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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump: Iran Options Are A Deal Or "Blast The Hell Out Of Them"; Iranian State Media: Supreme Leader Overseeing Negotiations; The MAGA Coalition Vs. Young Dems; Artemis II Crew Talk About Their Record- Breaking Lunar Flyby & Return. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime; Interview with "The Nuremberg Women" Author Natalie Livingstone; Interview with "Last Branch Standing" Author Sarah Isgur. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Now Casts Doubt On Ability To Reach Deal With Iran As Gas Prices See Their Biggest One-Day Jump In Six Weeks; Now: Protests Amid Iran War, Rising Gas Prices, Economic Fears; Schumer Dealt Blow As Mills Exits Critical Maine Senate Race; Judge Admonishes DOJ In Hearing On Press Dinner Shooting. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Price Of U.S. Gas Climbs To $4.39, Experts Expect Another Spike; Trump "Not Satisfied" With New Iranian Proposal To End War; Trump Gives Remarks To Senior Citizens In Florida; Alabama AG Pushes Supreme Court To Allow 2023 Congressional Map; Biden Makes First 2026 Endorsement, Backs Keisha Lance Bottoms For Gov.; Pentagon Strikes A.I. Deals With 7 Big Tech Companies. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says, Iran Options Are A Deal Or Blast The Hell Out Of Them; Voters Sue After Louisiana Governor Delays Primary; Cameras Capture Suspect's Actions Before Saturday's Shooting; Gas Prices Surge Again Overnight, Now At $4.39 A Gallon; Adam Scott On His Career And New Horror Movie "Hokum". Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Claims U.S. In An Amazing State Despite Cratering Polls; Trump Says, It's Treasonous To Say U.S. Isn't Winning The Iran War; U.S. Withdraws 5,000 Troops From Germany After War Criticism; America's CEOs Rise 20 Times Faster Than Workers In 2025; Powerus Says U.S. Military Agreed Buying Undisclosed Number of Interceptor Drones. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Gas Prices Surge Again Overnight, Now $4.39 a Gallon; Hegseth Claims Iran Ceasefire Pauses 60-Day War Powers Deadline; New Footage of WHCD Suspect Accused of Trying to Kill Trump. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Faces 60-Day War Powers Deadline On Iran Today; NYT: Purported Epstein Suicide Note Sealed, Locked In Courthouse; WSJ: Top AI Companies Agree To Pentagon Deals For Classified Work. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX): Gas Prices Surge Again Overnight, Now $4.39 a Gallon; Trump Faces 60-Day War Powers Deadline on Iran Today; New Footage of White House Correspondents' Dinner Suspect Accused of Trying to Kill Trump. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Nominates Dr. Nicole Saphier For Surgeon General; Report: Iran has Submitted Revised Proposal To End War; Elon Musk's Courtroom Showdown With OpenAI's Sam Altman; Lindsey Vonn On Road To Recovery, Resilience After Olympic Crash. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Gas Prices Surge Again Overnight, Now $4.39 a Gallon; Iran Submitted Revised Proposal to End War; Interview with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL): Trump Faces 60-Day War Powers Deadline on Iran Today; 14 Million People Under Flood Watches Across the South. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Who's to Blame for Increase in Gas Prices; Apple Reports $111 Billion Plus Revenue in Best March Quarter Ever; Tory Burch Foundation Honors Anna Wintour Ahead of Met Gala. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Flood Watch; New Video of Alleged D.C. Gunman; Iran Talks Stalled?; Future of Spirit Airlines?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Gas Prices Jump To $4.398 A Gallon, Up $1.41 Since Start Of War; Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Is Interviewed About More Americans Trust Dems On Economy, Inflation; Texas Start-Up Tests Drones To Stop School Shooters. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• "MAHA" Influencers Warn Voters "Have Vanished" Over "Betrayal"; NYT, WSJ: Spirit Airlines Prepares To Shut Down; Trump: Iran Options Are Either A Deal Or "Blast The Hell Out of Them. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge Privately Admonished DOJ Prosecutors for Grandstanding at Hearing for Press Dinner Suspect; Trump Not Satisfied with New Iranian Proposal to End War; Fashion on Full Display During Derby Weekend; Anna Wintour's Successor Chloe Malle is the New Editor-in-Chief of Vogue. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• NYT, WSJ: Spirit Airlines Prepares To Shut Down; Trump Noncommittal On Bailout As Spirit Airlines Reportedly Nears Shutdown Amid Soaring Fuel Prices; Trump "Not Satisfied" With New Iranian Proposal To End War; Millions March In Worldwide May Day Protests; Trump: Spirit Bailout Decision Will Be "Today Or Tomorrow." Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Gas Prices Surge Again, Now $4.39 a Gallon; Surging Fertilizer Prices Add to Financial Drain on U.S. Farmers; "Chonkers" the Sea Lion Draws Crowds at San Francisco Pier 39. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. Blockade a Win for President Trump; U.S. Looking for New Avenues; U.K. Police Charge Lone Wolf Terrorist; Ukraine Bombed Russian Oil Refinery; Royal Tour Heads to Bermuda; First U.S. Flight Lands In Venezuela After 7 Years; Mexico Demands Evidence After U.S. Indicts Governor For Cartel Ties; Climbers Look To Summit Everest After Two-Week Delay; European State Of The Climate Report Shows Alarming Findings. Aired 2-3a ET
• Britain in High Alert Following Antisemitic Attacks Against the Jewish Community; Funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Finally Passed by Both Houses, Ending the Longest Partial Shutdown in History. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Today Marks 60 Day War Powers Deadline; U.K. Grapples with Antisemitic Violence; Meta Threatens to Discontinue Service in Mexico; Taylor Swift Files Trademark Voice and Likeness. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Louisiana Delays House Primaries After Supreme Court Ruling; Platner becomes Presumed Democratic Nominee For Senate In Maine; MAHA Voters Say They Feel "Betrayed" By The Trump Administration Policies. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Iran War And Hormuz Shutdown Leave Sailors Immobilized; Hezbollah Says It Targeted Israeli Troops In Drone Strikes; Iran Sends Latest Proposal To U.S. Via Pakistani Mediators; Shipping Bottleneck Keeps Global Markets Under Pressure; Formula 1 Returns With Miami Grand Prix This Weekend. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Iran Sends New Plan to U.S. Via Pakistan Mediators; Iranian Strikes Damage 16 U.S. Military sites in the Middle East; Israel and Hezbollah Trade Attacks Despite Ceasefire; Iran's Strait of Hormuz Choke Hold Puts Pressure on Oil Prices; United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC and OPEC Plus; Ukrainian Strikes Hit Russian Oil Refinery; Kenya's Sebastian Sawe Smashed Marathon Record. Aired 10a-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump: Options Are "Make A Deal" Or "Blast The Hell Out Of Them"; Gas Prices Spike; "Apprentice" Reboot? Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump: Nobody Knows For Sure Who Iran's Leaders Are; Lebanese Health Ministry: Israeli Strikes Kill At Least 16; Supreme Court Decision Sets Off Gerrymandering Scramble; London Reels From Latest Attack On Jewish Community. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• First U.S. Flight Lands In Venezuela After Seven Years; Elon Musk Wraps Up Three Days Of Testimony; Iran's Parliament Speaker Mocks U.S. Naval Blockade. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: Trump Travels To FL To Talk "No Tax On Social Security"; New Poll: 61 Percent Say War In Iran Is A Mistake; Hegseth Claims Ceasefire Pauses War Powers Deadline; GOP Could Target 37 Democratic Seats Across The South; Trump: Tennessee Gov. Will "Work Hard" To Redraw Maps; Is The MAGA Coalition Cracking In Ohio?. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Is The MAGA Coalition Cracking In Ohio?; Trump Calls New Iranian Leadership "Very Disjointed"; With No Trump Pick, Cornyn & Paxton Locked In Costly GOP Brawl; New Poll: Democrat Talarico Leads Both Cornyn And Paxton. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump Says His Options On Iran Are Either A Deal Or He'll Blast The Hell Out Of Them; Workers Around The World Demand For Higher Wages And Better Working Conditions On May Day; Trump: Not Satisfied With Iran's Latest Proposal; Iran War And Hormuz Shutdown Leave Sailors Immobilized; Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized; Most Powerful News Images From 2025 In New Exhibition; Italian Bank Turns Parmigiano Reggiano Into Capital. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• No Done Deal Between Iran And U.S.; Oil Prices Drags Everything In Between; War Hurts Everybody; Spike Lee Speaks His Mind Through Films. Aired 11-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Faces 60-Day War Powers Deadline On Iran Today; Iran Has Submitted Revised Proposal To End War; Trump Nominates Dr. Nicole Saphier For Surgeon General; Trump Administration Hits 60-day War Deadline But Claims Loophole; Texas Start-up Aims To Use Drones To Stop School Shooters; Queen Guitarist Brian May Barred From Planting Daffodils. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Iran Has Submitted Revised Proposal To End War; Sources: Houthis Seized U.S. Equipment As USAID Disbanded; Iranian Strikes Damage 16 U.S. Military Sites In Middle East; Cost Of Jet Fuel Soars, Sending Ticket Prices Sky-High; Kenyan marathon Record-Breaker Welcomed By Ruto; Strategy To Living A Longer, Healthier Life; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Tensions Flare Between U.S. And Europe; Trump: Announcement On Spirit Airlines Today Or Tomorrow; Oil Prices Fall As Iran Sends New Peace Proposal; Britain Faces Rising Public Dest And Slowing United States Trade; NASDAQ, S&P 500 Higher After Best Month Since 2020; "The Devil Wears Prada 2" Hits Theaters. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• New Video of Correspondents' Dinner Attack; Congress Vote to Reopen Parts of DHS Without ICE Funding; Iran Has Submitted Revised Proposal to End War. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Suspect Charged After Two Jewish Men Stabbed in London; Trump Faces 60-day War Powers Deadline on Iran Today; Defense Secretary Hegseth: "60-Day Clock Pauses" for Ceasefire; 152nd Running of the Kentucky Derby. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• AAA: Gas Prices Surge Again Overnight, Now $4.39 A Gallon; Trump May Face 60-Day War Powers Deadline On Iran Today; Trump Lashes Out At Germany's Chancellor Over Iran War. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• How to Reduce Memory Loss; Jewish Men Attacked in London; Can Drones Stop School Shootings?; Supreme Court Weakens Voting Rights Act. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump "Not Sure" If Iran Will "Ever Get There" On A Deal; Alabama Gov. Launches Push For New Congressional Maps; Rogan Blasts DOJ's "Nuts" Comey Indictment Over "Silly" Post. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• New Israeli Strikes Kill Six People In Southern Lebanon; Trump: "Not Satisfied" With Iran's New Proposal; Trump's New Tariff Threat; E.U. Auto Tariff Hike; Pentagon: U.S. Withdrawing 5,000 Troops From Germany; Iranian Strikes Damage 16 U.S. Military Sites In Middle East; Trump Sends Formal Letter To Congress About War Powers; Kentucky Derby Preview. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Defiant As Pentagon Outlines Military Options; Congress Votes To Reopen Key Parts Of DHS Without ICE Funding; Louisiana Delays House Primaries After SC Ruling; U.K. Threat Level Increase Following Antisemitic Terror Attack; King Charles And Queen Camilla Wrap Up State Visit To The U.S.; First U.S. Flight To Venezuela In 7 Years Lands In Caracas; CNN Goes Inside High Security Italian Cheese Vault. Aired 12-1a ET
• Gas Prices Jump As Trump Says Iran "Dying To Make A Deal"; Trump Defiant As Pentagon Outlines Military Options; Prosecutors: New Video Shows Suspect Running Past Security; U.K. Raises Terrorism Threat Level after Recent Attacks; Fed's Preferred Measure of Inflation Hits 3.5 percent in March; Congress Votes to Reopen Parts of DHS without ICE Funding; Some MAHA Supporters Say They Feel Betrayed by Trump Administration; Egyptian Mummy Unearthed with Literary Text on Abdomen. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump Says He's "Not Satisfied" With Iran's New Proposal; Top A.I. Companies Agree To Pentagon Deal For Classified Work; MAHA Movement Questions Trump Administration's Actions; Trump: Announcement On Spirit Airlines "Today Or Tomorrow". Aired 3-4p ET