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October 21, 2026


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September 21, 2026
• CNN International: Bessent Proposes A.I. Safety Notifications In Talks With China; Trump To Meet With Mayor Mamdani Ahead Of UNGA; Ceuta Residents Protest Near Spain's Border With Morocco. Aired 4:30- 5a ET
• CNN International: Trump Prepares For Diplomatic Flurry As UNGA Approaches; Iran: U.S. Plans To Resume Action In Iran With Regional Backing; Chancellor Merz's Party Losing Ground To Far-Right AFD; Italy To Ban face Coverings In Schools; Bessent Proposes A.I. Safety Notifications In Talks With China. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• White House Strips CNN from Pool Assignments, Three Media Organizations to Sue Trump Administration Following their Ban from White House; AfD Scores Another Victory in Two German States, Calls for Chancellor's Resignation Grows; DoorDash Driver in Austin, Texas Shot and Wounded by ICE Agent. Aired 3-4a ET
• Press Ban Escalates; Officials Hold Economic Talks Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit; Germany's Far-Right Surges Again; War with Iran Escalates; New Poll Shows U.S. Voters Believe Trump Hurt Economy; NYT: Trump Weighs Business Deals To Entice Putin To End War; Major Forest Fire In Colombia Spreads To Wildlife Sanctuary. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Eyes Busy Week Of Meetings As U.N. General Assembly Gathers; U.S. And China Hold Economic Talks In New York Ahead Of White House Summit; Iran Reportedly Informed That U.S. Plans To Resume Action; CNN Removed From White House TV Pool Assignment; German Elections Deal A Blow To Chancellor Friedrich Merz; Putin's United Russia Wins Tightly Controlled Wartime Election; ICE Officer Shoots And Injures Food Delivery Driver In Austin; Venezuelan DoorDash Driver Shot by ICE in Texas; Italy Expected to Ban Face Coverings in Schools; Alaskan Brown Bear Face Off in Fat Bear Week 2026. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• Iran: U.S. to Resume Action in Iran with Regional Backing; Officials Hold Economic Talks Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit; Chancellor Merz's Party Losing Ground to Far-Right AFD in Germany; Trump to Speak at UNGA This Week; Student's Murder Draws Attention to Violence Against Women in Mexico; Alaskan Brown Bears Face Off in Fat Bear Week 2026; Filmmaker George Lucas & Wife Open Art Museum in L.A. Aired 12- 1a ET


September 20, 2026
• Trump Bans CNN, MSNOW & Politico From The White House; Houthis Say They Attacked "Sensitive" Sites In Saudi Capital; Trump Vows To Create A.I. Task Force, Appoint Czar; Airline Flight Cuts Leave Few Options For Budget Travelers. Aired 5-6a ET
• Houthis Launch Fresh Strikes Against Saudi Arabia; Mixed Reactions Over Greenland Security Deal; Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House; Ed Sheeran Breaks His Silence; U.S. and China Expected to Discuss the Future of A.I.; Series of Women Killed in South Africa. Aired 4-5a ET
• Widening War; Trump's Media Ban; Ed Sheeran Apologizes. Aired 3-4a ET
• Protests in Austin, Texas, After ICE-involved Shooting; Trump Proposes 250-Foot Triumphal Arch Doubles as Military Complex; Midterm Countdown, 44 Days Until Election Day; Massive Ukraine Drone Attack Hit Moscow; Polls Close in Russian Vote with Near-Certain Outcome; Trump's Press Ban Puts TV Pool Coverage in Jeopardy; Alaska, the Last Frontier for the Senate. Aired 8-9p ET
• Protests Following Police Report ICE-Involved Shooting In Austin, Texas; Interview With Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX); Trump To Face U.N. Leaders As Iran War Continues; Florida Republican Runs Ad Distancing Self From Trump Ahead Of Midterms; Midterm Countdown: 44 Days Until Election Day; New Video Of Shooting Involving ICE Agent In Austin, Texas; Hollywood Turns Out For George Lucas' Museum Debut. Aired 7-8p ET
• Police Report ICE-involved Shooting In Austin, Texas; Trump Wants Triumphal Arch To Double As Military Complex; Trump Vows To Create "A.I. Force" And Appoint Czar; Interview With Representative Lori Trahan (D-MA); Trump To Meet With World Leaders At The U.N. General Assembly; Interview With Representative Greg Casar (D-TX); Mayor Mamdani To Meet Trump Monday Before U.N. General Assembly; Trump's Press Ban Puts TV Pool Coverage In Jeopardy; Paramount Nears Merger Settlement, Some States Not On Board; "The Detour With David Chang" Premieres Tonight. Aired 6-7p ET
• Paramount Nears Merger Settlement, But Some Key State Attorneys General Not On Board Yet; A.I. Companies Colluded To Slow Development; ICE-Involved Shooting In Austin, Texas; Record Diesel Prices Squeeze U.S. Farmers; Trump And Mamdani Meeting Ahead Of U.N. Assembly. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Proposes Triumphal Arch As Military Complex; Germany's Far-Right Win Adds Pressure On Chancellor Merz; Maine Democrats Face Fierce Competition In Race With Senator Susan Collins; Airlines Cutting Cheaper Flights Due To Rising Jet Fuel Prices; Gender-based Killings; Georgia Trash Lab; The Mother Road. Aired 4-5p ET
• Mamdani To Meet Trump Monday Ahead of U.N. General Assembly; Moscow Mayor: Several Drones Reached Moscow Area Refinery; Trump: Arch Will Double As A Military Complex With Drones, Snipers. Aired 3-4p ET
• Antitrust Suit Filed Against The Four Big A.I. Companies; Trump Says Proposed Triumphal Arch Will Double As Military Complex; Trump's U.N. Ambassador Defends WH Press Ban On CNN, MS Now And Politico; U.S.-Canada Spat Rocks Residents In Border Towns; Germany's Far-Right Party Gains Power; Gas Prices Soar Amid Intensifying War With Iran; Airlines Cutting Cheaper Flights Due To Rising Jet Fuel Prices; Mamdani To Meet With Trump Monday In New York. Aired 2-3p ET


September 19, 2026
• Trump Bans CNN, "Politico," MS NOW from the White House; U.S. and Saudi Arabia Lack Clear Plan to Defeat Houthis; Voters Cast Ballots on Second Day of Duma Elections; "Hands around the Kennedy Center" Rally; Bipartisan Push to Regulate AI Fails ahead of Key Election; Explosive Claims in New Book by Princess Diana's Brother; Nepal Rally Calls for Climate Action after Deadly Flooding. Aired 5-6a ET
• Trump Claims U.S. Reached Deal to "Control" Greenland Security; Voters Cast Ballots on Second Day of Duma Elections; Faulty AI- Assisted Intel Nearly Triggered U.S. Military Confrontation with Chinese Ship; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Faces Political Reckoning in Election; Ed Sheeran Philly Concert Controversy. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; U.S. and Saudi Arabia Lack Clear Plan to Defeat Houthis; Trump Claims U.S. Reached Deal to "Control" Greenland Security; Trump Bans CNN, "Politico," MS NOW from the White House; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Faces Political Reckoning in Election; Officials Face Baboon Crisis in South Africa. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Reporters From CNN, MS NOW And Politico Denied White House Access After Trump Ban; Stubborn Inflation, High Gas Prices Figure Into U.S. Midterms; Some GOP Candidates Keep Trump At Arm's Length Before Midterms; Trump Admin OK's Sale Of F-35 Fighter Jets To Saudi Arabia; Ed Sheeran Back For First Time Since Macklemore Cut, Others Quit; Gas Prices Rise To $4.48 A Gallon Says AAA; Former "American Idol" Contestant On Trial For Wife's Murder. Aired 7-8p ET
• White House Denies CNN Access This Morning After Trump Ban; Dems Call For Investigation Into Faulty A.I.-Assisted Intel Report; Vulnerable Republicans Are Increasingly Defying Trump. Aired 6-7p ET
• CNN, MS NOW And Politico Denied Access From White House; A.I. Intel Failure Exposes Wartime Risks; Patrick Clancy Gives First Interview Since Lindsay Clancy Trial; Holdout Clancy Juror: "Kept Getting Cut Off" In Deliberations; Political Candidates Consider Their A.I. Policies; Ed Sheeran Back For First Time Since Macklemore Cut, Others Quit; Social Media Powers This California Cat Rescue. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW And Politico From White House; Hundreds Gather To Protest Trump's Handling Of The Kennedy Sheeran; Ed Sheeran Set To Return To Stage After Macklemore Backlash; CNN, MS NOW & POLITICO Denied White House Access After Trump's Ban; Alaska Race Could Decide Which Party Controls The Senate. Aired 4-5p ET
• CNN, MS NOW, Politico Denied White House Access After Trump's Ban; Inside Congress' Years-Long Failure To Regulate A.I.; Prosecutors Reveal Affair Allegations In Flynn Murder Trial; Lone Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Speaks Out; Patrick Clancy Speaks Out After Mistrial; Trump White House Bans Major Media Outlets; F-35 Deal Between U.S. And Saudi Arabia Raises Questions Across The Middle East. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Trump Bans News Media Outlets CNN, MSNOW, And "Politico" From White House Without Citing Specific Reporting Prompting The Ban; U.S. Military Nearly Boarded Chinese Ship In Middle East Based On False Information Produced By Artificial Intelligence The Ship Was Carrying Parts Of A Nuclear Weapons Program; Thousands Gather Outside Kennedy Center Protesting Its Potential Demolition By Trump Administration; President Trump Announces His Administration To Start Recommending Smaller Doses Administered Every Six Months For Certain Childhood Vaccines; All Supporting Acts For Ed Sheeran's Concert Pull Out After Rapper Macklemore Dropped From Concert Over His Pro-Palestinian Comments; Police Officer Saves Man from Suicide. Aired 2-3p ET
• CNN, MS NOW & Politico Denied White House Access After Trump's Ban; Source: False AI Intel Report "Almost Started A War"; Google Reveals Its AI Model Hacked Three Companies; Trump Admin. To Host AI Event On Sidelines Of U.N. General Assembly; Trump Strikes Greenland Deal After Threatening Annexation; Trump Admin Approves Sale Of Stealth F-35 Fighter Jets To Saudi Arabia. German Leader Under Pressure as Far-Right AfD Party Gains Ground; Response to the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial; GOP Candidates Sideline Trump in Midterm Ads; Trump Calls for Vaccines to be Split Up. Aired 1-2p ET
• CNN, MS NOW, & Politico Denied White House Access After Trump Threat; Alaska Senate Race Could Be Key To Balance Of Power. Aired 12- 1p ET
• Just In: CNN Denied Access To White House After Trump Threat; MS NOW Denied Access To The White House This Morning After Trump Threat To Ban The Network, CNN & Politico; Vance's Midterm Message. Aired 10-11a ET
• CNN, MS NOW And Politico Denied White House Access After Trump Threat; Interview With Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA); Ed Sheeran To Resume Tour In Philadelphia. Aired 11a-12p ET


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September 14, 2026
• CNN International: Trump Visits Ireland As Gas Prices Rise Amid War With Iran; Airman Shot Down In Iran Recounts His Dramatic Rescue; South Korean Corals Worry Divers. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Ukrainian Passenger Train Struck By Russian Drones; Oman: Iran-Gulf Talks on Reopening Of Hormuz Postponed; Trump Dismisses A.I. Concerns As CEOs Call For Slowdown; Trump Shrugs Off A.I. Warnings, Citing China Competition; 129 Missing After Indonesian Ferry Capsizes In Rough Seas. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Concerns Mounting over Anthropic CEO's A.I. Slowdown; Center- Left Bloc Leads Swedish Parliament Elections as Counting of Votes Continue; German Alexander Zverev Claims U.S. Open Tennis Men's Singles Champion. Aired 3-4a ET
• Safety Concerns Intensify U.S. Political Debate Over Artificial Intelligence; Indonesian Ferry Capsizes in Rough Seas; Talks on Reopening Strait of Hormuz on Hold; A.I. Infrastructure A Key Issue For Midterm Voters; Celine Dion Makes Emotional Return To The Stage; Zverev Defeats Shelton To Claim Men's Singles Title. Aired 2-3a ET
• Political Debate Over AI Intensifies Amid Warnings About "Catastrophic Risk"; Sweden's Center-Left Takes Narrow Election Lead; Oman Says Strait of Hormuz Talks With Iran, Gulf States Postponed; Iran Reports Commercial Vessel Struck In Strait Of Hormuz; India's PM Modi Holds Bilateral Talks with World Leaders; 78th Emmy Awards. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• Trump Dismisses A.I. Concerns as CEOs Call for Slowdown; Iran- Gulf Talks on Reopening of Hormuz Postponed; 100+ Missing after Indonesian Ferry Capsizes in Rough Seas; A.I. Infrastructure a Key Issue for Midterm Voters; Zverev Wins U.S. Open Men's Singles; South Korean Corals Worry Divers. Aired 12-1a ET


September 13, 2026
• Anthropic CEO Calls For A.I. Slowdown Amid Safety Concerns; Iran Plans Meeting With Gulf States on Strait of Hormuz; Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be "Fantastic". Aired 5-6a ET
• New Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz; Anthropic CEO Sounds the Alarm; Trump Weighs in on Irish Unification; Latino Voters Rethinking Support for Trump; Mexican Workers Settle Lawsuit with Automakers; Ukraine Reports New Barrage of Russian Drone Attacks. Aired 4-5a ET
• Iran Turns to Gulf States for Talks on Hormuz; Trump Says He Would Love to See Unified Ireland; A.I. Safety Fears. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Dismisses AI Concerns As CEOs Call For Slowdown; Interview With Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA); Voters In Colorado's 8th District Split On Trump, Economy, Tone; Gas Prices Jump 45 Percent Since Iran Conflict Started; AAA: Diesel Prices Hit $6.20 A Gallon For First Time Ever; Rep. Tifany Survives Emergency Plane Landing In Lake; First Sunday Of NFL Season Kicks Off. Aired 7-8p ET
• Debate Flares As A.I. Rivals Warn Of "Catastrophic Risk"; Interview With Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL); Iran Reports Commercial Vessel Struck In Strait Of Hormuz; American Ben Shelton Loses Men's Final To Alexander Zverev; Pete Hegseth Pushed To Showcase Iran Rescue On "60 Minutes"; Democrats Trying To Prevail In State Trump Won Three Times; Driving Through Havana At Night As Blackouts Plague Cuba. Aired 6-7p ET
• Race Is On To Reign In Artificial Intelligence; Nearly 50 Days Out: Candidates Hit The Campaign Trail; Americans Sound Off On The A.I. Debate; Ukraine Warns Putin "Knocking Directly" On NATO's Doors; 78th Emmy Awards Set In Los Angeles. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says U.S. Has To Stay Ahead Of China On A.I.; Obama Urges Democrats To Put A.I. At The Center Of Their Agenda; Iranian Commercial Vessel Struck In Strait Of Hormuz; Cuba Facing Its Worst Energy Crisis In Living Memory; Strategies To Get Ready For Retirement; Ground Zero Blues Club; NFL season. Aired 4-5p ET
• Obama Urges Dems To Put AI At Center Of Their Agenda; Democrats Trying To Prevail In State Trump Won Three Times; Puerto Rico Residents Scramble For Clean Water. Aired 3-4p ET
• Recent A.I. Incidents Prompt Calls for Regulation; Congressman Injured after Emergency Landing; U.S. Diesel Prices Top $6 a Gallon for First Time Ever; Political Debate over A.I. Intensifies Amid Warnings about "Catastrophic Risk"; Trump Vows To Follow Through On $5K Checks: "I Always Keep My Pledge"; Iran: Commercial Vessel Struck In Strait Of Hormuz; Trump Speaks To Reporters During Trip To Ireland; Ben Shelton Trying To End America's U.S. Open Men's Drought. Aired 2- 3p ET


September 12, 2026
• Trump Arrives in Ireland to Meet Leaders, Attend Golf Event; Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Pipeline after Attack Causes Fires; U.S. Marks 25 Years since 9/11 Terrorist Attacks; GOP Strategy on Midterms; Putin and Modi Meet in India Ahead of BRICS Summit. Aired 5-6a ET
• Trump Arrives in Ireland to Meet Leaders, Attend Golf Event; Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Pipeline after Attack Causes Fires; Putin and Modi Meet in India Ahead of BRICS Summit; Nigerians Extradited to U.S. to Face Charges in Romance Scams; 2026 Emmy Awards. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Heads to Ireland to Meet Leaders, Attend Golf Event; U.S. Marks 25 Years Since 9/11 Terrorist Attacks; Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Pipeline after Attack Causes Fires; Putin and Modi Meet in India Ahead of BRICS Summit; GOP Strategy on Midterms; 2026 Emmy Awards. Aired 3- 4a ET
• Anthropic CEO Says A.I. Industry Must "Slow the Pace"; Trump Says He's in Favor of a United Ireland; Federal Reserve Faces Dueling Pressure over Inflation and Rate Hike; Northern U.S. Towns Fight to Preserve Deep Canadian Ties; Elena Rybakina Defeats Aryna Sabalenka; New TNT Series Revisits the U.S. Capture of Saddam Hussein. Aired 7-8p ET
• Anthropic CEO Warns: Slow Down A.I. Amid Safety Concerns; Saudi Oil Pipeline Shut Down After Attack Triggers Fires; Workers: Recruited To Georgia Auto Plants With False Promises. Aired 6-7p ET
• Anthropic CEO Says A.I. Industry Must "Slow The Pace"; Interview With Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX); Trump Says United Ireland Would Be "Fantastic"; Iran-Backed Houthis Capture Strategic Red Sea Island; Trump Vows $5k Checks If Republicans Maintain Control Of Congress; J.D. Vance Speaks At Final Night Of Republican Convention; Preserving The Memories Of 9/11 For Future Generations. Aired 5-6p ET
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• Trump Faces Question On Iran War, Economic Impact During Ireland Trip; Iran War Fuels Inflation As Gas Prices Rise; Zelenskyy Calls For NATO-Like Support After 9/11; Trump's Pick To Lead Investigations Of His Political Enemies Resigns; Widow Files Lawsuit After Miami Cargo Plane Crash; Lessons Learned 25 Years After 9/11; Latino Voters In Key Colorado District May Decide Majority In Congress; Surf's Up In The Unlikeliest Place. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Trump Travels to Ireland; Houthis in Yemen Take Key Areas along Red Sea Coast in Military Offensive; Gas Prices Rising Due to Continuing Conflicts in Middle East; President Trump Promises $5,000 Dividend to Every Adult American Citizen If Republican Party Retains Control of House of Representatives and Senate after Midterm Elections; Man Arrested in Connection to 29-Year-Old Woman Found Hanging from Tree in Jackson, Mississippi; Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Rescued at Sea from Overturned Skiff; Senate to Return to Session after Five-Week Recess; Department of Homeland Security Announces New Policy Allowing Non-Airline Passengers Access to Airport Gates; U.S. Open Tennis Tournament to Commence in Flushing Meadows, New York. Aired 2-3p ET
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


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September 07, 2026
• Republicans To Gather For Midterm Convention This Week; Former Cuban President Raul Castro Reappears At A Military Event; CNN On The Ground In Tibet After Massive Flash Floods; Trump Issues Executive Order in Effort to Strip Protections From Mexican Gray Wolves; W.H.O.: Ebola Outbreak Is Outpacing Efforts To Contain It. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• U.S. Envoys Hold "Substantive" Talks With Zelenskyy In Kyiv; Halt On Kyiv And Moscow Attacks Set To End As U.S. Talks Wrap; U.S. Pushing To Resume Trilateral Talks With Moscow And Kyiv. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Witkoff, Kushner Meet Ukrainian and Russian Leaders, Breakthrough Yet in Sight; Amazon Cargo Plane Overruns Miami Airport Runway, Five Dead and Five Injured; German Far-Right AfD Almost Made a Majority Win in the Parliament Elections Despite Historic Win in the Eastern Region. Aired 3-4a ET
• Amazon Cargo Plane Overruns Miami Runway; U.S. Envoys Hold "Substantive" Talks with Zelenskyy in Kyiv; Hawaii Braces for Hurricane Lowell; CNN Updates on Nepal-China Floods; Republicans To Gather For Midterm Convention This Week; Germany's Far-Right AFD Party Secures Historic State-Level Win; WHO: Ebola Outbreak Is Outpacing Efforts To Contain It. Aired 2-3a ET
• Far-Right AfD Scores Historic Victory In German State Election; U.S. Envoys Hold Substantive Talks With Zelenskyy In Kyiv; Iran To Establish New Restricted Zone In Persian Gulf; 5 People Killed After Amazon Cargo Plane Overruns Runway; First Ever Midterm Republican Convention Set For This Week; Fetterman Blasts Former Staffers and "Smears" after WSJ Article; Hawaii Braces as Category 3 Storm Heads toward islands; Cuba's Abandoned Nuclear Ambitions; Driverless Cars Compete in F-1 Style Race in Italy. Aired 1-2a ET
• 5 Dead After Amazon Cargo Plane Overruns Miami Runway; Witkoff Confident of 'Good Resolution' after Meetings with Russia, Ukraine; Anti-AFD Protests Held as AFD Party Takes Wins Big; Hawaii Braces as Category 3 Storm Heads Towards Islands; CNN on the Ground in Tibet after Last Week's Flash Flood; WHO: Ebola Outbreak is Outpacing Efforts to Contain It. Aired 12-1a ET
• Top Of The World; Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs Set To Take Effect. Aired 8:55-9p ET


September 06, 2026


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