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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
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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
• U.S. Envoys Meet Putin in Moscow For Ukraine Talks; CNN on the Ground in Tibet After Last Week's Flash Flood; U.S. Military Strikes Three Iranian Tankers in Retaliation; Germany's Far-Right AfD Seeking Victory in State Elections. Aired 5-6a ET
• Search for Survivors in Nepal Ramps Up; U.S. Envoys Meet Putin in Moscow; U.S. Envoys to Visit Kyiv After Talks with Putin; U.S. Military Strikes Three Iranian Tankers; Category Four Storm Approaches Hawaii; U.N. Appeals for Aid After China-Nepal Flooding; Voting Underway in Key German State's Elections. Aired 4-5a ET
• Meeting In Moscow; Iran And U.S. Trade Strikes; Race to Rescue. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Amazon Cargo Plane Overshoots Miami International Runway; Hurricane Lowell Now A Category 3 Storm Heading For Hawaii; On The Ground At The Disaster Zone On China-Nepal Border; Prediction Markets Rumble Start Of College Football Season; U.S. Envoys Witkoff And Kushner In Ukraine For The First Time; Interview With Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA); New Hampshire Primary Voters Head To Polls Tuesday. Aired 7-8p ET
• Five Dead, Five Hurt After Cargo Plane Overshoots Runway in Miami; GOP Set To Gather In Dallas For Midterm Convention This Week; U.S. Set To Honor Victims 25 Years After 9/11 Attacks; Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Attacked During Campaign Event; New York School District Bans AI In The Classroom Up To 8th Grade. Aired 6-7p ET
• Amazon Cargo Plane Overshoots Miami Runway, Hitting Cars; U.S. Envoys Witkoff And Kushner In Ukraine For the First Time; Senator Fetterman Responds To Bombshell Report; Elon Musk Supports Ken Paxton; Michigan Avoids Upset On Hail Mary As Refs Return One Second To Game; Diesel Prices Hit Record High. Aired 5-6p ET
• Amazon Cargo Plane Overshoots Miami Runway, Catches Fire; U.S. Envoys Push For Peace During Visit To Russia And Ukraine; U.S. Strikes Three Iranian Tankers In Retaliation For Missile Attacks; Mom Charged In Toddler's Death Reportedly Followed The Lindsay Clancy Case; Photographer Revisits Interview He Did With CNN Shortly After 9/11. Aired 4-5p ET
• Hurricane Lowell Now A Cat 3 Storm As It takes Aim At Hawaii; Witkoff: Confident Of Good Resolution After Kyiv Talks; CNN Exclusive: Fetterman Blasts Disgruntled Staffers And Swears After WSJ Report Details Apathy Towards His Work. Aired 3-4p ET
• Witkoff: Confident Of "Good Resolution" After Kyiv Talks; Germany's Far-Right AFD Party Projected To Win Eastern State; 40 Million Under Heat Alerts Across Central, Southern U.S.; Flood Threat For Popular Southwest Parks This Weekend; Nepal-China Floods: More Than 1,350 Dead 5,000 Missing Amid Cleanup; U.N.: 84,000+ People Affected By Catastrophic Disaster; Nevada: DOJ Issued Seven Subpoenas Seeking Voter Information; Mom Charged In Toddler's Death Reportedly Followed Clancy Case. Aired 2-3p ET


September 05, 2026
• Two More Rescued from Tunnel after Devastating Floods in Nepal; Mistrial Declared in Lindsay Clancy Case as Jury Deadlocks; Russia Pummels Kyiv for Eight Straight Days; Clancy Case Sparks Wave of Social Media Conspiracy Theories; U.S. Federal Judge Puts Trump's Mail-In Voting Mandate on Hold; German Far-Right AfD Party Seeks First Win in State Election; Disruptive Passenger Zip-Tie and Duct-Taped during Flight. Aired 5-6a ET
• Mistrial Declared in Lindsay Clancy Case as Jury Deadlocks; Search Intensifies after Rescue of Two Tunnel Survivors; Russia Pummels Kyiv for Eight Straight Days; Nepali Army Says Another Person Rescued Alive; Trump Calls Iran War "Small Potatoes". Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Search Intensifies after Rescue of Two Tunnel Survivors; Russia Pummels Kyiv for Eight Straight Days; German Far-Right AfD Party Seeks First Win in State Election; U.N. Backs New Map to Correct Colonial- Era Distortions; Venus and Serena Williams Doubles Return Ends in Tie Break Loss. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Sends Jared Kushner And Steve Witkoff To Meet With Putin; Rare Glimpse Of Damage After Nepal-China Floods; U.S. Strikes Three Iranian Tankers In Retaliation For Missile Attacks; Trump Ramps Up Economic Pressure Campaign Against Iran; U.S. Economy Creates 162K Jobs In August; Trump's Projects. Aired 7-8p ET
• Kushner, Witkoff Meet With Putin In Moscow Ahead Of Ukraine Visit; NYT: Pentagon Polygraph Tests Members Of Joint Staff; Ground Zero Security Tightened For 9/11 Anniversary. Aired 6-7p ET
• Kushner, Witkoff Meet With Putin In Moscow Ahead Of Ukraine Visit; Interview With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL); Mistrial In Lindsay Clancy Case; Iranian Woman Faces Deportation To Africa; Attorney Says Detained Woman Cooperated, Has No Criminal Record; Associated Press: LSU Leaves Former Pros Off Opening Week Roster; WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert To Retire At End Of Year. Aired 5-6p ET
• Kushner, Witkoff Meet Putin In Russia For Ukraine Negotiations; Judge Declares Mistrial In Lindsay Clancy Case; Looking Into Damage On The China Border; Inside Occupied Southern Lebanon; Iranian Woman Faces Deportation To War-Torn African Country; LSU Excludes Former NFL Players From Roster Amid Litigation. Aired 3-4p ET
• Kushner, Witkoff Meeting Putin in Russia For Ukraine Negotiations; Hurricane Lowell Becomes Third Storm in Weeks to Threaten Hawaii; Musk's Political Power Play; Judge Declares Mistrial in Clancy's Triple-Murder Trial; Rethinking the World Map. Aired 2-3p ET
• Kushner, Witkoff Visit Russia With Plan To End War In Ukraine; U.S. Military: Three Iranian Tankers Struck In Persian Gulf; Two More People Rescued 10 Days After Deadly Nepal-China Floods; Kennedy Center Grand Foyer Closed After Portion Of Ceiling Collapses; Trump's D.C. Projects Move Forward Amid Legal Challenges; Top Trump Aides To Visit Ukraine After Meeting With Russia's Putin. Trump Sends Kushner, Witkoff to Meet with Putin in Russia; Iranian Woman Faces Deportation to Africa; Judge Declares Mistrial in Clancy's Triple-Murder Trial. Aired 1-2p ET
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August 31, 2026
• Kyiv Endures Fourth Straight Day Of Russian Drone Attacks; Eight Killed And 18 Missing After Ferry Capsizes Off Northern Cyprus; Iceland Rejects Restarting Talks To Join E.U.; Deliberations Continue In The Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; NASA Launches Powerful New Space Telescope; Notting Hill Carnival's 60th Year Celebrated On Family Day. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes In A Month, Escalating Conflict; CNN Granted Access To Key Island In Bab Al-Mandab Strait; 900 Plus Dead, 4,200 Plus Missing After Catastrophic Flooding. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S., Iran Trade Strikes for the First Time in a Month; Death Toll in Nepal and China's Catastrophic Flooding Breached the 900 Mark; Trump Hits NBC News' Kristen Welker to Face Rebuke or Punishment from FCC. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes; CNN Updates on Nepal-China Floods; Great Lake Name Change on Google Maps in U.S.; Trump Versus Free Press; 900+ Dead, 4,200+ Missing After Catastrophic Flooding; U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes In A Month, Escalating Conflict; Jury Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy's Murder Trial To Resume; NASA Launches Mission To Investigate Cosmic Mysteries. Aired 2-3a ET
• Iran And U.S. Trade Strikes For First Time In A Month; One Dead, Several Missing After Flash Flooding At The Grand Canyon; Death Toll In Nepal Floods Tops 900, As Number Of Missing Nearly Doubles To Over 4,200; Kyiv Endures Fourth Straight Day Of Russian Drone Attacks; At Least Eight Die, 18 Missing After Ferry Capsizes Off North Cyprus; Google Maps Now Shows Lake Ontario As Lake America After Trump Orders Name Change; Trump Praises His Tariffs, Calls Canada a Trade "Abuser"; Iceland Rejects Talks on Joining European Union; NASA's New Telescope to Study Dark Matter and Exoplanets. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes in a Month; Urgent Search Underway to Find Workers Missing in Tunnels; Trump: NBC Host Should Face 'Rebuke or Punishment' from FCC; Families of Missing North American Hikers Wait for News; NASA's New Telescope to Explore Universe's Darkest Secrets; Scottie Scheffler Captures Another FedEx Cup, Wins Championship; Netherlands Throws Annual Festival for Redheads. Aired 12-1a ET


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