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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump: Hegseth Finds The Press To Be "Very Disruptive;" Former Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby Reacts To New Pentagon Press Access Rules; How Scammers Are Stealing Millions Using Crypto ATMs; Jack Smith: Special Counsel Prosecutors "Not Interested In Politics"; Crowd Grows In Chicago During Immigration Arrest Operation; Newly Released Video Shows Man Setting Fire To PA Governor's Mansion; PA Gov. Shapiro Urges America Not To Become Numb To Political Violence After Attack On His Home; DOJ Investigation Of John Bolton Focuses On Diary-Like Notes In His AOL Email Account. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda; Interview with Former NATO Deputy Secretary General and Stanford University Lecturer Rose Gottemoeller; Interview with Interview with Status News Founder Oliver Darcy. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• House Speaker: Not Changing Strategy On Shutdown; Hochul Holds First Event With Mamdani Since Endorsement; Now: Trump Speaks At Presidential Medal Of Freedom Event. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Holds Medal Of Freedom Event Honoring Charlie Kirk; Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Is Interviewed About Trump Posthumously Awards Charlie Kirk The Medal Of Freedom; News Outlets Broadly Reject Hegseth's Pentagon Media Rules; IDF Remains Of Four Deceased Hostages Enter Israel. Aired 5-6p ET
• Sources Say, DOJ Probe Of John Bolton Focuses On Notes In His Email; Man Pleads Guilty In Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion Arson Attack; Freed Hostage Eitan Horn Reunites With Family; Mamdani Joins Gov. Hochul For Event In Queens; A Mix Of Hope & Fear In U.S. Furniture Capital As Tariffs Arrive. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Outlets, Including CNN And Fox, Refuse To Sign Pentagon Pledge; Meta Removes Page Tracking Ice Movements Amid DOJ Pressure; Trump Bails Out Biggest Fan Argentina With $20 Billion; Politico Exposes Leaked Messages From Young Republicans On Racism; Jake Tapper Tackles Terror Prosecution In His New Book. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Says We'll Have to See on Two-State Solution for Gaza; New York A.G. Letitia James Rallies for Mamdani in First Appearance Since Indictment; Today, New Furniture Tariffs Take Effect. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Gaza Faces Uncertainty Over Next Steps In Ceasefire Plan; Trump To Meet With Argentina's Leader As U.S. Extends $20 Billion Lifeline; White House Says It Will Use Tariff Funds For Critical Food Aid Program. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New York Attorney General Letitia James Speaks Post Indictment, I Fear No Man; Federal Prosecutors Met to Finalize Potential Bolton Indictment; Trump Says We'll have to See on Two-State Solution for Gaza; Israel Receives Remains of 4 out of 28 Deceased Hostages. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Joe English is Interviewed about Aid for Gaza; Polls on Health Care; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is Interviewed about the Shutdown; News Organizations Reject New Press Rules; Katy Neas is Interviewed about Cuts to the Education Department; Instagram Teen Update. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Gaza Faces Uncertainty; Trump on Gaza Ceasefire Plan; Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is Interviewed about the Ceasefire; Letitia James Speaks Out; Tom Dupree is Interviewed about the New York AG Indictment. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Niva Ben Zion is Interviewed about the Released Hostages; Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones' Bid; Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT) is Interviewed about Mamdani. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Age Debate Grows in Democratic Party; News Outlets Reject Pentagon Demands; Trump Meets With Argentina's President; Gaza's Future. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Renewed Hope in Gaza as Rebuilding Begins Despite Uncertainty; Red Cross Says Returning Remains of Hostages Could Take Weeks; Federal Layoffs Gut Special Education Programs; Hegseth Touts National Guard Replaced for Not Meeting Standards; North Carolina to Vote on New Redistricting Map. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Several Israeli Families Awaiting Return of Deceased Hostages; Trump Says We'll Find Out if Hamas is Holding Up Its End of Deal; Trump Hosts Argentinean President at White House. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Takes Reporters' Questions at White House; Crowd, Federal Officials Face Off in Chicago After Car Crash. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hamas Must Disarm Or "We Will Disarm Them"; Family Of Freed Hostage Omri Miran Speaks With CNN; IDF: Red Cross To Receive More Remains Of Hostages In Gaza Soon; Fox News Joins News Outlets Rejecting New Pentagon Press Rules; Trump Endorses Pentagon's New Press Restrictions; Man Pleads Guilty In Arson Attack On P.A. Gov's Mansion. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump: Hamas Must Disarm or We Will Disarm Them; Red Cross to Receive More Remains of Hostages in Gaza Soon; Crowd, Federal Officials Face Off in Chicago After Car Crash; Planet Hits First Climate Tipping Point, Enters New Reality. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Emotional Scenes As Freed Hostages Reunite With Families; Trump, Regional Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Trump Trying To Capitalize On New Diplomatic Momentum; Trump Says Phase 2 Of Ceasefire Plan Has 'Already Started'; Gaza Ceasefire Deal Signed, But Questions Remain; At Least 64 Killed After Torrential Rain In Mexico; 2025 Laureate Speaks On 'Creative Destruction' In Modern World. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Declares Historic Dawn Of A New Middle East; Elation In The West Bank And Gaza As Palestinians Welcome Released Detainees; Zelenskyy To Meet Trump At White House Amid Discussion On Tomahawk Missiles; Gaza Ceasefire Deal Signed, But Questions Remains; Gaza Ceasefire Deal Signed but Questions Remain; U.S. Homelessness Crisis; U.S. Markets Respond after Trump Walks Back China Tariff Threats. Aired 1-2a ET
• Emotional Scenes As Freed Hostages Reunite With Families; Donald Trump And Regional Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Donald Trump Threatens To Give Ukraine Tomahawk Missiles; Vladimir Putin Warns This Would Be "New Stage Of Escalation"; Trump, Regional Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Israel Releases About 2,000 Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees; Trump Sidesteps on Palestinian Statehood After Gaza Deal; Deadly Flooding Leaves Dozen Missing in Mexico. Aired 2-3a ET
• All Living Hostages Held by Gaza Are Returned Home Safely, Reunited With Their Loved Ones; Torrential Rains In Mexico Kills 64 People, 65 Other Missing; Nobel Laureate Shares Theory Of Destruction. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Future of Trump's 20-Point Plan Appears Uncertain; Comey Indictment Fallout: DOJ Prosecutor Fired. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Ciaran Donnelly is Interviewed about Aid into Gaza; Airports Won't Play Noem Video; Bobby Ghosh is Interviewed about the Ceasefire; News Organizations Reject New Press Rules; Hegseth Replaced Guard Troops. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Palestinians Return Home After Ceasefire Agreement; Key Points in the Gaza Ceasefire Plan Remain Unresolved; Trump Returns to U.S. After Triumphant Trek to Middle East; U.N.: Aid Deliveries Ramping Up in Gaza Amid Ceasefire; Cape Verde Makes World Cup History. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Hope and Uncertainty in Wake of Gaza Ceasefire; Egyptian Foreign Minister Says Hamas Not Part of Gaza Governance; U.N. Describes "Ray of Light" as Aid Enters Gaza; World Food Programme Working on More Gaza Aid Crossings; U.S. Extends $20 Billion Bailout to Argentina; Reappointed French PM Delivers Key Address to Parliament; Nicolas Sarkozy's Five-Year Jail Term Stars Next Week; Israel Turns Page on Dark Chapter with Hostages Freed; Economist Calls for New "Marshall Plan" for Palestinians; Deadly Mexico Flooding Kills at Least 64; Deadline for Press to Pledge Muted Pentagon Reporting; Instagram Going PG-13 for Teens. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Bails Out Ally With $20B Amid U.S. Shutdown; Dozens Of Airports Refuse To Play DHS Video Blaming Dems For Shutdown; Nearly Every News Outlet, Including Fox News, Rejects Pentagon Pledge; New Details About Secret Ghislaine Maxwell Meeting At Prison Camp. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Declares "The War In Gaza Is Over"; IDF: Families Notified After 4 Deceased Hostages Identified; Trump Ally Reshapes Key U.S. Attorney's Office In Virginia; Families Of Blast Victims Demand Accountability. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Trying To Capitalize On New Diplomatic Momentum; Market Fears Eased As Trump Walked Back China Tariff Threat; At Least 64 Kiled After Days Of Torrential Rain. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump: "This Was Really A Historical Day...Wasn't It Amazing?"; Trump Returns To Mounting Domestic Pressures After Historic Trip; Day 14: No Signs Of Progress In Ending Standoff; Trump Complains Of "Super Bad Picture" Used On Time Cover; Mamdani: We're Leading A National Movement Beyond New York; North Carolina Republicans To Re-Draw Congressional Map. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Pressuring Multiple GOP-Controlled States To Re-Draw Maps; Hamas Returns 4 Of 28 Deceased Hostages To Israel; Former Hostage On Life After The Horrors Of Hamas Captivity; 77-Year-Old Maine Gov. Janet Mills Jumps Into Senate Race. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations Continue As President Trump Says The Job Is Not Yet Done; Remains Of Hostages May Take Weeks As The Families Of The Living Give An Update On The Health Of Their Loved Ones; President Of Argentina Visits The White House. Trump Taking Questions At WH; Trump Hosts Argentine President Milei At WH; Six Killed In New Strike On Alleged Drug Boat; Red Cross To Receive Remains Of Deceased Hostages In Gaza. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Health Care Cliff Nears As Government Shutdown Drags On; New Plan Emerges To Get Key Epstein Vote Sworn In; Jack Smith Speaks Out In Rare Interview Amid Trump's Revenge. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Releases Prisoners, Detainees Under Ceasefire Deal; Key Issues Remain Unresolved in Gaza Ceasefire Plan; NY AG James Rallies for Mamdani in 1st Appearance Since Indictment; Israelis' Joy Clouded by Incomplete Release of Hostage Remains; Pentagon Takes Steps to Pay Troops This Week; Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued For Los Angeles. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Key Issues Remain Unresolved In Gaza Ceasefire Plan; Trump Wins Praise With Gaza Ceasefire But Questions Remain; Israel Turns Page On Dark Chapter After Hostages Freed; Moshe Lavi's Brother-in-Law Is Reunited With Family; Madagascar's President Impeached After Fleeing Country; What Awaits Ex-French President Sarkozy Behind Bars; Cape Verde Seal Historic Debut Place After Win On Monday; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Coffins of More Hostages Return to Israel; Trump Honors Charlie Kirk One Month After Assassination with Medal of Freedom. Aired 4:00-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Gaza Faces Uncertainty Over Next Steps in Ceasefire Plan; Stocks Fall on Renewed U.S.-China Trade War Fears; Some Airports Refuse to Play Noem Video Blaming Shutdown on Democrats. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Man Pleads Guilty in Arson Attack on Shapiro's Home; Bulldozers Seen Removing Rubble in Gaza City; Ceasefire in Gaza Hold; Federal Prosecutors Work to Finalize Potential Bolton Indictment; Deadline Day for Reporters to Sign New Rules Outlined by Pentagon. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Next Steps in Gaza?; Future of Freed Israeli Hostages?; Man Pleads Guilty in Arson Attack on Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Speaks Out on Arson Attack; Ukraine to Receive Long-Range Missiles?; Next Steps in Gaza?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Threatens To Cut More "Democrat Programs"; Smith: "Absolutely Ludicrous" That Politics Fueled Trump Process; Trump: Argentina Gets $20 Billion Bailout Only If Ally Is Re-Elected. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: IDF Says Bodies of Four Hostages Released; Trump Says Phase Two of Gaza Ceasefire Deal Underway; Limited Aid Entering Gaza; Trump: Won't Be Generous to Argentina if Milei Loses; Trump Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk; Trump Threatens Retaliation Over China's Soybean Boycott; Six Killed After U.S. Strikes Boat Off Venezuela. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump: If Hamas Doesn't Disarm, We Will Disarm Them; IDF Says Red Cross On Its Way To Receive Remains Of Deceased Hostages In Gaza; Reappointed French PM Offers To Suspend Pension Reform; Trump Threatens To Give Ukraine Tomahawk Missiles; Dow Recovers From Early Losses Amid Trade Tensions; Instagram Rolls Out PG-13 Version Of App For Teens. Aired 3-4p ET