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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden Announces Re-Election Bid, Saying Battle For Nation's Soul Isn't Complete; Rape Allegation Trial Against Trump Begins In New York; White House Downplays Concerns Regarding President Biden's Age; Former Producer Accuses Tucker Carlson, Fox Of Creating Hostile Work Environment; 7 Arrested For Protesting In Support Of Montana State Lawmaker Who Argued An Anti-Trans Bill; College Board To Revise AP African American Studies Course That Sparked Criticism From FL Gov. DeSantis And Other Conservatives; 60 Schools Across 33 States Teaching Pilot Version Of AP African American Studies; Singer, Actor And Activist Harry Belafonte Dead At 96. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba; Interview With Representative Justin J. Pearson (D-TN); Interview With Representative Gloria Johnson (D-TN); Interview With "The Wisdom Of The Bullfrog" Author And Retired U.S. Navy Four-Star Admiral William McRaven. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Announces Re-election Campaign: "Let's Finish The Job"; RNC Counters Biden Re-Election Bid With AI-Generated Ad; Nikki Haley Calls For "National Consensus" On Abortion; E. Jean Carroll's Battery And Defamation Trial Against Trump Begins; New Scathing Report Details Shortcomings In U.S. COVID Response. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• Biden Announces 2024 Bid; House GOP Pushes for Vote on Debt Limit. Jury Selection Begins in Trump Defamation Case; Danya Perry is Interviewed about the Trump Defamation Case. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Fox News Severs Ties with Tucker Carlson; Warships Deployed to Port Sudan; Major Flooding Along Mississippi; Closing Arguments in Proud Boys Case. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Harry Belafonte Dies at 96; Biden Officially Launches Re- Election Campaign; U.S Deploys Two Warships Towards Port Sudan. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Charges on Trump Investigation to be Decided by Fulton County DA Fani Willis This Summer; Company Related to GOP Megadonor had Business Before Supreme Court; Russia's War on Ukraine; Russian Attack on Ukrainian Museum Resulted in Two Fatalities and 10 Injuries; Russian-Occupied Region of Ukraine Sent Dozens of Children to Belarus; After Fatal Theft-Related Accident, Two Chicago Teens Given Misdemeanor Charges; Politico Reports Florida Surgeon General Altered COVID-19 Vaccine Analysis. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Biden Announces 2024 Bid; Court Arraignment for CashApp Murder Suspect. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Major Flooding Along Mississippi River As Snowpack Melts; Protest Erupts As Transgender Lawmaker Silenced In Montana; Singer, Actor, Civil Rights Activist Harry Belafonte Dies At 96. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Georgia Trump Probe Nearing Indictment Decision?; Trump Facing Battery and Defamation Trial; Shaky Sudan Cease-Fire; President Biden Announces Reelection Bid. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• McCarthy Works To Win Over GOP Holdouts On Debt Ceiling Plan As Biden Threatens Veto; "Politico": FL Surgeon General Altered COVID Vaccine Study; Five Of Six Accused In "Sweet 16" Party Killings Appear In Court; Protest Erupts As Transgender Lawmaker Silenced In Montana. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Officially Announces He's Running For Reelection; Shaky Ceasefire Holding Even As Some Gunfire Heard; Hearing On New Charges Against Navalny Expected Tomorrow. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• WH Threatens To Veto "Reckless" GOP Debt Ceiling Plan; McCarthy Opens Door To Pushing Back Debt Ceiling Vote; Closing Arguments Underway In Proud Boys Capitol Riot Case; Wrong-Place Shootings Highlight Dangers Mobile Workers Face; Study: Inflexible Work Conditions Seriously Impact Mental Health. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Biden: "MAGA Extremists" Trying To Take Away Bedrock Freedoms; Shaky Ceasefire Holding Even As Some Gunfire Heard; Opening Arguments Underway In Defamation & Battery Case Against Trump; Justice Thomas Didn't Recuse Himself From Case Tied To GOP Megadonor. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Major Flooding Along Mississippi River As Snowpack Melts; New Study Identifies Countries Likely To See More Heat Waves; Corruption Fuels Lavish Life Of Russian Minister's Family; Defense Asks Roommate In Idaho Murders To Testify In Suspect's Hearing. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Thousands Of Foreign Nationals Evacuated From Sudan; Russia's Sergey Lavrov Chairs U.N. Security Council Meeting; Fox News Severs Ties With Host Tucker Carlson; Silence Fuels Speculation of Ukrainian Counteroffensive; Corruption Fuels Lavish Life of Russian Minister's Family; 73 Bodies Recovered from Mass Graves in Kenya. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Russia's Lavrov Hosts U.N. Meeting On International Peace; Sudan Factions Agree To 72-Hour Ceasefire As Foreigners Are Evacuated; Fox News Severs Ties with Host Tucker Carlson; U.S. Government Trying to Help Americans Who Want to Evacuate Sudan; Silence Fuels Speculation of Ukrainian Counter Offensive; Corruption And Russia's Elite. Aired 1-2a ET
• Tucker Carlson Out At Fox News; CNN Parts Ways With Longtime Anchor Don Lemon; Thousands Of Foreign Nationals Evacuated From Sudan; Russia's Top Diplomat Chairs U.N. Security Council Session; Tennessee Three Lawmakers Discuss Gun Laws With Biden; Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Hired As Sheriff's Deputy. Aired 2-3a ET
• President Biden All Set for His 2024 Re-Election Bid; Sudan's Two Warring Factions Agreed to a 72-Hour Truce; Tucker Carlson Exits from Fox News. Warnings Released About Risk of Conflict Between Global Powers; Corruption fuels lavish life of Timur Ivanov's Ex-Wife; Jury Selection Continues for Death Penalty Trial in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting; Lizzo Protests Tennessee Law, Invites Drag Queens On Stage.; Copyright Case Against Ed Sheeran Scheduled To Begin Today. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Biden to Announce 2024 Presidential Bid; Georgia DA to Announce Charging Decision This Summer; Fox News Severs Ties with Host Tucker Carlson; New U.S. Says Warring Factions Agree to New Ceasefire in Sudan. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Jury Selection to Continue for Death Penalty Trial in 2018 Synagogue Shooting; Three Tennessee Lawmakers Discuss Gun Laws with Biden; Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Hired as Sheriff's Deputy; Russia's Top Diplomat Chairs U.N. Security Council Session; Israel Marks Memorial Day Amid Ongoing Political Crisis. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Three-Day Ceasefire Had Been Reached On Monday; President Biden Announces He Is Running For A Second Term; Russian FM Lavrov Chairs U.N. Security Council Meeting; Israel Marks Memorial Day Amid Ongoing Political Crisis; Report: Corruption Fuels Lavish Life Of Russian Minister's Family. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Biden Officially Announces He's Running for Reelection; Fulton County D.A. to Decide on Charges in Trump Probe This Summer; U.S. Deploying Warships, Troops to Evacuate Americans from Sudan; Jury Selection to Begin in Lawsuit Against Trump. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Ex-Louisville Cop Hired as Deputy; Melting Snowpacks Cause Flooding in Upper Midwest; Russian Official's Ex-Wife Living in France; Aaron Rodgers Goes to Jets. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Biden Officially Announces He's Running for Re-Election; Fox News Cuts Ties With Host Tucker Carlson; Ex-Louisville Cop Who Killed Breonna Taylor Hired as a Deputy. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• First Republic Bank To Slash 20-25 Percent Of Its Workforce; Asa Hutchinson To Formally Roll Out his Presidential Bid Tomorrow; Prosecutor In Closing Arguments: Proud Boys Were "Donald Trump's Army." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Biden Releases Video Announcing His Run for Reelection in 2024; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Announces She is Currently Making a Decision on Possible Indictment of Former President Trump for Election Interference. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed about Biden's Run and Sudan; Family Seeks Upgraded Charges in Chicago Crash; Study on Film Stars who Draw Audiences. Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• Fiery Opening Statements As E. Jean Carroll Battery And Defamation Trial Against Donald Trump Gets Underway; Ex-Fox News Producer Says She Has 90 Audio Recordings From Her Time At The Network; President Biden Announces Re-Election Bid, Saying Battle For Nation's Soul Isn't Complete; President Announces Reelection For 2024; Code Of Ethics In The Supreme Court; Comedian Hari Kondabolu Snubbed Then Candidate AOC. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Presses Putin Official On Possible Prisoner Swap For Americans; Kevin McCarthy Wants To Pass A Debt Limit Bill; Biden Announces Reelection Bid; Loaded Gun Found In Second Grader's Backpack; CNN Presents "On The Lookout." Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Sudan's Warring Sides Accuse Each Other of Truce Violations; Growing Condemnation of Russia at U.N. Security Council; Harry Belafonte Dead at 96; Corruption Fuels Lavish Life of Russian Minister's Family; U.S. Diplomats Leave Sudan; American Arrested with 24K Gold Handgun in Luggage. Aired 10-10:45a ET
• Warring Sides Accuse each other of Truce Violations; More Foreign Nations Evacuating Diplomats, Nationals; President Joe Biden Launches Re- election Campaign; Food, Water Running out or Gone in Khartoum State; CNN Speaks to UAE Space Agency Chair about Mars Mission; Record Breaking Heat Waves are set to Increase. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Russian TV Offers Tucker Carlson A Job, Putin Aide Slams His Ouster; Biden Announces 2024 Reelection Bid To "Finish This Job"; Trial Begins In Civil Rape Suit Against Trump Amid Other Legal Woes; Ex-Tucker Carlson Producer: I Have 90 Audio Tapes From Time At Fox; NAACP Sues Mississippi, Says Laws Single Out Black-Majority Jackson. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Soon: Biden Expected to Officially Launch Re-Election Campaign; 3-Day Ceasefire Appears to be Holding Since Midnight Monday; Today: Russian Minister Speaks After Sparring with Western Diplomats. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Israelis Remember The Fallen Amid Tensions Over Judicial Overhaul; Jury Selection Resumes In Pittsburgh's Synagogue Massacre; Is There Really A New Mortgage Tax On Those With High Credit? Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Gunfire Heard in Khartoum Despite Ceasefire Agreement; FOX News Serves Ties with Host Tucker Carlson; Bookseller Turns a Page with Huge Expansion; Swiss Bank Reports Results after Credit Suisse Merger; Dutch Startup Accelerator Visits Tech Industry in California; Commercial Spacecraft set to Land on the Moon Tuesday. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Officially Enters 2024 Contest; Biden Puts Trump At The Center Of Campaign In 2024 Message; Poll: 86 Percent Of Dem Who Don't Want Biden To Run Cite His Age; Singer, Actor, Civil Rights Activist Dies At 96; Haley Appeals To Suburban Swing Voters In Abortion Speech; North Dakota Gov Signs 6-Week Abortion Ban Into Law; Senate GOP Campaign Cmte Chair Endorses Trump; Today: E. Jean Carroll Trail Against Donald Trump Begins. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Today: Civil Battery, Defamation Trial Against Trump Begins; Fulton County DA To "Announce Charging Decisions" This Summer; Unclear If McCarthy Has The Votes For Debt Limit Bill; Rep. Gaetz Demands Stricter Work Requirement Rules For His Vote; Manchin Rips Biden, Says He "Has To Get Negotiate" With McCarthy; Biden Speaks After Launching Reelection Campaign. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S.-Saudi Arabia Broker A 72-Hour Ceasefire In Sudan; Joe Biden Officially Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid; Russian Minister's Ex-Wife Stirs Outrage With Lavish Lifestyle; North Dakota Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortions At Six Weeks; Kenya Starvation Cult Suspected After 89 Dead Found In Mass Graves; Corruption Fuels Lavish Life Of Russian Minister's Family; Prince Harry Says William Settled Phone Hacking Claims; Harry Belafonte Dead At 96. Aired 2-3p ET


Quest Means Business
• First Republic Bank Deposits Tumble By $70 Billion In Q1; US President Biden Announces He Is Running For Re-Election; More Strikes Planned Despite Laws Passing On France Pension Reforms; Biden Announces 2024 Bid; Prince Harry Says William Settled Phone Hacking Claims; World Of Wonder: Seoul. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• A Game Of Chicken: U.S. On Verge Of Default As Both Sides Dig In; Smokey Robinson On Harry Belafonte's Death: It Was A Shock; New Report: U.S. Nowhere Near Ready For Next Pandemic. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Republican Respond To Biden Launch With AI-Generated Attack; Rape Allegation Civil Trial Against Trump Begins In New York; WHO Warns Of 'Huge Risk' After Sudan Forces Occupy Bio Lab; CNN On Ukraine's Southern Front As Counteroffensive Looms; Biden Threatens To Veto "Reckless" GOP Debt Deal; Singer, Actor, Activist Harry Belafonte Dead At Age 96. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden Launches 2024 Campaign And Potential Rematch With Trump; Trial Begins In Rape Allegation Lawsuit Against Trump; Inside The War, One-On-One With The Mayor Of Kyiv; Justice Thomas Didn't Recuse Himself From Case Tied To GOP Megadonor; Race To Flee Sudan As Violence Mars U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Argentina`s Economic Crisis; Exploring Ancient Rome; Cleaning Trash from Waterways. Aired 4-4:10a ET