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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• FBI: DC Attack was Targeted, Antisemitic Violence; Business Jet Crash in San Diego Neighborhood Leaves Multiple People Dead. Pres. Trump's Memecoin Gala Underway; Sen. Murphy: Trump Memecoin "Just A Mechanism For Bribery"; Image Of Dead "White Farmers" Came From Reuters Footage In Congo; DHS Bars Harvard From Enrolling Foreign Students; Kid Cudi On The Stand In Combs Trial; Makeup Artist Says She Saw Cassie Ventura Injured After Sean "Diddy" Combs Stormed Into Hotel Room In 2010. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola; Interview with U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher; Interview with The New York Times Investigative Reporter Kate Kelly. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Just In: GOP Senators Signal Trump Tax Bill Will Need Changes In Order To Pass Senate; Trump Admin Bars Harvard From Enrolling International Students; Suspect In Shooting Of Israeli Embassy Staffers Charged With Murder; Official: Trump & Xi Have Not Spoken After Tariff Rollback. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Update On Shooting Of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers; Man Accused Of Killing Israeli Embassy Staffers In Dc Charged With Murder; DC Shooting Victims Identified As Yaron Lischinsky & Sarah Milgrim; Trump Wins Major Victory In U.S. Supreme Court; Gov. Josh Green (D-HI), Is Interviewed About First MAHA Report Focuses On Vaccines, Food, Pesticides. Aired 5-6p ET
• Suspect in Shooting of Israeli Embassy Staffer Charged With Murder; Trump's Plan Squeaks Through House, Heads to Senate; White House Bars Harvard from Enrolling International Students. Diddy On Trial: Multiple Witnesses Take Stand Before Court Wraps For Week; U.S. Treasury Unveils Plan To Wind Down Penny Production. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Admin Bars Harvard from Enrolling International Students; Trump Hosts Dinner for People Who Invest in His Crypto Coin; Democrats Say, Trump's Meme Coin Dinner an Orgy of Corruption. Republicans Appear To Be Stealing Plays From Hillary Clinton's Playbook; Transcripts of President Trump's Public Remarks Missing From White House Website. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• House Passes President Trump's Sweeping Tax and Spending Bill; Two Israel Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Near Jewish Museum in D.C.; Investors on Edge Over Spending Bill, Mounting Deficit. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Near Jewish Museum In D.C.; House Passes President Trump's Sweeping Tax And Spending Bill; Kohberger's Legal Team Asks To Delay Murder Trial. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Workday Facing Collective Action Lawsuit Over AI Hiring Software; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Near Jewish Museum in DC; Interview with Rep. Tim Moore (R-NC): House Passes Sweeping Budget Bill in Big Win for Trump, Johnson; Testimony Resumes in Sean Combs Criminal Trial. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Ted Deutch is Interviewed about the Jewish Museum Shooting; Three Arrested for Helping Escaped Inmates; David Yaffe-Bellany is Interviewed about Trump's Memecoin; Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) is Interviewed about Trump's Bill Passage. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed; Jonathan Greenblatt is Interviewed about the DC Shooting; Plane Crashes in San Diego Neighborhood; House Passes Sweeping Bill; Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) is Interviewed about the Budget Bill. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Combs' Trial Testimony Today; Plane Crash in San Diego Neighborhood; Mayor Jacob Frey is Interviewed about DOJ Ending Police Reforms. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rapper Testifies in Combs Trial; Two People Killed Outside Capital Jewish Museum; Jet Crashes in San Diego. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Kid Cudi Testifies He Reached Out to Combs After Car Fire; Multiple Fatalities After Business Jet Crashes in San Diego; Senate GOP Question Budget as House Passes Sweeping Trump Bill; Thousands of Volunteers to Honor Fallen Heroes at Cemeteries. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Cessna 550 Plane Crashed Into a Military Housing Community During Foggy Weather Upon Approach to Nearby Airport; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Near Jewish Museum in D.C. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Makeup Artist Testifies Ventura had Injuries Following 2010 Hotel Argument with Combs; DHS Inserts Staffer at FEMA in Shakeup Before Hurricane Season; Judge Blocks Mass Layoffs at Department of Education; House GOP Scores Major Win, Passing Trump's Sweeping Agenda. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• San Diego Fire: At Least 2 Dead, 8 Hurt in Private Plane Crash; Trump Admin Bars Harvard from Enrolling International Students; 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Outside Jewish Museum in D.C.; Neighbor Describes What He Observed About Shooting Suspect. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Kid Cudi Testifies that Combs Broke into His House; Key Hearing for Detained Columbia Grad Student Mahmoud Khalil; NOAA Predicts Above-Average Storm Season. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting. Aired 12- 1a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staff Members Killed Outside Jewish Museum In Washington, DC; Jewish Museum Shooting Suspect Is Detained; House Rules Committee Advances Agenda Bill For Vote; U.S. Pushes South Africa On "Genocide" Claims; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting; Interview with Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon: Israeli Troops Fire Warning Shots at Diplomats in West Bank. Aired 1-2a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In D.C. Shooting; Aid Trucks Begin Dispersing Food Supplies In Gaza; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting; House Rules Committee Advances Agenda Bill for Vote; U.S. And Japan Talk Trade, Global Security on the Sidelines of the G7 Summit; Trump Ambushes Ramaphosa With Claims of White Genocide; Rubio Not Pointing Fingers Over Putin's Alleged War Crimes; Pentagon Accepts Boeing 747 Jet From Qatar. Aired 2-3a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staff Killed Outside a Washington D.C. Museum; House Continues to Debate the Big Beautiful Bill, Moves to Plenary Voting; Trump Ambushes South African President at the White House. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting; Soon: House to Vote on Trump Agenda after All-Night Session; What Could the 'Diddy' Trial Force Hip-Hop to Address? Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting; Trump Pushes White Genocide; Ted Deutch is Interviewed about the D.C. Shooting; House Passes Spending Bill. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in DC, Suspect in Custody; Trump Ambushes Ramaphosa with "White Genocide" Falsehoods; Aid Trickles into Gaza for First Time in Weeks; Risky Times for Trump's Sweeping Tax Cut Bill; Tottenham Win Europa League Final, Trophy in 17 Years. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Two Israel Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting, Suspect in Custody; U.S. House Passes Trump's Sweeping Tax and Spending Cuts Bill; Small Plane Crashes into San Diego Neighborhood; Iran to Attend Next Round of Talks with U.S. in Rome; AI Diplomacy between UAE and U.S.; Briefing on San Diego Plane Crash; The European Bison Returns to the U.K.; Tottenham Crowned after Beating Manchester United. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Soon: Trump Hosts Dinner For People Who Invest In His Crypto Coin; Suspect In Shooting Of Israeli Embassy Staffers Charged With Murder; Trump Admin Bars Harvard From Enrolling International Students; Kim Jong Un Furious As He Watches His Navy Destroyer Capsize. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Two Staff Members Of Israeli Embassy Killed In Shooting Near Jewish Museum In D.C.; House To Vote Soon On Trump Tax And Spending Bill; First Supply Of Aid In Months Reaches Gaza As Israel Orders Evacuations; Israel Fires "Warning Shots" Near Diplomats In West Bank. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In D.C. Shooting; Iran To Attend Next Round Of Talks In Rome On Friday. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In D.C. Shooting; House To Vote Soon On Trump Tax & Spending Bill; Rubio Not Pointing Fingers Over Putin's Alleged War Crimes. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In DC Shooting; House Lawmakers To Vote On Trump Tax And Spending Bill; Trump Ambushes Ramaphosa With Claims Of White "Genocide." Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• House Passes Sprawling Trump Agenda Bill, 215-214; Next: Senate To Take Up, Likely Change Sprawling Agenda Bill; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In D.C. Shooting; Police: Suspect Yelled "Free Palestine" After Deadly D.C. Shooting. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Today: Trump Attends Dinner For $Trump Memecoin Holders; Chinese Crypto Billionaire Announces He's Top Trump Coin Holder; Israeli Ambassador Visits Site Of Deadly Shooting; MAHA Commission Releases Report On Children. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Judge Weighs Mahmoud Khalil's Request to Stop His Deportation; Trump Admin. Halts Harvard's Ability to Enroll International Students; Kid Cudi Testifies in Combs Trial. Two Israeli Embassy Staff Shot Dead Outside Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.; Israeli Official Cites France is Partly to Blame for Rise in Anti-Semitism; Small Plane Crashes in San Diego Neighborhood Killing At Least 2 People. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Laura and Team Analyzes Day 9 of Trial; Suspect Charged with Murder in Israel Embassy Staff Shooting; Will Sean "Diddy" Combs Take the Stand?; Laura Coates Interviews Director Yoruba Richen. Aired 11p- 12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• U.S. Attorney General: Gunman Acted Alone; U.S. and Iran to Attend Next Round of Talks in Rome on Friday; Fallout from Deadly DC Shooting; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Near, Jewish Museum; One World Talks to Authors of Book on Biden's Decline; Bombshell Book on Biden's Health Rattles Democrats. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In D.C., Suspect In Custody; Business Jet Crashes Into San Diego Neighborhood; Trump Uses Moment To Push "White Genocide" Falsehoods; Pentagon Accepts Qatari Plane, major Upgrades Needed; Trump To Meet With Biggest Holders Of His Own Crypto Token; House Passes Trump`s Sweeping Tax And Spending Bill; New "Epic Universe" Theme Park Opens. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Private Invitation to Meet Trump Raises Ethics Concerns; Update on Shooting of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers. D.C. Shooting Suspect Expected to Appear in Court Soon; Trump Administration Bars Harvard from Enrolling Foreign Students; Tax and Spending Bill Expected to Add $3.8 Trillion to U.S. Debt Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Small Plane Crashes in San Diego, Setting Homes and Cars on Fire; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting; House Passes Trump Agenda Bill After Marathon All-Night Session. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Small Jet Crashes into San Diego Neighborhood; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers killed in D.C.; Trump Attends Gala with Top Memecoin Buyers. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New Book Looks at Biden Presidency; Two People Killed Outside Capital Jewish Museum; Business Jet Crashes in San Diego. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Republicans Target Medicaid Cuts; Tips to Help Lower Back Pain; Rapper Testifies in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial; Two People Killed Outside Capital Jewish Museum. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• RFK Jr.: Food That Americans Eat Is "Poisoned"; Trump Hosts Dinner For Top Holders Of Personalized Crypto Coin; DOJ Investigating Murders Of Israeli Embassy Staffers In D.C. As Hate Crime And Terrorism. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Two Israel Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C.; Israel Preparing Possible Strike on Iran's Nuclear Facilities; Trump Admin. Bars Harvard from Enrolling Foreign Students; Kid Cudi Testifies at Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial; Private Jet Crashes in San Diego; U.S. Defense Dept. Accepts Qatar's Plane Gift; Trump's Holds Crypto Dinner; OpenAI's Hardware Push. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed In DC, Suspect In Custody; Trump Administration Halts Harvard's Ability To Enroll International Students; Fiery Jet Crash Sets Homes And Cars On Fire In San Diego; Later: Trump To Attend Gala With His Top Memecoin Holders; U.S. & Iran To Attend Next Round of Talks In Rome Friday; Rapper Kid Cudi Testifies In Combs Sex Trafficking Trial. Aired 3-4p ET