidential Acts are Immune. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Immunity Case Heard by Supreme Court; Justice Presses Trump's Lawyer on the Exempt Actions of the President; Supreme Court's Skepticism on Trump's Full Immunity Claim. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Presidential Immunity. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Special Counsel's Lawyer: Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution; Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All; Justice Seem Skeptical That Trump Has Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Cases. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Justices Seem Skeptical That Trump Has Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Case; Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Hears Presidential Immunity Arguments. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Testifies He Didn't Publish Story About Trump & Playboy Model So It Did Not Influence 2016 Election; Ex- Tabloid Publisher Testifies About Stormy Daniels Negotiations. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Resumption Of Donald Trump's Manhattan Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Arguments On Presidential Prosecutions; David Pecker's Testimony On Catch And Kill; Allegations Of Gag Order Violations By Donald Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Now: Ex-Tabloid Publisher Resumes Testimony In Trump Trial; Trump In NY Court As Supreme Court Heard His Immunity Case. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Now: Ex-Tabloid Publisher Testifying In Trump Trial; Ex-Tabloid Publisher Confirms He Signed Cooperation Agreement With Manhattan DA's Office In 2019. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Being Cross-Examined In Trump Trial; Trump In New York Court As Supreme Court Heard His Immunity Case. Aired 3:30-4p ET


The Situation Room
• First Testimony On Trump's Ties To Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels; Justices Seem Skeptical About Trump's Bid For Absolute Immunity; Trump Trial Wraps For The Day Amid Double Courtroom Drama; Justice Thomas Hears Trump Immunity Case Despite Calls For His Recusal. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Clock Ticking On Supreme Court Decision, After Justices Appear Skeptical Of Sweeping Trump Immunity Claims; CNN Poll: 24 Percent Of Trump Backers Say A Conviction Might Cause Them To Reconsider Their Support; Full Thursday Trial Transcript Just Released. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• The Clock is Ticking for TikTok; NASA Discovers Glassy Lava Lake on Jupiter`s Moon. Aired 4-4:10a ET