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Amanpour
• Interview with National Institutes of Health Former Director Francis Collins; Interview with "2000 Meters to Andriivka" Director Mstyslav Chernov; Interview with "The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog" Author Carly Ann York. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Top DOJ Officials May Have Been Pressing To Bring Charges Against Abrego Garcia, Judge Says In Newly Unsealed Ruling; Sources: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike On Port In Venezuela; FBI & DHS Say They Are Surging Resources To Minnesota To Investigate Allegations Of Widespread Fraud; Mamdani Inauguration To Feature Prominent Dems AOC And Sen. Bernie Sanders To Administer Oath Of Office. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Increased Security Ahead Of New Year's Eve Celebrations; NYC Steps Up Security For Times Square Ball Drop; Snow Could Mix With Confetti At Midnight In New York City's Time Square Celebration. Aired 5-6p ET
• New Details About CIA Drone Strike In Venezuela; Flu Activity Sharply Increases Across U.S.; Louisiana Governor Says, Let's Fix College Football; Family-Owned Coffee Shop Rocked By Trump Tariffs; Times Square Ball To Drop Twice After Midnight. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN News Central
• Exlusive, CIA Conducted Drone Strike on Port Facility in Venezuela; Pipe Bomb Suspect to Appear in Federal Court for Detention Hearing; Sheriff Says, New Dash Cam Video Appears to Show Missing Texas Teen. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Exclusive: CIA Conducted Drone Strike On Port Facility In Venezuela; FBI, DHS Surge Resources To Minnesota To Probe Child Care Fraud Claims; New Search For Missing MH370 Plane To Begin Today. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• CIA Conducted Drone Strike on Port Facility in Venezuela; Pipe Bomb Suspect's Lawyers Argue He Should Be Released Pending Trial; Mamdani's Net Favorable in New York City. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Winter Storm Moves Out; Trump To Announce New Fed Chair Pick; A.I.'s Transformation in 20205; Top 10 Medical Stores of 2025. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• CIA Conducted Drone Strike in Venezuela; Pipe Bomb Suspect's Lawyers Ask for Release; Sheriff Javier Salazar is Interviewed about the Missing Texas Teen; Search for Missing MH370; Republicans Call for Walz Resignation. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Dr. Joe Pierre is Interviewed about A.I. Chatbots Linked to Psychosis; NASA Prepares for 10-Day Moon Loop. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Health Care Premiums Set to Skyrocket; Flu Cases Spiking; CIA Conducts Drone Strike on Venezuela; Pipe Bomb Suspect in Court. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Zohran Mamdani To Become Nyc Mayor Thursday; A Flurry Of High- Stakes Talks, Military Action As Year Ends; Port Facility Targeted In First Known U.S. Attack Inside Venezuela; Childcare Fraud Claims Spark Dhs, Fbi Probe; Gov. Tim Walz Has Rejected Accusations State Overlooked Fraud; Nascar Star, Denny Hamlin's Father Dies After House Fire. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Sources Say CIA Carried Out Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela; Search for MH370 Resumes; D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect in Court for Detention Hearing; Health Care Costs to Skyrocket for Millions. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• New Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Underway; Russia Repeats Claim of Ukraine Drone Attack; Channel Tunnel Services Partially Reopens After Power Failure. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Sources: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela; Sources: CIA Struck Venezuelan Port Used by Gang to Store Drugs; CDC: Flu Activity Is "Elevated" and Spreading Nationwide; Flu Activity Increasing Sharply Across the U.S.; Judge in D.C. Pipe Bomb Case Will Not Decide Suspect's Detention Today. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Threatens to Sue Powell for Gross Incompetence; Biggest Crime and Justice Stories of the Year; Kennedy Center Hit with Performance Cancellations. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Offers Few Details On Operation He Claims Took Out "Big Facility" For Processing Drugs In Venezuela; Trump: Israel "Would Not Exist Today" Without Netanyahu; Trump Warns "It Will Be Horrible" If Hamas Doesn't Disarm; Ukraine Denies Claim Of Drone Attack On Putin Residence; Boxer Anthony Joshua Hurt In Car Crash That Killed Two In Nigeria; U.S., China Engaged in Reciprocal Tariffs in 2025; Switzerland Hit Hard by 39 Percent Tariff From U.S.; U.S. To Impose One Percent Tax on Cash Remittances Sent Out of Country; Cape Town Academy Recruits and Trains Young Tech Talent; Event Organizers Test Confetti in Times Square; Actor and Activist, Idris Elba Honored With Knighthood. Aired 2-3a ET
• No Achieved Goals for Gaza Peace Plan; Vladimir Putin Fabricates Another Lie Against Ukraine; CIA Launch Drone Strike Against Venezuela; Khaleda Zia Dies at Age 80; Anthony Joshua Spared from Vehicular Accident; U.S. Trade War Affects Allies and Foes. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• CIA Drone Strike Hits Venezeluan Port Facility; Top Ten Health Stories of 2025. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• New Tensions Between Russia and Ukraine; Trump's Affordability Promises. Drone Strike Hits Venezuelan Port Facility. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Acknowledges Divisions with Israel on West Bank; Trump: U.S. Took Out "Big Facility" Tied to Alleged Drug Boats; Biggest Health and Medical Stories of the Year; Saudi Arabia Accuses UAE of "Highly Dangerous" Actions in Yemen; Ukraine Denies Russian Claim Drone Attack on Putin Residence; Arctic Front Brings Cold, Snow, Gusty Winds to Parts of U.S. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• No Achieved Goals for Gaza Peace Plan; Protests Escalating across Iran; Eurostar Suspends Channel Tunnel Service; Ukraine Denies Claim of Drone Attack on Putin Residence; Scotland Celebrates the New Year with Hogmanay. Aired 10-10:30a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Kremlin Dismisses Calls To Prove Claim Ukraine Targeted Putin's Home; HHS Freezes All Child Care Payments To Minnesota After Fraud Claims Go Viral; Judge: Top DOJ Officials May Have Pushed To Prosecute Abrego Garcia; Zohran Mamdani Takes Office As NYC Mayor In Just 28 Hours. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump: U.S. Took Out "Big Facility" Tied To Alleged Drug Boats; Trump, Netanyahu Meeting Yields No Clear Progress On Gaza; Trump: "Thorny Issues" Remain Amid Peace Talks On Ukraine; Trump Downplays China's Military Drills Around Taiwan; Powerful Winter Storm Sweeps Across Parts Of U.S.; More Questions Remain After DOJ's Epstein Files Release. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• FBI, DHS Investigating Claims Of Fraud In Minnesota; Impact Of President Trump's Tariffs In 2025; Trump, Netanyahu Meeting Yields No Clear Progress On Gaza. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Sources: CIA Conducted Drone Strike On Port Facility In Venezuela; Renamed Trump- Kennedy Center Met With Backlash; Zohran Mamdani To Be Sworn In As NYC's Mayor On January 1. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Zohran Mamdani to Be Sworn in as NYC's Mayor on January 1; Trump Administration Targets Alleged Fraud in Minnesota After Viral Video. Aired 12:30-1p ET


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


One World with Zain Asher
• Exclusive: CIA Drone Strike Targeted Port Facility in Venezuela; Demonstrations Erupt in Tehran and Beyond Over Currency Plunge; Expert Tips for Job Hunting in 2026; Unemployment Rate Hit a Four-Year High of 4.6 Percent in November; French Health Professionals go on Six-Day Fast to Test of Physical and Mental Benefits; Beyonce Becomes Fifth Billionaire Musician. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Eurostar Suspends Channel Tunnel Service; Ukraine Denies Russian Claim Of Drone Attack On Putin Residence; Trump warns Iran Against Rebuilding Missile Program; FBI, DHS Descend On Minnesota After Video Alleges Fraud; Questions Remain After DOJ Misses Congressional Deadline; Madrid's Traditional Preparations For New Year's Eve; Sticking To Your new Year's Resolution; Cape Town Academy trains Young Tech Talent; Aired 12-1p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, CIA Carried Out Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela; D.C. Pipe Bomb Suspect Due in Federal Court for Detention Hearing; CDC Says, Flu Cases on the Rise Across the Country. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Flu Cases on the Rise Across the Country; World Leaders Respond to Trump's Diplomatic Activity; New Search for Missing MH370 Underway. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Push For Peace in Gaza; CIA Conducts Drone Strike on Venezuela. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Pipe Bomb Suspect in Court; What Happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?; Trump Blasts Federal Reserve Chair; Federal Agents Swarm Minnesota. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• HHS Freezes Child Care Payments To MN After Fraud Claims Go Viral; Top Epstein Reporter: DOJ Files Release "Worse Than I Thought"; New Year's Day Inauguration Of NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani Set To Feature Rep. Ocasio-Cortez And Sen. Bernie Sanders. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Cost of Living Crisis Triggers Protests in Iran; European Leaders Strike Optimistic Note on Peace Process; Russia's New Nuclear Threat; CIA Conducted Drone Strikes on Venezuelan Port Facility; Second Day of China's War Games Around Taiwan; Major Travel Disruption in Europe; Former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia Dead at 80; Gaza Humanitarian Crisis; UAE to Pull Forces from Yemen after Saudi Airstrike. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• CIA Conducted Drone Strike On Port in Venezuela; U.S. President Meets With Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu; Trump Administration Purges More Immigration Judges; China Military Drills To Disrupt International Flights To, From Taiwan; CNN Finds Evidence Sudan's Army Carried Out Ethnic Killing; Netanyahu: Trump to Receive Israel Prize for Peace Award; Frank Luntz on American Politics and the Reagan Effect; Lakers Coach Slams Team After Heavy Defeat to Houston; New Year's Traditions Around the Globe. Aired 12-1a ET
• CIA Conducted Drone Strike On Port In Venezuela; U.S. President Meets With Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu; China Military Drills To Disrupt International Flights To, From Taiwan; Anthony Joshua Hurt In Car Crash That Killed 2 In Nigeria; FBI, DHS Escalate Fraud Crackdown Into Minnesota; 2025 Was the Year of the Sitcom Reboot; Scotland Celebrates the New Year with Hogmanay; Second Pilot Dies after Helicopters Collide over New Jersey; Missing Texas Teen Believed to be in Imminent Danger; New Documentary Follows Life and Career of Comedy Legend Chevy Chase. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Sources: CIA Drone Strike Targets Port Facility In Venezuela; Kremlin Doubles Down On Claim Of Drone Attack On Putin Residence; Demonstrations Erupt In Tehran And Beyond Over Currency Plunge; Police: Alleged Bondi Beach Massacre Gunmen Acted Alone; Eurostar Gradually Resuming Channel Tunnel Service; Search For Missing Plane Resumes In Indian Ocean. Aired 3-4p ET