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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Farewell Musk; Trump Announces Doubling Of Tariffs On Steel Imports; Supreme Court Allows President Trump To Suspend Deportation Protections For Half Million Immigrants; After Losses. Pres. Trump Ramps Up Attacks On Judiciary; Trump On China: "So Much For Being Mr. Nice Guy!"; Todd Chrisley Speaks Out For First Time Since Pardon: Praises Daughter Savannah For Pushing For His Release And Her Mom's; Caves, Other Hideouts Being Searched For Fugitive Ex-Police Chief Who Escaped Arkansas Prison; Taylor Swift Buys Back Masters Of Her First 6 Albums. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former National Security Counsil Senior Director For Russian Affairs And Former Deputy Assistant To President Trump Fiona Hill; Interview With "Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk" Director Sepideh Farsi; Interview With Domestic Abuse Survivor And Advocate Lejla Dauti; Interview With Survivor And Advocate For Intimate Partner Violence April Hernandez-Castillo; Interview With Women's Right Attorney Gloria Allred; Interview With NCAA President Charlie Baker. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Musk Says He Will Continue To Advise Trump, As He Formally Ends His Time In Government; Biden To CNN: No Regrets About 2024 Campaign; Todd Chrisley Makes First Public Appearance Since Pardon; Taylor Swift Now Owns Her Entire Music Catalog. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Musk Says He Will Continue To Advise Trump As He Formally Ends His Time In Government; Musk Reacts To "New York Times" Report On His Alleged Drug Use; Biden Brushes Off Concerns Over His Mental Capabilities; Trump Calls Conservative Activist A "Sleazebag"; Trump Touts "Blockbuster" Deal Between Japan's Nippon & U.S. Steel; Americans Pulled Back On Spending In April Amid Trump Tariffs. Aired 5-6p ET
• Now, Trump Speaks In Pennsylvania About U.S. Steel Deal; Musk Says He Will Continue to Advise Trump As He Formally Ends His Time in Government; Migrant's Attorneys Demand DHS Correct Sensational Claim; Diddy On Trial: Cross-Examination Of Ex-Assistant "Mia" To Continue Monday; Debate Over Trans Athlete Hangs Over California State Track Meet. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Bids Farewell To Elon Musk After Tumultuous Era; New York Times Reports, Musk Took Large Amounts Of Drugs, Including Ketamine; Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) Defends Medicaid Cuts, We All Are Going To Die; All Eyes To A Trans Athlete After Winning; Joe Biden Puts Behind 2024 Politics. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Blocked Trump's Tariffs; Soon, Combs' Ex-Assistant and Alleged Victim Mia Returns to Stand; Knicks Force Game Six With 111-94 Win Over Pacers. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump To Appear With Elon Musk In Oval Office For Musk's Last Day; Rubio Lays Out Detailed Plan To Overhaul State Department; Trump Administration Freezes $2 Billion In Grants To Harvard. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Appeals Court Pauses Ruling that Blocked Trump's Tariffs; Small Business Owner Suing Trump Administration Over Tariffs; Ex-Assistant Testified Combs Sexually Assaulted Her Multiple Times; White House Pushing to Triple Daily Number of Immigration Arrests. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Alfred Williamson is Interviewed about Harvard; Courts Halt Trump's Agenda; American Pulled back in Spending; Migrant Accused of Trump Death Threat; Financial Expert Suzy Welch Helps Students. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump's New Aim at China; Appeals Court Blocks Trump Tariffs; Lisa Bonner is Interviewed about the Combs Trial; NYPD Detectives Questions over Crypto Kidnapping. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Tarang Amin is Interviewed about E.L.F. Beauty; Faizan Zaki is Interviewed about Winning the Spelling Bee; Tech CEO Warns of AI Future. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With Chuck Todd; Former Assistant of Sean 'Diddy' Combs Testifies; Elon Musk's Legacy. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Ex-Rap Mogul Suge Knight Urges Combs to Testify to Humanize Himself; Americans Pulled Back on Spending in April Amid Tariff Rollout; Supreme Court: Trump Can End Deportation Protections for 500K Immigrants; NYPD Detective Allegedly Dropped off Kidnapping Victim; Elon Musk Exits DOGE, Give Farewell News Conference with President Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Holds White House Event On Musk's Final Day At DOGE; Musk Says He Will Continue To Be A Friend And Adviser To Trump. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Trump Holds White House Event on Musk's Final Day at DOGE; Feds Probe Attempts Made to Pose as Trump's Chief of Staff. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Holds White House Event On Musk's Final Day At DOGE; Soon: Trump Heads To PA To Tour U.S. Steel Merger With Japanese Firm; Now: Combs' Ex-Assistant & Alleged Victim "Mia" Testifies; Taylor Swift Now Owns Her Entire Music Catalog. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Taylor Swift Now Owns Her Entire Music Catalog; Transgender Debate Hangs Over California State Track and Field Finals; Faizan Zaki Wins 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Hamas Issues Counterproposal to U.S. Ceasefire Plan; Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump's Tariffs; Harvard Holds Commencement Ceremony as School Battles with Trump; Russia's Poster Child for War Killed in Explosion at Home; Elephant Seal Stops Traffic in Cape Town Suburb. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israel Accepts U.S. Proposal For Gaza Truce Deal; Ukraine Pushing Russia To Spell Out Its Ceasefire Proposal; Ukraine Hopes Drone Wall Will Counter Attacks; Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump Tariffs; Harvard Celebrates Graduation In The Shadow Of Trump Fight; Capital Jewish Museum Reopens Following Deadly Shooting; Interview With Israeli Ambassador To The U.S. Yechiel Leiter; Trial Of Football Star's Medical Team Declared Invalid; Virtual Currency Thefts Driving Real-Life Violence; Couple Perfect Technique For Shaping Trees Into Furniture. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump's Tariffs to Stay in Place After Court Ruling; Israel Accepts U.S. Proposal for 60-Day Ceasefire; Chaos in Aid Distribution in Gaza, U.N. Blamed for Humanitarian Crisis; Trump Threats Gloom Over Harvard Graduation Ceremony; Massive Wildfires, Massive Evacuations in Canada; Glacier Collapse Destroys Town In Southern Switzerland; Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial: Ex-Assistant Testifies, Work Was "Chaotic" And "Toxic". Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israel, Hamas Working on Ceasefire and Hostage Plan; Court Restores Trump-imposed Tariffs; Diddy Combs' Assistant Testifies at the Criminal Trial; New Study Reveals that Part of the World's Oceans Are Getting Darker. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Appeals Court Temporarily Restores Trump's Tariffs; MAHA Report on Children's Health Contains Numerous Citation Issues and Misrepresentations. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump's Trade Agenda; Harvard Gets Court Win; Public Reputation Boost with DEI; CEO Warns AI is Moving Fast. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump: China "Totally Violated" Trade Agreement; U.S.: May Step Back from Peace Talks if Russian Attacks Continue; Capital Jewish Museum Opens Doors a Week After Deadly Shooting; Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump's Tariffs; Massive Seal Makes Surprise Visit to Town. Aired 9-10a ET
• Trump Tariffs Back On; World Financial Markets Processing Tariff Gyrations; Israel, Hamas Haggle on Ceasefire Plan; White House Wants to Triple Daily Immigrant Arrests; Canada Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate; U.S. Administration Moves to Revoke Chinese Students' Visas; U.S. Supreme Court Allows Trump to End Biden Era Immigration Policy; Court Resumes in Sex-Trafficking Trial of Sean Combs; A.I. CEO Warns of Mass Unemployment. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Ramps Up Trade War, Doubles Tariffs On Steel To 50 Percent; CDC Contradicts Health Chief RFK Jr. On COVID Vaccine; Impersonating Top Trump Aide. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump's Tariffs; Harvard Holds Graduation Ceremony As School Fights With Trump; White House Wants To Triple Daily Immigration Arrests; Official: Israel Accepts U.S. Proposal For Gaza Ceasefire. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Administration Revises Key Health Report After Flaws Uncovered; Russia's Poster Child For War Killed In Explosion At Home; Reward For Two Remaining Escapees Jumps To $50,000. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Lashes Out At Judges Who Initially Paused Tariffs; Trump Calls Federalist Society leader A "Sleazebag"; RFK's MAHA Commission Report Riddled With Fake Citations; Washington Post: MAHA Report May Have Garbled Science By Using AI; NOTUS On MAHA Report: "7 Of The Cited Sources Don't Appear To Exist". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Makes First Public Remarks Since Cancer Diagnosis; Biden Rejects Claims About His Mental Acuity While In Office; Inside Politics Answers Viewer Questions. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump Addresses The Press From The Oval Office As Elon Musk Leaves The White House; President Trump Gifts Elon Musk A Large Golden Key During White House Send-Off; Trump And Musk Take Questions At White House. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Laura Coates And Guests Discuss The Latest In The Federal Trial Of Sean "Diddy" Combs; Diddy's Close Friend Speaks Out; Laura And Guests Answers Viewers' Questions; Musk Formally Ends Time In Government; One Year Since Trump Was Found Guilty OF A Felony. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Both Countries Agreed to Curb Tariffs While Trade Negotiations Continue; Trump: China has "Totally Violated" our Trade Agreement; Ukraine: 7 Dead and Dozens Injured in Russian Strikes Overnight; State Department: Chinese Student Visas are National Security Issue; Thousands Forced to Flee as Fires Rage in Parts of Canada; Texas 13-Year-Old Faizan Zaki Takes First after Runner-Up Finish Last Year. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration End Temporary Immigration For 500K People; Officials: Trump Administration Frustrated With China; Israel Faces Growing Condemnation As Gaza Aid Distribution Devolves Into Chaos; New York Detectives Investigated In Crypto Kidnapping Case; Big Wins, Big Losses: Trump's Wild Week In The Courts. Aired 12-12:45p ET


Quest Means Business
• White House Grapples With Whiplash Legal Rulings; Musk Leaves White House Amid Praise From Donald Trump; Wildfires Ravage Parts Of Manitoba And Saskatchewan; U.S. Beef Prices Rise As Demand Outpaces Supply; E.L.F. Beauty CEO Speaks To CNN About Tariffs, Prices; Paebbl Uses Carbon Capture To Make Sustainable Concrete; Women's Matches Again Excluded From Coveted Night Slots. Aired 4-5 pm ET


The Situation Room
• Americans Pulled Back on Spending in April Amid Tariff Rollout; Ex-Assistant Back on the Stand in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; DHS Posts List of 500-Plus Sanctuary Jurisdictions Online. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Sean Combs' Ex-Assistant Back on the Stand; Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection; Trump's Tariffs Temporarily Reinstated by Appeals Court. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection For 500k Immigrants From Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela; Trump Accuses China Of Violating Trade Agreement With U.S.; Trump Lashes Out At Judges In Response To Tariff Ruling. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?; Interview With Jonathan Capehart; Elon Musk Permanently Tied to Trump?; New York Police Officer Questioned in Cryptocurrency Kidnapping Plot. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Musk Formally Ends His Time Working In Government; NBA Icon Commends Harvard For Taking "A Stand For Freedom"; Investigators Suspected Migrant Was Set Up For Threatening Trump Well Ahead Of Noem, DHS Posts. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump Attacks China On Trade; Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Blocked Trump's Tariffs; Musk Steps Away From DOGE; Supreme Court Allows Trump To End Protections For Immigrants; Trump Increasing Tariffs On Steel To 50 Percent; Trump Accuses China Of Violating Trade Agreement; U.N. Warns Gaza Is "Hungriest Place On Earth"; Sean Combs' Former Assistant Testifies In Court. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump Holds Oval Office Farewell For Musk; White House Grapples With Whiplash Legal Rulings; U.N. Warns Gaza Is "Hungriest Place On Earth"; Trump Administration Seeks To Revoke Visas For Many Chinese Students; Supreme Court Allows Trump To Undo Biden's Migrant "Parole". Aired 3-4p ET