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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Federal Judge Lifts Hold on "Buyout" Plan for Federal Workers; Interview with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); Trump and Putin to Meet, Likely in Saudi Arabia; Federal Judge Lets Trump's Buyout Plan for Federal Workers Proceed for Now; Trump Elected Chair of the Kennedy Center; Elon Musk is Concerned About Declining Fertility Rates; Senate Debates RFK Jr. Nomination, Final Vote Set for Tomorrow; Ozempic Shown to Reduce Drinking in First Trial in Alcohol-use Disorder. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus and Centerview Partners Senior Counselor Richard Haass; Interview with "The Apprentice" Oscar-Nominated Actor Jeremy Strong; Interview with Parkland Shooting Survivor and "Death by Numbers" Writer and Subject Sam Fuentes; Interview with "Death by Numbers" Director and Producer Kim A. Snyder. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Says Putin Agreed To Start Talks On Ukraine; U.S. Inflation Hits 3 Percent For First Time Since June; Trump Speaks With Reporters In The Oval Office. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Wants Dept. Of Education To Be "Closed Immediately"; Trump Speaks With Russia's Putin & Ukraine's Zelenskyy; Democrats Bash Musk In First DOGE Subcommittee Hearing; Rep. Jasmine Crockett, (D- TX), Is Interviewed About DOGE Subcommittee Hearing, Elon Musk; Trump Plan To Slash USAID Could Cost U.S. Farmers Billions. White House Bars Associated Press Over "Gulf Of America"; CNN Speaks With The Attorneys Who Managed Prisoner Swap; U.S. Hit By Most Intense Flu Season In 15 Years. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• U.S. Distances Itself from Ukraine as Trump Invites Putin; Reporter Barred from Oval Over Gulf of America Clash; FCC Opens Probe into Comcast to Root Out DEI Programs. Employee and Union Sources Say Mass Firings Have Begun at Federal Agencies; Pam Bondi Sues New York Over Sanctuary City Policies. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• American Teacher Wrongfully Detained in Russia Freed in Exchange; Musk, Trump Defend Sweeping Efforts to Reshape Federal Government; Kash Patel Accused of Ousting FBI Officials Before Being Confirmed. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Musk Touts DOGE Transparency, Downplays His Own Potential Conflicts of Interest; Poultry Farmers Take Extra Precautions Due To Bird Flu; Hegseth Expected To Push NATO, EU To Boost Support For Ukraine. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Elon Musk Takes Questions in Oval Office about Department of Government Efficiency Investigations; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) Interviewed on Lack of Transparency regarding Department of Government Efficiency Operations and Negative Effects of Ending USAID Programs. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Musk Defends DOGE Cuts; Steve Witkoff is Interviewed about the Fogel Release; Answers to Questions about the Flu; Rev. Sean Rowe is Interviewed about ICE Raids. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Inflation Jumps in January; Trump and Musk Defend DOGE; Martin De Luca is Interviewed about Fogel's Release; Rep. Pete Sessions (R- TX) is Interviewed about DOGE; Hegseth Rules Out NATO Membership for Ukraine. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• David Chiu is Interviewed about a Lawsuit against Trump; Brandt Goldstein is Interviewed about a Constitutional Crisis; Millions Brace for Another Storm. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Trump Expands Federal Powers of Elon Musk; Inflation Rising; Putin and Trump Speak. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• DOGE's Power Expands As Fed Agencies Plan For Large-Scale Layoffs; Trump Orders To Cooperate With DOGE Despite Questions About Constitutionality; Senate Confirms Gabbard As Director Of National Intelligence; Senate Votes To Advance RFK Jr's Nomination As HHS Secy; Dozens of CFPB Employees Receive Termination Notices. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Hegseth Calls Return to Pre-Invasion Ukraine Borders "Unrealistic"; Hegseth Meets With NATO Members After Ruling Out Ukraine Membership; DOGE's Power Expands as Fed Agencies Plan For Large-Scale Layoffs. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• California's State Insurer For People Without Private Coverage Needs $1 Billion More For L.A. Fire Claims; California Braces For Major Storms, Flooding, Mudslides; Report: 77 Percent Of Jews Feel Less Safe After Oct 7 Attack; Study: Ozempic Reduced Drinking In Trial For Alcohol-Use Disorder. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Putin & I Agreed Ukraine Talks Should Start Immediately; WH: Not Aware of Any Preconditions for Trump & Putin Visits; State Dept: U.S. Citizen Released from Prison in Belarus. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Family of Twin Brothers Held Hostage in Gaza Receive Signs of Life; Gabbard to be Sworn in a Director of National Intelligence; NASA Announces Possible Early Return for Astronauts Stuck in Space. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Teacher Detained in Russia Back in the U.S. After Exchange; Israeli Prime Minister Says Ceasefire Will End If Hamas Delays Hostage Release; Trump and Musk Defend DOGE and Government Overhaul; Real Impact of USAID Cuts on Thai Refugee Camp; Refugees Rely on USAID Funds for Medical Needs. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Teacher Detained In Russia Back In U.S. After "Exchange"; Israel: Ceasefire Will End If Hamas Delays Hostage Release; Trump Complains About Judges, Defending Govt. Overhaul; Trump Hosts Jordan's King Abdullah, Details Gaza Plan; Macron Rejects Trump's "Real Estate Operation" in Gaza; Paris A.I. Summit Concludes with Declaration on Priorities; Impact of USAID Cuts on Thai Refugee Camp; Astronauts Returning Home. Aired 1-2a ET
• Teacher Detained In Russia Back In U.S. After "Exchange:"; Donald Trump Demands Hamas Release All Israeli Hostages; How Donald Trump's Gaza Plan Could Complicate Ties In Middle East; Judge Blocks Limit On Research Money From Government; Impact Of USAID Cuts On Thai Refugee Camp; USAID Cuts Impact Thai Refugee Camp, Aid Groups Running Out of Funds; Pope Criticizes Trump for Mass Deportation of Migrants; Lava Shooting Out of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano; Two Stuck Astronauts May Get Home Earlier Than Expected. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump Welcomes American Teacher Detained for Three Years in Russia; Jordanian King Pushed Back Trump's Gaza Displacement Plan; Former Spanish Football Chief Testifies on Allegations on the Controversial Kiss; Lava Shoots Out Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano. Aired 3- 4a ET
• U.S. Teacher Detained in Russia Freed in Exchange; Trump, Musk Blast Bureaucracy, Defend Sweeping Cuts; How Trump's Gaza Plan Could Complicate Ties in Middle East; Trump: Ukraine May or May Not Be Russian Someday. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Marc Fogel Back in U.S. After Being Detained in Russia; Impact of USAID Cuts on Thai Refugee Camp. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Russian Citizen Released as Part of Fogel Exchange; Russia Continues to Pound Kyiv With Drones and Missiles; Trump Stands by Proposal to Take Control of Gaza; Israel Says Ceasefire Will End if Hamas Delays Hostage Release; Trump Pressures Jordan, Egypt to Accept His Gaza Proposal; Palestinians in Gaza Fearful War Could Resume; Hamas Accuses Israel of Multiple Ceasefire Violations; Federal Judge to Hear Arguments on Dismantling USAID; USAID Inspector General Fired After Criticizing Cuts; USAID Cuts Impact Thai Refugee Camp, Aid Groups Running Out of Funds; Trump and Musk Defend Overhaul of U.S. Government; U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Speaks at NATO Headquarters; Two Stuck Astronauts May Get Home Earlier Than Expected; Paul McCartney Plays a Surprise Intimate Gig in New York; Great Dane Ramses May Earn World's Tallest Dog Title. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Senate Expected To Move RFK Jr. Bid For U.S. Health Secretary Forward Today; Hegseth: Returning To Ukraine's Pre- 2014 Borders Is "Unrealistic"; Hegseth Rules Out NATO Membership For Ukraine. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Inflation Hits 3 Percent for First Time Since June 2024; Fact- Checking Elon Musk's Oval Office Claims; DOGE Subcommittee Holds Hearing Amid Efforts to Upend Government. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Stands by Gaza Takeover Plan; DOGE Holds Hearing on "The War on Waste"; Hegseth Rules Out NATO Membership for Ukraine; Trump Admin. Faces New Lawsuit. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Senate Votes on Trump Cabinet Nominees. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Worst Flu Season in 15 Years; Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence; Interview With Sen. Peter Welch (D- VT). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN International: Trump Held A Lengthy Phone Call With Putin On Wednesday; Senate Votes To Confirm Tulsi Gabbard As Intel Director; Millions In The U.S. Brace For Another Round Of Storms; AP Blocked From Oval Office For Using "Gulf Of Mexico"; OpenAI CEO Fires Back At Musk, After Rejecting $97B Offer. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Trump: Russia And Ukraine To Begin Peace Negotiation; Hegseth Rules Out Ukraine's NATO Membership; Trump Holds Call With Putin; Alexander Vinnik Exchanged For Marc Fogel; Trump To Impose Reciprocal Tariffs On Trade Partners; U.S. Inflation Accelerates; China To Help Stop Ukraine-Russia War; Senate Confirms Gabbard; Judge Lets Trump's Buyout Proceed; Associated Press Banned From White House. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• American Teacher Released From Russia, Meets With Trump; Trump: We're Going To Take Gaza, "We're Going To Cherish It"; Multiple Storms In U.S. Bring Rain, Snow, Ice; NYC's Mayor Thanks DOJ For Directing Charges To Be Dropped. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Today: Senate To Vote On Tulsi Gabbard Confirmation; Durbin Accuses FBI Director Nominee Of Purging Agency; OpenAI CEO Fires Back At Musk After Rejecting $97 Billion Offer. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Marc Fogel Released after 3.5 Years in Russia; Hegseth Meets Counterparts at NATO HQ in Brussels; Republicans Question Judiciary's Authority Over Trump. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Paul Whelan is Interviewed about the Fogel Release; Vali Nasr is Interviewed about Gaza; Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) is Interviewed about Musk and DOGE; New Task Force on Declassification of Secrets. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN International: U.S. Envoy: We don't want to Repeat Same Mistakes in Gaza; Hegseth: U.S. does not Believe NATO Membership for Ukraine is Realistic Outcome to Negotiated Settlement; Musk Blasts, Bureaucracy, Defends Sweeping DOGE Cuts; Chinese Firm DeepSeek Rattles AI Industry; Real Madrid Stun Man City 3-2 with Late Comeback. Aired 9-10a ET
• Hegseth Tells Ukraine Allies that Returning to Its Pre-2014 Borders Is Unrealistic, that NATO Membership for Ukraine is Doubtful as Part of Settlement; Russia Continues to Pound Kyiv with Drones, Missiles; Trump Hosts King of Jordan, Reiterates Gaza Takeover Plan; Impact of USAID Cuts on Thai Refugee Camp; Interview with Montenegro PM on U.S.-E.U. Relations; U.S. Inflation Heats Up; Millions in U.S. Brace for More Storms. Aired 10- 10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Gabbard Sworn In As Trump's Intel Chief, Has Pushed Pro-Russia Views; Judge Lets Trump's "Buyout" Plan Move Forward For Now; Fired Inspectors General Sue Trump Over "Illegal" Terminations; Tonight: American Released From Russian Prison Reunites With Family. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard As National Intelligence Director; Trump Spoke With Russian President Putin This Morning. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Spoke With Russian President Putin This Morning, and Then to Zelenskyy; Inflation Rising at Highest Rate Since Last June; White House Announces Release of Detained American, Three Others From Belarus; Senate Votes to Advance RFK Jr.'s Nomination as HHS Secretary. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Gabbard Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence; Musk Addresses Controversy from Oval Office; Pope Rebukes Trump on Mass Deportations. Trump Holds Talks with Putin and Zelenskyy to Begin Talks on Ending War in Ukraine; Dutch Defense Minister Says Ukraine's Battlefield Situation is Grim; Netanyahu: Ceasefire Ends if Hamas Delays Hostage Release. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Says Putin Call is Start of Ukraine Peace Talks; Trump Notches Legal Win Over "Buyout" Plan; Democrats Target Elon Musk in First DOGE Hearing; "Laura Coates Live" Presents "America Asks"; Laura Coates Interviews David Fahrenthold. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Source: Donald Trump Had A Call With Vladimir Putin; U.S. Senate Confirms Tulsi Gabbard As Intelligence Chief; Trump Hosts Jordan's King, Reiterates Gaza Takeover Plan; Musk, Trump Defend Sweeping Efforts To Reshape Federal Government; White House Bars "AP" Reporters Over "Gulf Of America" Spat; Wave Of Severe Storms Crossing The U.S.; Donald Trump And Volodymyr Zelenskyy Spoke By Phone. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Hegseth: Returning to Ukraine's Pre-2014 Borders is Unrealistic; US Treasury Secretary Meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv; Boris Johnson: Ukrainians Want to be Free. President Trump Speaks to Press in Oval Office. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Speaks Out About Putin Phone Call, Talks to End War in Ukraine; Federal Judge Let's Trump's Buyout Plan for Federal Proceed for Now; A.G. Bondi Won't Back Musk Call for Wave of Judicial Impeachments. Stocks Slide After Hotter-Than-Expected Inflation Report; GOP Hardliners Threaten Revolt Over Johnson Plan To Implement Trump Agenda. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Speaks With Russia's Putin & Ukraine's Zelenskyy; Judge Lets Trump's "Buyout" Plan Move Forward For Now; Trump Admin Suing Kathy Hochul, Letitia James Over Immigration. Aired 9-10p ET