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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Former Secretary Of State And Former Climate Envoy John Kerry; Interview With Former U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine Bridget Brink; YouTube Star Ms. Rachel Draws Controversy Over Gaza Pleas. Aired 11:25a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Judge Temporarily Pauses International Student Ban At Harvard; President Trump Addresses Graduating West Point Cadets; Harvard Sues Over International Student Ban; Rare Nor'easter Will Bring Gloomy Weather For Holiday Weekend; Iranian Lawmaker: "Enrichment Has To Take Place On Iranian Soil"; Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Is Interviewed About GOP Spending And Tax Bill Includes Deep Cuts To Medicaid, Food Stamps; Testimony Resumes Tuesday In Federal Sex Trafficking Trial. Aired 12-1p ET
• Judge Temporarily Pauses International Student Ban At Harvard; Trump Touts Ending DEI Programs During West Point Speech; Police Investigating Vandalism At Three Austin Mosques; Russia And Ukraine Begin Prisoner Swap Of The War; Russia Launched Missile, Drone Strike After Major Prisoner Swap Ended. Sources: 100+ National Security Council Staffers Put on Leave; Minneapolis on the Eve of Five Years Since George Floyd's Murder; Trump: Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel to Enter a "Partnership"; Iconic Highway in Malibu Reopens After January L.A. Wildfires. Aired 1-2p ET
• President Trump Gives Commencement Speech to Cadets Graduating from West Point; Judge Temporarily Halts Federal Ban on Harvard's Ability to Enroll International Students; President Trump Threatens to Impose 50 Percent Tariffs on Goods from European Union Starting June 1st; President Trump Threatens Tariffs on Apple Unless Company Moves Production to America; Iranian Officials Reportedly Do Not Believe Nuclear Deal Likely with U.S.; Rapper Kid Cudi Testifies in Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial that He Believes Combs Blew Up His Car When Combs Discovered He Was Dating Comb's Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura; National Transportation Safety Board Investigating Small Plane that Crashed into San Diego Neighborhood. Aired 2-3p ET.
• Minneapolis On The Eve Of Five Years Since George Floyd's Murder; More Than 100 NSC Staffers Put On Leave; Trump Threatens Steep Tariffs on E.U. And Apple; Trump's Image Of Dead "White Farmers" Came From Congo, Not South Africa; Police Investigating Vandalism At Three Austin Mosques; DOJ Investigates Fatal Shooting As Act Of Terrorism, Hate Crime; Controversial Technology Used To Find Escaped New Orleans Inmates; Teens Help Rescue Family From Garage On Way Home From Prom. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Trump Gives West Point Commencement Speech; Trump Threatens European Union And Apple With Tariffs; 100 Plus National Security Council Staffers Put On Leave; Five Years Since George Floyd's Murder; At Least 13 Killed Across Ukraine In Major Russian Attack; Testimony Resumes Tuesday In Federal Sex Trafficking Trial; Flash Flood Risk Taking Shape Through Memorial Day. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Threatens European Union And Apple With Tariffs; International Harvard Students In "Pure Panic" Over Trump Ban Effort; Interview With Harvard University Professor Ryan Enos; Police Investigating Vandalism At Three Austin Mosques; Billy Joel Cancels Upcoming Tour Due To Neurological Disorder; Trump Ends Alabama Program That Fixed Sewage Problem. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Gives West Point Commencement Speech; Sources: 100-plus National Security Council Staffers Put On Leave; Interview With Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC); Minneapolis On The Eve Of 5 Years Since George Floyd's Murder; 5 Years After George Floyd's Murder, Trump's Justice Dept. Rolls Back Police Reform Agreements; NYT: Several Guests At Trump Memecoin Dinner Say They Went To The Event Aiming To Influence Trump; Chinese Crypto Mogul Holds $20M In Trump Memecoin, Invested $75M In Trump Family Crypto Company; Seventh Arrest Made In Mass Jailbreak. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump to Impose Tariffs Against the European Union and Apple; Three Texas Mosques Vandalized by Masked Man; Second Week in Sean Combs Trial Wraps Up; Verdict Reached in Kim Kardashian 2016 Paris Robbery Trial; Holiday Weekend Travel Numbers Set to Break Records; Number of Flights Cut at Newark Amid Air Traffic Control Outages; Hundreds Freed in Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Exchange; North Korean Leader Furious After Botched Warship Launch. Aired 7-8p ET
• President Trump Addresses West Point Graduates. Aired 11-11:25a ET
• At Least Eight Injured in Russian Strikes on Kyiv; Ukraine and Russia Exchange Hundreds in Largest Prisoner Swap since War Began, Ceasefire Elusive; Trump Threatens High Tariffs on E.U., Apple; Limited Aid Trickles in to Gaza; Judge Halts Ban on Harvard Foreign Student Enrollment; Poppy Wall of Honor Tribute to Fallen U.S. Troops. Aired 3-4a ET
• Massive Russian Attack on Kyiv; Ukraine and Russia's Largest Prisoner Swap; Trump's E.U. Tariff Threat; Judge Weighs in on Trump's Battle with Harvard; Trump Threatens Wider Crackdown on Universities; Limited Aid Trickles into Gaza; Search for Survivors in Jabalya; Pressure for Israel to End Gaza Offensive; Israel Prepares Possible Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities; Pushing Back Against Trump's Claim of White Genocide; Billy Joel's Big Health Concerns. Aired 4-5a ET
• Judge Halts Ban On Harvard Foreign Student Enrollment; U.S. President Threatens 50 Percent Tariff On E.U., 25 Percent Tariff On Apple; Trump Announces Deal Between U.S. Steel And Nippon Steel; Rare Nor'Easter To Bring Rains, Gusty Winds To Eastern States; Kyiv Pounded By Large-Scale Russian Attack; Russia, Ukraine Begin Largest Prisoner Swap Of The War; Palestinians Frustrated As Limited Aid Trickles In To Gaza; Trump Admin Cuts Funds For African-American History Museum; Police: 7 Arrested For Helping 10 Escape New Orleans Jail; Eight Found Guilty In Kardashian Jewel Heist Trial; Billy Joel Cancels 17 Shows Due To Brain Disorder; Kermit The Frog Delivers Commencement Address. Aired 5-5:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Harvard Foreign Student Ban; EU Urges Respect After Trump Threatens 50 Percent Tariffs; Memorial Day Travel Set To Break Record; Eighteen Injured In Hamburg Knife Attack As Woman Arrested; Federal Investigators Work To Determine Cause Of Deadly San Diego Plane Crash; Justice Department Moves To Drop Police Reform Agreements With Louisville, Minneapolis. Justice Department Ends Police Reform Agreements in Minneapolis; Russia Strikes Kyiv After First Stage of Major Prisoner Swap; Trump Ramps Up Trade War with Apple, Other Tech Companies and EU. Aired 6-7a ET
• Facial Recognition Network Helps Capture Escape Convicts; Trump Threatens E.U. With 50 Percent Tariffs Starting June 1st; Judge Temporarily Pauses International Student Ban At Harvard; Suspect In Israeli Embassy Staffers' Murders Faces Federal Charges; Memorial Day Travel Numbers To Break Records; First MAHA Health Report Targets Food, Drug, And Tech Industries; Russia Strikes Kyiv After First Stage Of Major Prisoner Swap; Sources: Iran Doesn't Believe Nuclear Deal Likely As Latest Talks End; President To Deliver Commencement Speech At West Point; St. Louis Mayor: Tornado Sirens Were Not Activated Because Officials Were Not In Office Where Sirens Are Located. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Five Years Later; Minneapolis Mayon On Police Reform After Justice Dept. Backs Out: "We're Doing It Anyway"; DOJ Ends Police Reform Deals, Halts Department Probes; Cyril Ramaphosa Praised For Handling Of Meeting With Trump; Expelled Ambassador Reacts To Trump's South Africa Claims; Minneapolis Poet Laureate Reflects On Death Of George Floyd. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Hosts South African President at Oval Office and Falsely Claims White Farmers in South Africa Suffering Genocide; Trump Justice Department Charging Democratic Representative LaMonica McIver for Assaulting Law Enforcement at Protest Outside ICE Facility; Trump Justice Department Pays Millions to Family of January 6th Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt. President Trump Gives Speech to Cadets Graduating from West Point. Aired 10-11a ET.


The Situation Room
• Trump Pardons Todd and Julie Chrisley; SpaceX Lose Contact with Starship; GOP Won't Install Jan. 6 Plaque Honoring Police. Aired 10:30-11a ET


Smerconish
• The Stealthy Wealthy; Who Are The "Stealthy Wealthy" And How Do They Make Their Monday; DEM Candidates Face Scrutiny After Biden Drops out; Facial Recognition Used In NOLA Escape Manhunt. Aired 9-10a ET