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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Confirms He has Authorized Covert CIA Actions in Venezuela; Trump: Considering Strikes on Drug Cartels in Venezuela; CNN Investigates Crypto ATM Scams and Confronts Swindler; Hamas Moving to Reassert Its Dominance in Gaza; Members of Young Republican Groups Exchange Messages That Include Racist and Hate-filled Comments; Judge Halts Trump's Planned Layoffs During Shutdown, Calls Them Unlawful; New Book "1929" Looks at America's Largest Stock Market Crash; Woman Shot After Allegedly Ramming Federal Agents, Please Not Guilty; Shutdown Day 15, Senate Fails to Pass Funding Bill. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty; Interview with Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado; Interview with The Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Conservative Justices Open To Further Eroding Voting Rights Act; Recently-Elected Arizona Dem Demands To Be Sworn-In; Vance Dismisses Young Republicans Chat As "A Bunch Of Kids". Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump, FBI Director Tout "Sweeping" Crime Crackdown; Apparent Hackers Take Over Public Address Systems In Four North American Airports, Broadcast Pro-Palestinian Messages; How The Pentagon Sidelined Lawyers While Testing The Legal Limits Of Military Action; Sources: At Least One U.S. Military Strike On Alleged Drug Trafficking Boat In The Caribbean Targeted Colombians; Soybean Farmers React To Tariff Fallout; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Judge Halts Layoffs Of Federal Workers During Shutdown; 2026 Democratic Primaries Put Younger Candidates To The Test. Aired 5-6p ET
• Judge Halts Layoffs of Federal Workers During Shutdown; Labor Department Warns Trump Immigration Crackdown Could Put U.S. Food Supply at Risk; Hamas Says It Has Handed Over All Hostage Bodies It Can Access; Dad Charged with Killing Daughter's Accused Abuser Running for Sheriff; Woman Shot After Allegedly Ramming Agents Pleads Not Guilty; State Department Revokes Visas Over Comments on Charlie Kirk's Murder. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• AOC And Sanders Talk About Shutdown In A Town Hall. Vance Dismisses Vile Texts by Republicans; GOP Calls Upcoming "No Kings" Rally a "Hate America" Event; Mamdani Goes on Fox to Speak Directly to Trump; More Airports Refuse to Show Noem Video Blaming Democrats. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Warns That Hamas Must Disarm or We Will Disarm Them; Smith Says, Ludicrous to Think Politics Tainted Trump Prosecutions; Dad Accused of Killing Daughter's Alleged Abuser Running for Sheriff. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Anger In Israel Over Delayed Release Of Deceased Hostages; Trump Renews Threat To Cut "Democrat Programs" Amid Shutdown; White House: Troops To Be Paid Today. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Sen Jeff Markley (D-OR): Government Shutdown Hits Day 15 as GOP, Democrats Remain Deadlocked; Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Pivotal Voting Rights Act Case; Average Cost of New Car Tops $50k for First Time. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Trump Warns Hamas Must Disarm; Bolton Probe Focuses on Email Account; Battle for House Control; Storm Batters Western Alaska; Scammers Stealing Millions. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Shutdown Enters Day 15; NATO Ministers Meet in Brussels; Ross Smith is Interviewed about Aid for Gaza; Tara Hopkins is Interviewed about Teens on Instagram. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) is Interviewed about the Argentina Bailout; Dad Accused of Killing Abuser Runs for Sheriff. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• News Outlets Slam New Pentagon Rules; Trump Administration Continues Destroying Boats in Caribbean; Israel to Slow Aid Into Gaza?; Woman Accused of Ramming Federal Agents Pleads Not Guilty: Government Shutdown Fight Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Journalists Turn in Press Passes to Protest Pentagon Rules; Virtually Every Major Media Outlet, Including CNN and Fox, Say They Will Not Sign; Trump to Hold News Conference With FBI Director Patel; Father Accused of Murder Runs for Sheriff in Arkansas. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• ChatGPT to Allow Erotica for Adult Users; Trump to Hold News Conference With FBI Director Patel; Feds Seize $15 Billion Crypto From Criminal Organization; Journalists Turn in Press Passes to Protest Pentagon Rules. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Senate Voting for 9th Time on GOP Plan to Fund Government; Interview Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA): White House Pressures GOP-States to Redraw Congressional Maps; Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Defends Trump Prosecutions; Average Cost of New Car Hits Record High. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• KBB: Average Cost of New Car Tops $50,000 for First Time; Any Moment: Trump, FBI Director Patel Hold News Conference; Pentagon Sidelined Lawyers While Testing Legal Limits of Military Action; Soon: Hamas Set to Return Remains of 2 Israeli hostages; Senate Fails to Pass Bill to End Govt. Shutdown on 9th Attempt. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Jack Smith Insists Politics Played No Role in Trump Cases; How Scammers Are Stealing Millions Using Crypto ATMs; South Carolina Reports 5 More Measles Cases as Outbreak Grows. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Says Phase Two Of Gaza Ceasefire Deal Begins Now; U.S. Strike Kills 6 Alleged Narco Boat Off Venezuela Coast; Socialists Vow To Not Topple French Government After Concessions; Teen Describes Moment Parents Taken By ICE Agents; Meta Update Makes Instagram Settings PG-13 For Teens. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump Says Argentina Bailout Contingent On His Political Ally Milei Remaining In Power; Six Killed After U.S. Strikes Another Boat Off Coast Of Venezuela; Hamas Releases Bodies Of Four More Deceased Hostages; Trump Announces Start Of Phase 2 Of Gaza Deal; Landslides And Flooding Cut Off 300 Communities In Mexico; Lecornu No-Confidence Vote Set for Thursday; Iranian Court Sentences 2 French Citizens on Spying Charges; Madagascar's Military Says It Has Seized Power; Zelenskyy Visiting White House to Push for Tomahawks; Trump Endorses Hegseth's New Pentagon Press Restrictions; Trump Honors Late Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom; How Scammers Are Stealing Millions Using Crypto ATMs. Aired 1-2a ET
• Anger In Israel Over Delay Release Of Deceased Hostages; Donald Trump: $20 Billion Lifeline Contingent On Javier Milei Staying In Power; U.S. Strikes Kills Six "Narcoterrorists" Off Venezuela's Coast; Madagascar's Military Says It Has Seized Power; Madagascar's Military Says It Has Seized Power; President Rajoelina's Whereabouts Unknown; French PM Lecornu No-confidence Vote Set for Thursday; Cheech Marin's Art Museum Celebrates Mexican American Heritage Through Art. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• NATO Defense Ministers Tackle the End of Russia-Ukraine War as the Ukrainian President Heads to the White House for Tomahawk Missile Requests; Trump Warns Hamas After Delaying the Release of some Dead Hostages; CNN Investigates Scammers Stealing Millions Using Crypto ATMs from Unsuspecting Americans. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Hamas Delays Return of 20 Deceased Hostages to Israel; Trump Threatens to Cut More 'Democrat Programs'; Taylor Swift's New Album Breaks First Week Sales Record. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Fawaz Gerges is Interviewed about Hamas; Jordan Demands Testimony from Jack Smith; Dr. Abdul el-Sayed is Interviewed about Democrats; Cheryl Hines Defends Husband. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Fury Grows in Israel Over Delayed Release of Hostage Remains; NATO Weighs its Response to Russian "Aggression"; Supply of Weapons to Ukraine Topping Agenda at NATO Meeting; Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Dies at 80; Volatility Index Climbs Amid Rising Trade Fears. Aired 9-10a ET
• Anger in Israel over Delayed Release of Deceased Hostages; Israel Reducing Aid into Gaza; Trump Says Phase Two of Gaza Ceasefire Deal Begins Now; Zelenskyy Visiting White House to Push for Tomahawks; Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Dead At 80; Scammers Stealing Millions from Unsuspecting Americans Using Crypto ATMs. Aired 10-10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Speaker To Dem Rep-Elect He Refuses To Swear In: "Bless Her Heart"; Leaked GOP Text: "I Love Hitler"; Mamdani Versus Trump. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• U.S. Government Shutdown Nightmare; Pushing Back On Pentagon Press Rules; Trump Warning: Hamas Must Disarm. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty In Arson Attack At Governor's Mansion; Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Dead At 80; NATO Defense Ministers Meeting In Brussels Today. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Kavanaugh: "Race-Based Remedies...Should Have An End Point"; Roberts, Kavanaugh Signal Openness To Further Gut Voting Rights Act; Primary Politics: Rep. Seth Moulton Challenging Sen. Ed Markey; Young Democrats Push Elderly Lawmakers To Get Out Of The Way. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• DOJ Probe of John Bolton Focuses on Notes in His AOL Email Account; Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Defends Trump Prosecutions; Kansas Democratic Representatives Could Lose Job if GOP Re-draws State Map; Trump Tariffs, China's Retaliation Hit Agricultural Export Markets; California Governor Candidate, Katie Porter, Apologizes for Viral Videos; Florida Judge Bans GOP Rep. Cory Mills From Contact With Ex-girlfriend; Active-duty Troops Getting Paid Today During Shutdown; Congresswoman-elect Grijalva Presses Speaker Johnson to Be Sworn Into Office. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Teen Describes Moment Parents Were Taken by ICE Agents; U.S. Strike on Alleged Drug Boat Kills Six Near Venezuela; Kenya Mourns Death of Raila Odinga. Violent Clashes in Gaza Erupt Between Hamas and Rival Groups As Concern Grows Over the Security Situation in Gaza; U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth Says "Firepower" is Coming for Ukraine; Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award Revealed. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Returns 45 Unidentified Palestinian Bodies to Gaza; Hamas Calls for Gaza Resident to Hand Over Collaborators; Trump Endorses Pentagon's New Press Access Restrictions; U.S. Strike Kills 6 "Narco- terrorists" Off Venezuela's Coast; L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over I.C.E. Raids; Trump Threatens to Take World Cup Matches Away from Boston. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Hamas Calls For Gaza Residents To Hand Over Collaborators; Israeli Prime Minister Appears In Court To Give Testimony; DHS: Mexican Cartels Offer Bounties For ICE, CPB Officers; Dad Who Killed His Daughter's Alleged Abuser Runs For Sheriff; How Scammers Are Stealing Millions Using Crypto ATMs; Trump "Very Unhappy With Spain" Over NATO Spending; Renowned Reverend Speaks To High-Profile Figures About Faith; Celebrating Mexican-American Heritage Through Art. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Red Cross Recovers Remains of Two More Hostages from Hamas; Fragile Gaza Ceasefire Tested on Multiple Fronts; Bank Stocks Rising on Strong Earnings; How Scammers Steal Millions Using Crypto ATMs; Scouting America Introduces Badges in A.I. and Cybersecurity. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Shutdown America: A CNN Town Hall with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Aired 9-10:30p ET


The Situation Room
• Escalating Tensions in Chicago After Car Chase Involving Feds Leads to Crash; Supreme Court Hearing Case That Could Gut Voting Rights Act; Hamas Delays Return of 21 Deceased Hostages to Israel. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hegseth Says Ukraine to Get More "Firepower" from U.S.; South Carolina Reports 5 More Measles Cases; Scammers Stealing Millions Using Crypto ATMs; New Warning from Air Traffic Controllers. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• ICE Crackdown in Chicago; Interview With Rep. Mike Lawler (R- NY); RFK Jr. Gutting the CDC?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Israel Reducing Aid Into Gaza?; Shutdown Impacting Air Traffic Controllers; ICE Agents Under Threat?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Did Not Air 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Hamas Says Its Handed Over All Hostages It Can Access; Hamas Executing Men in Gaza; Trump Authorizes CIA Covert Operations in Venezuela; Pivotal Supreme Court Cast on Voting Rights; Humanitarian Org Says Russian Drone Targeted Workers; Mercy Chef on the Ground in Ukraine; U.S.-China Trade Tensions. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Fury In Israel Over Limited Release of Hostage Remains; Trump: "Phase Two" Of Gaza Ceasefire Deal Underway; Donald Trump & Kash Patel To Speak At White House; NATO Defense Leaders Hold Summit On Russia; Sources: At Least One U.S. Boat Strike Targeted Colombians. Aired 3-4p ET