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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Stocks Sink As White House Doubles Down On Massive China Tariffs; Interview With Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Hours Away: Trump's 104 Percent Tariff Hits Defiant China; CNN Goes Inside Notorious Salvadoran Prison After U.S. Deportations; Supreme Court Pauses Deadline To Return Man Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador; Blood Biomarkers Help To Diagnose & Monitor Early Alzheimer's. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Society For The Rule Of Law Executive Director, Senate Judiciary Committee Former Chief Republican Nominations Counsel, Gregg Nunziata; Interview With Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland; Interview With U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Former Director, Dr. Tom Frieden. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Markets Close Down, Rally Evaporates As White House Doubles Down On China Tariffs; U.S. Tariffs On China Set To Rise To 104 Percent At Midnight Tonight; U.S. Supreme Court Hands Trump Two Wins In 24 Hours; White House On Musk-Navarro Spat: "Boys Will Be Boys". Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Markets Close Down Ahead Of Trump's Midnight Tariff Deadline; Sen. Brian Schatz, (D-HI), Is Interviewed About Trump Nominees; Axios: Dem Senator Holds Up More Than 300 Trump Nominees; WH Praises Supreme Court After Deportations Ruling; RFK Jr. To Tell CDC To Stop Recommending Fluoride In Tap Water; Iran Exploiting Swedish Teens To Carry Out Anti-Semitic Attacks. Aired 5-6p ET
• Markets Close Down Of Trump's Midnight Tariff Deadline; Trump Tariffs Threaten Supply Chains For U.S. Business; White House Praises Supreme Court After Deportations Ruling; Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Assassination Of Justice Kavanaugh; Millions Under Flood Warnings With More Rain On The Way; Authorities: Former MLB Player Octavio Dotel Among 66 Killed In Roof Collapse, Dozens Still Missing; Near-Collison Investigation Reveals Air Traffic Control Breakdown. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Soon, Trump's 104 Percent Tariff Hits China In Ominous Escalation; Markets Fall Again After Trump White House Doubles Down On Tariffs; Musk And Trump Trade Adviser Feud Over Tariffs; Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause Tells Staff She Is Resigning; Judge McFadden Says Trump's Steer Decision Crosses Constitutional Lines. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• China Defiant After Trump Threatens Additional 50 Percent Tariffs; RFK Jr. to Tell CDC to Stop Recommending Fluoride in Drinking Water; Florida Wins First Title Since 2007 in 65-63 Thriller. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) On Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs To Take Effect At Midnight; Source: U.S. And Iran To Discuss A Nuclear Deal In Oman Saturday; Prosecutors Plan To Call Alleged Past Victims To Testify Against Sean Combs. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. Futures Rise After Days of Losses Over Trump's Tariffs; Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Set to Take Effect at Midnight; Florida Gators Win NCAA Championship; Trump Administration in Early Stages of Planning Military Parade. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. and Iran Discuss Nuclear Deal; Americans Split on Trump's Policies; Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Anti- Vaccine Sentiment May Derail Future Vaccines; Sam Silverstein is Interviewed about Grocery Prices. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Markets to Open after Days of Chaos; China Defiant after Tariffs; Supreme Court Allows Deportations to Continue. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Markets Open Higher; Tariffs Set to Take Effect At Midnight; Recommending Florida Removal from Drinking Water; Florida Wins in 65- 63 Thriller. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• White House Holds Press Briefing; Shoppers Brace For Sticker Shock; Trump Trade War Escalates. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Supreme Court Allows Alien Enemies Act Deportations To Continue; District Judge Cancels Hearing On Alien Enemies Act Deportation After Supreme Court Ruling; Small Businesses Already Impacted By Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; Floria Gators Back On Top As NCAA Basketball Champs. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Florida Gators Back on Top as NCAA Basketball Champs; Scientists Resurrect Extinct Dire Wolf; Trump's Latest Global Tariffs Set to Take Effect at Midnight; Trump Says Many Countries Want to Make a Deal With U.S. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Trump To Sign Order To Boost U.S. Coal Industry; CNN Visits El Salvador Prison Holding Deported Migrants; Scientists Say They Have Resurrected Extinct Dire Wolves. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Stocks Volatile Amid Global Trade War; Trump's Latest Global Tariffs Set To Take Effect At Midnight; Supreme Court Backs Trump For Now On Fired Probationary Workers; Supreme Court: Trump Doesn't have To Reinstate 16K Federal Workers; ACLU Files New Lawsuit To Halt Alien Enemies Act Deportations In NY After Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Deportations To Continue; IRS Reaches Data-Sharing Deal With DHS To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants For Deportation. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Blood Biomarkers Help To Diagnose & Monitor Early Alzheimer's; Tariffs On China Set To Rise To At Least 104 percent At Midnight; Small Businesses Already Impacted By Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; U.S. Markets Fall Sharply After Volatile Day; At Least 44 People Dead, Dozens Trapped After Nightclub Roof Collapse. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Threatens to Impose New 50 Percent Tariffs on China; Trump Remains Defiant After Volatile Day for U.S. Stocks; Video Contradicts Israeli Military's Claims About Deadly Incident; Understanding Bear Markets. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Says No Pause Coming In Tariffs After Markets Plummet; Trump Says U.S., Iran Set For Direct Nuclear Talks; Video Contradicts Israeli Justification For 15 Deaths In Gaza; How Tariffs May Cause Scarcities of Italian Olive Oil; SCOTUS Pauses Deadline to Return Man Mistakenly Deported; RFK Jr. Makes Vaccination Push after 2nd Texas Child Dies; March Madness Crowns a Champion. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump Remains Defiant After Volatile Day For U.S. Stocks; New U.S. Threat Could Bring Tariffs On China To 104 Percent; Donald Trump Promises No Pause In Tariffs As Markets Plunge. Video Contradicts Israel Military's Claims About Deadly Incident; SCOTUS Pauses Deadline to Return Man Mistakenly Deported; Large Fire Engulfs Recycling Center Near Paris; Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla to Spend 20th Wedding Anniversary in Italy; China to Increase Funding for Emerging Tech Innovation; Madonna and Elton John End Decades-long Public Feud. Aired 2-3a ET
• Global Stocks Starting to Rebound; Trump's Tariffs May Cause Scarcity of Cooking Products from the E.U.; U.S. Cancels Visas of South Sudanese Nationals; Florida Bags NCAA Men's Basketball Title. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Tariffs On China Set To Rise To At Least 104 Percent; Markets Tick Up After Days Of Losses; Zelenskyy: Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia In Ukraine; Musk-Navarro Rift Deepens. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: U.S. Stocks Falls; WH Doubles Down On Raising Tariffs On China; Acting South Korean Pres. Wants Tariff Deal With Trump; Ukraine Says It Captured Chinese Nationals Fighting Alongside Russia; Ukraine: Two Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia Captured; WH: Trump To Impose At Least 104 Percent Tariff On China Wednesday; Shoe Industry Bracing For Trump's New Tariffs. Aired 6-8p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Threatens China with Near Tariffs in a Game of Brinksmanship; DOGE Cuts Target Agency that Helps Seniors, Disabled. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Supreme Court Allows Deportations; Holly Dagres is Interviewed about Iranian Nuclear Talks; Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Florida Wins in Thriller. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Iranian News Outlet: Trump's Claim About Direct Negotiations with Iran is a "Psychological Operation"; China: U.S. 50 Percent Tariff Threat is "A Mistake Upon a Mistake"; Trump Threatens to Ratchet Up Trade War with China; U.S. to Raise Existing Duties on Canadian Lumber; At Least 18 Dead in Dominican Republic Nightclub Collapse. Aired 9-10a ET
• U.S. Trade Representative Testifies to Senate Committee; Nightclub Collapse in Dominican Republican Killing at Least 18; Global Markets Rebound After Steep Declines; Trump Threatens to Impose 50 Percent Tariffs on China; High-Level Nuclear Talks Between the United States and Iran. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Hours Away: Trump's 104 Percent Tariff Hits A Defiant China; China Lashes Out At VP Vance; DOGE Employees Speaks Out. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• New U.S. Treat Could Bring Tariffs On China To 104 Percent; Deadly Storms Bring Devastating Floods Across South, Midwest; E.U. Ready to Negotiate, But Willing To Play Hardball; Trump: "Not Happy" With Russia's Strikes On Ukraine. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Impact Of Trump's Tariffs On Milk Producers; High Court Allows Trump To Use Obscure Law For Deportations; RFK Jr. Makes Vaccination Push After Second Texas Child Dies. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Supreme Court Backs Trump on Fired Probationary Federal Employees; Trump Administration Court Okays Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Supreme Court Allows Alien Enemies Act Deportations to Re-Start; Stocks Soar on Signs Trump May Strike Tariff Deals; Musk: Peter Navarro is "A Moron, Dumber than a Sack of Bricks". Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Former Hostages Fight For Release Of Remaining Hostages In Gaza; Israelis Grapple With Passover Celebrations With Hostages Still Being Held Captive By Hamas In Gaza; Trump Administration Fires Female Sr. Military Officer; Stephen A. Smith "Leaving All Doors Open" For Presidential Bid; Supreme Court Backs Trump On Fired Probationary Federal Employees. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Stock Markets Bounce Back Slightly After Historic Losses Spurred By Trump Tariffs; Zelenskyy: Two Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia In Ukraine Captured; U.S.-Iran To Hold Nuclear Talks For The First Time In About a Decade In Oman; CNN Goes Inside El Salvador Prison; At Least 44 Dead At Dominican Club; Dire Wolf Brought Back To Life. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Tariffs On China To Take Effect In Huge Escalation; Protester's Attorney Questioned And Detained At Airport; Senior IRS Officials Resign Over Immigration Data Request; New Biden Book Reveals All; Laura Coates Interviews CNN's Donie O'Sullivan. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Global Markets Rise After Trump Tariffs Triggered Massive Sell-Off; China Slams U.S. "Economic Bullying", Vows To Fight Back; Growing International Fallout Over Trump Tariff Plan. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Global Markets Rise After Trump Tariffs Triggered Massive Sell-Off; Reciprocal Tariffs To Come Into Effect Tomorrow; Supreme Court Blocks Order To Rehire Fired Government Workers; Trump: U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Already Underway; Security Sources: Iran Targeting Teens In Sweden; South Sudan Seeks to Ease Immigrant Tensions With U.S.; RFK Jr. Calls For End Of Fluoride In Water; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• White House To Impose At Least A 10 Percent Tariff On China On Wednesday; South Korea Acting President: We Will Cooperate With The U.S.; Some Republican Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Tariffs; Market Swings Cause Concern For People Nearing Retirement; Top Trump Advisers Feuding Publicly Over Tariffs; U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump White House To Use Aliens Enemies Act to Quickly Deport. Aired 4-4:45p ET


The Situation Room
• Treasury Secretary Says, China's Tariff Escalation a Big Mistake; Supreme Court Considering Case of Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man; Source Says,, White House Envoy Steve Witkoff Will Lead Nuclear Talks With Iran. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• U.S. Trade Official Defends Trump's Tariffs; Treasury Secretary Urging Trump to Focus on Tariff Endgame; Musk Calls for "Zero-Tariff Situation" with Europe; China Accuses U.S. of Economic Bullying; Tariff Impacts on Tourism. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ); U.S. Trade Representative Testifies Before Congress; China and Trump Escalating Trade War. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Did Scientists Really Bring Back Dire Wolf?; Interview With Former U.S. Envoy to Middle East Dennis Ross; Iran Nuclear Talks; Dangers of Online Gambling. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Says Tariff "Situation" Will Help GOP In Midterms: Will "Be Legendary... In A Positive Way"; White House On Musk-Navarro Feud: "Boys Will Be Boys"; Acting IRS Chief Resigning After Agency Secures Data-Sharing Deal With Immigration Authorities. Aired 9-10p ET