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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump's Supporters and Critics United Against Plane Deal; Trump Says He is Exploring Normalizing Relations with Syria After Key Meeting; Interview with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Attempted Kidnapping of Crypto Currency Boss' Family on Streets of Paris Caught on Video; Trump Claims It's a Genocide of Afrikaners in South Africa; Episcopal Church Refuses to Participate in Resettling Afrikaner Refugees; Cassie Ventura Testifies She Was Suicidal After Years of Alleged Abuse by Sean "Diddy" Combs; Lawmakers Press Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on NIH Cuts. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi; Interview with Standing Together Co-Director Alon-Lee Green; Interview with Standing Together Co-Director Rula Daood; Interview with The New York Times Foreign Affairs Opinion Columnist Thomas L. Friedman. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Signs Qatar-Boeing Deal Worth $200 Billion; Newsom Addresses Whether Recent Policy Proposals Are Part of Expected 2028 Run; Cassie Ventura Testifies Sean "Diddy" Combs Threatened Her After Their Relationship Ended. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• New Book Reveals How Biden's Inner Circle Kept Cabinet From Him In Final Two Years Of Presidency; Trump Family's Crypto Holdings Stir Ethics Questions; Defense To Cross-Examine Star Witness Cassie Ventura Tomorrow; Dr. Gupta Answers Your Questions On Animal Transplants. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump's Mideast Tour Signals Major Foreign Policy Shift; Lawmakers Press Secretary Kennedy on Health Cuts; Sources Say, Hundreds More Agents to be Deployed in Immigration Crackdown. Defense To Cross-Examine Star Witness Cassie Ventura Tomorrow; Daughter Of Crypto CEO Escapes Kidnapping In Paris. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• DHS Says, Trump is Justified to Suspend Constitutional Provision; Gabbard Fires Officials Who Contradicted Invasion Narrative; Bipartisan Backlash to GOP's Planned Medicaid Cuts. Trump Faces Backlash On Jet Gift From Qatar; HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Says Not To Listen To Him When It Comes To Healthcare. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Exploring Normalizing Relations With Syria After Key Meeting; Soon, Cassie Ventura Begins Day 2 of Testimony in Combs Trial; Menendez Brothers Resentenced, Opening Door for Possible Parole. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Arrives In Qatar Amid Questions Over Plan To Accept Jet Gift; Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson Reinstated By Major League Baseball; FAA Meets With Airlines To Discuss Flight Safety, Air Traffic. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Arrives in Qatar After Historic Meeting with Syria's President; Trump Wants to Make a Deal with Iran to Wind Down Nuclear Program; Cassie Ventura Begins Day 2 of Testimony in Combs Trial; Interview with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA): Senate Democrats Vote to Require Human Rights Report on El Salvador. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Trump Meets With Syria's President In Saudi Arabia; New: Book: President Biden Did Not Seem To Recognize George Clooney At 2024 Fundraiser; Sanjay Answers Your Questions About The Future Of Organ Transplants. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Unsure If Putin Will Show Up For Ukraine Talks; Trump Arrives In Qatar After Saudi Arabia Visit; Cassie Ventura To Resume Testimony In Sean "Diddy" Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Charles van der Steene is Interviewed about the Shipping Business; Dr. Megan Ranney is Interviewed about Kennedy's Impact on Health; FAA Meets with Airlines to Discuss Delays. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Port Surge?; Trump Continues Middle East Trip; Cassie Ventura Testifies in Combs Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Jury Shown Texts Between Combs and Ventura After Hotel Assault; FAA meets with Airlines About Troubled Newark Airport; Lawmakers Grill HHS Secretary Kennedy on Budget Cuts, Vaccine Views. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Arrives to Fanfare in Qatar With Camels and Cybertrucks; Trump Announces $200 Billion Boeing Deal With Qatar; Trump Praises Syrian President and Considers Normalizing Relations, Announces Plan to Lift Sanctions; Ventura Details Health Issues She Says She Faced After Freak Offs. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO): Trump Arrives in Doha Amid Plans to Accept Qatari Luxury Jet; Prosecutors Show Jury Still Images of Freak Offs in Combs Trial; Pete Rose, Other Deceased Players Reinstated by MLB; The Future of Organ Transplants. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Meeting Notice: Newark Airport "Clearly is Unable to Handle the Current Level of Scheduled Operations"; FAA Meeting for Hours with Airlines About Troubled Newark Airport; Prosecutors Show Jury Still Images of "Freak Offs" in Combs' Trial; Ventura: Combs' Security Team Once Chased After Her, Took Her Back to His House After She Fled Following Fight; America's Ports Soon Could Face a Surge from Stockpiling; Trump in Qatar for Second Stop on Middle East Tour. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump in Qatar for Second Stop on Middle East Tour; Ventura Details Multiple Incidents of Alleged Abuse in Combs' Trial; Football Social Media Teams Work to Create Viral Moments. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump to Soon Begin Day Two of Middle East Trip; Israel Targets Hamas Leader in Gaza Hospital Strike; Russia Using Social Media to Keep Grip on Occupied Mariupol; Combs's Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura to Resume Testimony; MLB Reinstates 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, Pete Rose, Others. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump Lavishes Praise On Saudi Crown Prince, Signaling Renewed Alliance; Israel Targets Hamas Leader In Hospital Strike; Cassie Ventura Testifies In Sean Combs's Sex Trafficking Case; Zelenskyy Agrees To Peace Talks With Putin In Turkey; Kardashian Thought Robbers Would Kill her in Paris Heist; Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty of Sexual Assault; Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura to Resume Testimony; Trump Brand Expands as U.S. Strengthens Middle East Ties; Military Industry Touts New Products at Defense Fair. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump Kicks Off Middle East Visit In Riyadh; Donald Trump Announces Plan To Lift Sanctions On Syria; U.S. Inflation Slows To Lowest Rate In Over Four Years; Zelenskyy Insists Peace Talks Must Involve Putin Himself; Combs' Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura to Resume Testimony; Defense Attorneys Admit Combs Has Been Violent With Romantic Partners; Gaza Officials Say at Least 56 Killed in Overnight IDF Strikes; 200 Rescued From a Maryland Elementary School With Boats; Brothers Eligible for Parole After Re-sentencing for Parents Murder; Sauna Song Sees Sweden Secure Spot in Final of Eurovision 2025. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump Travels to Qatar for his Second Stop of the Middle East Tour; Cassie Ventura Testifies in Sean Diddy Combs' Trial; MLB Reinstates Two Deceased Players, Eligible for Baseball Hall of Fame. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Mideast Trip Overshadowed by Proposed Qatar Gift; Menendez Brothers Eligible for Parole after Resentencing; Today: Cassie Ventura Returns to Stand in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Jeff Neilsen and Harvey Scolnick are Interviewed about Airline Travel; Hagar Chemali is Interviewed about Syria Sanctions; Democrats Face Tough Questions about Biden; Keith O'Brien is Interviewed about Pete Rose's Reinstatement; Buttigieg's Iowa Town Hall Fuels Speculation; Trump to Arrive in Qatar. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Expected to Sign Investment Agreements Totalling Hundreds of Billions of Dollars; Syrian and U.S. Leaders Discuss Path to Recovery and Rebuilding; Trump Announces Plan to Lift Sanctions on Syria; Trump in Qatar on Second Leg of Middle East Tour; Trump: Putin "Would Like me to be There" for Peace Talks. Aired 9-10a ET
• Trump Meets with Syrian President; U.S. and Qatari Leaders Sign Agreements; U.S. and Israeli Teams Hold Hostage/Ceasefire Talks in Doha; Zelenskyy Insists Peace Talks Must Involve Putin Himself; Cassie Ventura Back on the Stand in Combs Trial. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Once Called Qatar "A Founder of Terrorism", Now About To Accept Luxury Jet As A Gift; RFK Jr.: I Don't Think People Should Take "Medical Advice From Me"; Businesses Say They Are Struggling To Survive Amid Trump's Tariffs; Diddy's Ex-Girlfriend Alleges She Suffered Wounds From "Freak Offs". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Saudi Crown Prince Speaks as Trump Attends Gulf Summit; Trump Addressing Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Addresses Golf Cooperation Council in Riyadh; NVIDIA Partners with Saudi Arabia for AI Investment; Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura to Resume Testimony; Kardashian Thought Robbers Would Kill Her in Paris Heist. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Wrapping Up Riyadh Visit On Day 2 Of Middle East Trip; Sources: Israel Targets Hamas Leader In Gaza Hospital Strike; Zelenskyy Insists Peace Talks Must Involve Putin Himself; Combs' Ex- Girlfriend Cassie Ventura To Resume Testimony. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura To Resume Testimony; Menendez Brothers Eligible For Parole After Resentencing For Murder Of Parents; Trump Departs Riyadh, Headed To Qatar For Next Leg Of Trip. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Announces $200B Boeing Deal with Qatar; Trump Defends Qatar Airplane Gift Amid Mounting Criticism; Trump in Doha Amid Plans to Accept Qatari Luxury Jet; Republicans Divided on Medicaid Changes in Spending Bill; Trump Defends Accepting Super-Luxury Jet from Qatar. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Josh Hawley Says I'm Fine With Wealthy Paying Higher Taxes, but It is Wrong to Cut Health Care for the Working Poor; KFF Poll Shows 62 Percent Support Adding Work Requirements for Medicaid; New Book "Original Sin" Details Biden's Declining Health Before 2024 Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Arrives in Qatar After Saudi Arabia Visit; Gaza Aid Crisis Deepens As Border Closure Worsens Plight of Gazans; Zelenskyy Insists He will Only Join Ukraine-Russia Talks in Turkey This Week If Putin is Present. Ukraine is Ready for Any Negotiations; Russia and Ukraine's Peace Talks in Turkey; Worsening Humanitarian Situation; Cassie Ventura's Second Day of Testimony. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Laura Coates and Guests Discuss the Latest in the Federal Trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Trump In Qatar On Second Leg Of Middle East Tour; Trump Praises Syria's Leader After Meeting In Riyadh; Zelenskyy Insists Peace Talks Must Involve Putin Himself. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump In Qatar On Second Leg Of Middle East Tour; Trump: Putin "Would Like Me To Be There" For Talks; Source: Israel Targets Mohammed Sinwar In Strike In Southern Gaza; House Meetings Turn Into Fiery Debate Over Medicaid; U.S. Drug Overdose See Unprecedented Drop in 2024; Trump Receives Lavish Welcome On His Arrival In Doha; Sean "Diddy" Combs' Ex- Girlfriend Back On Stand; Damaging Impacts Of Alcohol On Sleep; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Get Warm Welcome in Qatar on His Middle East Trip; Trump Brand Expands as U.S. Strengthens Middle East Ties; Cassie Ventura Gives Second Day of Testimony in Combs Case; Interview with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani Amid Trump Visit; Trump Family's Growing Crypto Empire. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Now, Cassie Ventura Resumes Testimony in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; Trump Speaks in Qatar Amid Questions Over Luxury Jet Gift; Trump Praises Syrian President as He Considers Normalizing Relations. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Key House Committee Votes to Advance GOP Tax Bill; Hamas Leader Targeted in Strikes on Gaza Hospital; Israel and U.S. Officials Meet for Ceasefire-Hostage Talks. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY); Qatar Signs Boeing Deal; Cassie Ventura Testifies in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Interview With Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Science of Animal Organ Transplants; Trump Under Fire Over Qatar Jet; Trump Administration Targets Judge Over Obstruction Charges. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Qatar Welcomes Trump With Red Cybertrucks, Mounted Camels; New Book: Biden's Inner Circle Kept Cabinet From Him; Combs' Ex-Girlfriend Testifies For Nearly Nine Hours Over Two Days. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Trump and Putin Not Planning to Attend Ceasefire Talks; Trump Praises Ahmed al-Sharaa; Trump Lifts Sanctions on Syria; Israel Targets Hamas Leader in Gaza; Donald Trump in Qatar; Cassie Ventura's Second Day in Court; War in Gaza; Gaza Now on the Brink of Famine; Max Switches Back to HBO Max; 2025 PGA Championship. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump Attends State Dinner In Qatar In Second Mideast Stop; Trump Meets Syrian Leader After Vowing Sanctions Relief; Zelenskyy Insists Peace Talks Must Involve Putin Himself; Menendez Brothers Eligible For Parole After Judge's Ruling; Daughter Of Crypto Boss Escapes Kidnapping Attempt; Trump Brand Expands As U.S. Strengthens Middle East Ties; Cassie Ventura Testifies To Drug Use, Abuse, "Freak Offs". Aired 3-4p ET