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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• The "Wall Street Journal" Reports on Letter Bearing Trump's Name Given to Epstein; WSJ Reports On Letter Bearing Trump's Name Given To Epstein; CBS Ending "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"; Pres. Trump Diagnosed With Vein Condition. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; Interview with Shin Bet Former Director and Israeli Navy Former Command-in- Chief Ami Ayalon; Interview with "Apocalypse" Author Lizzie Wade. Aired 1- 2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• White House Press Secretary Defends Trump's Claims Of "Epstein Hoax"; Trump Diagnosed With Chronic Venous Insufficiency After Leg Swelling; Senate Dems Walk Out As Ex-Trump Lawyer's Nomination Advances. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• White House Growing Criticism Over Handling Of Epstein Case; Former FBI Head James Comey's Daughter Fired By Trump; Democrats Walk Out Of Emil Bove Judicial Confirmation Hearing; Trump Says Firing Powell Could Disrupt The Market; WH: Trump Diagnosed With "Chronic Venous Insufficiency"; Inside Camp La Junta After Devastating July 4 Floods; Noem: TSA Rules On Liquids In Carry-On Luggage May Change. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House Growing Criticism Over Handling of Epstein Case; Democrats Walk Out as Ex-Trump Lawyer's Nomination Advances; Former Hamas Hostage Says, No Human Should Live Like That. Flash Flooding Swamps New Mexico Town For Second Time In Two Weeks; Trump Admin Cuts Weather Research, Disaster Response. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Wall Street Journal Reports, Racy Letter Bearing Trump's Name was Given to Epstein; Trump Asks DOJ to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts. Host Stephen Colbert Announces End of Late Show on CBS; Trump Gets Checked For Vein Condition. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Maurene Comey, Epstein Prosecutor and James Comey's Daughter, Fired; CNN Poll Shows Democrats Far More Energized Than GOP About Midterms; Sources Say, State Department Cuts to Impact Trump Admin's Own Priorities. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Maurene Comey, Epstein Prosecutor And James Comey's Daughter, Fired; Trump Tells Fictional Story About His Uncle And The Unabomber; Prosecutors: Dentist Poisoned Wife Over Financial Troubles, Affair. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Dems Far More Energized than GOP About Midterms; Interview with Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV): Senate Sends Trump's DOGE Cuts Package to House for Final Approval, Tax Deduction for Gambling Losses; AG Bondi to Visit Notorious Shuttered Prison Alcatraz Today; Trump Suggests Fed Renovations Could be Fireable offense for Powell. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• CNN Poll Shows Democrats Far More Energized Than GOP About Midterms; Retail Sales Jump More Than Expected in June; Study Finds No Link Between Aluminum in Vaccines and Autism. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Retail Sales Rise in June Even as Trump Tariffs Begin to Set In; Attorney General Bondi to Visit Notorious Shuttered Prison Alcatraz Today; Trump Tries to Shit Blame as GOP Split Grows Over Epstein Case; Interview with Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX); Senate Judiciary Committee Votes on Advancing Emil Bove Nomination; New Details on the Case of Colorado Dentist Accused of Murdering Wife. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump's Pause on Possible Russia Sanctions Could Hurt Ukraine; 10 GOP Senators Urge Trump Admin Not to Withhold Education Funding; Most Massive Black Hole Collision Ever Detected in Space. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• Republicans Move Forward on Controversial Judicial Nominee; Democratic Voters Energized to Vote in Midterms; Attorney General Pam Bondi Visits Alcatraz. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• PBS and NPR on Cusp of Losing Federal Funding; Retail Sales Up 0.6 Percent in June, Rebound From May Decline; White House Gives Health Update on President Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• White House Holds Briefing as PBS & NPR Face Loss of Federal Funding; White House Gives Health Update on President Trump; Trump Diagnosed With Chronic Venous Insufficiency. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufficiency; White House: Trump Would Not Recommend Special Prosecutor on Epstein; Interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): Democrats Walk Out in Protest as Ex-Trump Lawyer's Nomination Advances. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WH: Trump Diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufficiency; WH: Trump "Would Not Recommend" Special Prosecutor for Epstein Case; Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) Discusses About Epstein Files; House Faces Friday Deadline to Approve DOGE Cuts Package; Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) Discusses About Reopening Alcatraz; AG Bondi Visits Alcatraz After Trump Call for Reopening Aired 3-3:30p ET
• U.S. Set to Destroy 500 Tons of Taxpayer-Funded Emergency Food; UK Researchers: 8 Healthy Babies Born From 3 People's DNA; Trump Says Coca-Cola Will Switch to Cane Sugar in the U.S. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Clashes in Southern Syria; At Least 169 Killed in Southern Syria; Shake-Up in Ukraine Amid Russian Strikes; At Least 20 Killed in Crowd Crush in Gaza Aid Site; Turkey's Ekrem Imamoglu Sentenced to Prison Time; Obamas Address Divorce Rumors. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Syrian Army Withdraws From Suwayda Under Ceasefire Agreement With Druze Leaders; Zelenskyy Launches Cabinet Overhaul Amid War Pressures; Trump Says He Would Love For Fed Chair Powell To Resign; Samsung Boss Cleared Of Fraud By South Korea's Top Court; Obamas Speak Out about Rumors of a Divorce; Large Meteorite from Mars sold at Auction for $5.3M. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• Trump Says Tariff Revenues Will Increase Come August 1; Trump Says U.S. Coca-cola to Make Shift to Cane Sugar; Meta, Amazon Team Up in Effort to Get Ahead in A.I. Race; Fire Ravages Belgium Music Festival's Main Stage; 7.3 Quake Triggers Local Tsunami in Alaska; Smoke and Lava Flow as Iceland Volcano Erupts. Aired 2-3a ET
• Ukrainian President Names Former P.M. as New Defense Chief; British Doctor Experienced How People in Gaza Suffers Malnutrition; Fire Erupts Main Stage of a Belgian Music Festival. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Senate GOP Pass Trump's $9B DOGE Cuts Rescissions Package; Trump Bill Raises Concerns About ICE Funding, Overreach. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Senate Approves $9B In DOGE Cuts In 51-48 Vote; Trump Lashes Out At MAGA Base Over Epstein Fallout; U.S. To Destroy 500 Tons Of Taxpayer-Funded Emergency Food; CNN Poll: Record Low View Dems Favorably At Just 28 Percent. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Syria Withdraws Troops from South after Days of Deadly Clashes; UK Doctor in Gaza Describes Battle to Keep Patients Alive; Will he or Won't He; Senate Passes $9B in "DOGE Cuts" in 51-48 Vote Overnight; Opening Round of the Open Championship. Aired 9-10a ET
• Syria Withdraws Troops from South after Days of Deadly Clashes; Hundreds of Israeli Druze Cross Golan Heights into Syria; Trump Fires Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey; Growing Push for Further Action on DOJ Findings from Epstein Files; U.K. and Germany Sign Friendship Treaty; Kremlin Monitoring Western Missile Deliveries to Ukraine; U.K. Doctor in Gaza Battles to Keep Patients Alive; Astronomers Detect Rare, Massive Black Hole Collision. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Now: Republicans Holding Up Vote On Trump's Cuts Over Epstein Case; WSJ Reports On Letter Bearing Trump's Name Given To Epstein; CBS Canceling Colbert's Show; White House Reveals Trump Diagnosis After Images Raise Questions; Congress On Track Tonight To Cut NPR, PBS Funding. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Senate Passes Trump's DOGE Cuts Package, Sends It To House; Growing Push For Further Action On DOJ Epstein Case Findings; Deadly Crush At Gaza Aid Site. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Five People In Court Over Murder Of U.S.-Based Professor In Greece; Taiwan Holds Military Drills In Preparation For War; "Change Amplified: Live Music And The Climate Crisis." Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump DOJ Abruptly Fires Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey; Trump Tries To Shift Blame To Democrats As GOP Splits Over Epstein; Today: Bondi Visiting Alcatraz Prison As GOP Splits Over Epstein; Democrats Far More Motivated Than Republicans To Vote Next Year; Record-Low 28% Have Favorable View Of Democratic Party; Senate Dems Walk Out Of Hearing On Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Senate Passes Measure To Cut Funding To Public Radio & Broadcasting; Trump Tries To Shift Blame To Democrats As GOP Splits Over Epstein; Trump Tells Fictional Story About Uncle And Unabomber. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey Fired; Democrats Eager to Vote in Midterms; Bondi and Burgum visit Alcatraz; Trump Takes Credit for Coca-Cola Ingredient Change. Syria Withdraws Troops from South After Days of Deadly Clashes with the Druze Minority Group; Former Israeli Hostage Kidnapped By Hamas Tells His Story; Daughter of James Comey Fired. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Authorizes Release of Some Epstein Documents as Fury Grows; Trump Denies WSJ Report, Vows to Sue Paper's Owner; Laura Coates Interviews Former Attorney General Eric Holder; Laura Coates Interviews Rep. Jamie Raskin; CBS to End Colbert's Show. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Creates Buffer Zone Along Syrian Border; Epstein Prosecutor Fired; Attorney General Bondi Visiting Legendary Alcatraz Prison; Official: Migrants Deported by the U.S. to Eswatini Being Held in Correctional Facilities' Isolated Units; UK Doctor in Gaza Describes Battle to Keep Patients Alive; Trump: I Told Coca-Cola to Use "Real Cane Sugar in Coke". Aired 11a-12p ET
• Syria Withdraws Troops From South After Days Of Deadly Clashes; U.S. Senate Passes Trump's DOGE Cuts Package, Sends It To House; U.S. Set To Destroy 500 Tons Of Taxpayer-Funded Emergency Food; DOJ Fires Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey; Closer Look At Syria's Druze Community; Netanyahu Says His Nation "Will Continue To Act As Necessary" After Israeli Airstrikes On Syrian Capital; Human Rights Group: At Least 169 Killed In Southern Syria Clashes; Taiwan Holds Military Drills In Preparation For War; Family Makes Difficult Decision To Self-Deport To Mexico; Obamas Take On Divorce Rumors On New Podcast. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. House to Vote on Trump's DOGE Cut Bill; Russia Strikes Ukraine as U.S. Weighs Sanctions on Moscow; Brazilian President: We Can Find Other Trading Partners; Ceasefire Between Syrian Government and Druze Appears to be Holding; U.K. Doctor in Gaza Describes Battle to Keep Patients Alive; Trump DOJ Fires Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey; Uber, Lucid Team Up with Nuro for 20,000 Robotaxis. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Attorney General Bondi Makes Highly Anticipated Visit to Alcatraz; Maurene Comey, Federal Prosecutor in Epstein Case, Fired; Senate Passes $9 Billion in Cuts to Foreign Aid, Public Broadcasting. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Death Toll in Texas Rises to At Least 134; Major Layoffs at the State Department; Camp La Junta After Texas Floods; Connie Francis Dead at 87. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Israel Strikes Syria; Republicans Move Forward on Controversial Trump Judicial Nominee; Interview With Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA); Attorney General Visits Alcatraz. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• DOJ Recommends Light Sentence For Officer Involved in Breonna Taylor Death; Psychedelic Drugs to Treat Depression?; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Will Trump Fire Jerome Powell?. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Says He's Suing WSJ "Shortly" Over Epstein Report; Trump Says He Directed DOJ To "Produce Any And All Pertinent Grand Jury Testimony" On Epstein; CBS Ending "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" Next Year. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• U.S. Senate Passes DOGE Cuts; Two Senate Republicans Vote Against DOGE Cuts; Fragile Ceasefire in Syria; Netanyahu Defends Syrian Airstrikes; More Than 250 Killed in Suwayda in Recent Sectarian Violence; Future of U.S.-China Relations; Hungary's Push to End Russia's War on Ukraine; Taiwan Defense Drills. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• White House: Netanyahu Tells Trump That Deadly Strike On Gaza's Only Catholic Church Was A "Mistake"; Syria Withdraws Troops From South After Days Of Deadly Clashes; No Update From White House On American Killed In West Bank; Senate Passes Trump's DOGE Cuts Package, Sends It To House; Brazil's Lula Da Silva: Trump Is Not "Emperor Of The World". Aired 3-4p ET