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CNN Transcripts for May 25, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• Crypto Investor Charged With Kidnapping, Torturing Man For Weeks; The Nation Marks Five Years Since George Floyd's Murder; Harvard Sues Over International Student Ban; Trump Agenda Heads To Senate After Narrowly Passing House; Zelenskyy: U.S. Encouraging Putin With "Silence" Over Barrage Of Attacks; Millions Face Severe Storm Threats This Memorial Day Weekend; Independent Pharmacies Face Rising Costs, Tariff Threats; Waiting On Fate Of Talks Between U.S. And Iran; Remembering And Honoring Fallen Service Members. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Demands The Names And Countries Of Foreign Students At Harvard; Zelenskyy: U.S. Encouraging Putin With Silence Over Barrage Of Attacks; New Target Boycott On Day Marking Five Years Since George Floyd's Murder. Aired 3-4p ET
• Crypto Investor Kidnaps, Tortures Man For Weeks; Remembering George Floyd Five Years After His Murder; Independent Pharmacies Face Rising Costs, Tariff Threats; Trump Ramps Up Unprecedented Use Of Presidential Power; Millions Face Severe Storm Threats This Memorial Day Weekend; Israeli Embassy Staffers Murdered; Alabama Sewage Problem. Aired 4-5p ET
• U.S. Citizen Charged For Attempting To Attack U.S. Embassy In Tel Aviv; Russia Launches Largest Air Attack On Ukraine; Five Years After George Floyd's Murder, Still No Police Reform; Resistance To Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill In The Senate; Man Charged With Kidnapping And Torture For Crypto Password; Testimony Resumes In Federal Sex Trafficking Trial; Patrick Snell Reports On English Premier League And EFL Championship Playoff Final. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump, EU Leader Hold Phone Call Over Tariffs; DOJ Charges American Citizen Over Plot To Firebomb U.S. Embassy In Israel; Restaurant Near U.S.-Canada Border Hit By Trump Policies; Northwestern's Women's Golf Team Wins National Championship. Aired 6- 7p ET
• Trump Agrees To Delay Tariffs On European Products Until July 9th; Trump Not Happy With Putin After Attacking Ukraine; Trump Wants Names And Countries Of Foreign Students At Harvard; FTC Probes Media Matters Over Ad Boycotts Of Elon Musk's X; Kim John Un Furious After North Korean Warship Tips Over; Jewish Americans In WWII Now Buried Under Starts Of David. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Delivers Commencement Address At West Point; Large-Scale Attacks Hit Ukraine For Second Straight Night; Climbers Cut Everest Ascent Prep Time By Weeks. Aired 3-4a ET
• Russia Launches More Strikes Against Ukraine; Trump's Commencement Address at West Point; "Big Beautiful Bill" Head to Senate; Natl. Security Staffers Put on Leave; U.S. and Iran in Nuclear Talks; Nine Children Killed in Strike in Gaza; Aid Being Looted in Gaza; Mexico's Surging Political Violence; U.S. Commemorates Memorial Day. Aired 4-5a ET
• Russia Pounds Ukraine Ahead of Final Day of Prisoner Swap; Trump Touts Ending DEI Programs During West Point Speech; Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" Heads to U.S. Senate; 100 Plus National Security Council Staffers Put on Leave; CNN Visit Visits George Floyd Memorial Site in Minneapolis; Al-Sharaa Meets with U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack in Istanbul; Iran "Disappointed" With Progress of Negotiations So Far; Study: World's Ice Sheets on Track for Runaway Melting. Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN This Morning
• Ukraine: At Least 12 Dead In Russian Attacks Amid Prisoner Swap; Zelenskyy: Goal Is To Bring Home All Prisoners Held By Russia; Sources: 100+ Natl. Security Council Staffers Put On Leave. Independent Pharmacies Face Rising Costs, Tariff Threats; Some Senate Republicans Signal Their Opposition To Budget Bill; Children's YouTuber Ms. Rachel Meets Double Amputee From Gaza; Remembering And Honoring Fallen Service Members. Aired 6-7a ET
• Remembering George Floyd Five Years Later; Judge Pauses International Ban at Harvard. Neighbors Want More Action After George Floyd's Death; Ukraine: At Least 12 Dead In Russian Attacks Amid Prisoner Swap; Masked Man Caught On Video Vandalizing Texas Mosque; Power Outage Hits Southern France During Cannes Film Festival; DNC To Hold Vote On Whether To Redo Election Of Vice Chairs. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• The War on Government, A Fareed Zakaria Special. Gingrich Believed That The Federal Safety Net Was A Threat To Western Civilization; Gingrich Had Been Preparing For A Showdown Over The Safety Net For Years; Gingrich Had The Programs Of The Great Society In His Crosshairs. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Ramps Up Unprecedented Use Of Presidential Power; Republicans Brace For Impact As Trump's Bill Moves Forward. Elon Musk Pulls Back from Politics and Trump White House; NJ & VA Governor Races Could become Bellwethers for Trump; Lawmakers Doze as Trump's Bill Advances in Dead of Night. Aired 8-9a ET
• Trump Takes Reporter Questions in Oval Office; President Trump Defends the Spending Bill After Elon's Criticism; Trump Says I Warned Netanyahu Not to Interfere in Iran Talks. Aired 12:30-1p ET


State of the Union
• Honoring World War II Veterans; Interview With Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI); Interview With Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA); Interview With Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air