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September 10, 2026
• Ex-Anthropic Staffer Warns of Coming "Extinction" By A.I.; Widow of Man Killed in Amazon Plane Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit; Battle Between LSU And SEC Appears to Cool Off. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Lindsay Clancy Juror Speaks Out; Fact-Checking Trump Convention Speech; A.I. Worries; FDNY Speaks Out on 9/11 Health Impacts; New York City Prepares For September 11 Remembrance. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• NFL Season Kicks Off; Iran Threatens to Expand Hormuz Restriction Zone; Supreme Court Rejects GOP Map in Missouri; Trump Promises Cash If Republicans Win Midterms; Trump Administration Targets Mail-In Voting. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Trump Promises $5,000 Checks if Republicans Win Midterms, Offers No Other Details; New York City Marks 25 Years Since 9/11 Attacks; Record Heat Swamps Southern California Cities. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


September 09, 2026
• "Disbelief" Over Docs Revealing Toxic Air After 9/11; How Cartels Are Using Drones As Their Eyes on the U.S. Border. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Foldable iPhone?; New Hope in Cancer Detection; Fight Over Medication Abortion in Court; Lindsay Clancy Jurors Speak Out; Outrage Grows Over Post-9/11 Air Quality Documents. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Iran Launches New Attacks; Trump to Headline Republican Midterm Convention; Republican Texas Congressional Candidate Under Fire; FDNY Speaks Out on 9/11 Air Quality Documents. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• U.S. Hits Five Iranian Tankers, Sinks One as Tensions Escalate; War, Tariffs, Affordability Weigh Heavy on Voters; Firefighters Demand Answers on Records Revealing Toxic Air After 9/11. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 08, 2026
• Canada's $20B Worth of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods in Effect; Investigators Search for Cause of Deadly Amazon Cargo Plane Crash; Update on Americans Missing in the Bahamas. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Trade War With Canada Escalates; Trump Speaks at 9/11 Commemoration Event. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Mexican Workers Sue U.S. Auto Industry; Post-9/11 Air Quality Cover-Up?; Trump Speaks at 9/11 Commemoration Event. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Canada's $20 Billion Worth of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods Now in Effect; Thieves Steal Four Paintings from French Museum in Frantic Heist; All Five People Killed in Cargo Plane Crash were in Cars on the Ground. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 07, 2026
• Families Push to Address Brain Injuries in the Coast Guard; Iran Warns South Korea Not to Help U.S. in Strait of Hormuz; Witkoff Confident of "Good Resolution" After Ukraine, Russia Talks. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Investigation Underway After Deadly Miami Cargo Plane Crash; 2 Hurt As Armed Man Charges At Ohio Dem Gubernatorial Nominee; Americans Expected To Struggle With High Gas Prices Through Fall. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Virginia Mother Faces Controversial Misdemeanor Conviction; U.S. Pushes to Hold Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Investigation Underway After Deadly Miami Cargo Plane Crash; Trump Administration Renews Appeal to Supreme Court to Redistrict Mail Voting; Hawaii Under State of Emergency as Category 3 Hurricane Nears. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 04, 2026
• Mistrial Declared in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Clancy Jury Back In Court After Tensions Flare Over Holdout; Clancy Prosecutors, Defense Return To Courtroom, Reason Unclear. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• NFL Rookies Returning to College Football?; Jeffrey Epstein Linked to Celebrity Stylist Salon?; Interview With Pete Hegseth Special Adviser Tim Parlatore. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Clancy Jury Back in Court After Tensions Flare Over Holdout; Drivers Face Highest Labor Day Gas Prices on Record; Two Men Rescued from Nepal Tunnels Nine Days After Deadly Flood. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 03, 2026
• 1,200 Plus People Dead in Nepal-China Floods; 5,000 Plus Missing; U.S. Officials: Military Escorted 40 Commercial Ships in Strait; Family Blames ICE for Son's Death. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Gloria Steinem Dies; Justice Department Threatens States to Report Undocumented Immigrants; On the Ground With Lebanese Army; Lindsay Clancy Jury Continues Deliberations. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Warning Signs in U.S. Bond Market?; Florida Removing Flock Cameras; U.S. Forces Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Trump Faces Growing Calls to Fire Defense Secretary Hegseth; Lindsay Clancy Attorney on Possible Second Trial, Bring It; Two Dead, Multiple Others Injured in Minneapolis Apartment Shooting. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


September 02, 2026
• Army Sec Dan Driscoll Submits Resignation After Tension with Hegseth; NYC Schools Limits A.I. in Classroom; PA officer Charged After Fatally Shooting College Student; Feud Over Measles Stats. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocked; Iran Launches New Strikes; U.S. Energy Secretary in Venezuela. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Nepal Rescue Efforts Continue; Pete Hegseth's Culture War; Interview With Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Iran Says, Shrapnel from U.S. Strikes Kills Toddler, Three Others; Major Medical Groups Issue Vaccine Guidance for Flu, COVID-19, RSV; Chevron Pledges to Double Its Venezuelan Oil Production. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 01, 2026
• Trump Prepares to Host Energy Companies at White House; Sources: Army Secretary Submits Resignation Amid Hegseth Tensions; Iranian President: Tehran Ready to Resume U.S. Deal; DHS Plans to Launch Voter Fraud Investigation Surge. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Families Search For Loved Ones in Nepal; Tropical Storm Threatens Texas and Louisiana; Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocked. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Changes in Meat Processing Regulations?; Interview With Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC); Massachusetts Votes; Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocked. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Trump and Oil Execs to Meet on Reducing Gas and Diesel Prices; Sources Say, Army Secretary Resigns Amid Tensions With Hegseth; Jury Begins Day Four of Deliberations in Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


August 31, 2026
• Vance Takes Reporter Questions Amid Escalating War with Iran; Trump After New Strikes: Iran Officially "A Failed Nation"; Ontario Premier Warns of "Devastating" U.S.-Canada Trade War; China's Xi Kicks Off Series of Diplomatic Visits; Lionel Messi Retiring from Argentina's National Team. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S. & Iran Trade Attacks in First Major Escalation in Weeks; Now: Jury Deliberating in Clancy Triple-Murder Trial; Casinos Gear Up For "All-Out War" Against Prediction Markets. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Some Young NFL Players Returning to College?; Trump Targets NBC Anchor; U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks in First Major Escalation in a Month; 1 Dead, 15 Feared Missing After Grand Canyon Flashflood; Jurors Resume Deliberations in Clancy Triple-Murder Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 28, 2026
• Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Staff Amid Pressure Campaign; Mail-In Voting Battle; A Sailor's Path to Medical Discharge for His Mental Health; Military Mental Health Support Under Scrutiny. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Clancy Defense: Jury Asked To See Prescription Drug Bottles & Knife; 579 Dead, 90 Americans Among 1,900 Plus Missing After Nepal Flood; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Is Interviewed About Grand Jury Finds FL "Misappropriated" Taxpayer Funds. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• FDA Approves Updated COVID Vaccines; Fed Chair Quiet on Interest Rates; Partial Lunar Eclipse. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Jury Asks Question to Judge in Lindsay Clancy Trial; This Hour, Hearing on Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order; Legal Roller Coaster Over Mail Voting Intensifies Ahead of Midterms. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 27, 2026
• "Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic Dies in Prison at 84; DOJ: Kennedy Center May Be Torn Down If Renovations Blocked; Americans Missing in Nepal Flood Disaster. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Ratko Mladic Dies; Closing Arguments Begin in Lindsay Clancy Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New Cancer Treatment; CIA Chief Visits Moscow; Interview With Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday; Meta Settles Landmark Case. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Judge Gives Jury Instructions Ahead of Closing Arguments in Clancy Trial; 350-Plus, 1,300-Plus Missing After Floods Hit Nepali- Chinese Border. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 26, 2026
• Trump Allies Celebrate Sen. Graham's Win in SC Runoff; Lindsay Clancy Trial Continues; Remembering Dolly Parton: Country Music Icon, Philanthropist. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Canada Trade War Escalates; Chinese Cyberattack?; Deadly Flash Flooding in Nepal; Remembering Dolly Parton. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Darline Graham Wins Senate Primary; Remembering Dolly Parton; Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Dozens Dead, Hundreds Missing After Flooding in Nepal, China; Remembering Dolly Parton, Country Music Icon, Philanthropist; Tariff Standoff Between U.S. and Canada Escalates. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 25, 2026
• Trump Admin Proposes $103,000 Fee for H-1B Visas; Supreme Court Allows Some Mail-In Ballot Limits; U.S. Airman Charged After Calling for Trump's Impeachment. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Wildfires Hit Texas and Nevada; Iran Threatens Trump Son?; Canada Trade War Escalates. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Backlash Grows Over Trump Beef Import Plan; Consumer Confidence Drops; Interview With Ontario, Canada, Premier Doug Ford. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Growing Bipartisan Backlash to Jeffries-Kushner Meeting; U.S.- Canada Tensions Heat Up as Trade War Escalates. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 24, 2026
• American Teacher Pleads for Husband's Release from ICE; Johnson Downplays Kushner, Jeffries Meeting Before Midterms; Family's Desperate Attempt to Save Teen Fighting Cancer. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump: 50 Percent Tariffs On Canadian Vehicles, Parts & Steel Start Jan. 1; 90K People Urged To Evacuate Reno As Wildfire Grows; Prosecutors Call Rebuttal Witnesses In Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Pentagon Fires Leaders of 'Stars and Stripes'; Trump Starting Trade War With Canada?; Hakeem Jeffries Meets With Jared Kushner. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Canada Ends U.S. Trade Talks, Will Start New Tariffs Sept. 8; Today, U.S. Expected to Announce New Iranian Sanctions; Fury Builds as Indiana Residents Struggle for 13 Days Without Power. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 21, 2026
• Frustration Grows in Indiana Amid Weeklong Power Outages; Michael Cohen Interviews Trump; Trump Admin in Midst Of Sweeping Firearm Policy Deregulation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Sources: Navy Weighs Renaming Ship Set To Honor Black War Hero; Who Is Trump's Hyper-Loyal Aide Natalie Harp? Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Price-Checking RFK Jr.'s Cooking Show; Back-to-School Sticker Shock; D.C. Grand Prix; U.S. Military Insiders Placing Bets on Polymarket?. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Questions Swirl About National Security Impact of Trump-Harp Bond; Questions Grow Over Why Trump, Cohen Reunite After Massive Rift; Video Shows Plane's Deadly Collision With Pennsylvania Police Helicopter. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 20, 2026
• GOP Gov. Candidate Rick Jackson Facing Scrutiny; Israel Opens Criminal Probe Into 2024 Killing of Girl in Gaza; WH Pressure on News Media Intensifies in Trump's Second Term. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S. Passes $40 Trillion in Debt; New Cancer Treatment?; Federal Government Investigates Eric Swalwell; Interview With Florida Gubernatorial Candidate David Jolly. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Federal Government Investigates Eric Swalwell; Interview With Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser; Prince Harry and Meghan to Move Back to U.K.; NFL Preseason Continues. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Trump Declares Economic Warfare on Iran; National Debt Hits Staggering $40 Trillion Milestone; Lindsay Clancy's Attorneys Call Witness in Murder Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 19, 2026
• Sources: Trump Expected to Pick Dr. Heidi Overton to Lead FDA; Trump Speaks After Delaying 50 Percent Tariffs on Some Canadian Goods; Baby at Center of Surrogacy Fight Has Heart Surgery. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Kentucky Farmer Turns Down Millions From Data Center Company; America Votes. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• ICE Detains San Diego Padres Staffer; Trump Postpones Canada Tariffs; Nolan Wells Death Investigation Continues; Defense Calls Witnesses in Lindsay Clancy Trial. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Democratic Socialists Celebrate Win in Florida Senate Primary; Feud Between White House, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) Escalates; Trump Tries a New Approach in Iran War, Disengage. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 18, 2026
• More Witnesses to Testify on Day Two of Tupac Murder Trial; Lindsay Clancy's Attorneys Call Witnesses in Murder Trial; Ukraine Launching Another Drone Attack Inside Moscow. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Tupac Shakur Trial Continues; Interview With Gov. Josh Green (D-HI); Interview With Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY). Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Lakers Family Feud; Border Construction Project Paused; Iran Makes New Demands. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Today, Critical Primary Races in Florida, Alaska, Wyoming; Historic Indiana Flooding Forces Hundreds from Their Homes; Trial Underway in Targeted Ambush of Microsoft Executive. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 17, 2026
• Kushner Met with Netanyahu to Save Gaza Peace Plan; Trump Suggests Economic Pressure Key Part of Iran Strategy; Sources: Trump's PAC to Help Boost Vulnerable Republicans; Trump Orders U.S. to Scale Back Drills with Ally S. Korea. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Blanche: DOJ Will Not "Pledge" Independence From Pres. Trump; New British Pm Communicated With Someone Pretending To Be White House Chief Of Staff; Soon: Opening Statements Begin In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Jared Kushner Meets With Benjamin Netanyahu; Interview With Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN); Concerns Grow Over Long Military Deployments. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Trump Says, U.S. Will Bomb the Sh*t Out of Oman if They Interfere With Reopening Strait of Hormuz; Tropical Storm Lala Leaves Widespread Damage in Hawaii; . Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 14, 2026
• Mangione Confirms He's Prepared to Plead Guilty; Mangione Pleads Guilty on Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Luigi Mangione Is Prepared To Plead Guilty In Federal Case. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Lindsay Clancy Trial Continues; Concerns Grow Over Long Military Deployments; Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Luigi Mangione Could Plead Guilty in Federal Case as Soon as Today; Catastrophic Floodwater Pours into Indiana Homes and Businesses; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in White House Ballroom Battle. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 13, 2026
• Source: Several Close Aides Joined Trump on Secret Flight; Investigation Underway After Army Apache Crash Kills Two Pilots; Growing Questions on President Trump's Health. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Karoline Leavitt Leaving White House; Mental Health Burdens of Extended Military Deployments?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Flock Founder and CEO Garrett Langley; Luigi Mangione in Plea Negotiations?; Lindsay Clancy Breaks Down in Court. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Double Escort, Warplanes Protected the President and Decoy Plane; ICE Officer Points Gun at Woman Who Shouted at Them; After Catastrophic Flooding, More Storms Target Midwest Today. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


August 12, 2026
• Arkansas Woman Files Civil Rights Complaint After Violent Arrest; Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial Resumes; Lindsay Clancy Trial Sheds Light on Postpartum Psychosis; Rare Total Eclipse to Dazzle Millions. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Video Shows Arkansas State Trooper Punching Woman During Arrest; Republican Congressman Max Miller Facing New Scrutiny; Los Angeles Lakers Sold; Moderate Wins Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary; ICE Using Electric Gloves. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI); Solar Spectacle; Protests in Big Bend National Park. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Establishment Strikes Back in Wisconsin Governor Democratic Primary; Source Says, Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat Prompted Trump Plane Ruse; Deadly, Relentless Storms Batter Midwest and Ohio Valley. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 11, 2026
• Taylor Farms Recalls Jalapeno Products Due to Salmonella Risk; CNN Finds Taylor Farms Deflects Blame When Linked to Outbreaks; Transgender Athlete Debate. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Luigi Mangione in Court; Russia Releases American Prisoner; Republican Election Deniers Running in Primaries; Voters Head to Polls. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Birth Order Linked to Health Risks?; Primary Election Day; Trump Engaged in Ruse Due to Iran Threat?. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Race to Find Survivors After Devastating Colombia Earthquake; Trump Switched Planes in Elaborate Ruse Because of Iran Threat; Trump's Order Reshaping Child Vaccine Requirements Sparks Concern. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 10, 2026
• Pentagon Pushes Defense Industry to Boost Weapons Production; Meta Announces Powerful New Open Source A.I. Model; Families, Providers Grapple With "Beyond Expensive" Childcare. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• 7.4 Earthquake Hits Colombia, Reports Of People Trapped; Now: RFK Jr. Hosts "Major Food Policy Celebration". Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New WNBA Record; Psychiatrist Takes Stand in Lindsay Clancy Trial; President Biden's Cancer Progressing?. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Iran Issues Demands for U.S. Before Reopening Strait of Hormuz; Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Plan, Demands Hamas Disarm First; Key Deadline Passes for Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) to Drop Out of Race. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 07, 2026
• "Godfather of A.I." Warns of More Rogue Agents; Meta Must Pay $500M Plus into Child Mental Health Fund; NM Officials, Justice Department Clash Over Epstein Ranch Probe. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Sen. Cassidy Supports Blanche For AG, Clearing Path To Approval; Appeals Court Halts WH Ballroom Project, Says It's Unlawful; Trump Tries New Exec. Order To Limit Birthright Citizenship. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Protection Ends For Haitian TPS Holders; Republicans Set to Confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Visits CDC. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• U.S. Economy Lost 23,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Down to 4.1 Percent; Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to Oppose Todd Blanche's Nomination as A.G.; Trump Tries New Executive Order to Limit Birthright Citizenship. Aired 10-10:30a ET


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