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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump To Reuters: Iran "Making An Offer" To U.S.; Iran's FM Office: "No Meeting Is Planned" With U.S. In Pakistan; Interview With Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA); Trump Orders Navy To "Shoot & Kill" Mine- Laying Boats In Strait; Naval Operations Expert On What It Would Take To Clear The Strait Of Hormuz Of Mines; Aid Organization Press For Humanitarian Corridor In Strait Of Hormuz To Deliver Life-Saving Supplies; Iran War Unleashes Humanitarian Concerns Across Region; Court Throws Out "Material Support" To ISIS Conviction. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Israeli Knesset Member and Former Israeli Diplomat Colette Avital; Interview with "The Beginning Comes After the End" Author Rebecca Solnit; Interview with Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R- FL); Interview with Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM). Aired 1- 2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• U.S. Envoys Talk With Iran As War Approaches Ninth Week; Soon: Trump Attends RNC Gathering Amid Grim Poll Numbers; U.S. Soldier Part Of Maduro Raid Charged With Betting On Operation. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Hegseth Touts U.S. Naval Blockade Amid Strait Of Hormuz Standoff; Report: Virgnia Giuffre's Family Holds Memorial One Year After Her Death; DOJ Drops Criminal Probe Into Jerome Powell; Federal Appeals Court Upholds Life Term For Times Square Suicide Bomber But Overturns Top Count; Politicians And Journalists Descend On D.C. For Correspondents Dinner. Aired 5-6p ET
• White House Says, Witkoff And Kushner Leave Tomorrow For Iran Talks In Pakistan; Journalist Details Harrowing Kidnapping By A Pro- Iran Militia; Florida A.G. Launches Criminal Investigation Into ChatGPT Maker OpenAI After Deadly FSU Shooting; Politicians & Journalists Descend On D.C. For Correspondents' Dinner; Millions Of Americans Under A Tornado Watch Tonight. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump's Polls Spiral As More Question His Acuity, Competence; Trump To Attend Correspondents' Dinner For First Time In Office; Trump's DOJ Brings Back Firing Squads For Federal Executions; Pentagon Ousts "Stars And Stripes" Ombudsman. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Winds, Drought Intensify Fires in Southeast Georgia; Soon, Pentagon Briefing as Trump Says, Don't Rush Me, on War Timeline; U.S. Soldier Arrested After Allegedly Winning $400,000 on Maduro Raid. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) On U.S.-Iran Negotiations; FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy For Inherited Deafness; Trump Returns To A Dinner Celebration Press Corps He Often Attacks. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Meta Plans to Cut 8,000 Jobs, Close 6,000 Open Roles; Pentagon Gives War Update as Sources Say Iran Returning to Talks. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Pentagon Press Briefing; Pentagon Gives a War Update; Wildfires in Georgia; William Cohan and Tyler Maroney are Interviewed about Bitcoin's Founder. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Iran is Sending a Delegation to Pakistan; Fires Rage in Southeast Georgia; Investigation into Armored Truck Robbery; Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) is Interviewed about Iran. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump's Economy Rating; FDA Fast-Tracks Psychedelic Drug Research; FDA Approves Gene Therapy for Deafness. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• FDA Fast-Tracks Psychedelic Research; Jerome Powell Investigation Dropped; Iran Talks Set to Resume. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Pete Hegseth Says Second Aircraft Carrier To Join U.S. Blockade; U.S. Envoys Head To Pakistan For Iran Talks; Apocalyptic Scene Left By Wildfires In Georgia; Prosecutors Indicted A U.S. Solider In Maduro Op Bet On Raid, Won $400,000; Large Tornado Roars Through Oklahoma; Glacier Blocks Route To Summit For Everest Hopefuls. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• White House Sends Negotiators to Pakistan for New Talks With Iran ; FDA Moves to Fast-track Review of Psychedelics for Mental Health; World Cup Tickets Reselling for Millions of Dollars; Israel and Lebanon Agree to Extend Ceasefire by Three Weeks; Justice Department Drops Criminal Investigation of Fed Chair Powell; Consumer Sentiment Drops 6.6 Percent in the Last Month; Tech Job Cuts as Companies Lean Into A.I. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• FDA Fast-Tracks Psychedelic Drug Research for Mental Illness; Interview with Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN): Trump Sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for New Talks with Iran; Farmers Hit Hard by Iran War and Tariffs; Meta to Lay Off 10 Percent of Workforce, Invest in AI; Some World Cup Final Tickets new Reselling for $2 Million Plus Each. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Justice Dept Drops Criminal Investigation Of Fed Chair Powell; Trump Sending Witkoff, Kushner To Pakistan For New Talks With Iran; Trump To Attend His First WH Correspondents' Dinner As President; Source: Investigators Believe Robbers Who Stole $1.8M from An Armored Truck In Philly Had Inside Information; Justice Dept. Bringing Back Firing Squads For Federal Executions. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Justice Department Bringing Back Firing Squads for Federal Executions; FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for inherited Deafness; Economic Confidence at Its Lowest on Record; U.S. Gas Prices on the Rise Again Amid Fears of Long War; American's Approval of Congress Falls to Near All-Time Low. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• New Plans for War with Iran; U.S. Soldier Arrested Over Betting on Maduro Raid; Ukraine Develops Robots to Take on Russian Infantry; Seafarers Stranded In The Gulf Because Of Iran War; Trump: U.S. Does Not Know "Who The Leader Is In Iran"; Cubans Living In U.S. Send Aid To Family Amid Energy Crisis. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Announces a Three-Week Extension of the Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire; U.S. Soldier who is Involved in the Capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro Faces Charges on Betting in Prediction Markets. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Refuses to Give War Timeline as 60-Day Limit Nears; Meta, Microsoft Cutting Jobs as Tech Goes All in on A.I. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Extended; Adam Farrar is Interviewed about Plants to Target the Strait; Soldier Arrested for Metting on Maduro Raid; Watchdog Investigates Handling of Epstein Files; Pete Dominick is Interviewed about the Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 6:30- 7a ET


Connect the World
• Israel & Hezbollah Traded Fire as White House Talks Took Place; Ukraine Develops Robots to Take on Russian Infantry; Mass Shooting Plan Thwarted by Network of Law Enforcement; UAE Plans for 50 Percent of Government Jobs to Run on AI in Two Years; U.S. Soldier Arrested for Allegedly Betting on Maduro Raid. Aired 9-10a ET
• Iran Sends Delegation to Pakistan for New Talks; Pete Hegseth Touts U.S. Blockade; New Attacks Test Israel-Lebanon Truce Extension; Two Men in Gaza Open "Phoenix Library"; Cubans Living in U.S. Send Aid to Family Amid Energy Crisis; U.S. Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Betting on Maduro Raid; Jeanine Pirro Drops Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell; U.N. Says 32 Million People Will Fall into Poverty Due to Conflict; Israeli Operations in Lebanon Draw Comparisons to Gaza. Aired 10a-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Third U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives, 15K Troops Now In Mideast; Megyn Kelly: "Trump Has Cratered," Is "Effed" Ahead Of Midterms; Pentagon Fires Ombudsman At Military Newspaper Stars And Stripes. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Sources: U.S. Military Developing New Plans To Target Iran's Capabilities In Strait Of Hormuz If Ceasefire Fails; Trump: "All The Time In The World" To Reach Iran Deal; Trump: Israel-Lebanon Truce Extended Three Weeks; U.S. Soldier Arrested For Allegedly Betting On Maduro Raid. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Administration Reclassifies State-Licensed Marijuana Products; NYT: Supreme Leader Gravely Injured In Airstrikes; EU: Iran Will Be "More Dangerous" If Nuclear Experts Not Included In Talks. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Sources: Trump Sending Witkoff, Kushner To Meet With Iranians; Trump: High Gas Prices Are A Trade For Iran Without A Nuclear Weapon; Poll: 77 Percent Of Independents Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Iran; DOJ Drops Criminal Probe Into Fed Chair Jerome Powell; Trump: World "Has Become Somewhat Of A Casino". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• U.S. Special Forces Soldier Accused Of Winning $400k Through Online Bets On Nicolas Maduro's Capture; Trump: World "Has Become Somewhat Of A Casino"; Attack Ads In Primaries Reveal Fierce Intra- Party Fights; Politicians Face A New Pressure: The Tabloid Treatment. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Special Envoys Witkoff And Kushner Head To Pakistan To Meet With Iranian Officials For Peace Talks; Sources Say The U.S. Military is Developing Plans To Target Iran's Strait Of Hormuz Defenses If The Ceasefire Collapses; Israel Operations In Lebanon Draw Comparisons To Gaza; European Travelers Worried About Jet Fuel Shortages; Medical Breakthrough Gene Therapy Restores Hearing In Children. Aired 2-3p ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel, Hezbollah Trade Fire as White House Talks Underway; Disney Reimagines Hit Songs in American Sign Language; DOJ Drops Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell; Mass Trial of Alleged Gang Members Underway in El Salvador; Cubans Living in U.S. Send Aid to Family Amid Energy Crisis; Nearly 90 Homes Destroyed by Wildfires in Southeast Georgia. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Officials: Witkoff And Kushner To Islamabad For Talks With Iran; Israeli Operations In Lebanon Draw Comparisons To Gaza; U.S. Special Forces Soldier Arrested For Betting On Maduro Raid; Multiple Tornadoes Rip Through Parts Of Central U.S.; Hundreds waiting At Everest Base Camp Amid Glacier Block; Trump To Attend Event Celebrating Press Corps He Often Attacks; U.S. Fast-tracks Psychedelic Drugs Research For Mental Illnesses; FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy For Inherited Deafness; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Justice Department Drops Probe Into Fed Chair Powell; U.S. And Iran Sending Key Negotiators Back To Pakistan; U.S. Soldier Charged With Illegal Bets On Maduro Raid; United Nation: The Strain Of The War Is Already Visible In Asia; United States At Risk Of Running Out Of Missiles If Another War Erupts; Baldwin: The Old Trade Will Not Return. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Premiers Political Comedy Special "America Laughs With Matt Friend." Aired 11p-12a ET


The Situation Room
• Hegseth Says, Our Blockade is Growing and Going Global; Indictment Says, U.S. Soldier from Maduro Capture Won $400,000 on Raid Bet; People Injured, Homes Destroyed After Tornado Hits Central Oklahoma. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hegseth: Blockade of Iranian Ports "Growing and Going Global"; Sources: U.S. Military Developing Plans to Hit Strait Defenses; Trump Says No Nuclear Weapons Will Be Used Against Iran; Government Watchdog Investigates Epstein Files Release; DOJ Drops Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hegseth: "Our Blockade Is Growing And Going Global"; Israel- Lebanon Ceasefire Extended As Trump Seeks Iran Deal; FDA Fast-Tracks Psychedelics For Mental Health Treatments. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Comedian Matt Friend; Trump to Attend White House Correspondents' Association Dinner; Crisis in Lebanon. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• New Poll Shows Majority Of Americans Oppose Iran War; Trump To Attend 1st WH Correspondents' Dinner As President; Witkoff, Kushner Leave Tomorrow For Pakistan. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• U.S. And Iran Sending Key Negotiators Back To Pakistan; Iran And U.S. Giving Mixed Signals Over Potential Peace Talks; Hegseth Hits Outs At European Allies; Justice Department Drops Powell Probe; Fighting Amid Ceasefire In Lebanon; Documentary On Mysterious Creator Of Bitcoin. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump: 'All the Time in the World' to Reach Iran Deal; U.S. Soldier Arrested for Allegedly Betting on Maduro Raid; Thousands of Acres Scorched, Dozens of Structures Destroyed in Georgia; Ukraine Develops Robots to Take on Russian Infantry; World Cup Starts in Less Than 50 Days; WBD Shareholders Approve Paramount Skydance Takeover; 'Michael' Actor Speaks on Portraying Pop Star in Early Years. Aired 12-1a ET
• Iranian Leaders Tout "Iron Unity" After Trump Criticism; U.S. Soldier Arrested For Allegedly Betting On Maduro Raid; Los Angeles Officials Gain Trump's Support To Rebuild; Worries over Prediction Markets Undermining Integrity; Focus on the Upcoming Midterm Elections; Raiders Pick QB Fernando Mendoza First in NFL Draft. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• White House: Witkoff & Kushner To Head To Islamabad For Iran Talks; White House: U.S. Has Seen "Some Progress" From the Iranian Side; White House: Vance "On Standby," Will Go To Pakistan If Warranted; Trump: Lebanon Truce Extended Three Weeks. Aired 3-4p ET