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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Vance Denies Waltz was Let Go, Argues New Role Could Be Promotion; Trump Judge Slams Trump; WSJ: Tesla Board Opened Search For A CEO To Succeed Elon Musk; Trump Called Jeff Bezos After Learning Amazon Considered Breaking Out A Tariff Charge; Syracuse Lacrosse Players Accused Of "Hazing On Steroids"; 3 Black Voters Explain Why They Went From Not Supporting Pres. Trump To Casting Their Ballot For Him. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Oleksandr Merezhko; Interview with U.S. Surgeon Recently in Gaza and Palestinian American Bridge Dr. Samer Attar; Interview with "My Name is Emilia del Valle" Author Isabel Allende; Interview with The Wall Street Journal Higher Education Reporter Douglas Belkin. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Stocks Mixed As U.S. Economy Shrinks Amid Abrupt Trump Policy Shifts; Trump Blaming Biden As Economy Shrinks For First Time Since COVID; Sources: Rubio & Bukele Have Been Directly In Touch About Man Mistakenly Deported; Harris Hours Away From Speech On Trump's First 100 Days. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Sources: Witkoff Under Consideration To Replace Waltz; Waltz Out As National Security Adviser, Tapped For UN AMB; Trump: Rubio To Temporarily Serve As National Security Adviser; Trump Econ Adviser Says He Expects News On A Trade Deal Today; U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Trump's Transgender Ban; How The Trump Admin's Health Policies Impact Children. Aired 5-6a ET
• Waltz Out as National Security Adviser After Signal Scandals; Trump Econ Adviser Says He Expects News on a Trade Deal Today; Trump- Appointed Judge Says President's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Unlawful in First-of-Its-Kind Ruling. 11 New York Teens Charged Over Alleged Hazing Incident; How Technology Is Changing Some Of The Most Remote Communities. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Ousts Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser; Trump Replaces Waltz With as National Security Adviser; Trump-Appointed Judge, Trump's Deportations Unlawful. General Motors Braces for a $5 Billion Tariff Impact; U.S. Army Plans for a Potential Military Parade for Trump's Birthday. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months of Tense Talks; White House Impatience for Trade Deals Grows as Economic Anxiety Builds; Sources Say, Trump Admin Weighs Sending Migrants to Libya and Rwanda. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. And Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months Of Tense Talks; Trump Adminisratin Proposal Would Cut Overdose Prevention Programs; Court To Resume Friday After Two Days Of Key Witness Testimony. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months of Tense Talks; White House Impatience for Trade Deals Grows as Economy Anxiety Build; Interview with Mary Barra, Chair and CEO, GM; Trump Tariffs, Impact on Her Company; Interview with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR): Ukraine's Mineral Deal, Economy, Overdose Prevention Programs. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Syracuse Hazing Suspects Surrender; Polls on Trump Being the Right Choice; Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) is Interviewed about Sanctions on Russia; CNN Dives into Misinformation Rabbit Hole. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Mineral Deal; VA No Longer Helping with Mortgages; Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Markets Open After April Ended Down; Neil Irwin is Interviewed About the Markets; Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Jesse Keenen is Interviewed About a Major Climate Report; Belichick Defends Girlfriend in Interview. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• White House Seeking Trade Deals; Mike Waltz Out?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• National Security Adviser Mike Waltz Expected to Leave Post; In First-of-Its-Kind Ruling, Trump-Appointed Judge Says Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Unlawful; Attorney for Newly Freed Columbia Student of What Happens Next; HHS Review of Youth Gender Dysphoria Treatment Doesn't Name Authors. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Mike Waltz to Be Nominated as Ambassador to United Nations; Secretary of State Rubio to Be Interim National Security Advisor; Last Ships to Avoid Tariffs Arriving From China; Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Against White House on Some Deportations. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Toy Company Execs Warn Tariffs to Bring Higher Prices, Shortages; Secretary Kennedy Falsely Claims MMR Vaccine Contains Aborted Fetus Debris; Trump Will Nominate Mike Waltz as Ambassador to United Nations. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Mike Waltz to be Nominated as Ambassador to United Nations; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) Discusses About Mike Waltz's Nomination; Chamber of Commerce Asks Trump for Tariff Relief to "Save America's Small Businesses and Stave Off a Recession"; Sources: Intense Pressure on WH Officials to Produce Trade Deals. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Plans Unveiled to Combat Shortage of Air Traffic Controllers; Trump to Deliver Graduation Speech at University of Alabama; 100 Men Versus 1 Gorilla: Who Would Win. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• : U.S. and Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals Deal; Trump Blames Biden for Shrinking Economy; Gaza Nears Famine After Israel's Total Blockade; China Standing Firm in the Face of Trump's Tariffs. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• U.S. And Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals Deal; Trump Blames Biden For Country's Economic Woes; Trump Administration Weighs Sending Migrants To Libya And Rwanda; Gaza Nears Famine Two Months After Israel's Total Blockade; Interview with Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra of Nasser Hospital; India Shuts Its Airspace to Airlines from Pakistan; Cardinals Will Start Conclave to Elect New Pope on May 7. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. And Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals Deal; China Standing Firm In The Face Of Donald Trump's Tariffs; Children With U.S. Citizenship Leave With Deported Mothers; Wildfires Near Jerusalem Force Evacuations, Road Closures; Gaza Nears Famine Two Months After Israel's Total Blockade; India Shuts Its Airspace to Airlines From Pakistan; Rallies Expected Around the World for International Workers' Day; King Charles Reflects on Cancer's Darkest Moments. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• U.S., Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals Deal; U.S., China Urge Resistance and De-Escalation of the India-Pakistan Conflict; MAGA- aligned New Media Joins the White House Press Corps. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz Leaving Post; Rubio Tapped As Interim U.S. National Security Adviser; Judge: Trump's Use Of Alien Enemies Act Is Unlawful; Sources: Intense Pressure On White House Officials To Get Trade Deals; China Standing Firm In The Face Of Trump's Tariffs; India Shuts Airspace To Pakistani Airlines In Reciprocal Move; Telsa Dismisses Report Of Board Plan To Replace Elon Musk; Sources: White House Weighs Sending Migrants To Libya And Rwanda. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump: 'Maybe the Children Will Have Two Dolls Instead of 30'; The Difficulties of Dating in Today's Political Environment. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Ukraine Mineral Deal with U.S.; Imran Ansari is Interviewed about the Lacrosse Hazing Allegations; Supreme Court to Decide on Religious Charter School; Allison Morrow is Interviewed about GDP Shrinking; Harris Accuses Trump of Abandoning American Ideals. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• GM CEO: Tariffs will Cost Automaker up to $5 Billion in 2025; Netanyahu Calls Defeating Enemies "Supreme Objective" Not Freeing Hostages in Gaza War; Judge Releases Columbia Student Detained by Homeland Security; General Motors Cuts 2025 Forecast Amid Tariff Worries; 17-Year-Old Steals Spotlight in Barca's Thriller at Inter. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals Deal; Tariffs Will Cost GM up to $5 Billion in 2025; Thousands Storm U.N. Facilities in Gaza in Search of Food; Israel Strikes Outside Syria's Capital; Big Week of Earnings Reports for Big Tech; Deadly Storms Flood Property in Oklahoma; India- Pakistan Tensions; U.S. Deadline Looms for UNESCO Membership Decision; The Impact of AI on Culture; Ice Bucket Challenge Revived for a New Cause. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Team In Disarray; Tariffs To Cost Apple $1B; Fears Of All-Out War After Pakistan Says India Is Planning Attack. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Acknowledges "Tough" Economic Transition; U.S. Economy Shrinks For The First Time Since 2022; Trump Blames Biden For Shrinking Economy; China Standing Firm In The Face Of Trump's Tariffs; U.S. And Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal; Harris Slams Trump In First Big Speech Since Leaving Office; Gaza Nears Famine Two Months After Israel's Total Blockade. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• New Lending Tree Survey Reveals "Troubling Findings"; Sources: Rubio And Bukele Discussed Mistake Deportation; Ice Bucket Challenge Revived For A New Cause. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Special Envoy Steve Witkoff Under Consideration to Replace Mike Waltz as Trump's National Security Adviser; Sources: National Security Adviser Waltz to Leave in Coming Days. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• April Job Cuts Highest For The Month Since 2020; Federal Judge Rules Trump's Use Of Alien Enemies Act Is Unlawful; Actor Ed Helms On His New Book "SNAFU". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Pleads Trump to Pull Back on Tariffs; China Standing Firm in the Face of Trump's Tariffs; Americans to Adjust Their Spending Says Trump; Erin Patterson Testifies in Court. Trump Nominates Mike Waltz As New U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.; Washington and Kyiv Sign a Minerals Deal; Trump's Tariffs Plan Set to Soon Kick In. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Mike Waltz Ousted from Post; Judge Ruled on Trump's Immigration Policy; Beto O'Rourke Protests Against Trump Policies; Tariffs Kills Businesses; Bill Belichick Defends Young Girlfriend. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: U.S. & Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months Of Talks; White House: Moving At "Full Speed" To "Operationalize" Ukraine Deal; Trump: We Signed Minerals Deal With Ukraine "To Be Protected". Aired 11a-12p ET
• Sources: U.S. National Security Adviser Expected To Leave Post; U.S. And Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months Of Talks; Job Cuts By U.S. Government Made Up Largest Chuck Of Layoffs; Sources: Trump Weighs Sending Migrants To Libya And Rwanda; U.S., China Urge Pakistan And India To De- escalate; Federal Judge Rules Trump Use Of Alien Enemies Act Unlawful; Trump Administration Releases Review Of Gender Dysphoria Treatment; Training Dogs To Sniff Out Landmines; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Nominates National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to Be U.S. Ambassador to U.N.; U.S. Chamber of Commerce Ask White House for Tariff Relief; Zelenskyy: Minerals Deal is First Result of Trump Meeting; Tesla Denies Report of Board Seeking to Replace Elon Musk; Trump Asks Supreme Court to End Deportation Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.; Tariffs Force Japanese Auto Factory to Revamp Operations; Apple, Amazon Announce Earnings. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, White House Anxious to Close Deals, Trade Agreements; U.S. and Ukraine Sign Critical Mineral Resources Agreement; Tesla Dismisses Wall Street Journal Report of Board Plan to Replace Musk. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• 24 States and D.C. Sue Over Trump's Cuts to AmeriCorps; Steep DOGE Cuts; Trump Blames Biden for Economic Slowdown; Kamala Harris: Trump Tariffs "Clearly Inviting a Recession"; Bill Belichick Takes Aim at CBS. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Impact of Trump Trade War?; Mike Waltz Expected to Leave Trump Administration; Ukraine Minerals Deal Signed; White House Anxious Over Lack of Trade Deals?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Immigration Crackdown; Interview With Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI); Mike Waltz Expected to Leave Trump Administration; Impact of Trump Trade War?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Waltz Replaced By Rubio As National Security Adviser; Vance Says Waltz's Ouster Not Signal Scandal; Waltz Appears To Use Signal After Trump said "Maybe Don't Use it"; Politico: Ketanji Brown Jackson Condemns Trump's Attacks On Judges; Tim Cook: Trump Tariffs Could Cost Apple $900 Million This Quarter; Elon Musk: DOGE Is A "Long-Term Enterprise"; Trump Cheers Alabama Football, Basketball At Commencement Speech. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Waltz Removed as National Security Adviser; U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Asks White House Tariff Relief; Indonesia To Increase U.S. Imports; Ukraine Signs Minerals Deal With U.S.; Pakistan Braces Possible Military Action By India; N. Korea Praises Soldiers Fighting For Russia; Amazon And Apple Q1 Earnings Report; U.S. And Japan Hold Trade Negotiation; Slate Unveils Ultra-Affordable Pick-Up. Aired 6-7p ET