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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As Pontiff; Interview With Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Pope Leo: Church Must Continue "Missionary Outreach" Where It Is "Desperately Needed"; Trump Administration Fires Librarian Of Congress; Pentagon Orders Military Academies To Review Books For Possible Removal; Victim In Road Rage Shooting "Talks" To His Killer In Court Via AI; Pakistan: India Launches Missiles Targeting Key Military Bases. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Finnish President Alexander Stubb; Interview with Journalist Christo Grozev; Interview with "Antidote" Director and Producer James Jones; Interview with The New York Times Technology Reporter David Yaffe-Bellany. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Floats Raising Taxes On The Rich; Federal Judge Orders Immediate Release Of Detained Tufts Student; Newsom Hits Trump Over Tariffs In New Ad; Prosecutor: New Jersey Mayor Arrested By ICE Detention Center Where He Was Protesting; Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As New Pope. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Businesses Are Trying To Pass Tariff Costs Onto Customers; New Jersey Mayor Arrested For Protesting At Migrant Center; Newark Air Traffic Control Suffers Another Outage Overnight; In First Mass, Pope Leo Calls On Priesthood To Show Humility; CNN Visits Command Center On Ukraine's Front Lines; Answering Your Questions On The Health Effects Of Lead Exposure. Aired 5-6p ET
• In First Mass, Pope Leo Calls On Priesthood To Show Humility; Attorney Says, Tufts Student Released After Six Weeks In Detention; Controversy Over Lt. Gov. Nominee Splinters Virginia Republicans; Flurry Of Civil Cases Await Sean Combs After His Criminal Trial. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Involved In Talks To Potentially Suspend Habeas Corpus; Democratic Mayor Arrested At ICE Facility During Protests; Trump Pushes For Taxes On Wealth, It's A Redistribution; Trump Lowers Tariffs On China; Airport Chaos Continues. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Pope Leo XIV Began First Homily In English; U.S. And China To Hold Key Trade Talks In Switzerland This Weekend; Today, Jury Could Be Seated In Sean Diddy Combs Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His First Mass As Pontiff; AI Video Of Slain Man Speaks To His Killer In Court; President Trump Calls For 30- Day Unconditional Ceasefire. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Leo XIV Begins First Homily as Pope in His Native English; Trump Signals Possible Cut on China Tariff from 145 Percent to 80 Percent; DOT Announces Plans to Build New Air Traffic Control System. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Jury Could be Seated in Combs Trial; Joseph Shamie is Interviewed about Trump's Tariffs; American's Feelings on Gulf of America; Viewer Questions about Lead. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Jury Could Be Seated in Sean Combs' Criminal Trial; Trump Signals Possible Cut on China Tariff from 145% to 80%; Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Has Died; Leo XIV, The First American Pope, Delivers His First Homily. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Victim In Road Rage Shooting Talks To His Killer In Court Via AI; Kyiv Accuses Russia Of Violating Putin's Declared Three-Day Truce; Migrants, Believed To Be Destined For Libya, Sat On A Bus For Hours Then Abruptly Returned To Detention Facility. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Another Outage Hits Newark Airport; Pope Leo Celebrates First Mass; Trump Backing Down on China Tariffs?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• India and Pakistan Trade Blame as Conflict Spirals; Judge Orders Immediate Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE; Migrants Waited Hours on a Bus, Expecting Deportation to Libya; Soviet-Era Spacecraft Due to Crash Back to Earth. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. And China To Hold Key Trade Talks Tomorrow; Trump Says 80 Percent Tariff On China Seems Right, It's Up To Bessent; Newark Controllers Lose Radar, Radio Contact Again; Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As New Pope. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Kushner Advising Trump Officials Ahead of Mideast Trip; Man Killed in 2021 Speaks to His Killer in Court Via AI; Answering Viewer Questions About Lead Exposure Risks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Makes Concession: "80 Percent On China Seems Right"; China's Exports To U.S. Plunged 21 Percent In April Amid Trump Tariffs; Ex-Girlfriend Of Sean "Diddy" Combs Could Take Stand On Monday; Final Selection Of Jury Delayed After Some Prospective Jurors Removed; Testimony Expected To Begin On Monday In Combs' Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Pope Leo XIV Opens First Homily with Statement in English; Trump Threatens Sanctions if Putin Doesn't Accept Ceasefire. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American to Lead Catholic Church; India and Pakistan Trade Blame as Conflict Spirals; Ukrainian Drones Track Russian Violations of Putin's Ceasefire. Aired 12-1a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American To Lead Catholic Church; Pope Leo XIV Expected To Build On Pope Francis' Reforms; Trump Announces New Trade Deal With The U.K.; Trump: "China Very Much Wants To Make A Deal"; The Significance of the Pope's New Name Leo XIV; India and Pakistan Trade Blame as Conflict Spirals; Trump Speaks with Zelenskyy, Supports 30-Day Ceasefire; Xi and Putin Agree to Deepen China-Russia Ties; Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American to Lead Catholic Church; Family of Tailors Has Clothed Popes for Generations. Aired 1-2a ET
• American Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected as Pope Leo XIV; Indian P.M. Calls for Continued Alertness Amid Continuing Tensions; Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American To Lead Catholic Church; Trump Announces New Trade Deal With the U.K.; Russia Preparing For WWII Victory Day Parade. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Pope Leo XIV to Lead His First Mass Hours After the Historic Election as the First American Pope in History; Russian President to Lead Victory Day Parade Before World Leaders, U.S., U.K. Announce Trade Deal. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass as New Pope; Joe Biden Defends Legacy on 'The View'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• India Launches Attack Overnight; Father Robert Hagan is Interviewed about the New Pope; AI Victim Speaks to Killer in Court; Pirro Named as Interim U.S. Attorney. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass in the Sistine Chapel; World Leaders Attend Massive Military Parade in Russia; Macron Urges EU not to Renew Syria Sanctions; U.S. to Hold Trade Talks with China on Heels of UK Deal; Tottenham Beat BODO/GLIMT 5-1 on Aggregate to Reach Final. Aired 9- 10a ET
• American-Born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Becomes Pope Leo XIV; Russia Celebrates Victory Day; European Leaders Pledge Further Support for Ukraine; U.S. Cardinals Speak After Electing First American Pope; Israel Continues Deadly Siege on Gaza in the past Week; India and Pakistan Trade Blame Amid New Fighting; India Reacts to Escalating Conflict in Pakistan; Family of Tailors Has Clothes Popes for Generations. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Pope Finds New Fame: Major Cities Claim Him As One Of Their Own; Pakistan: India Launches Missiles Targeting Key Military Bases; Media Matters; Jeanine Pirro, Trump's Newest Pick To Serve As Washington, D.C.'s Top Prosecutor. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• World's First U.S.-Born Pope Now Leads 1.4 Billion Catholics; Pope Leo XIV Expected to Build on Pope Francis' Reforms. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Putin Marks World War II Victory Day with Parade, Wreath Laying; Trump Announces New Trade Deal with the U.K.; Thousands Celebrate at Vatican as Pope Leo XIV Revealed. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass In Sistine Chapel. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As Pontiff; Russians Mark Victory Day; Indian, Pakistan Exchange Cross-Border Fire. Aired 5:30- 6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Picks Fox's Jeanine Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney in DC; Trump Allies and Ex-Lawyers Running DOJ, Key U.S. Attorney Offices; Trump Picks Doctor Aligned with MAHA Movement for Surgeon General; LEO XIV Begins First Homily as Pope in his Native Speech; New Pope Calls for "Missionary Outreach," "Building Bridges". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Signals Openness To Raising Taxes On The Rich; America Celebrates Leo XIV As First Pope From U.S.; JFK's Nephew Weighs In On First American-Born Pope; "MOSE" Barrier Makes Rising Water Levels In Venice "Manageable". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. And Israel Announce A Distribution Plan For Aid In Gaza; U.S.- Born Robert Prevost Becomes Pope Leo XIV; China's Xi Jinping Joins Putin For Victory Day Parade; World Leaders Attend Massive Military Parade In Russia; Ukraine's Zelenskyy To Host Coalition Of The Willing Talks; Judge Orders Release Of Tufts University Student Held By Immigration. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Newark Mayor Arrested At ICE Facility; Trump Involved In Talks To Potential Suspend Habeas Corpus; Trump Blinks In Trade War Right Before China Talks; Columbia Student Freed After ICE Arrest Speaks Out; Cassie Expected To Testify Against Diddy. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: U.S. And Chinese Trade Negotiators To Meet In Geneva; Chinese Exports To U.S. Plunge Ahead Of Key Trade Talks; Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As Pope In Sistine Chapel. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As Pope In Sistine Chapel; Cardinal Prevost Becomes Pope XIV; Israel's Deadly Siege On Gaza In The Past Week; Pentagon Gives Transgender Troops Deadline To Quit Military; Trump Administration Still Pushing Deportation, But not For Everyone; Milwaukee Public Schools Facing Lead Contamination Crisis; Final Jury Selection Delayed In Media Mogul's Trial; ;Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• White House: Trump Won't Unilaterally Lower China Tariffs; DHL CEO: We Want Supply Chains to Remain Stable; Newark Airport Communications Outage Is Second In Two Weeks; Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As Pope In Sistine Chapel; Pope Leo XIV Inherits Vatican's Complex Financial Situation; Victim's Sister Creates A.I. Video Of Her Brother To Address His Killer In Court At Sentencing. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Leo XIV, The First American Pope, Takes Helm Of Catholic Church; U.S. And China To Hold Trade Talks In Geneva Tomorrow; Pakistan Says, India Launched Another Drone Attack On Pakistan Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Raises Idea of Hiking Taxes on Rich to Speaker Johnson; Pope Leo XIV Delivers First Homily; Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies at 85. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Touts U.K. Trade Framework As U.S. Negotiators Prepare For Talks With China; Pope Leo XIV Take Helm Of Catholic Church; Sources: Another Outage Hits Air Traffic Controllers Around Newark Intl. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Americans' Opinions on Trump Administration?; Lead Contamination Crisis in Milwaukee Schools. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Involved In Talks To Potentially Suspend Habeas Corpus; Newark Mayor Released After Being Arrested At ICE Facility; Pope Leo's Brother: "Oh My God, Rob's The Pope." Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• U.S.-China Trade Talks; Trump Willing To Lower China Tariffs To 80 Percent; President Xi In Moscow; European Leaders Travelling To Kyiv; Judge Orders Release Of Tufts Student; U.N. Ambassador To Israel Outlines American-Israeli Plan For Gaza; Young Israeli Survivors Share Experience In New Film; Rumeysa Ozturk Released From Detention; India And Pakistan Trades Blame; Pope Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass; A.I. Video Of Slain Man Speaks To His Killer In Court. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As Pope In Sistine Chapel; India And Pakistan Trade Blame Amid New Fighting; World Leaders Attend Massive Military Parade In Russia; New Equipment Outage Hits Newark Air Traffic Control; U.S. President Hints Chinese Tariff Levels Could Fall To 80 Percent. Aired 3-4p ET