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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump-Musk Bromance Ends, Feud Explodes into Bitter Attacks; Trump-Musk Alliance Goes Up in Flames in Epic Personal Attacks; Musk Claims To Drop "Big Bomb", Alleges Trump Is In "Epstein Files"; White House: "This Is An Unfortunate Episode From Elon"; Russia Launches Aerial On Kyiv Days After Ukraine's Audacious Drone Attack On Bomber Fleet; George Clooney To Star In Live Performance Of His Play Saturday Night At 7PM ET On CNN. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with German Parliament Member Norbert Rottgen; Interview with "The Haves and the Have-Yachts" Author Evan Osnos; Interview with Flexport Founder and CEO Ryan Petersen. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Just In: New War Of Words Erupts Between Trump & Musk. Aired 4- 5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump & Musk Feud Escalates With Personal Attacks; Elon Musk Calls For President Trump's Impeachment; German Chancellor Joins The Lead After Trump Meeting; New U.S. Travel Ban Fully Restricts Citizens From 12 Countries; Experts Warn A.I. Models Are Learning To Evade Human Control. Aired 5-6p ET
• Musk Accuses Trump of Being in Epstein Files as Feud Boils Over; U.S Supreme Court Releases Flurry of Opinions; Judge Threatens to Remove Combs from Court for Nodding at Jury. IDF: Bodies Of Two Israeli-American Hostages Recovered From Gaza. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump and Musk Go to War as Feud Explodes, Turns Personal; GOP Lawmakers Take Sides as Trump and Musk Feud Explodes; Bannon Predicts Democrats Will Try to Turn Musk. "NewsNight" Discusses Healthcare For Undocumented People in the U.S.; Trump Agenda Receives More Billionaire Backlash. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• New Trump Travel Ban on Citizens from 12 Nations, We Don't Want Them; Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Biden's Actions, Use of Autopen; Musk Pushes Kill the Bill Campaign on Trump Signature Legislation. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Musk Pushes "Kill The Bill" Campaign On Trump's Signature Legislation; Family Pleads For Immigrations Agents To Release High Schooler; Trump: Putin Will Respond To Ukraine's Drone Attacks. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Issues New Travel Ban on 12 Countries; Trump Orders DOJ to Investigate Biden's Actions, Use of Autopen; Biden's Former Press Secretary Leaves Democratic Party, Becomes Independent; GOP Grapples with Trump's Agenda After Musk Repeatedly Slams Bill. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) is Interviewed about the Ukraine War; New York Candidates Attack Cuomo; Trump's Sons Deny Crypto Wallet. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Issues Travel Ban on 12 Countries; Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D- WI) is Interviewed about Musk's Comments on Bill; Hearing for Marcelo Gomes da Silva. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) is Interviewed about Musk Comment son Trump's Bill; Democrats Grill Trump's VA Nominee; Will Leitch is Interviewed about Political and Cultural Fights. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Sean 'Diddy' Combs Admonished in Court; Trump Sounds Off on Elon Musk. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Judge Threatens to Remove Combs from Court for Gesturing Toward Jury; Trump Says Ukraine and Russia are Like Two Kids Fighting in a Park; Gauff Beats Boisson in Roland-Garros Semis, Advances to Final. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• New Analysis Finds GOP Bill Would Add $2.5 Trillion to National Debt by 2034; Musk Calls on Congress to Scrap Trump's Big Beautiful Bill; Judge Grants Bond for Massachusetts Teen in ICE Custody; Trump Administration Returns Migrant Hastily Deported to Mexico Back to the U.S.; Judge Warns Combs Could Be Excluded From Court Room. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Judge Threatens to Remove Combs from Courtroom for Nodding at Jury; Trump and Xi Speak Amid Stalled Negotiations Over Tariffs; Workforce to Change Dramatically as AI Adoption Grows. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Elon Musk: "Without Me, Trump Would Have Lost the Election"; Trump: "Very Surprised" at Elon Musk's Criticism of Policy Bill; Senate GOP Struggle to Respond to Musk's Calls to "Kill the Bill"; Soon: Flamethrower Attack Suspect in Court as New Video Emerges; Trump Defends New Travel Ban: "It Can't Come Soon Enough". Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump and Musk Escalate Public Feud; Key Witness "Jane" Details Open Relationship with Combs. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Says, Call With Putin Will Not Lead To Immediate Peace; Trump Signs Ban Travel To U.S. From Several Countries; Videos, Expert Analysis And Witnesses Reveal New Details Of Deadly Gaza Aid Incident; Dust Plume From Saharan Desert Casts Haze In Caribbean; Hungry Elephant Raids Snack Shop In Thailand. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• U.S. Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution; Trump: Putin Vows To Respond To Kyiv's Strikes On Air Bases; Gaza Aid Distribution To Resume After Deadly Shootings; Unexploded WWII Bombs Prompt Mass Evacuation In Cologne; Campaign To Free Son Puts Laila Soueif In Critical Conditions; More Than 200 Wildfires Buring Across Canada; Glaciers On Track To Lose 40 Percent Of Their Mass; Dutch Couple On Fifth Year Of Sailing Trip Around The World. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump Signs Ban On Travel To U.S. From Several Countries; Videos, Expert Analysis And Witnesses Reveal New Details Of Deadly Gaza Aid Incident; Impact Of U.S. Tariffs And Foreign Retaliation. Businesses Holding Back on Investing and Hiring Due to the Uncertainty Caused by Tariffs; White House Says Trump-Xi Phone Call Likely This Week; U.S. Tells Trading Partners to Submit Best Trade Proposals; Caretakers Dress in Bear Costumes to Raise Orphaned Cub. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump Bans Entry of Nationals from 12 Countries, Partially Restricts Seven Countries; 200 Wildfires Burning in Most of Canada; Saharan Dust Clouds Traverses the Atlantic, Air Quality Affects the Caribbean. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Signs Travel Ban Proclamation for Countries in Middle East, Africa and Caribbean; New Book Examines A.I.'s Path to Power and Who's Really in Control. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• German Chancellor Meets with Trump; Musk Calls to Kill the Spending Deal; Dr. Dhruv Khullar is Interviewed about Health Insurance under New Bill; Alyse Adamson is Interviewed about the Combs Trial. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• CNN Analysis Points to Israeli Gunfire in Area Around Gaza Aid Site on Sunday; Travel Ban Bars Nationals from 12 Countries from Entering U.S.; Putin Vows to Respond to Kyiv's Strikes on Air Bases; U.S. Private Sector Job Growth Slows for Second Month; French Semifinal: Swiatek Versus Sabalenka. Aired 9-10a ET
• Two Gaza Aid Group Sites Reopened for One Hour to Complete Distribution; New Details of Deadly Gaza Aid Incident; Trump Halts New International Student Enrollment at Harvard; SCOTUS Sides with Straight Woman, Making It Easier to File "Reverse Discrimination" Lawsuits; SCOTUS Backs Catholic Charities' Push to Object to State Taxes; New Group in Mexico Oversees Cases of Violence against Women; New German Chancellor to Meet with Trump; European Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate; Combs Trial Witness Testifies She Was Hung off Rail of 17-Story Balcony; Dust Plume from Sahara Desert Casts Haze over Caribbean. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump And Musk Melt Down Publicly In Epic War Of Words; Musk Losses $34B; Trump's Crypto Windfall. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• IDF: Bodies Of Two Hostages Recovered From Gaza; Trump Signs Ban On Travel To U.S. From Several Countries; Trump: Call With Putin Will Not Lead To Immediate Peace; Videos, Expert Analysis And Witnesses Reveal New Details Of Deadly Gaza Aid Incident; Putin Discusses Ukraine Conflict With Pope Leo. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Putin Discusses Ukraine Conflict With Pope Leo XIV; Risque TikTok Posts Spur Interest In National Parks; Australian Woman Charged In Mushroom Poisoning Trial Testifies. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump: "Very Surprised" At Elon Musk's Criticism Of Policy Bill; Trump: Travel Ban About Getting "Bad" People Out Of Country; Trump: "Elon And I Had A Great Relationship"; Trump: "Some Additional Fighting" Will Go On In Ukraine; Trump Meeting With Germany's New Chancellor At White House. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Reacts to Elon Musk Criticizing GOP Policy Bill; Trump Compares Russian War in Ukraine to "Two Young Children Fighting Like Crazy In A Park"; Elon Hits Back on Trump: "Such Ingratitude" For Help on Campaign. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Israel Facing Increasing Pressure to Allow More Aid into Gaza; Da Silva Says What's Happening in Gaza is "Not a War"; Erin Patterson Cross- Examined in Trial; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Meets Trump for the First Time at the Oval Office; Pressure Mounts on Israel to Allow More Aid into Gaza; Trump and Musk Escalate Public Feud Over Agenda Bill. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Laura Coates and Guests Discuss the Latest in the Federal Trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs; Trump-Musk War Erupts in Dramatic Fashion; Laura Coates Interviews Rep. Melanie Stansbury; Trump-Musk Feud Threatens NASA, SpaceX, and Tesla; MA Teen Released on Bond After ICE Arrest. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Bans Travel from 12 Countries, Partially Restricts 7 Others; Trump Issues Travel Ban for 12 Countries, Citing Security Risks; Rutte: I Will Propose a Plan for 5 Percent Defense Spending for Allies; Videos, Expert Analysis and Witnesses Reveal New Details of Deadly Gaza Aid Incident; German Chancellor Merz Meets With Trump at White House; Trump: We Want a Good Trade Deal with Germany. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump: Musk Is Upset Over EV Subsidies; Trump Meets With German Chancellor Merz At The White House; Republicans Scramble To Downplay Effect Of Musk's Criticism. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Musk and Trump Trade Barbs Over Tax and Spending Bill Cuts; Israel Carries Out Strikes on Beirut's Southern Suburbs; Indian Economy Enjoys Strong Growth Despite Headwinds; German Chancellor Merz Meets President Trump at the White House; Indian Hotels Company CEO on Quality over Quantity of Brands; Air India CEO on Expansion in Every Geography. Aired 4- 5p ET


The Situation Room
• Soon, Supreme Court to Release Opinions; Trump and China's Xi Jinping Hold Long-Awaited Phone Call; Videos, Expert Analysis and Witnesses Reveal New Details of Deadly Gaza Aid Incident. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Baltimore Officials to Clean Up 2,000-Gallon Fuel Spill; "Jane" Testifies in Sean Combs Trial; Hegseth Calls on NATO to Spend 5 Percent GDP on Defense. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Rules on Reverse Discrimination Case; Interview With Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; Trump and Xi Jinping Talk. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC); Trump Meets With German Chancellor. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump-Musk Relationship Publicly Implodes; Speaker Johnson: Elon Musk's Attacks Are "Not Helpful"; Tesla Shares Tumble As Musk- Trump Feud Goes Nuclear. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Musk and Trump Trade Public Insults; Tesla Shares Fall Amid Trump-Musk Spat; Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon; Trump's New Travel Ban. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump-Musk Relationship Sours Over Trump Budget Bill; Trump Hosts German Chancellor For High-Stakes Meeting; Doctors Without Borders: End Gaza "Carnage"; Trum Signs New U.S. Travel Ban, Citing Security Risks; Trump Halts New International Student Enrollment At Harvard; Trump And Xi Hold Long-Awaited Phone Call. Aired 3-4p ET