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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Harvard University Professor Of Government Steven Levitsky; Interview With "The Director" Author Daniel Kehlmann; 600 Days After October 7th Attack, 58 Hostages Still Held In Gaza; Chaos Erupts During Aid Delivery After Months-Long Blockade; Interview With Son Of David Frost And "David Frost VS" Producer And Creator Wilfred Frost; Remembering Sebastiao Salgado; Happy Birthday, CNN. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trans High School Student Athlete At Center Of Trump Funding Threat Advances To CA State Finals; Trump Ramps Up Trade War, Doubles Tariffs On Steel To 50 Percent; Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin. To Suspend Parole Program; 250 Million Honeybees Escape Overturned Truck; Smoke Pours Into U.S. As Wildfires Blaze Across Canada; Musk Leaves White House On Good Terms With President Trump. Softball League Kicks Off Inaugural Season Next Week; Trump: "Disappointed" At Putin's Recent Attacks On Ukraine; Footage Captures Sound Of 2023 Titan Submersible Implosion. Aired 12-1p ET
• "Implosion" Explores What Led To Doomed Submersible's Voyage; Trump Announces An Increase In Steel Tariffs To 50 Percent; Trump Agenda Now In Senate's Hands After Narrowly Passing House; Emanuel: Dems Need To Focus More On Core Issues, Less On Cultural Ones; CA Trans Student Athlete Advances To Finals Today Amid Controversy; Ex- Aide Challenged Over Sexual Assault; Claims In Tense Cross; Suge Knight Urges Rival Sean Combs To Take The Stand; Hamas Responds to Gaza Ceasefire Proposal; Saudi Foreign Minister Postpones Trip to West Bank; Governors Walz, Moore Rally Dems at Rep. Clyburn's South Carolina Fish Fry; Biden Makes First Public Comments on Cancer Diagnosis; Taylor Swift Announces She Now Owns All Her Music. Aired 1- 2p ET
• President Trump Threatens to Pull Federal Funding from California If Transgender Athlete Allowed to Compete in State's Track and Field Championship; Texas State Republicans Pass Bill Requiring All Public School Classrooms Display Ten Commandments; Smoke from Wildfires in Canada Affecting U.S. Midwest; Journalist for One America News Network Fired for Criticizing Pentagon Restrictions on Press Access; Hamas Makes Counterproposal for Ceasefire Deal Endorsed by U.S. and Israel; International Atomic Energy Agency Reports Iran Increased Stockpile of Near Weapons Grade Uranium; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Possibly Made False Accusations against Migrant Accused of Threatening to Kill President Trump; Elon Musk Leaves Government Position as Head of Department of Government Efficiency; Paris Saint-Germain Playing Inter Milan in European Club Championship; Approximately 250 Million Honeybees Escape Overturned Semitruck. Aired 2-3p ET
• Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin To Suspend Migrant Parole Program; Trump Ramps Up Trade War, Doubles Tariffs On Steel; Governors Tim Walz And Wes Moore Rally Dems At South Carolina Party Convention; Softball League Kicks Off Inaugural Season Next Week; Potential Peace Talks Between Ukraine And Russia Up In The Air; Scientists Join DOGE Resistance With 100-Hour Livestream; CNN's Wolf Blitzer Goes To His Happy Place, Buffalo, New York. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Promises To Double Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum; Hamas Calls For End To War, Responds To U.S. Ceasefire Plan; Supreme Court Allows Trump To Suspend Deportation Protection For Some Immigrants; Dems Rally In South Carolina As Party Looks To Rebuild Itself; How Pilots Train To Handle Air Traffic Control Failures; Taylor Swift Now Owns Her Entire Music Catalog. Aired 4-5p ET
• U.S. Envoy: Hamas Response To Ceasefire Plan "Totally Unacceptable"; Elon Musk Formally Ends His Time Working In Government; Tech CEO Predicts A.I. "Bloodbath" For White Collar Jobs; U.N.: Iran Has Amassed Ever More Near Weapons Grade Uranium; China Pushes Back After Hegseth Warns Of "Imminent" Threat; CDC Appears To Contradict Health Chief RFK Jr. On COVID Vaccine. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Promises To Double Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum To 50 Percent; Musk Says He Has "Differences Of Opinion" With Trump Administration; U.N.: Iran Has Amassed Even More Weapons-Grade Uranium; Trans High School Student Athlete At Center Of Trump Funding Threat Advances To CA State Finals; Dems Rally In South Carolina As Party Looks To Rebuild Itself; Ex-Assistant Alleges Assault And Abuse By Music Mogul; Taylor Swift Announces She Now Owns All Her Music; PSG Wins Long-Awaited First Trophy In 5-0 Win Over Inter Milan; Knicks vs. Pacers In Game 6; U.N. Nuclear Watchdog; Iran Has Even More Near Weapons-Grade Uranium. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Says Iran Has Even More Near Weapons- Grade Uranium; Trump's Legal Battles Ramp Up; Trump Blasts Longtime Conservative Activist Leonard Leo; U.S. Envoy Calls Hamas' Response To Ceasefire "Totally Unacceptable"; More Chaotic Scenes As Aid Arrives In Southern Gaza; CA Trans Student Athlete Advances To Finals Amid Controversy; Sen. Ernst Tells Town Hall Crowd: We're All Going To Die; Wildfire Exposure And The Unknown Impacts Of Health. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Says U.S.-Nippon Steel Deal Not Finalized; Trump Accuses China of Violating Trade Agreement; Controversial New Gaza Aid Group Not Screening Recipients; Musk Exits Government Role but Will Keep Helping Trump; Tourist Rentals in Spain Create Scarcity for Permanent Residents. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• U.N. Warns Gaza is "Hungriest Place on Earth"; Controversial New Gaza Aid Group Not Screening Recipients; Potential Peace Talks Up in the Air over Russian Memorandum; Trump Sets 50 Percent Tariff on Steel; Musk Exits Government Role but Will Keep Helping Trump; Ukraine Hope "Drone Wall" Will Counter Attacks; Wildfires Grow in Canada as Smoke Heads to U.S. Cities; Mother, Two Others Convicted for Trafficking 6-Year-Old Girl; Taylor Swift Buys Her Original Masters Outright from Private Equity Firm. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Says U.S.-Nippon Steel Deal Not Finalized; U.S. Consumer Confidence Stays Flat; Musk Exits Government Role but Will Keep Helping Trump; U.N. Warns Gaza is "Hungriest Place on Earth"; Russian Strikes on Ukraine Leave at Least Nine People Dead; Migrant Falsely Accused of Threatening Trump; Former U.S. President Joe Biden Speaks Publicly about Cancer Diagnosis; Wildfires Grow in Canada as Smoke Heads to U.S. Cities; Taylor Swift Buys Her Original Masters Outright from Private Equity Firm. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Says He Will Double Steel Tariffs To 50 Percent; Massive Wildfires In Canada Force Thousands To Evacuate; Two Escaped Inmates Caught In Texas, Returned To Louisiana Custody; Ex-Aide Challenged Over Sexual Assault Claims In Tense Cross; Karen Read's Defense Calls First Witness In Retrial; Elon Musk Leaves White House Position After Overseeing Slashing Of Jobs And Agencies. Elon Musk Officially Exits White House After DOGE Tenure; Former President Biden Discusses Cancer Diagnosis; Russian Strikes in Ukraine Leave At Least 9 People Dead. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump Announces Doubling of Steel Tariffs Amid Nippon Steel Deal; Elon Musk Steps Down from Government Role, Returns to Tesla Leadership; Sean Combs' Former Employee Testifies in Sex Trafficking Trial; Taylor Swift Secures Ownership of Her Entire Music Catalog; Canadian Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts Across U.S. Midwest; Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Expedite Deportation of Migrants; Legal Experts Analyze Trump's Immigration Policy and Its Judicial Battles; Defense Challenges Timeline in Karen Read Murder Retrial; Second Accuser Testifies Against Sean Combs in Ongoing Legal Battle; California Governor Newsom Called New Rule "Good Compromise"; Taylor Swift Announces She Now Owns All Her Own Music. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Immigration Crackdown: Who's Caught In The Crosshairs?; Georgia Teen Detained By ICE Gets Support From GOP Lawmaker; GA GOP Lawmaker Asking Congress To Revamp Immigration System; Supreme Court Declines To Halt Sacred Land Transfer; Remains Of 19 Black Americans Returned To New Orleans Nearly 150 Years Later; White Actress Denied Black Roles Sues Library Alleging Discrimination; Sinners Public Theater Screening In Clarksdale. Aired 8-9p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump's Recent Pardons Draw Controversy; President Trump Comments on His Past Relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs in Response to Question about Combs's Trial; Elon Musk Leaves His Government Position as Head of Department of Government Efficiency; Trump Administration Attacks Experts When They Disagree with Administration Policies; House Tax and Spending Bill Criticized for Increasing Deficit and Cutting Spending on Cancer Research; CBS Anchor Scott Pelley Claims in Commencement Speech that Free Speech Under Attack Currently in America. Aired 10- 11a ET


Smerconish
• Musk Exits Washington After 130 Days In DOGE Role; SCOTUS Won't Hear "Two Genders" T-Shirt Case. Trump's War On Three Fronts. Aired 9- 10a ET