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May 04, 2026
• Supreme Court Decision Sets Off Redistricting Scramble; Appeals Court Blocks Abortion Pill Access By Mail; Troubled Carrier Abruptly Ceased Operations This Weekend; Met Gala Returns To New York Tonight. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• President Trump Announces Mission Project Freedom; Rhetoric Between the U.S. and Cuban Governments Grows More Heated. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Hantavirus Outbreak Claims Three Lives on a Cruise Ship; New York Legislators Propose a Bill to Ban Armed Robots' Use; Cavaliers, Pistons Overcome Game 7 of the NBA Playoffs, Through to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. to Start Guiding Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz; U.S. Gas Prices Surge Again; Trump, Republicans Face Grim Polling as 2026 Midterms Approach; Three Dead in Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship; Trump: U.S. "Having Very Positive Discussions" With Iran; IDF Issues Evacuation Warnings In Lebanon Despite Ceasefire; Cuba Slams Trump's Threats To Take Over Island; New Exhibit Offers Look At Dior's Legendary Designs. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. To Start Guiding Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz; Ukraine Steps Up Attacks On Russian Energy Exports; Cuba Slams "Unprecedented" Trump Threats; Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak Kills Three on Cruise Ship; Fallout From Wave Of Armed Attacks Against Government In Mali; Fallout from Waves of Armed Attacks against Government of Mali; Fans Celebrate the Return of Korean Band BTS. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• President Trump Announces U.S. to Guide Ships Through Strait of Hormuz. Atlanta-Area High Schooler Deported Back To Honduras. Met Gala Returns To New York Monday. Aired 12-1a ET


May 03, 2026
• Trump: U.S. Will Soon Review New Peace Proposal From Iran; Trump On Iran Proposal: "Can't Imagine" It'll Be Acceptable; Residents Worried About U.S. Troop Reduction In Germany; Civil Rights Group Challenge Alabama's Move To Redraw Maps; Mifepristone Maker Asks Supreme Court To Restore Mail Access; London Exhibition Showcases The Power Of Photojournalism. Aired 5-6a ET
• Spirit Airlines Cancels All Flights, Shuts Down Operations; Report: Iran Submits 14-Point Peace Proposal to U.S.; Trump: Could Pull More Than 5,000 U.S. Troops from Germany; Demining Ukraine; Talks to Reschedule Correspondents' Dinner; Testing Drones to Stop School Shootings; Signs of Trouble for Russian Economy. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Reviewing Iran Peace Proposal; Tide Turns for Stranded Humpback Whale; History-Making Run. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Says U.S. Having "Very Positive Discussions" With Iran; Israel And Hezbollah Intensify Strikes Despite Lebanon Ceasefire; Interview With Representative James Walkinshaw (D-VA); Americans Feeling Frustrated Over High Gas Prices; U.S. To Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany; Talks Aimed At Ending Russa-Ukraine War Lose Momentum Amid U.S. War With Iran; FCC Target ABC Licenses As Trump Demands Kimmel Be Fired; Yemen's Houthis Seize U.S.-Funded Equipment After Slashing Of USAID. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. to Begin Escorting Ships Through The Strait Of Hormuz; Gas Prices Hit War-Time High; New Poll Has Trump Disapproval At Highest Level Of Either Term; Elon Musk Testifies In Battle With OpenAI's Sam Altman; Fashion's Biggest Night Kicks Off At The Met Gala 2026. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Ramp Up; Israeli Military Issues New Evacuation Warnings in Southern Lebanon; Global Fight Against Antisemitism; CNN's Harry Enten Runs the Numbers; Trump to Expand Retirement Benefits; Student Deported After Traffic Stop. Aired 5-6p ET
• Iran Says U.S. Responds To Tehran's Proposal And Reply Is Under Review; Rising Costs Fueling Stress Ahead Of Summer Travel Season; Red States Racing To Redraw Maps After Supreme Court Ruling. Demining Becomes Risky And Painstaking Job In Ukraine; Dems Divided After Platner Becomes Frontrunner In Maine Senate Race; Political Groups Compete For Influence On College Campuses; Protests Grow As Data Center Projects Spread Across U.S. Aired 4-5p ET
• Key White House Negotiator, Witkoff Tells CNN U.S. "In Conversation" With Iran; Passengers Try To Rebook, Seek Refunds After Spirit Airlines Shutdown; Tucker Carlson Discusses Breaking With Trump In New Interview. Aired 3-4p ET
• Is A.I. Vs A.I. The Future Of War; U.S. Responds To Tehran's Proposal And Reply Is Under Review; Search Underway For Missing U.S. Servicemembers In Africa; Rising Costs Fueling Stress Ahead Of Summer Travel Season; Pirro: Bullet That Hit Agent "Definitively" Fired By Suspect; Israel Issues New Evacuation Warnings In Southern Lebanon; Trump Says Iran War Has "Terminated" As War Powers Deadline Passes; No Clear Frontrunner In Closely Watched California Governor Race; How Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Got Hold Of U.S. Assets. Aired 2-3p ET


May 02, 2026
• Spirit Airlines Halts All Flights, Begins To Shut Down Operations; U.S.-Israel War with Iran; U.S. Gas Prices Jump to $4.43 a Gallon; U.S. Withdrawing 5,000 Troops From Germany; At Least 16 U.S. Military Sites Damaged by Iranian Strikes; Alabama, Tennessee Move to Redraw Maps after SCOTUS Ruling; Federal Appeals Court Blocks Access to Abortion Pill by Mail; Sports Highlights. Aired 5-6a ET
• Spirit Airlines Halts All Flights, Begins To Shut Down Operations; U.S.-Israel War with Iran; U.S. Gas Prices Jump to $4.43 a Gallon; Mexican Workers Rally for Higher Wages; Trump Pitches Economic Policies to Seniors; Trump's Third Pick for U.S. Surgeon General; Theaters Hope for Continuing Box Office Success in 2026; Derby Goers Show Off Unique Fashion Choices. Aired 4-5a ET
• Spirit Airlines Halts All Flights, Begins To Shut Down Operations; U.S.-Israel War with Iran; U.S. Withdrawing 5,000 Troops From Germany; King Charles Visits Bermuda in First British Overseas Territory Trip; Driverless Buses Testing in Swiss City of Sion. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Says He's Reviewing New Iranian Proposal To End War; Interview With Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI); Spirit Passengers Scramble After Abrupt Operational Shutdown; GOP Ends Months Long Partial Government Shutdown; Texas Start-Up Aims To Use Drones To Stop School Shooters; Momentum Builds To Reschedule White House Correspondents Dinner; "The Fastest Two Minutes In Sports" Has A Winner. Aired 7-8p ET
• Spirit Airlines Halts All Flights, Shuts Down Operation; Iran: Renewed Conflict "Possible" As Trump Rejects Latest Proposal; Trump Speaks After Rejecting Latest Peace Proposal from Iran; U.S. Gas Prices Have Surged To Their Highest Since July 2022; Gas, Oil Prices Soar With Talks To End Iran War At Standstill; America Divided On How They View the Country Right Now; Few Answers 3 Months After Nancy Guthrie Disappeared. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Casts Doubt On Iran's Latest Proposal; Pentagon: U.S. Withdrawing 5,000 Troops From Germany; Spirit Passengers Scramble After Abrupt Operational Shutdown; Trump Considers War Powers Deadline "Totally Unconstitutional"; Iran: Renewed Conflict "Possible" As Trump Rejects Latest Proposal; Fight Over Online Access To Abortion Pill Reaches Supreme Court In Emergency Appeal; UAE Withdraws From OPEC In Blow To Oil Cartel. Aired 5-6p ET
• Spirit Airlines Halts All Flights, Shuts Down Operations; Interview With Representative Marlin Stutzman (R-IN); Gas, Oil Prices Soaring While Iran Peace Talks Are Stalling; London's Jewish Community On Edge After String Of Attacks. Aired 3-4p ET
• Spirit Airlines Shutting Down; Trump Rejects Tehran's Latest Peace Proposal; Trump: It's "Treasonous" To Say U.S. Is Not Winning Iran War; Mifepristone Maker Files An Emergency Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court; New Video From Correspondents' Dinner Shooting; U.S. Pulling 5,000 American Troops Out Of Germany; U.S. War With Iran At A Standstill; 152nd Kentucky Derby. Aired 2-3p ET
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April 26, 2026
• FBI At Los Angeles Area Home Linked to Suspect in Shooting at Gala Attended by Trump; Man in Custody After Shots Fired at Gala Trump Attended; Trump Safe After Shots Fired at Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 3-4a ET
• Man In Custody After Shots Fired At Gala Trump Attended. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Safe After Shots Fired At Correspondents' Dinner; Man In Custody After Shots Fired At Gala Trump Attended. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Safe After Shots Fired At Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 12-1a ET
• President Trump, White House Correspondents' Dinner Rocked By Assassination Attempt; Iran Reopens Negotiations Concerning War And Strait of Hormuz. Royal Family To Still Visit D.C. Despite Saturday's Attack. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect To Be Arraigned Monday; 31-Year-Old Cole Tomas Allen Charged In WHCD Shooting; Source: Secret Service Fired On Suspect But Did Not Hit Him. Aired 10-11p ET
• FBI Searching Home In California Tied To Suspected Gunman; Source: Suspects Writings Indicate Anti-Trump Admin Ideology; U.S. Confronts Rising Political Violence After WHCD Attack; Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect To Be Arraigned Tomorrow; Police: Suspect Had Shotgun, Handgun And Multiple Knives; Iran's Top Diplomat To Meet With Putin As U.S. Peace Talks Stall; Some GOP Lawmakers Call For End To DHS Shutdown After Shooting; Buckingham Palace: King Charles' U.S. State Visit Will Go Ahead. Aired 9-10p ET
• FBI Going Door to Door at Shooting Suspect's California Neighborhood; Suspect's Family Told Police of Manifesto Just Before Shooting; Timeline of White House Correspondents' Dinner Attack; House Oversight Committee Asks for Secret Service Briefing; President Trump Gives First Interview Since Shooting Incident; Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect to be Arraigned Tomorrow; Trump Says If Iran Wants to Talk, They Can Call Us. Aired 8-9p ET
• Investigation Into White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Underway; FBI Searching Home In California Tied To Suspected Gunman; President Trump Reacts To Shooting Incident; Interview With Representative Michael Rulli (R-OH); Former Secret Service Agent Talks About the Investigation; Source: Suspect Identified As 31-Year-Old California Man; WHCA Boart Meeting To Assess Shooting Incident And Next Steps; Trump: If Iran Wants To Talk, They Can Call Us. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Appears On CBS 60 Minutes After Correspondents' Dinner Shooting; Investigation Underway After Shots Fired At White House Correspondents' Dinner; Shooting Renews DHS Funding Debate; FBI Searching Home In California Tied To Suspected Gunman; Suspected Correspondents' Dinner Gunman To Be Arraigned Tomorrow; Buckingham Palace Confirms King Charles' U.S. State Visit Will Go Ahead. Aired 6- 7p ET
• Gunshots Heard During White House Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 5-6p ET
• Investigation Underway After Shots Fired At White House Correspondents' Dinner; White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Senator John Fetterman (D) Interview. Aired 4-5p ET
• Source: Suspect's Writings Show Anti-Trump Administration Ideology; Sources: Suspect Identifies as 31-Years-Old California Man; Iranian Foreign Minister Meets with Mediators in Pakistan on Truce Talks. Aired 3-4p ET
• Source: Suspect's Writings Indicate Anti-Trump Administration Ideology; Investigation Underway After Shots Fired At White House Correspondents' Dinner; Buckingham Palace: King Charles' U.S. State Visit Will Go Ahead. Aired 2-3p ET
• Source: Suspect's Writing Indicate Anti-Trump Admin Ideology; Official: Correspondents' Dinner Suspect Bought Guns Legally; Correspondents' Dinner Suspect Arrested; Buckingham Palace: Security Talks Underway for King's State Visit; Top Iran Diplomat in Pakistan Meeting with Mediators. Aired 1-2p ET


April 25, 2026
• U.S. Envoys Headed to Pakistan for Fresh Iran Talks; Israeli Operations in Lebanon Draw Comparisons to Gaza; Powerful Tornado Hits Oklahoma; Appeals Court Blocks Trump's Attempt to Ban Asylum for Migrants; North Korean Defector Stages Daring Escape; Tillis Vowed to Block Trump Fed Chair Pick over Powell Probe; CBP Estimates Tariff Refunds Will Be Issued 60-90 Days after Approval; Russia Launches Huge Drone and Missile Attack on Ukraine; Hundreds Blocked at Everest Base Camp by Glacier Piece; Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars. Aired 5-6a ET
• U.S. Envoys Headed to Pakistan for Fresh Iran Talks; Israeli Operations in Lebanon Draw Comparisons to Gaza; Prince Harry Visits Ukraine, Tests Military Equipment; High Resale Prices for World Cup Tickets Draw Criticism. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Envoys Headed to Pakistan for Fresh Iran Talks; Hegseth Urges Allies to Take Larger Role in Strait of Hormuz; Deir al-Balah Set for First Election in Gaza since 2006; North Korean Defector Stages Daring Escape; Venezuela and Colombia Agree to Combat Crime at Shared Border; Powerful Tornado Hits Oklahoma. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Cancels Witkoff, Kushner Iran Peace Talk Trip; Interview With Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA); Trump To Attend His First White House Correspondents' Dinner As President. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Cancels Witkoff, Kushner Iran Peace Talks Trip; Trump: Envoy's Cancelled Trip Does Not Mean Iran Fighting To Resume; Ukraine Develops Robots To Take On Russian Infantry; Trump To Attend 1st White House Correspondents' Dinner As President; Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence For NYC Subway Bomber, Overturns ISIS "Material Support" Conviction; Roommate Charged With Killing 2 Students After Body Found In Tampa; FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy For Inherited Deafness. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Cancels Witkoff, Kushner Iran Peace Talk Trip; Trump To Attend First White House Correspondents' Dinner As President; Violent EF-4 Tornado Hits Oklahoma Ahead Of More Severe Storms; Spirit Airlines, White House Close To A $500M Bailout; Mamdani, Hochul Announce Pied-A-Terre Tax On Second Homes. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Scraps Witkoff-Kushner Trip To Pakistan For Peace Talks; Iranian Foreign Minister Said No Plans To Meet U.S. Delegation In Pakistan; Ongoing Tornado Threats For Parts Of The Central U.S.; New Details About U.S. Ship Seizures In Strait Of Hormuz; Mamdani, Hochul Announce Pied-a-Terre Tax For Wealthy Residents; Court Overturns Terrorism Conviction For NYC Subway Bomber; Trump Set To Return To The White House Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Trump Cancels Trip by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, Pakistan, for Potential Peace Talks with Iran; President Trump Answers Reporters' Questions about Cancelation of Trip to Islamabad and Potential Confirmation of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chairman; Severe Weather Threatens Parts of Midwest; Florida Man in Custody After His Roommate Found Dead and Second Student Missing; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Announces E.U. Approved $100 Billion Loan for His Country; U.S. Soldier Arrested for Using Insider Information about Operation to Capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to Win Bet on Prediction Market. Aired 2-3p ET
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April 19, 2026
• Trump On Hormuz Closure: Iran Can't Blackmail Us; NRC Chief: Lebanon Ceasefire Must Hold; Aid Is Underfunded; Police Search For Motive Behind Mass Shooting in Kyiv; Pope Leo Presides Over Holy Mass In Kilamba, Angola; Spanish Airport Serves As Refuge For Grounded Aircraft; Advocates Sound Alarm Over ICE Arrests At Courthouses. Aired 5-6a ET
• Iran: "Far from a Final Agreement with U.S." Iraq Races to Form a New Government; Thousands Try to Return Home in Lebanon; Mass Shooting in Ukraine; U.S. Army Trains for Drone Warfare; Venezuelans Rally for Machado; IRGC: Strait of Hormuz Closed; Pope Leo Set to Hold Mass in Kalimba, Angola. Aired 4-5a ET
• Iran Partially Closes Hormuz Again; Mass Shooting in Kyiv; Priest D.J. Hosts Dance Tribute to Pope Francis. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Navy Takes Custody Of Iranian Cargo Ship; U.S. Delegation Heading To Pakistan For Second Round Of Talks With Iran; Mood Inside Iran After Weeks Of War With U.S. And Israel; Town In Louisiana In Shock After Mass Shooting; Polling Shows Most Americans Unhappy With Trump On Inflation; Interview With Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN); Pope Leo Reiterates Calls For Peace In The Middle East. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Navy Fires On, Seizes Iranian-Flagged Cargo Ship; Dems Face Key Test In Virginia Redistricting Vote This Week; New Poll Shows Majority Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Iran; 8 Children, 2 Women Wounded In Louisiana Mass Shooting; Attorney Fights For Release Of Court Interpreter Detained By ICE; Police Cracking Down After "Teen Takeovers" Turn Violent. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Intercepts and Seizes Iranian-Flagged Cargo Ship; U.S. Delegation Heads to Pakistan for Possible Iran Talks; Children Dead After a Mass Shooting in Louisiana; Pope Addresses Trump Spat, Reiterates Calls for Peace; Gunman Kills Six, Injures 15 in Kyiv. Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Navy Fired On And Seized Iranian-Flagged Vessel Amid Blockade Standoff; Trump Says U.S. Delegation Heading Again To Pakistan For Iran Talks; Traffic Halts In Strait Of Hormuz Ahead Of New Round Of Iran-U.S. Talks; Deadly Mass Shooting In Louisiana; Pope Leo Draws 100,000 People To Mass In Angola; Trump Signs Executive Order Urging More Research Into Psychedelic Drug; Boston Globe Reporter Goes Viral For Her Pure Buston Accent. Aired 4-5p ET
• Traffic Halts In Strait Of Hormuz As New Round of Iran-U.S. Talks Has Yet To Happen; Police: Eight Children Killed, Two Others Wounded In Louisiana Mass Shooting; Swalwell's Exit Resets Race For Governor In California. Aired 3-4p ET
• White House: Vance, Top Officials Heading To Pakistan For Iran Talks; NY Archbishop: Pope Is Preaching Message Of Peace; Mamdani, Hochul Announces Tax On Second Homes; Police: 8 Children Killed, 2 Others Wounded In Louisiana Mass Shooting; Trump: U.S. Delegation Heads To Pakistan For New Talks With Iran; Winegrowers Fight For Domestic Grapes In Bottles. Aired 2-3p ET


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