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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• U.S. Stock Markets Close Higher After Week of Tariff-Fueled Chaos; Interview With Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY); Trump Suggest He'll Abide By Supreme Court Ruling Ordering Return Of Man Deported To El Salvador; Maya Angelou's Memoir Included In Naval Academy's Removal Of 381 Books As Part Of Trump Administration's DEI Purge; Legendary Writer Maureen Dowd On Trump, Musk And Power Players From Washington To Hollywood; 3 USAID Workers Fired While Myanmar Earthquake Zone; Myanmar's Earthquake Shows Void Left By U.S. Global Disaster Responses. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Oxford University Global History Professor and "The Silk Roads" Author Peter Frankopan; Interview with Artist Linder; Interview with Co-Founder Colossal Biosciences George Church. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Stocks Rally Despite Tariff Fears, Capping Tumultuous Week; Judge Rules In Deportation Case Of Mahmoud Khalil; Trump Using Executive Orders To Exact Revenge On Foes. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trade War Escalates As China Raises Tariffs On U.S. To 125 Percent; Sell-off Of U.S. Bonds Rattles The White House & Wall Street; Judge Rules Trump Admin "Failed To Comply" With Order For Info On What Is Being Done To Facilitate Return Of Mistakenly Deported Man; Judge Says Mahmoud Khalil Is "Removable" From The U.S.; Officials: No Preliminary Cause Yet For Tragic Crash; New Book On Consequences Of Our Shrinking Attention Spans. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House On Tariffs, Trust In President Trump; Judge Says Mahmoud Khalil Is Removable From The U.S.; U.S. Prosecutor And Trump Ally Launches Probe Into New Jersey Democrats; State Department: 17 U.S. Citizens Killed In Nightclub Disaster; As Trade War Escalates, Chinese Ev Maker Gains On Tesla. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Pushes Global Economy To The Brink With Wars; China Retaliates Again, Raising Tariffs On U.S. To 125 Percent; White House Official On Trump Tariff Chaos, He Just Loves This Shit; President Trump Takes A Physical Exam; Louisiana Immigration Judge Says Trump Administration Can Remove Mahmoud Khalil From U.S. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Acknowledges Transition Problems as Tariffs Rock Markets; Supreme Court Tells Trump Admin to Seek Deported Man's Return; Family of Five from Spain, Pilot Killed in New York City Tourist Helicopter Crash. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Arrives In Russia; NTSB And FAA Investigating Deadly NYC Tourist Helicopter Crash; Judge To Decide Whether To Proceed With Resentencing Hearings For Menendez Brothers. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Xi Says China Not Afraid as Beijing Hits U.S. with 125 Percent Tariff; Global Markets Volatile as U.S.-China Tariff Feud Escalates; Supreme Court Tells Trump Administration to Seek Deported Man's Return. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Wholesale Prices Eased in March; Scott Metzger is Interviewed about China Tariffs; RFK Jr. Lays out HHS Revamp; Rose Leads at Augusta; Roy Wood Jr. is Interviewed about new Episodes of his Show. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Xi Says China Isn't Afraid; Art Hogan is Interviewed About the Stock Markets; Steve Greenspon is Interviewed about Tariff Effects on his Business; Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is Interviewed about China. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Dow Down at Open; NTSB and FAA Investigation Helicopter Crash; Misinformation in America. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• China Tariffs On U.S. Now 125 Percent, U.S. Tariffs On China 145 Percent; Small Plane Crashes On Busy F.L. Street, Erupts In Flames. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• White House Holds Briefing Amid Escalating Trade War With China; Tense Hearing As Trump Admin Refuses Judge's Order In Mistaken Deportation Case; Soon: Judge To Rule On Columbia Activist Khalil's Release; Trump's 145 Percent Tariff On China Threatens Christmas Industry. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• White House Doubles Down On Trump's Optimism For China Deal, But Refuses To Explain Why; Trump Tariffs To Cost Average Household $4,700 Per Year; U.S. Markets Volatile As China Retaliates With 125 Percent Tariff; U.S. Consumer Sentiment Plummets To Second-lowest Level On Record; E.U. Official Says Remaining 10 Percent Tariff A Blow To Global Economy; A Judge To Rule On Columbia Activist Khalil's Release Soon; GOP Lawmakers May Be Poised To Kill Thousands Of Their Voters' Jobs; Associated Press Reports Social Security Lists Thousands Of Living Immigrants As Deceased; Six Killed After Tourist Helicopter Crashes Into Hudson River. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pilot, Family Of 5 Killed In NYC Tourist Helicopter Crash; Report: TV Star Eric Dane Says He Has Been Diagnosed With ALS; ALS ASSN: NIH Funding Cuts A "Devastating Blow" To Research; Higher Prices Brewing As Coffee Shops Prepare For U.S. Tariffs. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Markets Volatile As China Retaliates With 125 Percent Tariff; White House Again Urges People To Trust Trump Amid Trade Wars; DOJ Defies Order To Reveal Plan For Wrongly Deported Man's Return; Soon: Judge To Rule On Columbia Activist Khalil's Release; China Tariffs On U.S. Now 125 Percent; U.S. Tariffs On China 145 Percent. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Hearing Underway to Decide Next Steps for Menendez Brothers; RFK Jr. Pledges to Find Cause of Autism Epidemic by September. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• White House Says Tariffs on China Now at Least 145%; U.S. and Russia Swap Prisoners; Death Toll from Nightclub Roof Collapse is Now 225; Trump Admits 'Transition Problems' Amid Tariff Uncertainty; Presidential Candidates in Ecuador Focus on Curbing Drug Violence. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Stocks Fall As Euphoria Over Trump's Tariff Pause Fades; Russia Frees Ksenia Karelina In Prisoner Swap With US. Trump Admits "Transition Problems" as Markets Drop; U.S. House Approves Budget Blueprint to Unlock Trump Agenda; Death Toll Rises from Nightclub Roof Collapse; Golf's Masters Underway with Justin Rose in the Early Lead. Aired 1-2a ET
• Higher Tariffs for China, Asia Markets Slump; Supreme Court Orders Return of Migrant Wrongly Deported; Helicopter Crashes on Hudson River, Everyone on Board Killed; End of Search in the Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse Tragedy; Ksenia Karelina Freed from Russian Jail in Prisoner Swap; Former President Pakistan is Interviewed by Kristie Lu Stout; Alvi Calls For Return To Democracy In Pakistan; World's Smallest Pacemaker To Make Big Impact On Tiny Hearts. Aired 2-3a ET
• Markets Going in Mixed Territory as Trump Clarifies Tariffs with China; Siemens Executive, Family Dead in a Helicopter Crash at the Hudson River; Russian-American Ballerina Returned to the U.S. Through a Prison Swap; The Masters 2025 Kicked Off in Augusta, Georgia. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Global Markets On Edge Amid Escalating Trade War; Source: Ceasefire Talks Seemingly "Politicized" By Israeli Team; Putin Meets With U.S. Envoy Witkoff In Russia; Soon: U.S. Immigration Judge To Rule On Release Of Mahmoud Khalil. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Mahmoud Khalil "Removable" From U.S.; Beijing Says Latest Tariff Hike Will Be Its Last; China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs To 125 Percent; Xi To Visit Southeast Asia; Potential Tariff Impact On Cambodia; Investigation Into Helicopter Crash; Putin meets With Witkoff In Russia; China Taking On Tesla; San Antonio, Texas Braces For Tariff Impact. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Six People Killed in Hudson River Helicopter Crash; Could Tech Companies 'Scrape' Web to Help ICE Track Immigrants? Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Fred Upton is Interviewed about Tariffs; Tourist Helicopter Crash in Hudson River; Radical Changes at HHS; Trump Must Facilitate Kilmar Garcia's Return. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Imports 125 Percent; Xi Jinping Breaks Silence on China-U.S. Tariff War; U.S. Supreme Court Rules Trump Administration Must "Facilitates" Return of Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador; U.S. Markets Open Lower as Trade War with China Escalates; Mo Salah Signs Two-Year Contract to Stay with Liverpool. Aired 9-10a ET
• Xi Jinping Breaks Silence as U.S.-China Trade War Ramps Up; Global Markets on Edge Amid Escalating Trade War; E.U. Could Tax U.S. Tech Companies if Talks Fail; Mahmoud Khalil's Fate to be Determined Today; President Trump Departs White House for Annual Physical Exam; Tesla vs. BYD on Electric Vehicle; Israel Orders Evacuations from Parts of Gaza City; Indirect U.S.-Iran Talks in Oman; UAE Tourism Reaches More Than $128 Billion in Hotel Revenues in 2024. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• White House: "Trust In President Trump, He Knows What He's Doing"; Chinese Float New Bargaining Chip, U.S. Admiral Warns War Inevitable; Who Is Steve Witkoff?. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Stocks Tumble as Trump Clarifies Higher Tariffs on China; China's Leader Addresses Trade War; U.S. House Approves Budget Blueprint to Unlock Trump Agenda; Deadly New York Helicopter Crash; Russian-American Ballerina Freed. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125 Percent; Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Arrives in Russia. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Imports To 125 Percent; Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Arrives In Russia; Experts Warn Drug Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Worsen Shortages. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Helicopter Crashes Into NYC's Hudson River, Killing Six; U.S. Criticized For Response To Devastating Myanmar Earthquake; U.S. House Approves Budget Blueprint To Unlock Trump Agenda. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Adviser on President's Mood: "He Just Loves This S --"; Blackrock CEO: Market Downturn Hurts Ordinary Americans, Not Just Wall Street; Judge Refuses to Cancel Hearing About Deported Maryland Man After DOJ Requests More Time; Lower Court to Hold Hearing on Return of Deported Maryland Man. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pres. Trump To Get Physical Exam At Walter Reed Medical Center; RFK Jr. In New York Post Op-Ed: "We Are Undertaking Radical Change"; Mark Zuckerberg's Blockbuster Anti-Trust Trial Begins Monday; Zuckerberg Needs Trump's Help To End Meta Antitrust Trial; Sen. Bennet Announces Bid For Governor Run In Colorado; Why Three Senate Democratic Dealmakers Are Headed For Exits. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S.-China Trade War Escalates Again; EU Warns Remaining 10 Percent Universal Tariff Will Be A Blow To The Global Economy; U.S. Special Envoy To The Middle East Witkoff Meets President Putin; Source: Ceasefire Talks Seemingly Politicized By Israeli Team; New Hearing On Columbia Graduate's Continued Detention; Trump Admin Won't Tell Judge Where Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• New Fear On Wall Street As Trade War Escalates; Judge Rules Trump Can Deport Pro-Palestinian Student; Trump Admin Ordered To Give Daily Updates On Wrongly Deported Man; Bill Maher Breaks Silence on Dinner With Trump; Jonathan Allen Talks About His Book, "Fight: Inside The Wildest Battle For The White House." Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S Imports To 125 Percent; U.S.-China Trade War Escalates As Trump's Tariffs Rattle Markets; Trump Optimistic U.S. And China Will Make Tariff Deal. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• China Raises Retaliatory tariffs On U.S. Imports To 125 Percent; Spain's Olive Oil Producers Brace For Tariffs; U.S. Consumer Sentiment Plummets To Second-Lowest Level On Record; CNN Speaks To The Far-Right Extremist With A "Retribution" List; Trump-Supporting Tech Giants Losing Money Under His Policies; RFK Jr. Announces "Massive" Research Into "Autism Epidemic"; Right Wing Embraces Theory That The World Needs More Babies; Kevin O'Leary: Raise U.S. Tariffs On China To 400 Percent; ; Aired 12:00- 1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• China Raises Retaliation Tariffs On U.S. Imports To 125 Percent; U.S. Bond Yields Rise Even As Investors Flee Stocks; Investors Turn To German Bund Amid Global Upheaval; Judge Determines Mahmoud Khalil Is Removable From U.S.; Dollar Weakens As Trade Troubles Shake Investor Confidence. Aired 4-4:45p ET


The Situation Room
• Wholesale Inflation Eases, Before Trump's Tariffs; China Raising Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125 Percent; NTSB, FAA Investigating Deadly New York City Tourist Helicopter Crash. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs to 125 Percent; Witkoff to Meet with Putin in Russia; Helicopter Crash Investigation; Trump to Head to Walter Reed. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Consumer Sentiment Plummets to Second-Lowest Level Since 1952; NTSB, FAA Investigating Deadly NYC Tourist Helicopter Crash; "Make America Healthy Again" Moms Flex Influence Online. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Judge to Rule on Fate of Menendez Brothers; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Says U.S. In A "Good Position" As Trade War Escalates; Trump Suggests He Would Bring Back Mistakenly Deported Man After Supreme Court Ordered It; Report: Social Security Ditches DOGE Plan To Cut Phone Hotline After Backlash, Chaos. Aired 9-10p ET