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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump: Iran Has to Cry Uncle; Hegseth, Democrats Clash in First Hearing Since Start of Iran War; Interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D- WA): Comey Makes Brief Federal Court Appearance After New Indictment; DOJ Charges Comey With Threatening Trump in Seashell Post; Supreme Court Limits Reach of the Voting Rights Act; King Charles & Queen Camilla Pay Respects at NYC 9/11 Memorial. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Bloomberg Weekend Editor at Large and The Mishal Husain Show Host Mishal Husain; Interview with Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Professor and Former U.S. State Department Adviser Vali Nasr; Interview with Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman; Interview with "Duty, Honor, Country & Life" Author Admiral William McRaven (Ret.). Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Hegseth, Dems Clash In First Hearing Since Start Of Iran War; Supreme Court Limits Voting Rights Act, Could Impact Midterms; Comey To Argue Vindictive Prosecution In Latest Indictment. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Secret Service Briefs House Oversight Committee On White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting; Powell Will Remain On Fed Board Until DOJ Probe Is Over; Two Jewish Men Stabbed In Terrorist Attack In London; Families Of Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting Victims Are Suing OpenAI; Supreme Court Limit Reach Of The Voting Rights Act; Only Conservative Justices At State Dinner Honoring King Charles; Is The MAGA Coalition Crackling In A Key Battleground? Aired? 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Hegseth, Lawmakers Spar Over Whether War is Quagmire; Gas Prices Hit Highest Level Since Iran War Began; Comey Appears in Court After His Second Indictment. Court Rejects Louisiana's Current Congressional Map; U.S. Supreme Court Restricts Ability to Challenge Racial Gerrymandering. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Sixth Day of Severe Weather Brings Tornadoes, Hail and Flooding; Ex-FBI Chief Comey Indicted for Seashell Pic DOJ Says Threatened Trump; Hegseth to Testify on Capitol Hill for First Time Since Iran War Began. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Ex-FBI Chief Comey Indicted For Seashell Picture DOJ Says Threatened Trump; Jerome Powell Has Yet To Decide Future At The Fed; FCC Targets ABC Licenses As Trump Demands Kimmel Be Fired. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Comey Expected to Turn Himself in Today After New Indictment; Tornado Flattens Part of Texas Town Near Dallas; State Department Announces New Passports Featuring Trump's Picture. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Secret Service Faces Renewed Scrutiny After Press Dinner Attack; Hegseth, Caine To Face Lawmakers For First Time Since Iran War Began; Wife Of Army Soldier Detained By ICE, Facing Deportation; Man Detained After Two Stabbed In London; Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Comey Expected to Turn Himself in Today After New Indictment; Interview with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE): Hegseth Testifies on Capitol Hill for First Time Since Iran War Began; Severe Weather Outbreak, Tornados, Hail, Flooding in Midwest and South. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• UAE to Quit OPEC in Blow to World's Leading Oil Exports; Trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran; Net Approval Rate on Inflation; Federal Agents Raid Businesses in Minnesota Fraud Investigation; Elon Musk Testifies at OpenAI Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• King Charles Visits 9/11 Memorial; Supreme Court Limits Voting Rights Act; James Comey Indicted; Pete Hegseth Grilled on Capitol Hill. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Hegseth Testifies on Capitol Hill for First Time Since Iran War Began; Hegseth Spars With Democrats Over Purpose of Iran War; Comey Makes Brief Federal Court Appearance After New Indictment; Simone Biles Weighing Return to the Mat for Fourth Summer Olympics; U.S. To Issue New Passports With Trump's Picture Inside; Tornadoes, Hail, Flooding Slam States in the Midwest and South. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Severe Weather Risk Lower Today After Days of Relentless Storms; Defense Secretary Calls Lawmakers Biggest Adversary in War; Fed Holds Key Interest Rate Steady; Comey Makes Brief Federal Court Appearance After New Indictment; Trump Welcomes Artemis II Crew to the White House; Trump Takes Questions From Reporters at White House. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Takes Questions from Reporters at White House; Artemis II Crew Meets with Trump at the White House; Trump: Putin Offered to Help with Iran's Uranium Stockpiles; Interview with Rep. Rick McCormick (R- GA): Hegseth Testifies on Capitol Hill for First Time Since Iran War Began. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Comey Makes Brief Federal Court Appearance After New Indictment; Powell Says He'll Stay on Fed Board Once Chairmanship Ends; Supreme Court Limits Reach of Voting Rights Act Ahead of Midterms; Hegseth Testifies on Capitol Hill for 1st Time Since Iran War Began; Hegseth Rejects Dem Rep's Claim Iran War is a "Quagmire" 3- 3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH): Hegseth Testifies on Capitol Hill for First Time Since Iran War Began; FCC Targets ABC Licenses as Trump Demands Kimmel be Fired; Paramedics Help Passenger Deliver Baby Mid-Flight. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• King Charles Delivers Historic Address To U.S. Congress; Donald Trump Appears To Reveal King Charles' Views On Iran; UAE To Quit OPEC In Blow To World's Leading Oil Exporters; Authorities Arrest Alleged New Leader Of Jalisco Drug; Former FBI Director Charged With Threatening Trump; Musk Testifies in Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Its Leaders; Ukrainian Drone Strike Causes Fire at Russian Oil Refinery; Senate Rejects Measure to Limit Trump's War Powers Over Cuba; Panini Launches Official Sticker Album for World Cup; PSG Defeat Bayern Munich 5-4 in First Leg of Semifinal; Delta Passenger Gives Birth Mid- flight. Aired 2-3a ET
• King Charles III Addressed to the U.S. Congress and Attended a State Dinner on Day Two of His State Visit; El Mencho's Apparent Successor Arrested. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Comey Arrest Warrant Over Social Media Post; King Charles Uses Humor in Speech at State Dinner; UAE to quit OPEC. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Tornadoes Leave Trail Of Damage In Texas And Oklahoma; DOJ Charges Comey With Threatening Trump In Seashell Post; Today: Royal Couple Visits New York City; Kimmel Pushes Back On Trump Again In Last Night's Monologue. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Touts U.S. Success in War at Dinner for King Charles; Iran Has Demanded U.S. Lift Blockade of Iranian Ports; U.S. Lawmakers to Grill Military Officials on Proposed Budget; At Least Eight Killed in Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Tuesday; Chair Powell Facing Choice to Stay on Board After Term Ends. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; Strait of Hormuz Effectively Choked as Oil Prices Rise; UAE to Quit OPEC and OPEC+ This Week; SCOTUS Tosses Louisiana's Congressional Map; King Charles III to Visit 9/11 Memorial Today; Hegseth and Caine Face Questions on Defense Budget. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Iranian Official Mocks U.S. Blockade As Trump Calls It "Genius"; Trump Hurts Comey Case?; KFILE Uncovers Candidate's Deleted Posts Amid Crucial Senate Primary. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Former FBI Director Charged With Threatening Trump; King Charles Delivers Historic Address To U.S. Congress; Trump Tells Iran To "Get Their Act Together" In New Post. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Soldier Accused Of Betting On Maduro Raid Pleads Not Guilty; Musk Testifies In Lawsuit Against Company And Its Leaders; Texas State Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Camp Mystic Tragedy. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Supreme Court Deals Another Blow To Landmark Voting Rights Act; Landmark Ruling Could Reshape Southern State Congressional Maps; Jeffries On Voting Rights Ruling: We'll "Continue To Fight Back"; Supreme Court Tosses Out Louisiana Congressional Map As An Unconstitutional Race-Based Gerrymander. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Testify on Capitol Hill; Comey to Surrender at Federal Court in Virginia Today. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Hosts Artemis II Astronauts; Trump Says He Spoke with Putin about Ukraine and Iran; Trump Calls Comey a "Dirty Cop"; Hegseth and Caine Face Questions from House Committee; King Charles in New York. Federal Reserve Announces Interest Rate Decision; Senate Committee Approves Kevin Warsh to Be the Next Fed Chair; Trump Welcomes Artemis II Astronauts to the White House. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Supreme Court All but Threw Away the Voting Rights Act; Hegseth Doubles Down on Justification of War at Hearing; Musk Takes the Stand. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Hegseth & Caine Face Questions on Defense Budget; Hegseth & Caine Testify Before U.S. House Committee; Police Declare London Stabbing a Terrorist Incident; King Charles to Visit 9/11 Memorial in New York Today; Fed is Expected to Leave Interest Rates Unchanged Today; Biles Open Up about Mental Health Prior to 2028 Games. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Pentagon: U.S. Spent $25B On War In Iran So Far; King Charles To Visit 9/11 Memorial In New York Today; Lebanese News Agency: Fresh Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least Five; Former FBI Director Charged With Threatening Trump; Tornado Rips Through Texas Town; Second Day Of Elon Musk Testimony In His Suit Against OpenAI; Young Girl Sets Records In Competitive Chess In Britain; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Seven Families of Tumbler Ridge Victims Sue OpenAI; Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft Report Earnings; Saudi Arabia Pulls Funding from LIV Golf; Jerome Powell's Eventful Eight Years as Fed Chair. Powell Says He will Remain on Fed's Board of Governors; Senate Committee Advances Warsh's Nomination as Federal Reserve Board Chair; Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina Sign Gas Pipeline Deal. Aired 4:00p-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Source Says, Comey to Surrender at Federal Court in Virginia; Trump Defense Chiefs Appear on Capitol Hill; Supreme Court Voids Majority Black Congressional District in Louisiana. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Man Arrested After Knife Attack in London Jewish Neighborhood; Gas Prices Hit Four-Year High; Hegseth and Caine on Capitol Hill. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Limits Reach of Voting Rights Act; Congress Questions Pentagon Officials Over Iran War. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Congress Questions Pete Hegseth Over Iran War; James Comey Indicted. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump: Iran & Ukraine Wars Could End On "Similar Timetable"; Trump On Comey Indictment: 86 Is "A Mob Term" For "Kill Him"; Trump Backs New Maps As Supreme Court Limits Voting Rights Act. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: James Comey Appears in Court; Trump and Putin Discuss Iran War in Call; Top U.S. Military Officials Face Questions from House Committee; King Charles and Queen Camilla Visit New York City; Powell to Remain at the Central Bank After Term is Up; Ceasefire in Lebanon; WSJ: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Voting Rights Case; Saudi Arabia to Pull Funding from LIV Golf. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Former FBI Director James Comey Charged with Threatening Trump; Trump Hosts State Dinner for King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House; UAE to Quit OPEC in Blow to World's Leading Oil Exporters; Interview with Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA); Padilla: Dems Want to Fund DHS, Reform Needed for ICE; Musk Testifies in Lawsuit Against OpenAI; Young Girl Sets Record in Competitive Chess in Britain. Aired 12-1a ET
• King Charles Touches On NATO, Ukraine In Washington Remarks; Trump Claims King Charles Agrees With Him About Iran Not Having Nuclear Weapon; Eight Candidates for California Governor Debate Affordability, Healthcare; Authorities Arrest Alleged New Leader of Jalisco Drug Cartel; Sen. Alex Padilla on L.A. Dodgers' Success. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump: Iran & Ukraine Wars Could End "On Similar Timetable"; King Charles In New York On Day Three Of U.S. Trip; Former FBI Director James Comey Surrenders, Appears In Court; Hegseth Spars With Lawmaker On War, Iran's Nuke "Ambitions"; Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Congressional Map; Second Day of Musk's Testimony In His Suit Against OpenAI. Aired 3-4p ET