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• Smartphones and Computers Now Exempt From Trump's Latest Tariffs; Economic Standoff Between U.S. And China Worries Taiwan; Iran State Media: Atmosphere In Nuclear Talks Was "Positive"; Judge Says Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported; Supreme Court: Trump Administration Must "Facilitate" Return Of Kilmar Abrego Garcia From El Salvador. No Preliminary Cause Yet In Deadly Helicopter Crash; RFK Jr. Claims New Research Will Find "Autism Epidemic" Cause By Sept.; Season Finale Of "United States Of Scandal" Sunday At 9PM. Aired 12-1p ET
• Smartphones And Computers Now Exempt From Trump's Latest Tariffs; Soybean Farmers Caught In The Middle Amid U.S.-China Dispute; Iran State Media: "Constructive" Nuclear Talks With U.S. Wrap For Now; Dozens Of DHS Staffers, Including Top FEMA Officials, Given Lie Detector Tests Over Alleged Leaks; WH: Selected Immigrants Are Ineligible For Social Security Benefits; Judge Demands Daily Updates On Case Of Mistakenly Deported Man. Aired 1-2p ET
• Trump Administration Now Exempting Some Electronic Goods Imported to the U.S. from Tariffs; Likelihood Collapse of U.S. Bond Market Prompted Reversal of Some Tariffs Examined; Louisiana Immigration Judge Rules Columbia University Graduate and Legal Permanent U.S. Resident Mahmoud Khalil Can be Deported; New CCTV Video Captures Loud Boom Before Helicopter Crash in New York; House Republicans Pass Bill Restricting Ability for Federal Judges to Issue Nationwide Injunctions; Some Judges Report Intimidation as Pizzas Delivered to Them with Name of Judge's Dead Son on Order; Department of Homeland Security Reaches Deal with IRS to Share Taxpayer Data; Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hold Rally in Los Angeles; Comedian Bill Maher Shares His Experience having Dinner with President Trump at White House. Aired 2-3p ET.
• President Trump Pulls Tariffs On Electronics Mostly From China; Grocery Store Prices Expected To Rise As Trump's Tariffs Kick In; Dozens At DHS Including Top FEMA Officials Face Lie Detector Tests; U.S. Special Envoy And Iranian Foreign Minister At Nuclear Talks In Oman; Judge Rules Menendez Brothers' Resentencing Hearing To Go Forward; Black Pilots Respond To Trump's Anti-DEI Message. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Exempts Smartphones, Other Electronics From Latest Tariffs; White House Casts Iran Talks As Positive And Constructive; Interview With Representative Jeff Hurd (R-CO) About Bipartisan Bill On Tariffs; Trump Admin's Battles Over Immigration Continues; Dozens Of DHS Staffers, Including Top FEMA Officials, Given Lie Detector Tests Over Alleged Leaks; Investigators Working To Find Cause Of Deadly Helicopter Crash That Killed Pilot, Family of Five; Crowded Leaderboard With 3rd Round Underway In Augusta; Bezos' Blue Origen To Launch All-Female Crew Monday. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Makes New Tariff U-Turn Exempting Electronics Made in China; Taiwan On Edge As Trump And Xi Intensify Standoff over Trade; Interview With Former Ohio Governor, John Kasich; Gabbard Voted In Hawaii After Declaring Herself A Texas Resident; DOJ Confirms Man Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador Prison "Is Alive And Secure"; Tonight: Trump To Attend UFC Fight In Miami; Black Pilots Respond To Trump's Anti-DEI Message. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Makes New Tariff U-Turn, Exempting Electronics Made In China; BlackRock CEO: U.S. May Already Be In A Recession; Witkoff Met With Vladimir Putin For Four Hours On Friday In Russia; CNN Goes Inside El Salvador's Notorious Mega-Prison; DOJ Confirms Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador Mega-Prison "Is Alive And Secure"; Dozens Of DHS Staffers, Including Top FEMA Officials, Give Lie Detector Tests Over Alleged Leaks. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Makes New Tariff U-Turn, Excepting Electronics Made In China; Comedian Bill Maher Recounts Time Spent Speaking With President Trump; Investigation Into Cause Of Deadly NYC Tourist Chopper Crash; Pilot, Spanish Tourist Family Of Five, Killed In NYC Chopper Crash, Trump To Trade The Oval Office For The Octagon With UFC Appearance; Revealing Look Inside The Manosphere. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Optimistic about U.S.-China Tariff Deal; Uncertainty Sends Markets on a Wild Ride; Consumers to Feel the Tariff Heat; Negotiators Meeting in Oman for New Iran Nuclear Deal; Trump Foreign Policy; U.S. Withdraws from Key Role in Global Disaster Relief; Wreckage Recovered in Deadly Hudson River Helicopter Crash; Prada to Buy Versace; Brussels Easter Eggs. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Optimistic about U.S.-China Tariff Deal; Negotiators Meeting in Oman for New Iran Nuclear Deal; Trump Foreign Policy; U.S. State Department Revokes 500+ Student Visas at 88 Universities; Uncertainty Sends Markets on a Wild Ride; Dominican Republic Night Club Roof Collapse; "Space Miso"; Prada to Buy Versace; Nintendo Unveils New Switch 2 in U.K. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Optimistic about U.S.-China Tariff Deal; Negotiators Meeting in Oman for New Iran Nuclear Deal; DOJ Ordered to Update Daily on Deported Man; U.S. State Department Revokes 500+ Student Visas at 88 Universities; Consumers to Feel the Tariff Heat; Taiwan Worries about U.S.-China Economic Standoff; RFK Jr. Announces New Study of "Autism Epidemic"; Sports Highlights. Aired 5-6a ET
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