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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Leader Of The Free World And The President Of El Salvador Both Say They Won't Return A Man When Deported By Mistake. Trump Official: Administration "Does Not Have Authority To Forcibly Extract" Deported Man; Man Charged With Arson on PA Gov's Residence Denied Bail; Trump Administration Takes Formal Steps Toward Tariffs On Chips, Prescription Drugs; Trump Administration Freezes Billions In Funding For Harvard After University Rejects Demands For Policy Changes; Carville: How To Turn Trump's Economic Chaos Against Him. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Harvard University Professor of Economics and White House Council of Economic Advisers Former Chair Greg Mankiw; Interview with Yale Budget Lab Economic Director and White House Council of Economic Advisers Former Chief Economist Ernie Tedeschi; Interview with Johns Hopkins University Professor of International Affairs Vali Nasr; Interview with Bard Center for the Study of Hate Director Kenneth Stern. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Salvadoran President Says He Doesn't "Have The Power" To Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man To U.S.; Soon: Suspect In Shapiro Arson Attack Will Be Arraigned; Katy Perry, Gayle King Aboard First All- Female Blue Origin Flight. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• White House Says, Mistakenly Deported Man Won't Be Returned To U.S.; Zuckerberg Takes The Stand In First Day Of Antitrust Trial; Judge Denies Bail For Suspect In Arson At Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion; Tonight: Paige Bueckers Expected To Be Top WNBA Draft Pick; Blue Origin's All-Women Crew Flies To Edge Of Space. Aired 6-7p ET
• Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), Is Interviewed About GOP Fight To Pass Trump Agenda Intensifies; Mother Who Lost Son To Suicide Discusses Grief In New Memoir; Russia Launches Deadliest Attack Of The Year On Ukraine. Aired 5:00-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• White House Defies Courts, Won't Return Mistakenly Deported Man; Trump Open To Deporting Homegrown Criminals To El Salvador; Trump Admin Announces $2.2 Billion Funding Freeze For Harvard; Trump Administration Start Sweeping Tariffs For Semiconductors And Pharmaceuticals; President Trump Meets With El Salvador's Leader At The White House. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Warns Tariffs on Smart Phones, Electronics Coming Soon; Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) on Arson Attack, This Kind of Violence is Not Okay; Rory McIlroy Wins Masters, Coveted Career Grand Slam. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Trump Administration Say It's Not Required To Help Bring Wrongly Deported Man Back To U.S.; Blue Origin All-Female Crew Space Flight To Lift Off At 9:30 AM ET; Russia Launches More Attacks After Sumy Tragedy. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Attack on Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro's Residence While Family Slept; Trump Warns Tariffs on Smartphones, Electronics Coming Soon; Wall Street Braces for More Tariff News After Volatile Week; Interview with Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV): Dems Call for insider Trading Probe Over Trump's Tariff Pause. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Administration Not Required to Help with Wrongly Deported Man; Economic Poll Data Gets Bleak for Trump; James Evans is Interviewed about Tariffs; Palin and "New York Times" Retrial Today. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Confusion over Trump's Tariff Exemptions; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Attack on Shapiro's Residence; Trump to Meet with El Salvador's President; Space Flight with All-Female Crew. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Blue Origin Lifts Off with All-Female Crew; Michael Liersch is Interviewed about Tariff Whiplash; Meta Faces Antitrust Charges. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Teen With Neo-Nazi Ties Arrested in Trump Assassination Plot; Assassination Attempt Made on Pennsylvania Governor?; Tariff Chaos; Trump Administration Refusing to Return Mistakenly Deported Man. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Blue Origin's First All-Female Crew Returns From Edge Of Space; Harvard Professors Sue Trump Admin Over Threat To $9B In Funding; Rory McIlroy Captures Career Grand Slam With Masters Win. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Meets With Salvadoran President Amid Court Battle Over Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man; Trump Open to Deporting Homegrown Criminals to El Salvador; Trump Says He is Looking Into Tariff Exemptions for Car Companies, as Well as Pharma; China Cuts Off Critical Rare Earth Minerals to U.S.; Suspect Arrested in Arson Attack on Pennsylvania Governor's Residence. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• FTC Seeks To Break Up Meta's "Monopoly" In Landmark anti-Trust Trial; Trump Slams "60 Minutes," Says CBS Should "Lose Its License"; Small Businesses In The U.S. Feel Impacts Of Trump's China Tariffs; Watchdog: Rideshare, Delivery Driver Accounts For Sale On Social Media. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• New Tariff Whiplash As Trump's Showdown With China Deepens; Trump, Salvadoran Pres Make Clear Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man Won't Be Returned To U.S.; Trump Again Blames Zelensky For Russia's War Against Ukraine. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Suspect Arrested in Arson Attack on Pennsylvania Governor's Residence; Harvard Rejects Trump Administration's Request for Policy Changes; Blue Origin's First All-Female Cret returns from Edge of Space. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Official Says Tariff Exemptions on Tech are Temporary; China's Xi Heads to Vietnam, Aims to Bolster Economic Ties; Suspect Arrested after Arson at Gov. Shapiro's House; Noboa Declared Winner in Ecuador, Gonzalez Rejects Results; 34 Dead, 117 Injured in Sumy After Russian Missile Attack; Bernie Sanders Urges Coachella Crowds to Fight Trump Policies. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Stock Futures Rise Amid Temporary Tariff Exemptions For Tech Products; Arrest Made After Arson At PA Governor's Home; Houthis Take Responsibility For Ballistic Missile Attack Targeting Israel; At Least 34 Dead In Ukrainian City Of Sumy After Russian Missile Strikes; Pope Francis Makes Brief Appearance After Palm Sunday Service; Trump To Meet With El Salvador's Bukele In Coming Hours; Interview With Former U.S. District Judge For Southern District Of New York Shira Scheindlin; Blue Origin Rocket With All-Female Crew Set For Launch; Researchers In Europe Use A.I. To Help Predict Wildfires; Rory McIlroy Earns Elusive Green Jacket. Aired 1-2a ET
• President Trump Express Flexibility on Tech Tariffs, but Temporary; President Xi Jinping to Strengthen Ties with Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia; China Halts Rare Earth Mineral Exports; Suspect Arrested in Arson Fire at Governor Shapiro's House; President Trump to Meet with El Salvador President; Zelenskyy Invites Trump To Visit War- Torn Ukraine; Ukraine's Sumy Suffers Deadly Russian Missile Attack; Blue Origin Rocket With All-Female Crew Set For Launch. Aired 2-3a ET
• Global Markets Off To A Jump Start As Electronics Exempt From Tariffs; Suspect Arrested For Setting Fire At Pennsylvania Governor's Home; Pope Francis Surprisingly Appears At The Palm Sunday Mass; Rory McIlroy Bags The Masters Title And A Career Grand Slam. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Meets With Salvadoran President Bukele; Salvadoran President Says He Can't Return Abrego Garcia; New Tariff Whiplash As Trump's Showdown With China Deepens; Moscow Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine Amid Talks With U.S.; Israeli Airstrike Hits Hospital In Gaza City; Bernie Sanders Urges Coachella Crowds To Fight Trump Policies; Rory McIlroy Wins First Green Jacket & Career Grand Slam. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump to Host El Salvador's President at White House; Trump Administration Canceling or Reviewing Billions in University Funding. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Salena Zito is Interviewed about Arson at the Pennsylvania Governor's Home; Trump Says Tech Tariffs Will be Back in the Future; Trump to Host El Salvador's President; Trial Over Meta's Ownership of Instagram and WhatsApp; Sanders Speaks at Coachella. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• All-Female Crew Set To Lift Off On Blue Origin Rocket; Stock Futures React To Tariff Exemption On Electronics; Trump's Handling of U.S. Economy; EU Chief To Meet U.S. Counterparts in Washington; CBS News-YouGov Poll: Trumps Approval Ratings Slide; Israel Strikes Last Functioning Hospital In Gaza City; Israel Occupies Morag Corridor, Isolating Rafah; Moscow Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine Amid Talks With U.S.; Trump On Tariffs: No One Is "Getting Off The Hook"; Blue Star Studded Space Tourism Flight Launches; Blue Origin Astronauts Emerge Tourism Flight. Aired 9a-10a ET
• Israel Strikes Last Functioning Hospital In Gaza City; Moscow Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine Amid Talks With U.S.; U.S. And Iran To Meet Again Saturday After "Constructive Talks"; E.U. Trade Chief To Meet U.S. Counterparts In Washington; CBS News YouGov Poll: Donald Trump's Approval Ratings Slide; Noboa Declared Winner, Gonzalez Rejects Results; Sanders Urges Coachella Crowds To Fight Trump Policies. Aired 10-10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• White House: Mistakenly Deported Man Won't Be Returned To U.S.; Trump Says He's "Looking" At Pausing Tariffs On Carmakers; Judge Denies Bail For Suspect In Arson At Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump's Latest Tariffs Exempt Smartphones and Electronics; Suspect Arrested After Arson Attack at Pennsylvania Governor's House; Rory McIlroy Completes Career Grand Slam with Dramatic Play-Off Win at Augusta National. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Official Says Tariff Exemptions On Tech Are Temporary; Last-Minute Filers Prepare For April 15 Deadline; Rory McIlroy Wins First Green Jacket And Career Grand Slam. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Welcomes El Salvadoran President To White House; Bukele: I Can Return A Terrorist To The U.S.; Trump Says He Wants To Deport Homegrown Criminals To El Salvador. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump, Top Aides Say They Won't Return Man Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador; Trump Says He Wants To Deport "Homegrown Criminals" To El Salvador; Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Fire At Gov. Shapiro's Home; White House Exempts Chinese-Made Tech Devices From Most Tariffs, Then Says It's Only Temporary; New Poll: 56 Percent Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Economy. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Bukele Says He Can't Return Abrego Garcia; Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza; Israel Blocks All Humanitarian Aid into Gaza; Meta Antitrust Trial; Blue Origin Sends All-Female Crew to Space. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Floats "Homegrown" Deportations To El Salvador; Trump Admin Freezes Billions In Funding For Harvard University; Omar Jimenez Interviews Kara Swisher; CNN Reports On Arson At Governor's Mansion; Rory McIlroy Completes Long-Awaited Grand Slam At Masters. Aired 11p- 12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: EU Trade Chief To Meet U.S. Counterparts In Washington; Trump Team Gives Mixed Messages On Tariff Exemptions; Trump On Tariffs: No One Is "Getting Off The Hook". Aired 11a-12p ET
• President Trump Meets With The President Of El Salvador; Trump: I Want To Deport Homegrown Criminals; U.S., Iran Hail "Constructive" Nuclear Talks; Suspect Arrested In Arson Attack At Pennsylvania Governor's Residence; Blue Origin Launches All-Female Crew To Edge Of Space. Aired 12- 1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Floats Tariff Exemption For Car Companies; Xi Visits Vietnam As He Begins Tour Of Southeast Asia; Zuckerberg Takes The Stand At Meta Antitrust Trial; Donald Trump Wants To Deport "Homegrown Criminals" To El Salvador; Moscow Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine Amid Talks With U.S.; CEO James Daunt On How Barnes & Nobles Bounced Back. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder, Terrorism, and Arson for Attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D-PA) Residence; Trump Says, New Tariffs on Semiconductor are Coming Soon; China Chokes Off Critical Supply of Rare Earth Minerals to U.S. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• China Halts Exports of Critical Rare Earths to U.S.; Trump Admin. Pushes Back on Court Order Over Deported Man; Russia Attacks Ukraine in Palm Sunday; Blue Origin's All-Female Space Flight Returns; Rory McIlroy Wins Masters. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon: Trump Meets With Salvadoran President Amid Court Battle Over Mistakenly Deported Man. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• D.C. Attorney Nominee Under Fire; President of El Salvador Meets With Trump; Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump & Salvadoran President Make Clear Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man Won't Be Returned To U.S.; Trump Admin Announces $2.2 Billion Funding Freeze For Harvard; "It's Not Just Musk And Republicans": Sen. Bernie Sanders Takes Aim At Democrats At L.A. Rally. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump Blames Ukraine Again For Russia's Invasion; Moscow Ramps Up Attacks On Ukraine; Bukele Says He Can't Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia; U.S. Tariff Turmoil; Trump Team Gives Mixed Messages On Tariff Exemptions; U.S. And Iran Hold 'Constructive' First Round Of Nuclear Talks; Judge Denies Bail For Man Accused Of Setting Fire At Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's Residence; Katy Perry Launches Into Space With All-Female Crew On Blue Origin Rocket; Vance Fumbles Ohio State's Football Championship Trophy. Aired 6-7p ET