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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Schumer Says He Will Vote Yes to Advance House GOP Funding Bill; DOGE Obscures Details on Website, Makes Errors Harder to Find; Putin Signals Openness to Ceasefire but Still has "Reservations". Trump Admin. Guts Pollution And Climate Rules In Rapid-Fire Deregulation; How Erik Prince Found Himself Back Inside Trump's Orbit; Man Allegedly Held Captive By Stepmother For More Than 20 Years Set Fire To Escape From Their Home. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Putin Responds to the Ukraine U.S. Ceasefire Proposal; More Shots fired in Trump's Global Trade War as Canada And Europe Hit Back At U.S. Tariffs.; Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil, Remains in ICE Custody Following Court Hearing in New York. Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• S&P Enters Correction Territory, Dow Slides As Trump Ramps Up Trade War; Trump Hosts NATO Chief Amid President's Criticism Of The Alliance; Sources: Senate Dems Say They Expect Shutdown To Be Averted; Trump Administration Asks Justices To Weigh In On Birthright Citizenship. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump: Putin's Response "Promising" But Incomplete; Trump: Instructed Aide To Discuss "Concepts Of Land" With Russia; Rep. Mike Turner, (R-OH), Is Interviewed About Ceasefire, Ukraine, Russia; Judge Orders W.H. To Reinstate Thousands Of Fired Employees; Trump: Economic Disruption "Won't Be Very Long"; Search For Missing College Student Enters Seventh Day; N.C. Voters Line Up To Voice Concerns At GOP Town Hall. Aired 5-6p ET
• Senate Democrats Privately Signal Willingness to Dodge Shutdown; Today, Deadline for Federal Agencies to Submit Layoff Plans; Trump Instructed Aide to Discuss Concepts of Land With Russia. Right Wing Influencers' Impact On The MAGA Movement; Powerful Storm Causes Mudslides In California; See The Moon Turn Red During Total Lunar Eclipse. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Says He's Not Going to Bend on Tariffs as Markets Tank; GOP Lawmaker Confronted Over DOGE Cuts at Town Hall; Internal Democrat Fight Erupts Over Joining GOP to Avert Shutdown. Trump Now Directs Pentagon To Draw Military plans for the Panama Canal; MAGA Accuses Rep. Waters of Fomenting Violence. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• DOGE Deadline for Fed Agencies to Submit Plans for Mass Layoffs; CNN Poll Shows Growing Concerns About Economy Since Trump Returned to White House; How Notorious Contractor Regained His Standing in Trump Admin. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• BlackRock CEO: I Heard the Economy is Weakening as We Speak; Interview with Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-KY): European Union Slaps 50 Percent Tariff on American Whiskey; TASS: U.S. Special Envoy Witkoff Arrives in Moscow; American Lucas Hunter Wrongfully Detained in Venezuela for 65 Days. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• All Eyes on Senate Democrats Amid Looming Government Shutdown; Schumer Says Senate Dems Will Block GOP Funding Bill; California Governor Newsom Hosts Steve Bannon on Podcast; DOGE Deadline for Federal Agencies to Submit Plans for Mass Layoffs; U.S. Special Envoy Witkoff is in Moscow. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Producer Prices Slowed; Chrystia Freeland is Interviewed about Tariffs; Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Administration Guts Climate Policies; Trump Threatens Tariffs on EU; Democrats to Block Funding Bill; Rubio in Canada for G- 7; Fact Checking Trump. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Skye Perryman is Interviewed about DOGE Lawsuit; DOGE Deadline for Federal Agencies; Blackrock CEO Comments on Economy; California Bracing for Storms. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Deadline Arrives For Agencies to Submit Plans For Mass Layoffs; Kremlin Casts Doubt on Trump Cease-Fire Plan. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Protest Inside Trump Tower In Support Of Activist Mahmoud Khalil; Trump Meets With Nato Secretary-General In the Oval Office. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• 98 Arrests After Activists for Khalil Storm Trump Tower; Trump Meets With NATO Chief as Putin Voices Ceasefire Reservations; Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Kursk as Trump Says Peace is Up to Russia Now; Threats of Global Trade War Knock S&P 500 Into Correction. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• White House Withdraws CDC Nominee Just Before Confirmation Hearing; Trump EPA Axes More Than a Dozen Anti-Pollution Rules; CT Woman Accused of Holding Stepson Captive for 20-Plus Years. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Him to End Birthright Citizenship; Trump Threatens Steep Tariffs on European Alcohol; Stocks Sink as Trump Threatens to Expand Global Trade War; Trump: "We Hope" Russia will Accept Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal; 98 Arrests After 120 Plus Protesters Storm Trump Tower Lobby; Schumer: Senate Dems have the Votes to Block GOP Spending Bill; Sources: Trump to Invoke Wartime Law for Mass Deportations. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Deadline Today for Agencies to Submit Plans for Mass Layoffs; Michelle Obama Launches New Podcast with Brother Craig Robinson; See the Moon Turn Red During Total Lunar Eclipse. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Russians Make Gains in Areas Along Ukraine Frontlines; Canada and E.U. Hit Back at Trump Tariffs; Former Philippines President in International Criminal Court Custody; Pennsylvania Democrats Frustrated with Lawmakers; Pope Francis Marks 12 Years Since Election. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Russia Tight-Lipped On Ceasefire Deal As U.S. Arms To Ukraine Resume; E.U., Canada Retaliate Against Trump's Tariffs As Trade War Escalates; Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil To ICE facility for now; Putin Visits Kursk To Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine; U.S. Inflation Cooled In February, But Trump's Tariff Plans And Trade War Loom; Senate Democrats Say They Will Reject GOP's Funding Bill As Shutdown Draws Near; SpaceX Crew-10 Launch Scrubbed; IDF Investigating Alleged Use of Civilians as Human Shields; Palestinian Activist Still in Detention after Court Hearing; 27 Hostages Killed, Nearly 350 Rescued after Standoff; Humpbacks Return to South Africa in a Big Way; Pope Francis Marks 12 Years Since Election. Aired 1-2a ET
• Russians Make Gains In Areas Along Ukraine Front Lines; Ukraine Agreed To United States Ceasefire Plan But Russia Has Not; United States Markets, Investors Rattled By Trump's Trade Policy. Former Philippine President Extradited To ICC; Trump Administration Guts Pollution and Climate Policies; 46 Injured as Anti-Government Protesters Clash With Police in Buenos Aires; Global Marine Expedition Discovered 866 New Species. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Putin Unsure of the Ukraine Ceasefire; Duterte Now in ICC Custody; 350 Hostages Rescued in Deadly Pakistani Train Hijack; Pope Francis Marks 12 Years of His Papacy as His Condition Remains Stable. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Meets With NATO Chief Mark Rutte In Oval Office; Trump: Putin's Ceasefire Plan Response Promising But Incomplete; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Allow Him To End Birthright Citizenship; White House Pulls Pick For CDC Director Before Hearing; Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs On E.U. Wine And Spirits; Judge Orders Fired Federal Workers Must Be Reinstated; CNN Poll: Optimism About The U.S. Economy Sags. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Putin's Reservations on 30-Day Ceasefire; Zelenskyy Calls for More Sanctions on Russia; Trump Threatens 200 percent Tariffs on E.U. Alcohol; Judge Orders Federal Workers Rehired; Trump's Deportation Push; Trump to Invoke Wartime Authority for Deportations; 10-Year-Old Held by Immigration Authorities. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Tariffs Rising as Stocks Fall; Trump Administration Looking to Privatize Federal Lands. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Musk Sets Sights on Entitlement Spending; Spending Bill in Congress; Keith Cowing is Interviewed about Friday's SpaceX Mission; Rubio in Canada for G-7. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Russia Says it has Recaptured Key Kursk Region Town; Fink: There's Nothing Wrong with a Market Pullback; Israel Maintains Blockade on Humanitarian Aid Entering Gaza; Walmart Feels the Heat in China After Reportedly Demanding Discounts to Cope with Trump's Tariffs; Real Madrid Eliminate City Rivals Atletico on Penalties. Aired 9-10a ET
• Trump's Envoy Lands In Moscow; Canada-U.S. Standoff In Focus At G7; Court Keeps Palestinian Activist In ICE Detention. Aired 10:00-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Stocks Nosedive As Trump Digs In And Threatens 200 Percent Tariff; Judge Slaps Down Trump; Michelle Obama Speaks Ou. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• New CNN Poll Shows Concerns Over U.S. Economy Growing; Trump Pledges Reciprocal Tariffs Amid Trade Tensions; Canada, E.U. Hit Back At Trump Tariffs In Escalating Trade War; Ukraine Agreed To U.S. Ceasefire Plan But Russia Has Not. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Schools Grapple with Trump Administration Crackdown on DEI Programs; 1619 Freedom School to Host Read-In for Iowa Children; Palestinian Activist Still in Detention After Court Hearing; Schumer: Democrats Prepared to Block Republican Funding Bill. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Treasury Secretary Downplays New Trump Tariff Threat; Trump Threatens New Tariffs on Alcohol from EU after EU Threatened Tariffs on American Whiskey after U.S. Slapped Tariffs on European Metals. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• EPA Guts Climate Policies In Rapid-Fire Deregulation; Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin To Reinstate Thousands Of Fired Employees; Buttigieg To Pass On Senate Bid, Signals Potential 2028 Run. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Putin's Reservations About 30-Day Ceasefire; Putin's Response "Promising" but Incomplete; Trump's Tariffs War; Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on E.U. Wine and Spirits; Return of Astronauts Delayed Again. Trump Meets with NATO Chief Mark Rutte in Oval Office; Putin Agrees in Principle with Proposal for Ukraine Ceasefire, But Sets Out Conditions. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• American Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Denver Airport; Schumer's Plan to Support GOP Funding Bill Sparks Dem Backlash; Voters Lash Out at Republican Town Hall; Trump Orders "Military Options" for the Panama Canal; Man Escapes Captivity After Allegedly Being Held for 20 Years. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Kremlin Aide: Temporary Ceasefire Would Benefit Ukraine; Putin Visits Kursk Region Amid Russian Battlefield Gains; Trump To Host NATO Chief Mark Rutte At The White House. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Hosts Mark Rutte at WH; Protesters Detained at Trump Tower; Putin Open to the Idea of a 30-Day Ceasefire; 12 Years of Pope Francis as Pontiff; Trump and Rutte Talks at White House. Aired 1-2p ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Stocks Plunge as Trump Threatens to Escalate Trade War; U.S. Distilled Spirits Council: We Want Toasts, Not Tariffs; Trump Administration Takes Aim at Environmental Regulations; U.S. Stocks Plunge as Trump Threatens to Escalate Trade War; Senate Committee Advances Bill to Regulate Stablecoins; Portugal Heads for new Elections After No Confidence Vote; Walmart Accused of Pressuring Suppliers in China to Cut Prices. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• White House Withdraws CDC Dir. Nominee Just Before Confirmation Hearing; U.S Wholesale Inflation Slowed Substantially in February; Senate Democrats Must Decide If They Will Let Government Shut Down. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• SpaceX Launch for Stranded Astronauts Postponed; Trump Speeds Up Mass Deportation Efforts; Trump Admin. Rolls Back Major Climate Policies; EPA to Gut Dozens of Key Climate Rules; V.A. Closes Office Helping Minorities Veterans. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• American Student Missing; Interview With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA); Kremlin Casts Doubt on Ukraine Cease-Fire Plan; Trump Treasury Secretary Downplays Economic Concerns; Trump Withdraws CDC Director Nominee. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Dow Drops Again; Interview With Former White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice; VA Closing Office Helping Minorities; Trump and Musk Target IRS Cuts; Interview With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump's Threat To EU: End Retaliation Or Face 200 Percent Tariff; American Airlines Plane Catches Fire At Denver Airport; Putin Says He Supports Ceasefire Plan But Has "Reservations." Aired 9-10p ET