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February 21, 2026

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. U.S. Supreme Court Rules President Trump's Tariffs Unconstitutional; President Trump and Vice President Vance Criticize Supreme Court Ruling against Trump Administration Tariffs; FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Investigating Talk Shows for Not Observing Equal Time Rules for Political Interviews; Members of President Trump's Cabinet Release Videos of Them Working Out; Meghan McCain Warns Republicans against Pressing Woman to have More Children as Rhetoric May Alienate Women from GOP. Aired 10-11a ET

February 19, 2026

• CNN International: Police Arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor; Trump Addresses Reps From 50+ Nations at Board of Peace Meeting; Trump Speaks at First Board of Peace Meeting; Trump Launches Board of Peace with $5B Pledged for Gaza. Aired 9:15-10a ET
• Police Arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Aired 8:17-9a ET
• Former Prince Andrew Arrested Amid Epstein Revelations. Aired 7:24-8a ET

February 14, 2026

• Attorney General Pam Bondi Clashes with Democratic Lawmakers during House Hearing on Epstein Files; Trump Supporters Express Disappointment with Attorney General Pam Bondi's Testimony During House Hearing; FBI Raids Georgia Election Office Based on Debunked Claims about 2020 Presidential Election; Some Accuse Conservatives of being Too Sensitive about Bad Bunny Performing at Super Bowl Halftime Show; President Trump Proposes Golden Arch Monument in Washington D.C. Taller than Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Aired 10-11a ET

February 11, 2026

• FBI Conducts "Extensive Search" of Nancy Guthrie's Neighborhood. Aired 11p-12a ET
• The Search For Nancy Guthrie; Person Detained in Guthrie Case, FBI Searching Home in Rio Rico. Aired 12-1a ET

February 10, 2026

• Search For Nancy Guthrie Continues. Aired 11p-12a ET

February 08, 2026

• Seahawks Get Revenge On Patriots With Super Bowl Win; Latin Superstar Bad Bunny Headlines Super Bowl Halftime Show; Bad Bunny Celebrates Puerto Rican Culture During His Halftime Show. Aired 11-12p ET

February 07, 2026

• Conservative "New York Times" Columnist Ross Douthat States President Trump has Lost American Electorate One Year into His Second Term; President Trump Calls on Republicans to Nationalize Voting in U.S.; White House Scrambles to Explain Racist Post on President Trump's Truth Social Feed; Republicans Praise Nicki Minaj for Supporting President Trump While Criticizing the Grammys for Anti- Trump Political Statements by Celebrities; Conservatives Holding Alternative Half-Time Show Featuring Kid Rock During Super Bowl in Protest over Bad Bunny Performing at NFL Half-Time Show. Aired 10-11a ET.

January 31, 2026

• Trump Administration Sends Border Czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis in Possible Shift on Immigration Enforcement Policy; Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested in Connection to Coverage of Anti-ICE Protest in Minneapolis Church; Amazon Buys Rights to Documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, Sparking Allegations of Corruption in Trump Administration; WNBA Star Breanna Stewart and Singer Bruce Springsteen Speak Out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Aired 10-11a ET

January 28, 2026

• State of Emergency: Confronting the Crisis in Minnesota - A CNN Townhall. Aired 8-9:30p

January 24, 2026

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Video Shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents Detain Five-Year-Old Boy; Son of Man Detained by ICE for Two Months Dies Due to Chronic Muscular Disease and Absence of His Father as Primary Caregiver; President Trump Backs Down on Threats to Invade Greenland after Claiming Framework for Agreement with Denmark for Increased U.S. Military Presence; Murder Rates in U.S. Show Largest Single Year Drop on Record in 2025 to Lowest Rate in More than a Century; President Trump Threatens to Sue Organizations that Release Polls Unfavorable to Him. Aired 10-11a ET

January 17, 2026

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Trump's Job Approval Plummets Nearly One Year Into Office; Trump Underwater On Economy, Deportations, Power, Foreign Policy; Majority Of Americans Call Trump's First Year A Failure. Trump Supports Iranian Protesters, But Slams Protests At Home; Trump: "May Be Forced" On Insurrection Act If Protests Continue; Trump Says United States "Shouldn't Even Have Election" At Midterms. Aired 7-8a ET

January 10, 2026

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Shoots and Kills Woman in Car in Minneapolis, Claiming Self-Defense; Minneapolis Mayor and Other Officials Tell ICE Agents to Leave Minneapolis in Wake of Shooting; President Trump Suggest Use of Military Force for U.S. to Take Over Greenland Whether Citizens of Greenland Want It or Not; Trump Administration Targeting Democratic Led U.S. States for Fraud Investigations; Vice President J.D. Vance Suggests Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Participated in State's Fraud Schemes; Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly Suggests Three Branches of U.S. Government No Longer Co-Equal. Aired 10-11a ET.

January 03, 2026

• U.S. Military Carries Out Large Scale Strikes on Venezuela and Captures Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and His Wife Cilia Flores; Venezuelan President and Wife being Brought to New York City to Stand Trial for Charges of Narco-Terrorism; Southern District of New York Releases Indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Wife for Narco-Terrorism; President Trump to Give News Conference on U.S. Operation that Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and His Wife. Aired 10-11a ET.

January 01, 2026

• 137th Rose Parade. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• CNN's coverage of the 137th Rose Parade. Aired 12-12.30p ET
• 137th Rose Parade. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• 137th Rose Parade. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New Year's Eve Live. Counting down to the Central time zone celebration with Sara Sidner and Cari Champion. New Year's Eve 2026. Aired 1-2:05a ET
• New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen; Celebrating New Year's in Texas, the Bahamas, Mississippi, Arizona, Florida. Aired 12-1a ET

December 31, 2025

December 27, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five; The Most Impactful Moments Of Trump's First Year Back In Power; Impactful Moment: Trump's First Day, From Orders To Oligarchs; Impactful Moment: Political Rhetoric Following Charlie Kirk's Death; Fascinating Trend: The North Korea- Style Cabinet Meetings. Aired 7-8a ET

December 21, 2025

• Rob Reiner In His Own Words: A Larry King Exclusive. Aired 9- 10p ET

December 20, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table For Five. Trump's Explosive Week Suggests Political Vulnerability; Trump's Name Added To Kennedy Center Despite Legal Questions; Trump's Handpicked Board Adds His Name To "Kennedy Center"; Vance: DEI Is "Deliberate" Discrimination Against White Men. Aired 7-8a ET

December 13, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Trump's Economic Message Sounding More Like Biden And Carter; Fed Chief Blames Trump's Tariffs For Elevated Inflation. Republicans Worry Trump Is Missing The Mark On Affordability; Trump Wants To Reject Immigrants From Shithole Countries; Conservatives Warn Indiana Of Punishment Over Map; Australia Begins Ban Of Social Media For Children Under 16. Aired 7-8a ET

December 06, 2025

• CNN Heroes: An All Star-Tribute. Aired 8-9 ET
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Criticized for Comments on Military Rules of Engagement after U.S. Second Strike on Boat in Caribbean May Be Classified as War Crime; FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Admits His Previously Expressed Opinion on His Podcast Driven by Financial Interests; Suspect Arrested for Planting Pipe Bombs at Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee Headquarters in 2020; President Trump's Comments on Affordability Draw Criticism in Wake of Negative Economic Indicators; Soccer Organization FIFA Awards President Trump Peace Prize; President Trump Renames U.S. Institute of Peace After Himself. Aired 10-11a ET.

November 27, 2025

• Thanksgiving in America. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Update of Shooting of Two National Guard Members; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Thanksgiving in America. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Thanksgiving in America; . Aired 10-10:30a ET
• History of NFL on Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving in America. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Update of Shooting of Two National Guard Members. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Thanksgiving in America 2025. Aired 8-8:30a ET

November 22, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Controversy over Release of Epstein Files Causing Doubt for Some in MAGA Movement about President Trump; President Trump Calls for Execution of Democratic Lawmakers for Sedition after Their Ad Calling for Military Members to Disobey Illegal Orders; New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani has Cordial Meeting with President Trump in White House; Vice President J.D. Vance Expressing Understanding for Americans Who Feel U.S. Economy Performing Poorly for Them. Aired 10-11a ET.

November 20, 2025

• The Funeral Of Vice President Dick Cheney. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• The Funeral Of Vice President Dick Cheney. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• The Funeral of Vice President Dick Cheney. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• The Funeral of Vice President Dick Cheney. Aired 11-11:30a ET

November 15, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five, Trump Orders DOJ To Probe Epstein Ties Of Foes; Allies Told Trump He Is Getting Bad Advice On Epstein; Trump's Efforts To Stop Epstein Files Vote Failing; New York Times: Trump May Roll Back Tariffs To Lower Prices; U.K. Halts Intel Sharing With U.S. Over "Illegal" Strikes; Drumbeat Louder: United States Moves Ships, Venezuelan Forces On Alert; Losing My Religion: United States Religion Decline Among World's Largest. Aired 7-8a ET

November 08, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five: Ongoing Federal Government Shutdown Negatively Affecting Food Assistance Benefits And Air Travel For Americans; Some Republicans Say Party Needs To Focus On Affordability After Losses In Recent Off-Year Elections; Federal Judge In Chicago Says A Border Patrol Agent Lied About Being Hit In Head With Rock before Deploying Teargas On Protesters; Border Patrol Agent Contradicts Video Evidence Of Him Using Force On Suspect; New Study Finds Average American's Technology Use Is Equivalent to 32-Hour Day Due To Multitasking; Musical Artist Uses Artificial Intelligence To Top Charts. Aired 10-11a ET

November 05, 2025

• Democrats Win Big On Election Night In Key Races; Californians Pass Redistricting Measure That Helps Democrats Flip Up To Five House Seats; Dems Sweep Election as Government Shutdown Hits Record 36th Day; Trump's Tariffs Face Make-or-Break Supreme Court Test. Aired 1-2a ET
• Democrats Sweep Three Major Races in New York, New Jersey and Virginia; Interview with Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA); Democrats Sweep Major Races in NYC, New Jersey, Virginia; NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani Calls out Trump in Fiery Victory Speech. Aired 12-1a ET

November 04, 2025

• CNN Covers Election Results. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Awaiting Victory Speeches In New York, New Jersey After Democrats Sweep Major Races; Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) Speaks After Winning New Jersey Governor Race; First Electoral Tests Of Trump's Second Term End In Democratic Sweep; New Yorkers Elects Zohran Mamdani; California's Prop 50 In Voters' Hands. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Projects Democrat Mikie Sherrill Elected NJ Gov; CNN Projects Zohran Mamdani Elected NYC Mayor; Democrats Sweep Three Major Races In NY, NJ, VA. Aired 9-10p ET
• Abigail Spanberger Speaks After Winning VA Gov. Race; Moments Away: Polls Close In Contentious Race For NYC Mayor. Aired 8-9p ET
• CNN Election Night 2025. Aired 7-8p ET
• CNN Election Night 2025; Now, Final Hours Of Voting In Crucial Elections In New Jersey, New York, Virginia; New CNN Exit Polls Of Key Races; Massive Flames After UPS Plan Crashes Near Louisville Airport. Aired 6-7p ET
• Final Hours Of Voting In Crucial Election In Jersey, New York And Virginia. Aired 5-6p ET

November 01, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Large U.S. Corporations Announce Layoffs as Federal Government Shutdown Continue; Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Continue SNAP Benefits While Government Remains Shut Down; President Trump Announces U.S. to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing; Tucker Carlson Criticized for Hosting Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes on His Program; President Trump's Media Company Truth Social Announces Rollout of Its New Political Betting Market Platform. Aired 10-11a ET.
• Trump Blames Dems As Millions Prepare To Lose SNAP Benefits; Pete Buttigieg Speaks To CNN; Firefighters Told To Leave Site Before Palisades Fire Exploded; Comedian Roy Wood Jr. Discusses New Book; Dodgers Beat Blue Jays 3-1 To Send World Series To Game 7; Egypt Showcases Archeological Treasures In New Museum. Aired 1-2a ET
• Dodgers Hold Off Blue Jays To Send World Series To Game 7; Judges Order Trump Administration To Fund SNAP Payments; U.S. Offers Humanitarian Aid To Cuba After Hurricane; One-On-One With Comedian, Impressionist Matt Friend. Aired 12-1a ET

October 31, 2025

• Trump Calls For Republicans To Scrap The Senate Filibuster And End The Shutdown; President Trump And The First Lady Greet White House Trick-Or-Treaters; King Charles Strips Brother Andrew Of Titles And His Mansion; Israel Confirms Identities Of Hostages' Bodies Returned By Hamas; Dana Bash Faces Quickfire Questions; Bermuda Braces for Powerful Storm; Colosseum Tunnel Used by Roman Emperors Opens to Public; Interview with Film Critic Grae Drake. Aired 1-2a ET
• Firefights Told to Leave Site Before Palisades Fire Erupted; King Charles Strips Andrew of Royal Titles & Mansion; Democratic-Led States Sue Trump Administration Over SNAP Funding; Democrats Urge Californians to Approve Redistricting Plan; Jamaica Races to Deliver Aid After Destructive Storm. Aired 12-1a ET

October 30, 2025

• Presidents Trump And Xi Wraps Up High-Stakes Trade Talks; Trump Tells Pentagon To Start Testing Nuclear Weapons "On Equal Basis" With China And Russia; Urgent Need For Aid In Caribbean After Hurricane Melissa; Trump Says "We Have a Deal" with Xi, Could Be Signed Soon; Yosemite and Other U.S. Parks Left to the Wild with Lack of Staff; Presidents Trump and Xi Wrap Up High-Stakes Trade Talks; Blue Jays Wallop Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5, Lead Series 3-2; Sean Combs Hopes for Presidential Pardon from Trump; Speculation Swirls About Next "White Lotus" Location. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Meeting with China's Xi Jinping Ends Over High Stakes Trade Talks; Jamaica Faces Long Recovery After Deadly Hurricane Melissa; Arnold Schwarzenegger on Second Chances for Former Prisoners. California, 20+ States Sue Trump Administration Over SNAP Benefits; Trump Meets with China's Xi for High-Stakes Trade Talks; Arrested Suspects Admit Involvement in Crown Jewel Heist. Aired 12-1a ET

October 29, 2025

• Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall In Jamaica As Strongest Storm To Hit The Country; Trump Set To Meet South Korean President Lee On Asia Tour; California Prop 50 Campaigns Making Final Pitches To Voters; At Least 64 Killed In Rio's Largest Police Raid On Gangs; South Korea to Gift Trump Replica of Ancient Golden Crown; CNN Confronts the Man Who Held Journalist Austin Tice Captive; Blue Jays Claim Game 4 Against Dodgers, Tying Series 2-2. Aired 1-2a ET
• Hurricane Melissa Slams Caribbean; Trump Set to Meet South Korean President Lee on Asia Tour; Interview with Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA) about Government Shutdown; California Voters to Decide on Redistricting Ballot Measure; Trump Meeting South Korean President on Asia Tour; Buttigieg and Newsom on the Democratic Party's Future. Aired 12-1a ET

October 28, 2025

• Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Lashing Jamaica, Landfall In Hours; Japanese Prime Minister Welcomes Donald Trump And "New Golden Age" Of Alliance; One-On-One With California Governor Gavin Newsom. Aired 2-3a ET
• "All There Is With Anderson Cooper" Podcast Returns Tuesday; Multi-Platinum Artist Josh Groban Preserving Student Arts; Japanese PM Welcomes Trump and "New Golden Age" of Alliance; California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Costumes, Candy and Family Fun; Dodgers and Blue Jays Go to Extra Innings in Game 3. Aired 1-2a ET
• Jamaica Braces for Landfall from Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa; Gov. Newsom Reflects on Charlie Kirk & Right-Wing Influencers; Gavin Newsom and California's Role in U.S. Politics; Japanese Prime Minister Welcomes Trump and "New Golden Age" of Alliance; No Kings Protest: Does Trump Want to Be a King? Aired 12-1a ET

October 25, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Draws Criticism for His Building New Ball Room in East Wing of White House; President Trump Claims He Does Not Need Congressional Approval to Bomb Alleged Drug Trafficking Boats in Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean; Democratic Senate Candidate in Maine Graham Platner Accused of Having Nazi Tattoo; Most Mainstream Media Outlets Refuse to Sign War Department Pledge Requiring Any Reporting to be Approved by Pentagon; Federal Investigation Uncovers Gambling Cheating Scandals Involving NBA Sports Betting and Poker. Aired 10-11a ET.

October 18, 2025

• Republicans Characterize No Kings Protests against President Trump as Anti-American; President Trump Promises Argentina $20 Billion Bailout If Trump's Preferred Candidate Wins Upcoming Election; President Trump Confirms He Authorized CIA to Conduct Covert Operations Inside Venezuela; Vice President J.D. Vance States Young Republicans Caught Using Racial and Homophobic Slurs in Group Chat are Kids that Should Not have Lives Ruined Because of It; Some American CEOs Warning U.S. Economy Heading for Recession Due to Immigration Crackdowns and Tariffs. Aired 10-11a ET.

October 15, 2025

• Shutdown America: A CNN Town Hall with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Aired 9-10:30p ET

October 11, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Comments Repeatedly that He Deserves Nobel Peace Prize; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Release Videos of Their Immigration Enforcement Activities; Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Comments in Interview that Republicans Should Negotiate Health Care Subsidies with Democrats to End Government Shutdown and that U.S. Economy is Faring Poorly; Puerto Rican Rapper and Singer Bad Bunny Draws Controversy for Stating Americans have Four Months to Learn Spanish before He Performs at Next Super Bowl. Aired 10-11a ET.

October 04, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Posts Controversial Meme about Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies Comments on Current Government Shutdown; Federal Agents Raid Chicago Apartment Building to Arrest Illegal Immigrants, and They Also Detain American Citizens, Including Zip-Tying Children; War Secretary Pete Hegseth Calls U.S. Military Leaders to Meeting to Hear New Trump Administration Policies on Armed Forces Standards and Training Practices; Trump Administration Tariffs Hurting Business of American Soybean Farmers and May Lead to Government Bailout. Aired 10-11a ET

September 27, 2025

• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey after President Trump Presses Justice Department to Pursue Prosecution; President Trump Criticized for Heated Rhetoric in Wake of Shooting at ICE Facility; Singer/Songwriter Bruce Springsteen Indicates New Party May be Needed to Replace Democratic Party Due to Its Current Unpopularity; President Trump's Speech at United Nations General Assembly Draws Criticism from International News Media. Aired 10-11a ET.

September 21, 2025

• CNN Special Event Farm Aid 40. Aired 1-2a ET
• Spooner Is Part Of The Old Muscle Shoals Gang From Alabama; Family farms Are Degrading Agriculture, As We Know It, In Rural Communities. Aired 12-1a ET

September 20, 2025

• Farm Aid Celebrates 40th Anniversary. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Farm Aid Celebrates 40th Anniversary. Aired 10-11p ET