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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Claims "No Classified Information" Was Shared On Signal Chain And Praises Waltz; Interview Of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); GOP Cuts Funding For Pentagon Medical Research Programs By More Than Half; Trump Strips Security Clearances From Another Top Law Firm; Crime Ring Targets Southern California Surfers. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze; Interview with WIRED Senior Tech and Politics Reporter Makena Kelly; Interview with Save the Children U.K. Senior Media Manager Shaima Al-Obaidi; Interview with "Red Scare" Author Clay Risen. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Claims "No Classified Information" Shared In War Plan Group Chat; New Economic Fears. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Backs National Security Adviser Involved In Group Chat; White House Says, Russia, Ukraine Agree To Stop Fighting In Black Sea; Trump Touts Price Cuts While Consumer Confidence Drops; New Book Explores Ways To Prevent Alzheimer's; Trump's Portrait To Be Taken Down At Colorado Capitol After President Claimed It Was "Distorted". Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump And White House Deflect, Spin, Downplay Intelligence Breach; Waltz Admits Error, Then Suggests Journalist Hacked Into Chat; Waltz Says, Working With Musk To Figure Out Tech Blunder; "NewsNight" Panelists Discuss U.S. Economic Jitters; Rep. Jasmine Crockett Under Fire For Calling Abbott Governor Hot Wheels. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Officials Accidentally Text War Plans to Journalist; FBI Launches Task Force Targeting Anti-Tesla Domestic Terrorism; Hopes of Buying a Home Fade Among Renters. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Interview with Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA): Senate Panel Questions Top U.S. Intel Officials After War Chat Mistake; Trump Nominates Dr. Susan Monarez to Lead CDC; Justice Department Wants Court to Lift Ban on Use of Alien Enemies Act; Gov. Wes Moore on Impact of DOGE Cuts in Maryland, Juvenile Justice, Key Bridge Collapse. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• White House in Damage Control After Journalist Added to War Plans Chat; Justice Department Invoke State Secrets Privilege in Deportation Case. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Upside for Trump in Polls; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) is Interviewed about the Unclassified War Chat; Spring Heat Wave Hits Western U.S.; Dr. David Higgins is Interviewed about the Measles Outbreak. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Senate Panel Questions U.S. Intel Officials; Shane Harris and Jim Sciutto are Interviewed about the Chat Mistake; Atlantic Reporters Refute White House Claims. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Atlantic Reporters Refute White House Claims; DOJ Refuses to Give Flight Details to Judge; Weed-Smoking Moms Try to Erase Stigma. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Ukraine-Russia Negotiations Continue; DOJ Stonewalling Judge on Deportation Flights; Interview With Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL); Firestorm Grows Over Leaked U.S. War Plans. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• FBI Launches Task Force Targeting Anti-Tesla "Domestic Terrorism; Europe Reacts To Trump Cabinet Members' Signal Group Chat; U.S. Law Firms Deciding How To Respond As Trump Targets Them. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Consumer Confidence Plummets to Lowest Level Since January 2021; Top Intel Officials Testify Amid Fallout Over War Plan Group Chat; Trump Administration Revokes Immigration Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Admin. Invokes States Secrets Privilege To Avoid Providing Info On Deportation Flights To Court; Consumer Confidence Plummets To Lowest Since January 2021; State Lawmakers Looking To Ban Non-Existent "Chemtrails"; Trump Holds Ambassador Meeting Amid War Plan Group Chat Fallout. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WH In Damage Control After Journalist Added To War Plan Chat; Trump Hold Ambassador Meeting Amid War Plan Group Chat Fallout; Trump: "This Was Not Classified Information" On War Plan Group Chat; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) Discusses About President Donald Trump's Remarks On War Plan Group Chat; Trump Expresses Support For Natl Security Adviser Who Was In Group Chat. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Atlantic Editor Says More to Come on War Plan Group Chat; Pope was so Close to Death, Doctors Considered Ending Treatment; Florida May Lift Some Child Labor Laws Due to Lack of Migrant Workers. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Officials Discussed War Plans On Encrypted App; U.S. And Russian Officials Meet For Talks In Riyadh; Israel Planning New Ground Offensive In Gaza; Court Hears Arguments Over Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Greece's Santorini Welcomes First Cruise Ship After Quakes. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• U.S.-Russia Talks Going Extremely Well; Trump Officials Texted War Plans To A Group Chat; U.N. To Scale Back Gaza Presence After Deadly Israeli Strike; Israel Considers Massive New Ground Offensive In Gaza As It Ramps Up Pressure On Hamas; Trump Insists Usha Vance's Visit To Greenland Is "Friendly." Denmark, Greenland Reject Idea Of A U.S. Takeover; Erdogan Calls Protests A "Movement Of Violence"; Court Hears Arguments Over Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Lawyers Spar In Tense Opening Of Gerard Depardieu Trial; White House Easter Egg Roll Seeking Corporate Sponsors. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Officials Discussed War Plans On Commercial App; White House Official: U.S.-Russia Talks Going "Extremely Well"; Families of Venezuelan Migrants Protest Deportations; Court Hears Arguments Over Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Lawyers Spar in Tense Opening of Gerard Depardieu Trial; Greenland Pm Slams Upcoming Visit by U.S. Officials; Big Egg Hunt on Display for Conservation Charity; Los Angeles-china Flight Turns Around After Pilot Forgets Passport. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump's Security Team Tackles Yemen's Military Strikes on an Unclassified Group Chat; Sudan's Military Reclaims Presidential Palace; More than 1000 Protesters Detained for Illegal Protests in Turkey; Greenlanders Reject Idea of a U.S. Takeover. Aired 3-4a ET
• Top Intel Officials Testify Amid War Plans Group Chat Fallout; Trump Speaks Amid Fallout From Yemen Chat Security Breach; Zelenskyy, Ukraine & Russia Agree To Stop Using Military Force In The Black Sea After U.S. Talks. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Trump Defends Signal Chat Team; Ukraine and Russia Black Sea Deal; U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls; More Than 1,400 Protesters Detained In Turkey; Violence Against Journalists; Teams Battle To Qualify For 2025 FIFA World Cup. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Yemen War Plans Shared on Group Chat with Journalist by Mistake; 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy Leading to Privacy Concerns. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Intel Officials Testify about Security Threats; Appeals Court Weighs Use of Alien Enemies Act; Rising Fear over Federal Communications; Fight over Trump's Agenda. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Officials Texted Yemen Strike Plans to Journalist; Arab Nations Condemn Israel's "Voluntary" Gaza Relocation Plan; Palestinian Director Hamdan Ballal Attacked Detained; Chinese Electric Vehicle Maker Beats Tesla in Annual Sales; Poll Shows Greenlanders Reject Idea of U.S. Takeover. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Trump Defends Waltz after Texting Breach; White House Insists No War Plans Discussed; U.S. Intel Officials Face Senate Panel after War Chat Mishap. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump, Allies Try To Blame Journalist For War Plans Blunder; Major Supreme Court Race Draws In Trump, Musk, Obama; Stunning Details On Pope's Health. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Officials Discussed War Plans On Commercial App; White House Official: U.S.-Russia Talks Going "Extremely Well"; Protest Grow In Support Of Jailed Istanbul Mayor; Sources Israel Planning New Ground Offensive In Gaza. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Interview with Kuno Fencker, Member of Greenland's Parliament: Trump Expressing Interest in U.S. Annexing Greenland; Court Hears Arguments Over Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Trump: New Tariffs on Autos, Aluminum, Pharmaceuticals. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Intel Officials Testify after stunning National Security Blunder; CIA Director on Whether Adding Journalist to Group Chat was Appropriate: Of Course Not; Senator Warner: "Lives Could Have Been Lost" Because of Chat; Text Exchange Gives Unfiltered Look at Conversation Between Top Trump Officials. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Intel Officials Testify After Stunning National Security Blunder; Speaker Johnson Says No One Should Lose Job Over "Errant Number" On Text Thread; Consumer Confidence In The Future Sinks To 12- Year Low; Lawmaker With Newborn Pushes Congress To Change Voting Rule. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Protesters Defy Bans in Turkey; European Leaders Responds to U.S. Group Chat Texts; Trump Admin. Defends Upcoming Trip to Greenland; Trump Signs Number of Executive Orders; Pope Francis Came So Close to Death. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Hegseth Speaks Amid Firestorm Over Security Breach; U.S. Wrongfully Deported Man Over Soccer Tattoo; Democrats Square Off Against Musk in Wisconsin Race; Laura Coates Interviews Laura Knox. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Top Trump Intel Officials Brief Senate Committee On Threats To U.S.; Some Republicans Downplay War Chat Mistake, Others Express Concern; Top U.S. Intel Officials Testify Amid War plans Group Chat Fallout; Zelenskyy Confirms Deal For Black Sea "Free Navigation"; Haitian, Venezuelan Migrants In U.S. Sue To Keep Protected Status; "Cannamoms" try To Erase Stigma Of Pot Use. Aired 12:10-1p ET
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


Quest Means Business
• White House Downplays Signal Group Chat Security Lapse; Stubb: U.S. And Europe Must Stay Committed To Each Other; U.S.: Russia, Ukraine Agree To Black Sea Safe Navigation; Interview With French Minister Philippe Baptiste; Finnish President On A More Flexible European Union; U.S. Consumer Confidence Hits Lowest Level Since 2021; Iconic Music Service Napster Acquired For $207 Million. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Soon, Top Intel Officials Testify Amid War Plans Group Chat Fallout; Top Senate Intel Democrat Says, Highly Sensitive and Likely Classified Information Shared in Group Chat Included Name of Active CIA Agent. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Top Intel Officials Testify on War Plans Leak. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Top Intel Officials Testify on War Plans Leak. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Top U.S. Intel Officials Testify on War Plans Leak. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Waltz Takes Responsibility For Leak But Questions How Reporter Got "Sucked Into" Group Chat; Gabbard & Ratcliffe Defend Signal Chat Before Congress; Trump On Consumer Confidence Dipping: We're On The "Right Track." Aired 9-10p ET