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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump On Epstein Controversy: "I Don't Understand Why It's Still Going"; Justice Department Asks Supreme Court To Deny Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal Of Her Sex-Trafficking Conviction; AG Bondi Says There's No Change To Her Position On Epstein After Trump Suggests She Could Release More Files; Trump: Zelenskyy Should Not Strike Moscow; ICE Orders New Directive That Could Lock Up Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants; Inside A Family's Move To Self-Deport From The U.S.; Opening Statements In Colorado Dentist Murder Trial. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with International Crisis Group Senior Adviser for Dialogue Promotion Dareen Khalifa; Interview with ICC Former Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo; Interview with McGill University Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies and McGill University Chair of the African Studies Program Khalid Mustafa Medani; Interview with Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Sources: Trump Urging His Team To Let Epstein Story Die; Waltz Grilled On Signalgate During Confirmation Hearing; Now: Dems Voting In Arizona Special Election Primary. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump On Epstein Files: Bondi Can Release What She Finds Credible; House Speaker Johnson Calls For Transparency On The Epstein Files; Arizona Primary Pits Daughter Of Late Congressman Against Gen-Z Activist And Social Media Influencer; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Is Interviewed; Trump Announces $90B In A.I. & Energy Investments At Pa Summit; Why High-Tech Chatbots Are Prone To Hateful Rhetoric. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Trump: I've Been Very Disappointed With President Putin; Trump Defends Bondi Amid Epstein Files Backlash; 75-Plus Former Judges Urge Senate Committee To Reject Trump Nominee; Inflation Spikes In June With Some Prices Rising From Tariffs; CNN Inside Chinese Tech Firm Where Robots Play Sports. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Criticizes Own Supporters For Epstein Focus; MAGA Stars Intensify Criticism Of Trump And Admin Over Epstein; Prices And Inflation Rise As Trump's Tariffs Begin To Show; Trump Tells Texas To Blow Up To Essentially Congressional Maps; Gov. Newsom Uses Explicit Language In A Talk Show. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Flashfloods Slam Northeast, Millions Remain Under Flood Threat; Sources Say, Trump Privately Urging Aides to Let Epstein Story Die Down; Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Education Department. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Source: Trump Wants Epstein Story To Go Away; Family Believes Camp Mystic Director Received 1:14 AM Flood Warning; Trump To Putin: Make A Ukraine Deal In 50 Days Or Face 100 Percent Tariffs. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Split in GOP as Trump's Base Demands Answers in Epstein Case; White House Officials: FBI Deputy Director Bongino Staying for Now; Flash Floods Slam Northeast, Millions Remain Under Flood Threat; DOJ Fires at Least a Dozen Employees Who Worked with Jack Smith; 75 Former Judges Urge Senate Committee to Reject Trump Nominee Bove. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• HHS Carries out Mass Firings; Trump's Benefit from Conspiracy Theorists; Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL) is Interviewed about Epstein, Bove and Public Broadcasting; U.S. Inflation Rebounded in June; Deadly Fire at Assisted Living Facility. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Inflation Climbs in June; Bongino is Staying for Now; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is Interviewed about Epstein Files and DOJ Firings; Flash Floods Slam Northeast; Texas Flooding Tragedy; Trump Disappointed with Putin. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Defends Ag Bondi Amid Epstein Files Controversy; Bongino's Future in Limbo as GOP Base Demands Epstein Answers; Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed With Plan to Gut the Education Department; HHS Slashes Thousands of Jobs Across Health Agencies; Former National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, Defends Use of Signal and Again Says Classified Info Was Not Shared. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Will Trump Give Ukraine Long-Range Missiles?; MAGA Anger Grows Over Failure to Release Jeffrey Epstein Files; Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Inflation Rising. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Announces Deal on Tariffs With Indonesia; Trump Says Ukraine Should Not Target Moscow; Trump Wants the Fed to Lower the Rate Immediately; Inflation Rises in June to Highest Level in Four Months; Measles Cases Surge to Record High Since Disease Was Declared Eliminated in the U.S.; Veterans Unemployment Rose Year-over-year, Especially Among Women Veterans. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Russia Responds to Trump; Trial of Dentist Accused of Poisoning his Wife; Misty Marris is Interviewed about the Craig Trial; Trump to Unveil Investment in A.I. and Energy. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Waltz Facing Lawmakers for First Time Since White House Ouster; White House Eyes GOP Midterm Gains as Part of Texas Redistricting Push; Unreleased Beyonce Music Stolen from Rental Car in Atlanta; Social Media Debates Dead-Eye, Silent Response of the Gen Z Stare. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: A.G. Bondi Should Release "Credible" Info From Epstein Case; House Dems Fail In Bid To Force GOP On Record In Epstein File Release; Sources: Trump Privately Urging Aides To Let Epstein Story Die Down; Trump: Zelensky "Shouldn't Target Moscow"; Trump To Putin; Make A Ukraine Deal In 50 Days Or Face 100 Percent Tariffs; U.C. Berkeley Professor Killed In Greece In Broad Daylight. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Inflation Rises in June to Highest Level in Four Months; Opening Statements in Trial of Dentist Accused of Poisoning Wife; MLB All-Star Game to Feature Automated Balls and Strikes System. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Gives Russia 50 Days To Reach Ceasefire With Ukraine Or Face Sanctions; China's Second Quarter GDP Better Than Expected; Family Of American Killed In West Bank Calls For Justice; Russia's Lavrov To Attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit; Mexico Investigates Crematorium After 380 Plus Bodies Found; Sinner Defeats Rival Alcaraz Top Claim First Wimbledon Title. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump To Send US Patriot Missiles To Ukraine Via Allies; US Appeals Court Pauses Trump Efforts To Deport Afghans; Tuam's Painful Past; Excavation Begins at Former Mother & Baby Home in Irish Town; At Least 132 Dead, About 100 Missing Amid Texas Floods; Inside a Family's Move to Self-Deport from the U.S.; CNN Given Rare Access to Chinese Robotics Lab; Cantonese Opera Tells a Donald Trump-Inspired Story. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump To Send U.S. Patriot Missiles To Ukraine Via Allies; Family Of American Killed In West Bank Calls For Justice; Russia's Sergey Lavrov And China's Xi Jinping Meet As U.S. Tariffs Loom; China Reports Better-than-expected GDP as Tariffs Loom; China Aiming to Dominate Growing Field of A.I.-powered Robots; Unreleased Beyonce Music Stolen From Choreographer's Car; Dozens of Runners Race in Sub-zero Temperatures in North Pole Marathon. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump Warns of 100 Percent Tariffs to Russia if No Peace Deal with Ukraine Has Reached Within 50 Days; Humanitarian Conditions Worsens as Israel-Hamas Peace Talks Continues to be Stalled; Wildfire Shuts Down Grand Canyon's North Rim. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Issues 50-Day Warning To Russia For Ukraine Ceasefire; Trump Threatens Tariffs For Countries Who Buy Russian Oil; Cuomo To Run New York Mayor As Third Party Candidate; Aired 6-6:30a ET
• MAGA Faithful in Uproar; Claire Healy is Interviewed about "Alligator Alcatraz"; Christopher McElroen is Interviewed about "Fight for America!"; Trump Disappointed with Putin; Superman Controversy over Woke. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Kremlin: Trump's Talk of Weapons, Sanctions "Very Serious"; Family of American Killed in West Bank Calls for Justice; Mamdani's Primary Win Shakes Up Democratic Party; Crypto Industry Expecting Big Wins from Congress after Pouring Millions into 2024 U.S. Election; Trump to Unveil Sweeping $70B Investment Package in AI, Energy. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Trump Makes U-Turn on Ukraine; Russia and Allies Face Penalties if No Peace in 50 Days; Trump Tells Supporters Not to "Waste Time" on Epstein Files; Trump to Unveil Sweeping $50 Billion Investment in AI, Energy; SCOTUS Clears Way to Gut Education Department; Family of American Killed in West Bank Calls for Justice; Nearly Three-Quarters of Afghans Live at Subsistence Levels; Andrew Cuomo Announces Third-Party Bid for NYC Mayor; Trump's Hong Kong Opera; North Pole Marathon. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Ukraine: Russia Unleashes "Massive Attack," 17 Blasts In 20 Minutes; Speaker Johnson Calls For Epstein Files Release; "Sounded Like Lightning": Flames Shoot From Plane's Engine. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Tries To Quell MAGA Backlash Over DOJ Findings; Obama Calls Democrats To Action, Says "Toughen Up"; Trump: Russia Has 50 Days To Reach Ceasefire With Ukraine. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Officials Hold First Meeting Since Deadly Texas Floods; Arizona Governor Demands Investigation Into National Park Service; Trump Floats Update "Fairly Soon" On Gaza Talks. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• New CNN Poll: 3 Percent Satisfied With Government's Answer On Epstein; Trump Looks To Tamp Down Talk Of Epstein Among MAGA Base; Democrats Push For Vote To Force Release Of Epstein Files; Trump moves forward with education dept. Firings after court ruling; Trump Threatens Any Republican Who Votes Against Cuts Package. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Trump To Head To Pennsylvania For Energy, A.I. Summit; Trump Eyes 5-Seat House Pickup In Texas With Redistricting Plan; Democrats Weigh Generational Politics In AZ Primary; Arizona Primary Pits Daughter Of Late Congressman Against Gen-Z Activist And Social Media Influencer. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions; U.N. Calls For Accountability Of Gaza's Mass Killings; Epstein Files Drama Riles Up MAGA Republicans; Trump Defends Pam Bondi; Dan Bongino Returns To Work; Trump Wants Epstein Drama To Die Down; Machine Gun Fire Near Aid Site In Gaza; Crackdown On Undocumented Immigrants. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• "Release the Files" Turns Into "Let Maxwell Testify"; Trump Eyes 5-Seat Pickup In Texas, Pushes Redrawing Congressional Map; Harry Enten Reports On The Results In High-Stakes AZ Democratic Primary; Dentist Accused Of Killing Wife By Poisoning Protein Shakes. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Announces Tariffs, Sanctions Against Russia & its Allies if no Peace in 50 Days; Split in Trump's Base as they Demand Answers in Epstein Case; CNN Crew Captures Moment Israeli Settlers Ambush Vehicle; Trump Tells Supporters not to "Waste Time" on Epstein Files; Inflation Raises in June Amid Trump's Tariffs; Extreme Rain Causes Flooding from Virginia to New York. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump: U.S. To Sell NATO Weapons To Send To Ukraine; Trump To Unveil AI And Energy Investments At Tech Summit; Poll: Half Of Americans Unhappy With Handling Of Epstein Case; Opening Statements Begin In Poisoned Shake Murder Trial; Moscow Reacts To Trump's Threat Of Tariffs, Sanctions; U.S. Appeals Court Pauses Trump Efforts To Deport Afghans; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Touts $92 Billion A.I. Investment Package In Pennsylvania; NVIDIA, AMD Stock Jump Amid Plans To Resume China Sales; European Tourism Proves Resilient Amid Global Uncertainty; President Trump Warns Tariffs To Russia If No Peace In 50 Days; President Macron Pushes For Increased Military Spending; U.S. Inflation Accelerates As Trump's Tariffs Take Hold; China Reports Better-Than-Expected Economic Growth; French Winemakers Threatened by Prospect Of U.S. Tariffs. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Waltz Facing Lawmakers for First Time Since White House Ouster; Inflation Rebounds in June; Supreme Court Allows Mass Firings at Education Department to Proceed. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• MAGA World at Odds Over Epstein Files; FBI Director Bongino Staying for Now; Trump Gives Putin Ultimatum to Reach Peace Deal in 50 Days. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN); Pentagon Signs Multimillion-Dollar Contract With Elon Musk; Supreme Court Allows Mass Firings at Education Department; MAGA Anger Continues Over Epstein Files. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Emmy Nominations Announced; Interview With Daniel Silva; Interview With Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN). Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump: "I Don't Understand" Why Supporters Care About Epstein; Trump Downplays Inflation Jumping To Highest Level In Months; Soon: Polls Close In AZ Primary In Next Big Test For Dems. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump: Ukraine Should Not Target Moscow; White House Investigates Biden's Autopen Use; MAGA Faithful in Uproar Over Handling of Epstein Case; Trump Announces $90B In A.I. And Energy Investment; Chatbots Vulnerable To Producing Antisemitic Content; U.S. Tariff Threats On French Wines; Video Shows Machine Gun Fire Near Gaza Aid Site; 875 People Killed In Gaza While Seeking Food; Appeals Court Halts Efforts to End Deportation Protections. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump: Ukraine Should Not Target Moscow; MAGA Backlash To Handling Of Jeffrey Epstein Files; U.S. Defense Department To Start Using Elon Musk's A.I. Model; Nvidia Says It Will Resume Sales Of H20 Chip To China; U.N. Human Rights Office: "Each And Every Killing" Near Aid Sites In Gaza Must Be Investigated; Family Of American Killed By Settlers Demands Justice. Aired 3-4p ET