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May 03, 2024
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• Trump Back in Court; Flooding in Texas; Testimony Resumes in Hugh Money Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Bradley Moss is Interviewed about Trump's Trial; Australia's Climate Disaster; Job Growth Slowed in April; Polls Comparing Historical Protests Versus Today's Protests; Sanders on Campus Protests. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) Interviewed on Receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom Along with Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers; Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump Continues; Severe Weather Impacts Multiple Counties in Texas; Biden Administration Sends Letter to Colleges on Protests; Today: American Expected in Court in Turks & Caicos. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump On Trial; New Treatment Options. The Good Stuff; Campus Unrest. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Trump Returns to Court for Hush Money Trial; Mandatory Evacuations Underway as Historic Flooding Hits Texas; NYPD Onsite at NYU to Clear Out Illegal Encampment. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 02, 2024
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• Police Dismantling UCLA Encampment; Trump Gag Order Hearing. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Nir Hoftman is Interviewed about the Protests at UCLA; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is interviewed about College Protests, Israel- Hamas War, and Abortion; Marc Lotter and Chris Kofinis are Interviewed about College Protests. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Los Angeles Police Department Begins Moving into Pro- Palestinian Protester Encampment on UCLA Campus to Arrest Protesters and Eliminate Encampment; Police Appear to Fire Rubber Bullets at UCLA Protesters. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Police Pull Aside Barricades, Move Into UCLA Protest Camp; Protester Arrests On UCLA Campus. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Police Pull Aside Barricades, Move into UCLA Protest Camp; Flash Bangs Going Off as Police Move into UCLA Encampment. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


May 01, 2024
• California Governor: Police Response To UCLA Clashes Unacceptable; Campuses Nationwide On Edge As Pro-Palestinian Protests Escalate; House GOP Leaders Plan To Kill Motion To Oust Speaker; Justice Department To Reclassify Marijuana, Ease Restrictions. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• UCLA Cancels Classes After Overnight Clashes Between Protesters; NYPD: 300 Protesters Arrested At Columbia And City College Of NY; Trump Praises Law Enforcement Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests; VP Harris Blames Trump As Six-Week Abortion Ban Begins In Florida. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• VP Harris Addresses Florida's New 6-Week Abortion Ban; State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-FL) Discusses Florida's New 6-Week Abortion Ban; Nationwide Pro-Palestinian Protests, Arrests Have Echoes Of The Past; Source: House GOP Leaders Plan To Kill Motion To Oust Speaker; Manhattan Prosecutors To Retry Weinstein's NY Case. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Chaos On Campus: Police Clash With Pro-Palestinian Protesters; Vice President Kamala Harris In Florida As New Abortion Ban Takes Effect; Harvey Weinstein Retrial Questioned After Conviction Overturned; Universities Increasingly Crack Down On Student Protests Nationwide; Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged Amid Economic Concerns. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden Campaign Releases Video Blasting Trump's Abortion Comments; Campuses Nationwide On Edge As Pro-Palestinian Protests Escalate; Pro-Israel Protesters Breach UCLA Encampment; Greene Vows To Force Vote To Oust Speaker Johnson Next Week; GOP Leadership Vows To Kill Greene Motion To Oust Johnson; Trump Campaigning In Key Swing States Wisconsin & Michigan. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Turmoil At College Campuses Nationwide; Reproductive Rights. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mayor Eric Adams Speaks About Protests; Greene Will Force Speaker Vote; DOJ Plans To Reschedule Marijuana. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Violent Turn at UCLA; Police Tear Down Encampment at University of Wisconsin; Florida's Abortion Ban Takes Effect Today Florida State Senator Lauren Book is Interviewed about the Abortion Ban. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Trump Hits Campaign Trail; Clashes on College Campuses; Polls on Abortion; Trump's New York Trial; Mayor Eric Adams Speaks about Protests. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban Goes in Effect; Police Clear Hamilton Hall on Columbia University Campus of Protestors; Violent Clashes Occur Overnight on UCLA Campus Involving Pro-Palestinian Encampment; Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• 200+ Arrested At Columbia After NYPD Clears Occupied Building; Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Florida's Six- Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Campuses Nationwide on Edge After Protests Turn Violent at UCLA; Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect; Weinstein in Court Today After Conviction Overturned. Aired 7-7:30a ET


April 30, 2024
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• Protests at Columbia; Trump Trial Resumes in New York; Fed Meets on Interest Rates; Trump's Angry with Lawyers. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Four Officers Killed While Serving a Warrant; Biden's Approval Rating Dips; CNN Speaks to Haitian Gang Leader. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Arizona Republicans Elect Controversial Figures to Republican National Committee; Jewish Student Participating in Pro-Palestinian Protests on Columbia University Campus Interviewed on Goals of Movement and Recent Occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University by Student Protesters; Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial Resumes in New York; Four Officers Killed While Serving Warrant. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Students Facing Suspension, Expulsion, Arrest Over Campus Protests; King Charles Resumes Royal Duties After Cancer Diagnosis; 4 Officers Killed While Serving Warrant At A North Carolina Home. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Protesters Breach Columbia Building, Barricade Themselves Inside; Soon, Trump Heads to Court for Week 3 of His New York Criminal Trial; Today, Federal Reserve Meets to Weigh Interest Rates. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


April 29, 2024
• Protesters Defy Deadline To Leave Encampment Or Be Suspended; Unrest at College Campuses Amid Israel-Hamas War Protests; State Dept: Israeli Units Committed Human Rights Violation Before October 7; Hostages Appear In Hamas Video After Over 200 Days Of Captivity. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Columbia Students Circle Encampment, Defying Suspension Threat; Police Arrest Protesters At University Of Texas At Austin; Columbia Protesters: We Will Not Be Moved By Intimidation Tactics. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Police Confront Protesters At University Of Texas Austin; Police Arrest Protesters At University Of Texas At Austin. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Columbia University Sets Deadline for Pro-Palestinian Protesters to Vacate Campus; Demonstrators at Columbia Vote to Stay Despite Facing Suspension; NYPD Intervenes as Columbia University Protesters Defy Eviction Deadline; University of Texas Experiences Growing Protests Amidst National Campus Tensions. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Columbia: Clear Encampment By 2PM Today Or Face Suspension; Nick Baum, a Jewish Student at Columbia, Discusses Pro-Palestinian Protests; CNN Speaks To Gang Leader In Lawless Haitian Territory. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Protest Over War In Gaza Sweeping U.S. Universities; Columbia: Clear Encampment By 2PM Today Or Face Suspension; Hush Money Trial Resumes Tomorrow; Gag Order Hearing Thursday. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Meets with DeSantis; Awaiting Judge's Ruling on Gag Order; Sift Debuts at Number One. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Columbia Can't Reach Agreement with Protesters; Colleges Struggle to Regain Control of Campuses; Dan Gold is Interviewed about College Campus Protests; Israel Sends Proposal to Hamas; Trump Metts with DeSantis. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Israel Presents Hamas with Proposal; Colleges Struggle to Regain Control; Neil Mehta is Interviewed about Brown University Protests; Trump Maintains Lead over Biden. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Law Enforcement Makes More Arrests on College Campuses as Pro- Palestinian Protests Continue to Grow across U.S.; Encampment Protest Grows at University of Pennsylvania; Prosecution Lays Out Banking Details of Hush Money Payments in Criminal Trial of Donald Trump; Trump's Hush Money Trial Resumes Tuesday; Arizona GOP Choose Fake Elector Hoffman for RNC Post. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Penn Students Staying Put Despite Order To End Encampment; Trump Meets With Former GOP Rival DeSantis In Miami; Global Measles Cases Nearly Doubled In One Year. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Universities Across U.S. on Edge as Pro-Palestinian Protests Grow; Blinken Says, Israel Proposal to Hamas Extraordinarily Generous; Dangerous Storms Rip Across Southern U.S. During Fourth Straight Day of Severe Weather. Aired 7-7:30a ET


April 26, 2024
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• Fourth Day of Testimony Begins in Trump Criminal Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Following Protests, Numerous People Taken into Custody, Including Two Professors, at Emory University in Georgia; Fourth Day of Criminal Trial, Trump Set to Appear in Court; Last Month, Inflation Increased More Quickly Than Anticipated; For Halting Traffic on Baltimore Bridge Just Before it Collapsed, Three Officers Received Accolades; Chinese President Xi and Secretary Blinken Met in Beijing. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Former "National Enquirer" Publisher David Pecker Cross- Examined by Donald Trump's Defense Team in Hush Money Criminal Trial; Donald Trump Suggests He May Not Take Stand in His Own Defense in Criminal Trial; Donald Trump's Presidential Campaigning Restricted by Requirement He Attend Court for Criminal Trial; Americans Divided on Fairness of Trump Prosecutions; College Protests Spread Amid Clashes with Police, More Arrest. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Americans Divided on Fairness Of Trump Prosecutions; Soon: Trump Heads Back To Court For Hush Money Trial; New York Appeals Court Overturns Weinstein's Sex Crimes Conviction. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Trump heads back to court for hush money trial; Dozens Arrested at Emory University in Georgia, Including Two Professors; U.S. Military Starts Building Pier Off of Gaza to Deliver Aid. Aired 7-7:30a ET


April 25, 2024
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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


April 24, 2024
• Tense Protests Rock Major U.S. Colleges Over Israel-Hamas War; Trump Named As Unindicted Co-Conspirator In Michigan Fake Electors Case; Arizona House Pushes Through Repeal Of Civil War-Era Abortion Ban. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Tense Protests Rock Major U.S. Colleges Over Israel-Hamas War. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Major American Colleges Rocked By Protesters Over Israel-Hamas War; Any Moment: Judge May Rule On Whether Trump Violated Gag Order; Large Protest Underway At University Of Southern California. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Supreme Court Debates Emergency Abortion Access Amid State Bans; House Speaker Mike Johnson To Address Protests; Tennessee Law Allows Teachers To Carry Guns; Significant Protests At University Of Texas; President Biden Approves Major Foreign Aid Package; Rising Anti-Semitism And Aggressive Actions On Campuses; U.S.-Israel Relations Tested By Gaza War; Hostage Crisis In Gaza. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Any Moment: Judge May Rule On Whether Trump Violated Gag Order; Video Undercuts Pentagon Account Of 2021 Afghanistan Blast; New White House Rules Mean Hassle-Free Airline Refunds. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• House Speaker Enters Protest Fight; Arizona Seeking to Repeal Civil War Abortion Law; Supreme Court Hears Abortion Case. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Speaker Johnson To Visit Columbia Amid Pro-Palestinian Protest; Soon: Supreme Court Weighs If States Can Ban Abortions In Medical Emergencies; Biden To Sign Bill That Includes Possible TikTok Ban. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Bill to Arm Teachers Passes Tennessee Legislature; Supreme Court to Hear Case About Emergency Abortion Care; Arizona House Expected to Push Through Repeal of Civil War-Era Abortion Law Today; Awaiting Judge's Ruling on Whether Trump Violated Gag Order; Negotiations Between Columbia, Student Protesters Extended 48 Hours. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Soon: Supreme Court Hears Case about Emergency Abortion Care; 2024 U.S. General Election; Election-Related Effects of Israel-Gaza Conflict in November; Pennsylvania Republican Primary Predicted to be Won by Trump; In Pennsylvania's GOP Primary, Nikki Haley Receives Over 156K Votes; Today's Testimony in Trump Criminal Trial Suspended and Will Resume Tomorrow; CNN FlashDoc Presents, "Call Me Country" Coming to Max This Friday; Airlines Will Pay Back Cash for Flight Delays, According to New Federal Rules; Tennessee Legislature Adopts Bill Arming Teachers. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Biden to Sign Bill with Crucial Foreign Aid, Possible TikTok Ban; Any Moment: Judge May Rule on Whether Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Sources: AZ House Expected To Push Through Repeal Of Civil War- Era Abortion Law Today; FTC Votes To Ban Most Noncompete Agreements; New Federal Rules To Mandate Hassle-Free Airline Refunds. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Biden to Sign Bill With Crucial Foreign Aid, Possible TikTok Ban; Negotiations Between Columbia, Student Protesters Extended 48 Hours; Soon, Supreme Court Weighs if States Can Ban Abortions in Medical Emergencies. Aired 7-7:30a ET


April 23, 2024
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• Donald Trump's Criminal Hush Money Case; Former President Trump Will Arrive Ahead of a Hearing on Whether or Not He Violated the Gag Order; Do Trump's Legal Issues Negatively Impact His Polling Numbers?; David Pecker, Former Tabloid Publisher, Will Soon Begin Testifying Again; Biden Admin Issues Privacy Rule Protecting Abortion; Trump Arrives at New York Courthouse; Voyager 1's Long Distance Call; After Five Months, NASA Reconnected with Voyager 1; Vote in Senate on Aid Package to Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Judge to Hold Hearing on Whether Donald Trump Violated Gag Order in Criminal Case Related to Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels; Former Publisher of "The National Enquirer" Testifies for Prosecution on Buying and Not Running Stories Damaging to Donald Trump before 2016 Election; Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread at Universities Nationwide; Royals Release New Photo of Prince Louis on His 6th Birthday. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• UnitedHealth Paid Ransom To Hackers, Says Patient Data Compromised; Gaza Civil Defense: 300 Bodies Found In Mass Grave At Hospital; Biden To Highlight Abortion Rights To Win Over Florida. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Day 2 of Testimony in Trump's Criminal Trial; FBI Notes, Trump Aide was Told He'd Be Pardoned in Second Term; Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread at Universities Nationwide. Aired 7-7:30a ET


April 22, 2024
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• Suspect Taken Into Custody Following an Attack at L.A. Mayor's Residence; Supreme Court to Rule Whether to Criminalize Homelessness; 2024 U.S. General Election; Vice President Harris Assumes Pivotal Position in Biden Reelection Campaign; Trump Heading Down to Lower Manhattan Where Opening Statements Are Set to Begin; Multi-Plane Near Miss at JFK Being Investigated by FAA; Liz Cheney: Supreme Court Should Rule Swiftly on Trump Immunity Claim. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Rabbi to Columbia University Students: Go Home for Passover; Opening Statements to Begin in Trial of Donald Trump for Falsifying Business Records Tied to Hush Money Payments for Stormy Daniels; Former Publisher of "The National Enquirer" David Pecker to be First Witness for Prosecution in Trump Trial. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump On Cusp Of $1 Billion Windfall From Truth Social Shares; Today: Opening Statements Begin In Trump Criminal Trial; FAA Investigating Near Miss Involving Multiple Planes At JFK. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Soon, Trump Heads to Court for Opening Statements in Criminal Trial; Rabbi to Columbia University Students, Go Home for Passover; U.S. Animation Studio's Work Found on North Korean Server. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


April 19, 2024
• Israel Struck Inside Iran Overnight; Capitol Chaos; Full Jury Panel Selected For Trump's Criminal Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET


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