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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Putting At Least 2,200 USAID Workers On Leave; Musk To Rehire DOGE Staffer Who Resigned Over Racist Posts; Internal Treasury Memo Warns DOGE's Access Poses An "Unprecedented Insider Threat Risk"; Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Putting At Least 2,200 USAID Workers On Leave; Houston Man Pardoned By Trump Arrested On Child Sex Charge; Freshly Pardoned Former Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Says He Wants To Run For Office; More Than 100 Million Expected To Watch Super Bowl. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Trump Appointee to the State Department Matthew Bartlett; Interview with "Anora" Oscar-Nominated Actress Mikey Madison; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer Jonathan Chait. Aired 1- 2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Asking Elon Musk To Review "Just About Everything"; Security Tightened For Super Bowl After New Year's Day Attack; New York Shuts Down Live Bird Markets After Bird Flu Detected In Poultry; North Korea Tries To Attract Tourists After Shutting Down Country For Five Years; Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Putting At Least 2,200 USAID Workers On Leave. Aired 4-5p ET
• Federal Judge Blocks Trump USAID Leave Plan; Trudeau Says Trump Threat To Annex Canada "Is A Real Thing"; Trump Says Musk will Review "Just About" Every Federal Agency. Politico: Trump Considering Blagojevich For Ambassador Post; Actress Debra Messing On Her Pro- Israel Activism; Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Putting At Least 2,200 USAID Workers On Leave. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Musk Rehires DOGE Aide Who Resigned Over Racist Posts; Trump Admits Musk's DOGE Getting Access to Sensitive Data; Trump Terminates Kennedy Center Board. A Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Plan To Put All USAID Workers On Leave; Homeland Security Secretary Noem Checks Out Operations at Guantanamo Bay. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Admin Laying Off Nearly All USAID Workers Tonight; FBI Gives DOJ Names of Employees Who Worked Jan. 6 Cases; Chiefs Aiming for Super Bowl Three-Peat Against Eagles. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Search For Missing Plane Over Alaska With 10 On Board; Indian Deportees "Shackled" During 40-Hour Flight; Trump Administration Laying Off Nearly All USAID Workers Tonight. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Potential Consequences of Closure of USAID Examined; Department of Government Efficiency Employee Resigns after Controversial Social Media Posts Surface; U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Working on Different Bills for Federal Budget; Lawmakers Push to Ban China's DeepSeek from US Government Devices; Interview with Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL). Aired 8-8:30a ET
• CNN Gets Behind-The-Scenes Look at Super Bowl Security Preps; NCAA Bans Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports After Trump Order; U.S. Economy Added 143,000 Jobs, Fewer Than Expected, To Start 2025; Super Bowl Ads Tackle Space, Advocacy and Unhinged Humor. Aired 8:30-9 am ET
• Judge Pauses Deadline For Fed Workers To Accept Trump's "Buyout" Plan; Dem Lawmakers Confront Speaker Johnson Over Musk's Government Access; FBI Gives DOJ Names Of Employees Who Worked Jan.6 Cases; Residents Trying To Recover, Rebuild After Deadly CA Wildfires; CA Utility Company Says Its Equipment May Have Sparked Hurst Fire; U.S. Economy Added 143, 000 Jobs, Fewer Than Expected To Start 2025. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• U.S. Economy Added 143,000 Jobs, Fewer Than Expected, To Start 2025; "Boy Scouts of America" Changes Name to "Scouting America" Tomorrow; Kansas City Chiefs Looking for Historic Three-Peat Super Bowl Win. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Federal Buyout Offer Paused; White House Wants Faster Pace of Migrant Arrests; Elon Musk Continues Gaining Access to Federal Government Systems. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Critics Raise Privacy Concerns As DOGE Accesses Treasury Data; Search For Missing Plane Off Alaska With 10 On Board; U.S. Economy Adds 143,000 Jobs In January, Unemployment Drops to 4 Percent; Consumer Sentiment Drops To 7-Month Low Amid Inflation Fears; Superbowl LIX Expected To Shatter Betting Records. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Sig Taken Down at USAID Headquarters; Trump Admin Laying Off Nearly All USAID Workers Tonight; Judge Pauses Deadline For Fed Workers to Accept "Buyout" Offer. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• President Trump Holds Press Conference With Japan's Prime Minister. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Critics of Doge's Methods "Don't Love Our Country"; Trump: Instructed Musk to Investigate Military, Education Dept Next; Trump: Musk Dismantling U.S. Agencies "At My Insistence"; Sign Being Removed from USAID Headquarters; DHS Secy Noem Heads to Guantanamo Bay as Trump Admin Plans to Dramatically Expand the Number of People Temporarily Housed There; Sources: WH Pressures ICE for More Migrant Arrests; Military Flying Migrants to Guantanamo Despite Legal Questions. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Military Flying Migrants to Guantanamo Despite Legal Questions; Californians Face Daunting Task of Rebuilding After Wildfires; 2 Million Workers Face Choice on Whether to Resign; Trump to Become First Sitting President to Attend Super Bowl. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Sources: Trump Administration to Axe Thousands of USAID Staff; Judge Pauses Deadline for Federal Employees 'Buyout' Plan; U.N.: 165 Female Inmates Raped, Most Killed in Prison Fire; Police: Suspected Attacker Had 4 Guns, Lived as a Recluse; Elon Musk Targets U.K. Prime Minister Over Abuse Scandal; Baltic States Cut Electricity Ties to Russia. Aired 12-1a ET
• Concerns Grow Over Elon Musk's Access To Federal Data; Musk On USAID: "Criminal Organization. Time For It To Die". Migrants Descript Prison-Like Treatment During Deportation; Mexico National Guard Patrols Border after Tariff Threat; Trump Wants to House 30,000 Criminal Migrants at U.S. Base in Cuba; DeepSeek's Meteoric Rise Fuels Concerns About Its Influence; Warmest January on Record Despite Shift to Cooling La Nina; Fallout over Offensive Tweets by Best Actress Nominee. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Administration to Dismantle USAID, Workers Fight Back; President Trump Sanctions ICC; Gaza Takeover by Trump, Arab States Reject Plan; Hundreds of Female Prisoners Raped and Burned in Congo; U.S Foreign Aid Freeze Affecting Humanitarian Crisis; Baltic States Cut Energy Ties with Russia; Syria and Turkey Defense Pact, Rebuilding Syria's Medical System; Raising Awareness Of The Amazon Rainforest Through Art; Fallout Over Offensive Tweets By Best Actress Nominee. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Labor Groups Sued Trump on Dismantling USAID; Federal Judge Stops Buyout Deadline, Hearing Set on Monday; Baltic States to Pull the Plug on the Russian Grid; Former Interpreter for Ohtani Sentenced for Stealing the Player's Money. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Administration to Axe Thousands of USAID Staff; Concerns Grow Over Elon Musk's Access to Federal Data; Rights Groups Condemn Trump Plan for U.S. Control of Gaza; Elon Musk Targets U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Over Abuse Scandal; Fighting in Goma Leaves Thousands Dead. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba to Meet with Trump; Rubio Walks Back Claim of Free Transit for U.S. Ships through Panama Canal; 5.2 Magnitude Quake Forces Evacuation in Santorini; Life-Saving Weather Warnings on the Lone Amid Buyout Offers; Fallout Over Offensive Tweets by Best Actress Nominee; Philadelphia Eagles Verses Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: USAID Workers Around the World Reeling Amid Trump Administration Cuts; U.S. Homeland Secretary Noem to Visit Guantanamo Migrant Site; Elon Musk Targets UK PM Keir Starmer Over Abuse Scandal; Israeli PM Netanyahu Calls Trump's Gaza Takeover Plan "Remarkable" and "Worth Pursuing"; Trump's New Trade Wars Could Shape Up to be Disruptive; 50 Brands Are Advertising During Sunday's Big Game. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Labor Groups Sue To Halt The Dismantling Of USAID; The Dire Impact Of USAID Funding Cuts In Africa; Judge Suspends Deadline For Federal Employee "Buyout" Plan. Aired 11a-12p ET
• U.S. Economy Added 143,000 Jobs to Start 2025; Judge Pauses Deadline for Fed Workers to Accept Buyout Offer; New CNN Reporting on the Team Behind DOGE's Government Overhaul. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• WH Pressure ICE to Pick Up Pace of Migrant Arrests; Panama President and Trump Set to Speak; Trump Continues Threats to Seize Panama Canal; Netanyahu Speaks with Mike Johnson. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Pauses Deadline For Fed Workers To Accept "Buyout" Offer; FBI Gives DOJ Names Of Employees Who Worked Jan. 6 Cases; Some California Homeowners Struggle As They Seek To Rebuild. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Super Bowl Set to Kick Off; Outrage Growing Over Elon Musk's Actions?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Hosts Japanese PM In Washington; Israel Receives Names Of Hostages To Be Released By Hamas Saturday; The Impact Of USAID Funding Cuts In Africa; Elon Musk Targets UK PM Starmer Over Abuse Scandal; Chiefs And Eagles Prep For Sunday's Big Game. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Judge Pauses Putting USAID Workers on Leave; Trump: Musk to "Review" Just About Everything"; Japan PM Meets with Trump at WH; Hamas to Release Three Israeli Hostages; Trump Revokes Biden's security clearances; Trump Freezes Aid to South Africa; North Korea Tourism; Super Bowl Commercials. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Federal Judge Pauses Trump's Deferred Resignation Offer; Lawmakers Push To Ban DeepSeek On U.S. Government Devices; Flight with 10 Passengers Missing in Western Alaska; FBI Gives DOJ Names Of Employees Who Worked January 6 Cases; Trump On Gaza: "No Soldiers By The U.S. Would Be Needed". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump On Gaza: "No Soldiers By The U.S. Would Be Needed"; House Republican Search For Plan On Trump's Agenda; USAID Expected To Shrink From 10,000 To 300 Employees. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Federal Judge Pauses Trump's Deferred Resignation Offer; House Republicans Search for Plan on Trump's Agenda; Western U.S. Storm to Move Across Country. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• NCAA Changes Transgender Policy After Trump Order; Trump's Gaza Proposal Prompts Confusion, Condemnation; Israel's Netanyahu Gifts Trump a Golden Pager. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: USAID Set to Shrink from 10,000 to Some 300 Employees Globally; Macron Speaks to Al-Sharaa, Invites Him to France; Elon Musk Targets UK PM Starmer Over Abuse Scandal; Fallout Over Offensive Tweets by Best Actress Nominee; LeBron Makes History as Oldest Player to Score 40 Plus. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Labor Groups Sue to Halt the Dismantling of USAID; The Dire Impact of USAID Funding Cuts in Africa; U.S. Sending Migrants to Guantanamo, Cuba; Trump Buyout Offer Paused; Environmental Justice on the Chopping Block; Benjamin Netanyahu Meets with Lawmakers on Capitol Hill; Chiefs and Eagles Prep for Sunday's Super Bowl LIX. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Revokes Biden Clearance; DOGE Staffer Re-Hired; Toe To Toe With Trump. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Welcomes Japanese Prime Minister To White House; World Leaders Watching Trump's Early Moves Closely; Panama Says State Department Claim About Canal Fees Are "Based on A Falsehood"; Project 2025 Co-Author Starts Job As Trump's Budget Chief; New Time Cover Depicts Musk Sitting Behind President's Desk. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Judges Will Decide Fate Of Trump's Most Contentious Moves; Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Meeting At White House; Trump Expects To Talk To Zelenskyy Next Week, Says He Wants To Discuss Security Of Ukraine's Assets Like Rare Earths. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump, Japanese PM Speak To Reporters At White House. Trump Meets with New Prime Minister of Japan Ishiba at the White House; Trump Expected to Slash 97 Percent of USAID Workforce; Democrats Push Back Against Moves to Dismantle USAID. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Musk Reinstates Controversial DOGE Aid; Judge Reinstates 500 Suspended USAID Employees; Altadena Family Struggles to Survive the Wildfires; Ledisi to Perform the Black National Anthem at Sunday's Super Bowl. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Japan's PM Ishiba Meets With Trump In Washington; Labor Groups Sue To Halt The Dismantling Of USAID; CNN Investigates How USAID Cuts Affect Programs In Africa; Hamas Reassesses Names Of Three Hostages Set For Release Saturday; Excitement Building Ahead Of Chiefs-Eagles Rematch; U.S. Sending Migrants To Military Base In Cuba; 102 Venomous Snakes Found In Australian Man's backyard; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Threatens Tariffs with Japanese Prime Minister; US Jobs Report: Employers Added 143K Jobs in January; Trump Expected to Slash 97 Percent of USAID Workforce; Trump: Europe Is Lagging Behind U.S. In Support For Ukraine; Trump Uses Tariffs, Threats In Disputes With Other Countries; Baltic States Readying To Cut Ties To Russian Power Grid. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Judge Blocks Trump from Putting Many USAID Workers on Leave Tonight; Trump Says, I Plan to Fire Some January 6 Investigators; Trump Says He is Revoking Biden's Security Clearance. Trump Says He Is Revoking Biden's Security Clearance; Eagles Standing In The Way Of Chiefs' Historic Super Bowl Three-Peat. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump: Musk's Next Targets Are Spending At The Pentagon, Education, "Just About Everything"; Japan PM Compliments Trump: "Very Sincere And Very Powerful"; Homeland Security Secy. Arrives At Guantanamo Bay. Aired 9-10p ET