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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Sources: CIA Working To Arm Kurdish Forces To Spark Uprising In Iran; Interview With Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA); Trump Denies Being Pulled Into War By Israel; Texas Voters Picking Nominees In Competitive Senate Races; TX Sen. Cornyn Faces Off Against Paxton, Hunt In GOP Primary Fight; Talarico, Crockett Face Off In Texas Dem Senate Primary Fight; CNN Projects: Cooper Will Win NC Dem Primary For U.S. Senate; CNN Projects: Whatley To Win NC GOP Primary For U.S. Senate. Aired 8- 9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former CIA Director and Former Head of U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus (Ret.); Interview with Haaretz Defense Analyst Amos Harel; Interview with Former Canadian Foreign Minister and Economic Adviser to President Zelenskyy Chrystia Freeland. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• U.S. Consulate Grounds In Dubai Hit By Suspected Iranian Drone; Now: Rubio, Hegseth Briefing Congress On Iran War; Now: Dow Falls 400 Points, Oil Surges In Response To Iran War. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Iran Retaliatory Strikes Strand Travelers Across Middle East; Six Dead, 18 Service Members Injured In Iran Operation; U.S. Nationals Urged To Leave Middle East As Conflict Spreads; Secretary Noem Defends ICE Actions In Combative Hearing; As Trump Pushes Ahead In Iran, MAGA Backlash Grows; Dad Charged With Killing His Daughter's Accused Abuser Running For County Sheriff In Arkansas. Aired 5-6p ET
• Rubio Says, Iranian Drone Struck Next To U.S. Consulate In Dubai; Trump Says, Worst Is Iran's New Leader Is As Bad As Khamenei; Israel Detects New Wave Of Incoming Missiles From Iran; Voters In Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas Kick Off High-Stakes Midterm Primaries; Pentagon Identifies Four U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iran War. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Polls Close In Texas, Vote Count Underway In Key Primaries; U.S. Warns it's About to Unleash On Iran In Coming Hours, Days; Trump Administration's Justification For Iran War Keeps Growing, Changing; Israel Launches Strikes On Iran; Trump Faces MAGA Backlash On Iran War; Cornyn And Paxton Advance To Texas Primary Runoff. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Iran Escalates Retaliatory Strikes Across Middle East; Trump Says, U.S. Has Enough Munitions to Fight Forever Wars; Oil Prices Hit Eight-Month Highs as Energy Markets React to Iran War. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. Embassies In Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Closed After Drone Attacks; Six U.S. Service Members Killed In Iranian Strike On Makeshift Operations Center In Kuwait; Primary Day: Texas, North Carolina And Arkansas Voters Head To Polls. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL): Secretary of State Rubio Claims Iran Presented Imminent Threat; U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia Warns: Take Cover Immediately; Trump: U.S. Has Enough Munitions to Fight Forever Wars. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Continued Strikes in Iraq; Continued Strikes on UAE; Continued Strikes on Lebanon and Israel; Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) is Interviewed about Iran; War with Iran Triggers Global Travel Chaos; Iran Escalates Retaliatory Strikes; Rubio Claims Imminent Threat. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Damage Near Tel Aviv in Israel; U.S. Embassy Warns of Imminent Threat; Trump Comments on Iran; Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is Interviewed about Iran; Trump Called Kurdish Leaders. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• New Attacks on Iran; No Warning Before Strike on U.S. Service Members; DHS Secretary Testifies before Senate; Primary Day in Texas. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Trump Offers New Justification For Iran War. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Six U.S. Troops Killed in Direct Hit on Ops Center in Kuwait; Trump Say He Had a Feeling Iran Would Attack First; U.N. Confirms Damage to Iranian Nuclear Facility; Conflict Draws in Countries Across the Middle East; Pentagon Policy Chief Says Iran Missile Buildup Led to Military Operation. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Father of Alleged Georgia School Shooter Found Guilty; Trump on Iran's Next Leaders, Most of the People We Had in Mind Are Dead; Israel Hits Tehran & Beirut as Iran Strikes U.S. Gulf Allies; Israel Bombs Compound of Group That Picks Iran's New Leader; U.S. Embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Lebanon Now Closed. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Israel Hits Tehran and Beirut as Iran Strikes U.S. Gulf Allies; U.S. Consulate in Dubai has Been Hit and is on Fire. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Source: U.S. Consulate In Dubai Has Been Hit By Suspected Iranian Drone and is on Fire; Source: U.S. Consulate In Dubai Hit By Suspected Iranian Drone; Israel Hits Tehran & Beirut As Iran Strikes U.S. Gulf Allies; Rubio Speaks As Iran War Escalates. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump: I Had a Feeling Iran Would Attack First; U.S. Consulate in Dubai Hit by Suspected Iranian Drone; Israel Hits Tehran and Beirut as Iran Strikes U.S. Gulf Allies; Emergency Sirens Sound in Tel Aviv; Interview with Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH): Trump Administration Briefs Congress on Iran War. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 2-3a ET
• CNN's Breaking News Coverage on the U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran and its Escalation throughout the Middle East. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Warns Of Risk Of Terror Attacks In Bahrain, Jordan; Iran & Proxies Launch New Strikes On U.S. Allies In The Gulf. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Iran & Proxies Launch New Strikes On U.S. Allies In The Gulf; Israel Strikes Iran As Trump Warns "Big Wave" Yet To Come. Aired 4:30- 5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Iran's Retaliation Targets U.S. Allies in Region; Trump: 'Big Wave' Yet to Come in War with Iran; Mixed Messaging: Trump's Iran Objectives Muddled; Gulf States Intercept Hundreds of Iranian Drones and Missiles. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Israel Steps up Attacks; Ambassador Danny Danon is Interviewed about Iran; Not Ruling Out Boots on the Ground in Iran; Gordon Sondland is interviewed about Iran. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Israel Ramps Up Attacks Against Iranian Proxies in Lebanon; Israeli Troops Seize More Positions on Ground in Southern Lebanon; Strikes Escalate Across Middle East as War with Iran Intensifies; U.S. Embassies in Kuwait & Saudi Arabia Close After Iranian Attacks; UAE Says It Has Munitions for Prolonged Conflict with Iran; Concerns Over Global Energy Security as Middle East War Spirals. Aired 9-10a ET
• Israel Claims Strikes on Hezbollah "Centers of Gravity" in Beirut; Trump Administration Not Ruling Out Boots on the Ground; Entrances to Iran's Natanz Enrichment Plant Bombed; Israel Ramps Up Attacks against Iranian Proxies in Lebanon; U.S. Closes Two Embassies; Iran Strikes Kurdish Groups in Iraq; Israel Strikes Assembly of Experts Compound. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Qatar: Iranian Missile Hits Largest U.S. Military Base In Mideast; CIA Working With Opposition Groups To Trigger Iran Uprising; Israel Launches "Broad Wave" Of Strikes In Iran. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Israel Strikes Iran As Trump Warns "Big Wave" Yet To Come; Iran & Proxies Launch New Strikes On U.S. Allies In The Gulf; State Department Urges U.S. Citizens Across Mideast To "Depart Now". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Oil Prices Hit 8-Month Highs As Energy Markets React To Iran War; Iranians Split Between Celebration And Fear Of What's Next; Today: Primaries In North Carolina, Arkansas, And Texas. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Meeting With German Chancellor As War Consumes Mideast; Trump: "Plenty" Of Ammunition To Continue War In Iran; Trump Says New Strikes Today Targeted More Iranian Leaders; Trump: "Just About Everything's Been Knocked Out" In Iran; War Consumes Mideast As U.S. Allies Fend Of Iran Attacks. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• War Consumes Mideast As U.S. Allies Fend Off Iran Attacks; Trump Denies Israel Pulled Him Into War, Says U.S. Forced Israel's Hand; Trump Says Iran "Too Late" For Talks As War Expands; Texas Primaries Set Stage For High Stakes Senate Showdowns. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. President Donald Trump Says Most Of Iran's Military Installations Have Been Knocked Out; Israel Strikes A Compound Of A Group Responsible For Choosing Iran's New Supreme Leader; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Says He's On The Same Page With His American Counterpart When It Comes To Getting Rid Of The Regime In Tehran; Iran War Impacts Travel; Strikes Escalate Across Middle East; Trump: Most Of Iran's military Installations "Knocked Out"; Israel Targets Tehran, Beirut; French President Macron Says His Country Cannot Approve Military Actions By The U.S. And Israel In Iran. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Texas Primary Drama: A Night of Political Uncertainty. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israeli Source: Israel Bombs Compound of Group that Chooses Iran's Next Supreme Leader; Israel Targets Tehran, Beirut as Iran Hits U.S. Gulf Allies; IRGC Claims Drone Attack in Northern Iraq; Saudi Aramco Oil Refinery Damaged by Debris from Drones; Gulf States Intercept Hundreds of Iranian Drones, Missiles; Trump Meets with Merz at the White House Amid War with Iran. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump On Iran: If Anything, I Might have Forced Israel's Hand; Merz: The Iran War Is Hurting Economies; Strikes Escalates In Middle East As War With Iran Intensifies; Israel Bombs Compound Of Group That Chooses New Supreme Leader; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Israel Bombs Compound Of Group That Chooses New Supreme Leader; U.S. Consulate Grounds In Dubai Hit by Iranian Drone; Trump: U.S. will Offer Risk Insurance To Ships In Gulf; Middle East Fighting Disrupts Air Traffic Worldwide; U.S. Closes Three Embassies Over Tensions In Middle East; Trump Slams European Allies. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Now, Homeland Security Secretary Testifies on Capitol Hill; Dow Tumbles 1,000-Plus as Wall Street Fears Prolonged War With Iran; U.S. Urges Americans to Leave the Middle East Immediately. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Kristie Noem Secretary Testifies at Senate Hearing; Israel Launches New Strikes in Beirut; Israel Bombs Compound of Group that Chooses Iran's New Leader. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); War With Iran Spreading?; Colin Gray Found Guilty. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• President Trump Meets With German Chancellor; War With Iran Escalates. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Explosions Rock Middle East As War With Iran Escalates; Trump: Israel Did Not Force U.S. Hand In Iran Strikes; Now: Vote Count Underway In High-Stakes Texas Primaries. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Did Not Air 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Iran and Proxies Launch New Strikes on U.S. Allies in the Gulf; Multiple Locations in Tehran Hit in Latest Airstrikes; U.S. Lawmakers Divided on White House Justification for Iran Strikes; Iranians Split Between Celebration and Fear of What's Next; Oil Prices Hit 8-Month High as Energy Markets React to Iran War. Aired 12-1a ET
• Netanyahu: Iran Conflict "Not An Endless War"; Rep. Pete Sessions, (R-TX), Is Interviewed About Trump To CNN: "Big Wave" Yet To Come In War With Iran; Interview with Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX); U.S. Rationale for Iran Strikes; Three-Person Leadership Council Holding Power in Iran; Saudi Military: 8 Drones Destroyed Near Riyadh and Al Kharj; Impact of War on World Oil Prices. Aired 1-2a ET
• Iran And Proxies Launch New Strikes On U.S. Allies In The Gulf; Donald Trump To CNN: "Big Wave" Is Yet To Come In War With Iran; Trump Says Big Wave of Attacks on Iran is Coming; Rights Group Says More Than 700 Iranian Civilians Killed Since Saturday; Israel Striking Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon; Oil Prices Hit Eight-month Highs as Energy Markets React to Iran War. Aired 2-3a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• U.S. Consulate In Dubai On Fire After Suspected Drone Strike; Trump Admin Says It Is Working To Secure Military Aircraft To Transport Stranded Americans; Israel Claims To Have Hit Building With Iranian Leaders Inside; President Trump Denies Israel Forced The U.S. To Strike Iran. Aired 3-4p ET