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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Judge Rules DOGE's USAID Dismantling Likely Violates the Constitution; Judge Who Trump Says Should be Impeached Gives DOJ Another Deadline for Details on Deportation Flights; Pentagon Removed Webpage On Iwo Jima Flag-Raiser Ira Hayes As Trump Administration Cracks Down On DEI; Astronauts Splash Down After 9 Plus Months In Space; Astronauts Return To Earth, How 9 Plus Months In Space Impacts Their Health. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Spokesperson Olga Cherevko; Interview with Ukrainian Member of Parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko; Interview with Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris; Interview with "Abundance" Co-Author and The Atlantic Staff Writer Derek Thompson; Interview with "Abundance" Co-Author, The New York Times Opinion Columnist and "The Ezra Klein Show" Host Ezra Klein. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Judge Orders DOJ To Provide Details Under Seal About Deportations Carried Out Under Alien Enemies Act; Chief Justice Issues Rare Public Pushback As Trump Attacks Judge; Trump: Call With Putin "Very Good And Productive"; Soon: Re-Entry Phase For Starliner Astronauts' Return. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Astronauts Splashdown After Nine Months In Space; Chief Justice Rebukes Trump's Rhetoric On Impeaching Judge; Putin Agrees To Pause Attack On Some Ukraine Targets. Aired 5-6p ET
• Astronauts Splash Down After Nine-Month Stay in Space; Any Moment, Crew Emerges From SpaceX Capsule; Butch Wilmore & Suni Williams Return From Nine-Month Stay In Space. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Calls Judge Who Ruled Against Him Lunatic And Rogue; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump Over Judge Attacks; Putin Offers Trump Few Compromises In Ukraine Call; Elon Musk Lives Through His Version Of Groundhog Day; Sen. Schumer Questioned On Siding With GOP. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Israel Strikes Gaza, Shattering Fragile Ceasefire With Hamas; NASA Astronauts Finally Returning to Earth After Nine Months in Space; Judge Demands Answers by Noon from Trump Admin on Migrant Flights. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump to Speak with Putin About Potential Ceasefire with Ukraine; Israel Strikes Gaza, Shattering Fragile Ceasefire with Hamas; Trump's Tariff Problem: He Might Need Years for His Plan to Work; Judge Demands Answers by Noon from Trump Administration on Migrant Flights; Behind the Scenes in the Prison at Center of Trump Deportations. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump to Speak with Putin About Potential Ceasefire in Ukraine; Israel Strikes Gaza, Shattering Fragile Ceasefire with Hamas; Judge Demands Answers by Noon from Trump Administration on Migrant Flights; Parents of Missing Student Ask Dominican Government to Declare Her Dead. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) is Interviewed about the Deportation Showdown; Probationary Workers Being Reinstated; Baseball Begins in Japan Today; Healthiest Oils to Cook With. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump and Putin to Speak About a Ceasefire; NASA Astronauts Return to Earth. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Katie Porter is Interviewed about Running for Governor; Larry Summers is Interviewed about Tariffs; Leslie Bibb is Interviewed about "The White Lotus." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Supreme Court Chief Justice Issues Statement; Israel Launches New Strikes in Gaza; Putin and Trump Speak. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Federal Probationary Workers Reinstated But Put on Paid Leave; Treasury Dept. Promotes Hunter Biden IRS Whistleblowers; White House Say Putin Agreed To "Energy And Infrastructure Ceasefire". Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• Putin Agrees to Temporary Halt of Attacks on Energy Infrastructure Facilities; Fragile Ceasefire Collapses as Israel Launches New Strikes in Gaza; Chief Justice Pushes Back After Trump Calls for Impeaching Judge. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) Discusses Fiery Democrat Town Halls, Schumer Defending Vote For GOP Stopgap Bill, Protecting Medicaid From GOP Cuts; Chief Judge Pushes Back on Trump Calls For Impeaching Judge. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• After Call with Trump, Putin Agrees to Temporary Pause on Attacks on Ukraine's Energy and Infrastructure Targets; Fragile Ceasefire Collapses as Israel Launches New Strikes in Gaza; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump's Rhetoric on Federal Judge. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• WAPO Says Pentagon Deletes Webpage Honoring Native American War Hero; Measles Cases Rise to 321 in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma; Astronauts Hours from Splashdown after 9-Month Delay in Space. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Deadly Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Shatter Ceasefire with Hamas; Trump and Putin to Speak by Phone in Coming Hours; White House Ignores Court Order Blocking Deportation Flights; Deadly Israeli Strikes in Gaza Shatter Ceasefire with Hamas; NASA Astronauts Make Final Preparations to Return to Earth. Aired 12-1a ET
• Gaza Truce Shatters As Israel Carries Out Wave Of Deadly Strikes; NASA Astronauts Prepare To Return Home; Trump And Putin To Speak On Tuesday About War In Ukraine; Deadly Israeli Strikes in Gaza Shatter Ceasefire with Hamas; SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Capsule Undocks from ISS; Legal Drama amid Trump's Deportation Flights; Source: Deported Doctor Attended Hezbollah Leader's Funeral; Trump Says He'll Release JFK Assassination Files on Tuesday. Aired 1-2a ET
• Deadly Ceasefire In Gaza Shatter Ceasefire With Hamas; Donald Trump And Vladimir Putin To Speak By Phone In Coming Hours; White House Ignores Court Order Blocking Deportation Flights; Trump Warns Dire Consequences for Iran if Houthis Retaliate; SpaceX Crew-9 Begins Return Flight to Earth From ISS; NASA Astronauts to Experience Health Re-adjustment Period; Trump to Release JFK Assassination Files; Britain's King and Queen to Meet With Pope Francis in April; Pink Blossoms Delight Tourists and Locals in Catalonia. Aired 2-3a ET
• Israel Shatters Fragile Ceasefire; Trump Talks to Putin on Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal; Trump Strips U.S. Agency for Global Media, Dismantles VOA, RFE/RL; Harvard to Offer Free Tuition to Less Income Families; MLB Begins 2025 Season in Japan. Aired 3-4a ET
• Putin Agrees To Temporarily Halt Attacks On Energy Infrastructure; 400+ Killed By Israeli Strike As Gaza Ceasefire Shatters; U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Rebukes Trump Rhetoric On Impeaching Judges; Astronauts Returning Home After Being Stuck In Space. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International, Did Not Air 6-7p ET
• CNN International: Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Carries Out Gaza Strikes; Trump To Speak To Putin By Phone; Judge Demands Answers On U.S. Deportations.; SpaceX Crew-9 Begins Return Flight To Earth From ISS; Trump Says He'll Release JFK Assassination Files On Tuesday; Dodgers And Cubs Start Season In Tokyo Today Aired 4-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Israel Breaks Ceasefire with Hamas; Judge Scolds Justice Department for Seeming to Ignore His Orders; Trump Says He'll Release Unredacted JFK Files Today. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Israel Launches Strikes in Gaza; Liz Graznak is Interviewed about Farmers in Limbo after Funding Cuts; Schumer Postpones Book Tour; Order Blocking Deportations Ignored; Harvard Offers Free Tuition; Federal Workers Getting Paid to Not Work. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hamas: Israel "Putting the Captives in Gaza at Risk" with Strikes; White House: Israel Consulted U.S. on Renewed Gaza Strikes; Trump and Putin to Speak by Phone; Nvidia Kicks Off its Annual GTC Conference Tuesday; Israel Official: Renewed Gaza Offensive can End if Hamas Agrees to a Deal to Release More Hostages; Judge Demands Answers from Trump Admin on Deportations. Aired 9-10a ET
• Israeli Strikes Shatter Gaza Ceasefire; Hostage Families Condemn Netanyahu's Return to War; Qatar Blasts Israel for "Another Heinous Crime"; Trump and Putin Plan Phone Call; Trump Warns Iran over Houthis' Actions; Inside El Salvador's Infamous Prison Holding U.S. Deportees; NASA Astronauts Return to Earth. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Astronauts Back On Earth; New Strikes On Ukraine; Town Hall Tempers. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Israeli Strikes In Gaza End Ceasefire With Hamas; Trump & Putin To Speak By Phone In Coming Hours; SpaceX Crew-9 Begin Return To Earth; White House Ignores Court Order Blocking Deportation Flights. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Surpasses 2024 Total Number of Measles Cases; Deadly Israeli Strikes in Gaza Shatter Ceasefire with Hamas; Trump Administration Aims to Dismantle Voice of America. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• DOJ Demands Responds to Judge's Questions in Deportation Case; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump Rhetoric on Federal Judge; Chief Justice Roberts Pushes Back on Trump Rhetoric in Rare Statement; Trump, Putin Holding High-Stakes Call on Future of Ukraine. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Trump-Putin Call Has Ended, Source Says; Democratic Governors Emerge As Possible 2028 Contenders; Walz, Newsom Debate How Democrats Can Appeal To Men. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Putin Agrees To Temporarily Halt Attacks On Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure; Gaza Ceasefire Broken As Israel Launches Deadly New Strikes; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump Rhetoric About Impeaching Judges; U.S. Officials Gives More Details On Deportation Flights; Netanyahu's Televised Statement After Ceasefire Shatters; Stuck Astronauts On Their Way Back To Earth. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Attacks Judges As John Roberts Issues Warning; Putin Lays Out Demands For Broader Peace In Ukraine; Trump Releases New JFK Assassination Files; New Twist In Case Of Missing Student As Witness Seeks To Leave; Astronauts Butch And Suni Arrive Home. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Speaks With Putin About Potential Ceasefire In Ukraine; Ceasefire Shatters As Israel Pounds Gaza With Deadly Strikes; Israel: War Resumed After Hamas Refused Ceasefire Proposals. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Israel: war Resumed After Hamas Refused Ceasefire Proposals; Trump Speaks With Putin About Potential Ceasefire In Ukraine; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump's Rhetoric Against Judiciary; Palestinians And Israeli Activists Speak On A Path To Peace; Source: Trump-Putin Call Has Ended. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Russia Says It Will Pause Attacks On Energy After Trump Call; Russian Source: Trump-Putin Call Went Very Well; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Calls To Impeach Judges; Israeli Strikes Kill Hundreds As Gaza Ceasefire Shatters; The Future Of Tariffs, Mining, And Chile's Economy. Aired 4-4:45p ET


The Situation Room
• Ceasefire Shatters as Israel Resumes Deadly Strikes on Gaza; Trump and Putin to Speak This Morning on Potential Ukraine Ceasefire; Trump Says He'll Release Thousands of Unredacted JFK Files. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Veterans Raise Concerns About V.A. Cuts; Israel Resumes Deadly Strikes on Gaza; Trump and Putin to Speak this Morning. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Trump Administration Setting Off Constitutional Crisis?; Israel Resumes Airstrikes on Gaza; Putin and Trump Speak. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Healthiest Cooking Oil?; Will Trump Tariffs Raise Car Prices?; Interview With James Carville. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump On Roberts' Rebuke: "He Didn't Mention My Name"; Trump: Did Not Discuss Ending Aid To Ukraine With Putin; NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Nine-Month Delay. Aired 9-10p ET