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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• New Video of WHCD Suspect Accused Trying to Kill Trump; TRUMP: Iran Wants to "Make a Deal Badly"; Hegseth Again Calls DEMS the "Biggest Adversary" in Iran War. Senators Confront Hegseth About Iran War's Unpopularity; Hegseth: "Defeatist" Lawmakers Are "Biggest Adversary" In Iran War; NY Times: Jeffrey Epstein's Possible Suicide Note Hidden From Public View; Trump Addresses Report Of Possible "Apprentice" Reboot For Amazon. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with University of Tehran Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Hassan Ahmadian; Interview with "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever" Host, Burn Book" Author and Business and Tech Journalist Kara Swisher; Interview with The Atlantic Contributor Writer Peter Wehner. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Iran War Sends Gas, Oil Prices To Highest Levels Since 2022; Democratic Governor Janet Mills Abruptly Ends Maine Senate Bid; House GOP Concedes In DHS Funding Fight, Ending Shutdown; Secret Service Director: Suspect Shot Agent With Shotgun. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Top Energy Agency: World Faces "Major Energy And Economic" Crisis; Hegseth Defends War Despite Polls Showing Its Unpopular; Defense Attorneys: Suspected Gunman In Press Dinner Shooting Currently In 24/7 Lockdown In Jail; Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Ghislaine Maxwell's Ex-Boyfriend Testifies Before House Oversight Cmte; U.S. To Venezuela Flights Resume After Maduro Capture. Aired 5-6p ET
• SCOTUS Voting Rights Ruling Shakes Up Midterm Maps Nationwide; Platner Set to be Maine Democratic Senate Pick After Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) Drops Bid; OpenAI Attorneys Cross-Examine Musk in His Lawsuit Against Company. Trump On King Charles: "He's The Greatest King"; Will the PGA Tour Allow LIV Golfers To Return?. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump and Defense Chief Claim Iran War is Popular With Americans; Hegseth Claims Ceasefire Pauses Deadline for War Approval; FCC Chair Says Review of ABC is Over Diversity, Not Kimmel. Maine Governor Janet Mills Suspends Campaign; Graham Platner Consistently Leads in Polls and Fundraising; U.S. National Debt Now Larger Than Its GDP. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Today, Hegseth Returns to Capitol Hill After Fiery House Hearing; Bondi to Testify in House Oversight Committee's Epstein Probe; LIV Golf Seeks New Backers After Losing Saudi Funding. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Sources: Commanders To Brief Trump Today On New Iran Military Options; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) On Iran Supreme Leader Saying Foreign Foes Belong In "Depths" Of Persian Gulf; How Voting Rights Ruling Could Affect Midterms And Beyond. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Iran Supreme Leader: Foreign Foes Belong in Depths of Persian Gulf; Interview with Sen. Jeff Merkley: Pete Hegseth Back on Capitol Hill for Another Grilling By Lawmakers; How Voting Rights Ruling Could Affect Midterms and Beyond; Press Gala Shooting Suspect Due Back in Court for Detention Hearing; U.S. Accuses Mexican State Governor of Helping Drug Cartel. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Sources Say Iran War at $40-$50 Billion; Pentagon Estimates $25B; U.S. Economy Showed Solid Growth In First Quarter As Iran War Began; Axios: White House Working To Bring Back Anthropic A.I.; Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Pete Hegseth Back on Capitol Hill for Another Grilling by Lawmakers; Commanders to Brief Trump Today on New Iran Military Options; Maine Gov. Janet Mills Suspends Campaign for U.S. Senate; White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect will Soon Appear on Court; Civil Rights Leader Andrew Young Speaks About Voting Rights. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Gas Prices Jumped 7 Cents to $4.30; Elon Must to Wrap Testimony in Trial Against OpenAI; Incumbent Democratic Governor Janet Mills Drops Out of Senate Race in Maine; Timmy the Whale Now on Its Way to North Sea. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• 'Apprentice' Reboot?; Partial Government Shutdown Finally Over?; Gas Prices Skyrocketing; Alleged D.C. Gunman Appears in Court; Pete Hegseth Grilled on Capitol Hill. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Demands ABC Fire Jimmy Kimmel as Disney Stands Firm; House Votes to Reopen DHS, Bill Now Goes to Trump's Desk; Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Testify on Capitol Hill; Source Says Pentagon to Brief Trump on Military Options for Iran; Sources Say Louisiana Governor May Delay Some Primaries After Supreme Court Ruling; Speaker Johnson Calls on Certain States to Redraw District Maps. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Testify on Capitol Hill; King Charles Bids Farewell to Trump as He Wraps Historic U.S. Trip; Trump Pulls Surgeon General Pick, Makes Third Nomination; Day 3 of Testimony as Musk Sues OpenAI for Turning for-profit. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pentagon to Brief Trump on Military Options for Iran; Camp Mystic Withdraws Application to Reopen this Summer; Prosecutors Reveal Disturbing Details in D4vd Case; Exiled Cuban Dissident Says the Venezuela Playbook Isn't Necessary in Cuba. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hegseth on Capitol Hill as Admin Seeks $1.5T for Defense; Senate Dems Grill Hegseth Over Amount of Munitions Used Against Iran; Trump Takes Questions at White House; Trump: "Iran is Dying to Make a Deal" 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Takes Questions at White House; Trump: GOP Should End Filibuster; Trump: Iran is Dying to Make a Deal; Trump: The Gas Will Go Down the Minute the War is Over. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump, Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Phone Call; Putin Warned of Dire Global Consequences if Strikes on Iran Resume; Russia Offers Ceasefire in Ukraine Around May 9 Victory Day; Mexico's Sinaloa Governor Charged With Drug Trafficking; Anant Ambani Offers to Save 80 Cocaine Hippos; Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft Report Earnings; Musk to Take Stand for Third Day in Lawsuit Against OpenAI; BYD Reliant on Overseas Growth Amid Market Competition; LIV Golf to Tell Players and Staff by Thursday That Tour Will Lose Saudi Funding at End of Season; Prince & Princess of Wales Mark 15th Wedding Anniversary. Aired 2-3a ET
• Oil Prices Rose Anew Over Trump's Announcement on Extended U.S. Blockade on Iranian Ports; Former FBI Director Surrenders to Virginia Authorities Following his Indictment. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Midterm Game Changer? Supreme Court Limits Voting Rights Act; Musk Says He was a 'Fool' to Back OpenAI as a Startup; Trump Rejects Iran Proposal, Democrats Confront Hegseth. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Midterm Game Changer? Supreme Court Limits Voting Rights Act; CNN Analysis: Well-Timed Bets Make Millions On Iran War. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Mulls Extending Blockade as Oil, Gas Prices Surge; New Purported Statement from Iran's Supreme Leader; Tense Moments as Musk Accuses Company of Betrayals; U.S. Tech Firms Plan to Spend Over $700 Billion in AI for 2026; Oil Prices Jump to Four-year High Amid U.S. Blockade of Iran. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; Mojtaba Khamenei Statement; Trump-Putin Phone Call; SCOTUS Delivers Blow to Voting Rights Act; Jewish Community in London Reacts to Stabbing Attack; Rights Groups Demand Release of Palestinian Doctor; U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Speaks about Antisemitic Violence. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Commanders Briefing Trump On New Military Options In Iran; Trump: GAS Will "Drop Like A Rock", Prices Up 44 Percent Since War's Start; MAHA Influencer: "We Are On The Brink Of Falling Apart". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Bets Big On Blockade; Comey Surrenders Over Threat Charges; Voting Rights Act Gutted. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump, Putin Discuss Iran And Ukraine In Phone Call; Brent Oil Prices Briefly Top $125 A Barrel Amid U.S. Blockade; Supreme Court Ruling Kneecaps Landmark Civil Rights Law. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Average Gas Price Surges To $4.30, Highest In Nearly Four Years; Secretary Hegseth Testifies To Senate Armed Services Committee; Pentagon Official Says Iran War Has Cost $25 Billion; Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chmn Caine Testify On Capitol Hill; Mills Drops Out Of Maine Senate Race, Setting Up Platner vs. Collins; GOP Groups Use Old Platner Reddit Posts In Attacks Ads. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Mills Drops Out Of Maine Senate Race, Setting Up Platner Vs. Collins; GOP Plans Vote On Bill To Reopen DHS, A Cave After Weeks Of Pressure; Florida First State To Pass New Maps After Supreme Court Weakens Voting Rights Act; Trump Pulls Nomination Of Casey Means For Surgeon General, Nominates For Dr. Nicole Saphier Instead. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Fears of Drawn-Out War Between U.S. and Iran Rising; Oil and Gas Prices Surge Amid U.S.-Iran Deadlock; Iran's Supreme Leader Says Foreign Actors Belong in the Depths of the Persian Gulf. New Attacks Strain Israel- Lebanon Ceasefire; U.K. Terrorism Threat Level Raised to "Severe"; Musk Returns to the Stand in his Lawsuit Against OpenAI; King Charles and Queen Camilla Wrapping Up U.S. Trip; LIV Golf's Financial Woes. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Lost Track of Time in War with Iran; Louisiana Suspends House Primaries After Supreme Court Ruling; Trump Pulls Surgeon General Pick After Nomination Stalls. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• King Charles and Queen Camilla Wrap Up U.S. Trip Today; Trump Sees Blockade as Best Option to Get Iran to Negotiate; Brent Crude Briefly Tops $126 a Barrel Amid U.S. Blockade; WHCD Shooting Suspect in Court for Detention Hearing; British Royals to Lay Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Sees Blockade As Best Option To Get Iran To Negotiate; Brent Crude Briefly Tops $216 A Barrel Amid U.S. Blockade; Khamenei: Foreign Foes Belong In "Depths" Of Persian Gulf; Jewish Community In London Reacts To Stabbing Attack; Sinaloa Governor Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges; LIV Golf Seeks New Investment After Losing Saudi Funding; NYT Magazine Names The Top 30 Living American Songwriters; Elon Musk Testifies For Third Day In OpenAI Trial; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Novo Nordisk CEO Touts GLP-1 Made Entirely in the U.S.; Moscow Set to Scale Back Its Annual Victory Day Parade; Apple Prepares for John Ternus to Become CEO in September; Chinese Automaker Says It Doesn't Need U.S. to Remain Market Leader. NASDAQ, S&P 500 Close Best Month Since 2020; Trump to Hear Military Options for Iran; King and Queen Departing U.S. After Four- Day State Visit. Aired 4:00p-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Oil Touches Four-Year-High, Gas Jumps 7 Cents Overnight; Sources Say, Iran War Cost May be Double Pentagon's $25 Billion Estimate; Florida Passes New Map That Could Give Four More House Seats. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Investigators Voice Doubt on Camp Mystic's Reopening Plans; One-on-One with Brooke Nevils; Trump Hold Farewell Ceremony for Royal Couple. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• King Charles Visits Arlington National Cemetery; Gas Prices Surging; Pete Hegseth to Appear Before Senate. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Alleged D.C. Gunman in Court; King Charles Visits Arlington National Cemetery; Pete Hegseth Appears Before Senate. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Faces 60-Day War Powers Deadline; Louisiana Delays House Primaries After Supreme Court Ruling; Congress Votes To End DHS Shutdown Without ICE Funding. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Source: Trump to Hear Updated Military Options for Iran; Iran's Top Judge Claims People Want Protesters Executed; Economists Warn of Demand Destruction Due to Iran War; Trump Warns He May Cut U.S. troop Numbers in Europe; U.K. Raises Terror Threat Level After Antisemitic Stabbings; Russian Economy Under Attack. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Pete Hegseth, Dems Clash in First Hearing Since Start of Iran War; Trump Sees Blockade as Best Option to Get Iran to Negotiate; Trump, Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Phone Call; British Royals Tour New York on Third Day of U.S. Trip; Former FBI Director Appears in Court on Threat Charges; Blanche on '86' Posts: Every Threat is Different; BYD: Don't Need U.S. to Remain on Top of E.V. Industry; LIV Golf to Talk to Players, Staff Over League's Future. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Sees Blockade As Best Option To Get Iran To Negotiate; Pentagon's Hegseth Defends Iran War As Cost Hits $25 billion; Hezbollah-Israel Clashes Escalate Despite Ceasefire Deal; British Royals Tour New York On Third Day Of U.S. Trip; James Comey Appears In Court In Trump Threat Case; Disney Supports Jimmy Kimmel As FCC Targets ABC Stations; Two Jewish Men Stabbed In Terrorist Attack In London; Musk to Take Stand for Third Day in Lawsuit against OpenAI; BYD: Don't Need U.S. To Remain on Top of EV Industry; Queen Camilla Reads to Children at New York Public Library; WSJ: Saudi Arabia to Pull Funding from LIV Golf. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Source: Trump To Hear Military Options For Iran; Brent Crude Briefly Tops $126 A Barrel Amid U.S. Blockade; Ukraine Strikes Hit Russian Oil Refinery; Trump Takes Questions From Reporters; Former FBI Chief James Comey Indicted For Threatening Trump. Aired 3-4p ET