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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump on Summit: "I'll do Whatever I can to Stop the Killing"; Source: V.P. Vance, A.G. Bondi, FBI Director Patel and Others Discussed Epstein Case at White House Wednesday Night; FBI Fires Senior Officials At Odds With Trump Administration; Inside One Pastor's Crusade For Christian Domination In The Age Of Trump; Young Democrats Are Trying To Win Over Gen Z Voters, Just Like Charlie Kirk. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Exiled Russian Journalist Mikhail Zygar; Interview with Children's Entertainer and Educator Ms. Rachel; Interview with Yale University Professor of American Studies Daniel Martinez HoSang. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Nominates Stephen Miran To Fill Vacant Fed Seat; Dow Tumbles As Trump's New Tariffs Kick In; Meeting Of Vance, Bondi & Others To Discuss Epstein Case Was Moved To White House After News Coverage; Cuomo: If Mamdani Is Elected Mayor, I Believe Trump Would Attempt to Assert Mor Control Over NYC; Just In: Trump Comments On Potential Meetings With Putin. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Tariffs Kick In At Highest Rates Since Depression; Trump Nominates Stephen Miran To Temporarily Fill Fed Vacancy; Major Companies' Earnings Calls Reveal Impact Of Tariffs; VP Vance Meets With Indiana's Republican Leaders Amid WH Push For Redistricting; Trump Orders New Census To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants; FBI Firing Senior Officials At Odds With Trump Administration; Israeli Security Cabinet Debates Whether To Occupy All Of Gaza; Trump Reignites Threat To Take Over Washington, D.C.; Army Honors Soldiers Who Subdued Suspected Gunman. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says His Putin Sit-Down is Not Conditioned on The Russian Leader Meeting With Zelenskyy; Judge Temporarily Halts Construction at Florida Facility; Trump Takes Executive Action to Target Race-Based University Admissions. Aluminum Company Sees Drop In Demand After Trump's Tariffs; Trump Honors Purple Heart Recipients At White House. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Sends Feds into D.C. Streets Tonight in Show of Force; Trump's DOJ Official Urged January 6th Rioters to Kill Cops; Trump Escalates Redistricting War With Call for New Census. Trump Allegedly Asks Supreme Court To Allow ICE Raids; New CNN Original Series, "American Prince JFK, Junior" Premieres Saturday at 9 P.M. Aired 10- 11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump's Sweeping Tariffs in Effect on Dozens of Countries; Planned Epstein Strategy Dinner Appears to Have Been Rescheduled; Army Sergeant in Custody After Five Soldiers Shot at Fort Stewart. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Trump's Historic New Tariffs Now In Effect; Border Patrol Agents Hide In Rental Truck For Immigration Raid In L.A.; Kremlin: Agreement Reached For Trump, Putin To Meet "In Coming Days." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Agreement Reached for Trump, Putin to Meet in Coming Days; Trump Escalates Trade War as New Global Tariffs Take Effect; Planned Epstein Strategy Dinner Appears to Have Been Rescheduled; Army Sargent in Custody After 5 Soldiers Shot at Fort Stewart. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Matt Pierce is Interviewed about the Redistricting Fight in Indiana; John Boyd Jr. is Interviewed about Trade Policy Impact on Farmers; Vance and the 2028 Nomination Numbers; Inside Ecuador's Narco Superhighway. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Former DOGE Worker Assaulted; Tariffs Now in Effect on Dozens of Countries; Trump Escalates Trade War. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) is Interviewed about Russian Agreement. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• News Conference Regarding the Fort Stewart Shooting; Conor Fitzpatrick is Interviewed about Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• ICE Hiding in Rental Trucks?; Putin-Trump Meeting?; Trump Administration Firing Senior FBI Officials. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Study Finds Children Would Rather Play Outside Than Online; Hero Soldiers Honored at Fort Stewart, Georgia; on Rendering Aid to Victims as Shots Rang Out; Military Bravery and Sacrifice Honored on Purple Heart Day; Big3 Basketball League Leans Into Sydney Sweeney Ad Controversy. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Tariffs Kick in at Highest Rates Since Great Depression; Texas AG Vows to Expel Democrats if They're Not Back by Friday; Trump Orders New Census That Would Exclude Undocumented People; CBP Agents Hide in Rental Truck for Immigration Raid in L.A.; Farms Facing Worker Shortage Due to Fear of ICE Raids. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Says Deputy AG Blanche has Not Briefed Him on Maxwell Meetings; Trump Marks 200th Day Since Returning to White House; "Ecuador: The Narco Superhighway" Airs Sunday at 9PM ET. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Tariffs Kick in at Highest Rates Since Great Depression; Top Kremlin Aide: Trump & Putin to Meet "In the Coming Days"; Some Trump Admin Initiatives Leading to Family Separations; Federal Judge Temporarily Halts New Construction at Florida Everglades ICE Detention Facility. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Lithium May Protect Aging Brains From Alzheimer's; Flight Turbulence Becoming More Frequent and Severe; Netflix's "KPop Demon Hunters" Become a Cultural Phenomenon. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• New White House Trade Policy Could Reshape Global Economy; Netanyahu, Security Cabinet to Discuss Gaza in Hours Ahead; Trump Lashes Out Over Epstein Files; Trump Says No Breakthrough in Putin- Witkoff Meeting; Low Humidity, High Temps Fueling Fire Bigger Than Paris; Royal Ballet And Opera Cancels Production In Israel; Estonian Theater Company Puts New Spin On "Romeo And Juliet". Aired 12-12:45a ET
• China Could Face Higher Tariffs For Buying Russian Oil; Trump Says He Will Impose 100 Percent Tariff On Semiconductors; Trump Says Progress Made In U.S. envoy Witkoff's Meeting With Putin; Hostage Families March In Tel Aviv, Demand Immediate Deal To Free Loved Ones; Farm Workers Play Cat and Mouse Game with ICE; Great Barrier Reef Threatened by Warming Oceans; Visa Bonds Required for Travelers from Zambia and Malawi. Aired 1-2a ET
• China Could Face Higher Tariffs For Buying Russian Oil; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Warns Against Deception In Possible Cease Fire Talks; Donald Trump Says There's A "Good Chance" Of Meeting With Vladimir Putin "Very Soon"; Gaza's Health Ministry Reports Highest Death Toll In Weeks; Low Humidity, High Temps Fueling Fire Bigger Than Paris; Report Finds Worst Coral Bleaching on Record at Great Barrier Reef; U.S. Hockey Player, Mascot Encounter Bear in Alaska. Aired 2- 2:45
• Trump's Tariff Rates Now in Effect; Trump Could Meet Putin for a Ceasefire Deal; Estonia gets a Heavy Duty Theatrical Spin on Romeo and Juliet. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Tariffs Go Into Effect. Is Respectability Politics Gone? Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Vance's Strategy Session Delayed or Moved; Avi Loeb is Interviewed about UFO Debate; Julie Margetta Morgan is Interviewed about School Supply Price Hikes; CNN Rides a Jordanian Air Aid Drop to Gaza. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Comes After U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff Met with Putin in Moscow; Higher Tariffs Now in Effect for U.S. Trading Partners; ICE Drops Age Limits as it Pushes for 10,000 New Hires; Russian Media: U.S., Russia Agree to Trump-Putin Meeting; CDC: Ultra-Processed Foods are Half of Most American's Diet. Aired 9-10a ET
• Gaza Officials Call for End to Aid Airdrops; Netanyahu to Discuss Gaza with Security Cabinet; Gaza Women Coping with Dire Personal Hygiene Situation; Trump's Global Trade War Tariffs Now in Effect; Russia Zeroes in on Kherson; Farms Facing Worker Shortage Due to Fear of ICE Raids; Air Turbulence Becoming More Frequent and Severe. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Smacks Of A Cover Up": Epstein Accuser's Family Speaks Out; Trade War Spin; South Park Versus Trump. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Russian Media: U.S., Russia Agree To Trump-Putin Meeting; Trump's Tariffs Take Effect; Epstein Controversy Engulfs White House; France Battles Fast-Moving Wildfire; Netanyahu, Israeli Security Cabinet To Discuss Gaza Today. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• WAPO: White House Has No Plan To Mandate IVF Funding; Low Humidity, High Temps Fueling Fire Bigger Than Paris; Colombian Fans Hold Memorial For Ozzy Osbourne. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Reshapes Global Economy With New Tariffs; Yale Budget Lab: U.S. Tariff Rate Now The Highest Since 1934; Most Economists Expert Tariffs To Mean Higher Prices For Consumers; Today: Vance In Indiana To Pressure State GOP To Redraw Lines; GOP Eyes New Congressional Maps In Indiana, Missouri, Ohio; Blue States Have Fewer Options If Redistricting Escalates. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Orders New Census That Leaves Out Undocumented; The Economic Impact Of Trump's Megabill In Battleground Arizona; "American Prince: JFK Jr." Premieres Saturday At 9PM ET/PT. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Zelenskyy Warns Against Deception in Possible Ceasefire Talks; Putin has "Conditions" for Zelenskyy Joining U.S.-Russia Summit; Trump and Putin Likely to Meet Next Week; Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Looking to Take Full Control of Gaza; A Kremlin Aide Cites Trump and Putin are Planning to Meet Soon Over Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire; Trump's Historic Tariffs Kick In. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Redistricting War Escalates as Texas Says FBI Will Find Democrats; FBI Fires Senior Officials at Odds with Trump Administration; WNBA Game Disrupted by Sex Toy Thrown on Court. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israeli Opposition Leader: Full Conquest of Gaza a "Bad Idea"; Trump: China Could Face Higher Tariffs for Buying Russian Oil; Higher Tariffs Now in Effect for U.S. Trading Partners; Nearly 2,000 Firefighters Battle Huge, Fast-Moving Blaze; What Arizona Thinks about Trump's Presidency So Far; Estonian Theatre Co Puts New Spin on "Romeo & Juliet". Aired 11a-12p ET
• Netanyahu, Israel's Security Cabinet Meet To Discuss Gaza; Putin Says He And Trump Likely To Meet Next Week; Trump Administration Has Not Cut Any Trade Deals With Africa; Mexico's Tariff Rate Stands At 25 Percent On Exports To U.S.; Flight Turbulence Becoming More Frequent And Severe; Russia Trying To Divide And Isolate City Of Kherson; Women In Gaza "Embarrassed" By Dire Personal Hygiene Situation; CDC: Ultra-Processed Foods Make Up Large Part Of U.S. Diets; Timeless Toyota Tercel Has Lodged 1.2 Million Kilometers; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Raises U.S. Tariffs to Highest Level Since Great Depression; Maersk CEO: China is Pushing a New Age of Globalization; Netanyahu: We Intend to Take Control of All of Gaza; Farms Facing Worker Shortage Due to Fear of ICE Raids; Interview with Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim; OpenAI Launches GPT-5, Upgraded Version of ChatGPT. Aired 4-5pm ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Tariffs in Effect, Import Taxes Highest Since Depression; Trump Orders Census to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants; CNN Gets Unprecedented Access to Gaza Aid Drop. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Two Soldiers Still Hospitalized After Ft. Stewart Shooting; FBI Fires Senior Officials at Odds with Trump Admin.; More Than half the Calories Americans Consume are from Ultra-Processed Foods. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Federal Takeover of D.C.?; Interview With State Rep. Gene Wu (D-TX); Israel Aiming For Full Takeover of Gaza?; What Will Trump Do With Tariff Revenue?; Putin and Trump Set to Meet. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• NFL Preseason Continues; Strategies For Sleep; Fort Stewart Shooting Investigation; Federal Takeover of D.C.?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump: Putin Meeting Not Conditioned On Including Zelenskyy; Maxwell Survivor Responds To DOJ Meeting: "Extremely Disturbing"; Netanyahu Says Israel Intends To Take Full Control Of Gaza. Aired 9- 10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Putin Doesn't Have to Meet Zelenskyy for Summit Says Trump; Putin and Trump Likely to Meet Next Week; Protests in Israel as Security Cabinet Weighs Gaza Takeover; Trump's Tariffs Take Effect; New U.S. Census to Exclude Undocumented Migrants; Judge Halts Construction at Everglades Detention Center; Farms Facing Worker Shortage. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Putin Suggests UAE For Possible Site Of Summit With Trump; Protests Underway As Israeli Security Cabinet Considers Expanding Gaza War; Higher Tariffs Now In Effect For U.S. Trading Partners; Texas Supreme Court To Rule On Removal Of Lawmakers; OpenAI Launches Chatbot Upgrade GPT-5. Aired 3-4p ET