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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Platner Speaks At Maine Get Out The Vote Rally As He Faces Controversies; DOJ Sends Prosecutor To Observe L.A. Ballot Counting; Experience Not Required; WSJ: Trump Wants Acting DNI Pick To Begin Process Of Firing Employees; Sources: New Acting DNI Didn't Have Security Clearance Before Job; Report: Ballroom Donors Given More Than $50B In Federal Contracts; Japanese Volunteers Now Searching Mountains For Missing American; Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt On Why You Should Be A Techno-Skeptic. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun; Interview with "America, U.S.A." Author Eddie Glaude Jr.; Interview with "This Vast Enterprise" Author Craig Fehrman. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• WSJ: Trump Urges Pulte To Fire Intel Community Leaders; Blanche's Path To AG Confirmation Unclear Amid Bipartisan Skepticism; Platner Says He Won't End Senate Campaign Amid New Allegations. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Urges Pulte To Fire Intelligence Community Employees; House Republicans Defy Trump On Ukraine And Iran War Powers; Senior Military Adviser To Iran To Supreme Leader Speaks To CNN; U.S. Economy Adds Stronger-Than-Expected 172k Jobs In May; NASA Moves ISS Astronauts To Spacecraft Over Troubling Leak; Sherpa Guide Missing For A Week On Mt. Everest Found Alive. Aired 5-6p ET
• Soon, Platner Rallies In Maine As Scandals Rock His Campaign; New Analysis Shows 97 Jan. 6 Rioters Have Faced Other Charges Since Trump Granted Clemency To 1,500 For Capitol Attack; Intel Agencies Say, China Uses Sites Like LinkedIn To Recruit And Spy; California's Slow Counting Sparks Baseless Fraud Claims; Tonight: Knicks And Spurs Face Off In Game Two. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Platner Faces New Allegations Days Before Maine Senate Primary; Platner: Allegations In NY Times Report Are "Politically Motivated; Many Dems Divided Over Platner's Senate Run Amid Scandals. Trump Backs Sanders' A.I. Ownership Proposal; Trump Presses Republicans to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Senate GOP Beats Back Internal Revolt to Pass $70 Billion ICE Funding Bill; Senate GOP Rejects Efforts to Kill Trump's Anti- Weaponization Fund; Today Marks One Week Since Auburn University Student Went Missing in Japan. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• NYT Details New Allegations From Women Against Graham Platner; Today: Brendan Banfield Expected To Be Sentenced To Life In Prison; Video Shows Extensive Damage To Newest U.S. Aircraft Carrier. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): Win for Trump as Senate GOP Overcomes Revolt, Passes $70 Billion ICE Bill; Ex-CIA Officer Due in Court After $40 Million in Gold Seized from Home; Melinda French Gates Donates $215 Million to Improve Women's Health. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Bondi Blames Blanche for Handling of Epstein Files; Dems Cooke and Berge Vying to Face GOP Rep. Van Orden in Wisconsin; Anthropic Warning on Implications of A.I. Ability to Code Itself. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Jobs Growth Blows Past Expectations, 172,000 Jobs Added in May; Bondi Blames Blanche for Handling of Epstein Files; Win for Trump as Senate GOP Overcomes Revolt, Passes $70 Billion Bill. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Senate GOP Beats Back internal Revolt to Pass $70 Billion ICE Funding Bill; Rural Voters on Trump and Inflation; HBO's Buzzy Hit "Euphoria" Ends After Three Seasons. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Ex-CIA Officer Appears in Court; Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations; CBS News Facing Turmoil; Graham Platner Under Fire; Trump to Clean House in Intelligence Community?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Taking 300+ Gold Bars Will Stay In Jail; Iran Supreme Leader's Adviser Says Talks Are Deadlocked; Lebanon's President Slams Iran Amid Israel Strikes And Fraying Ceasefire; Senate Republicans Push Through $70 Billion Immigration Bill; Platner Says He Won't End Senate Campaign Amid New Allegations; Sherpa Guide Missing For A Week On Mt. Everest Found Alive; Knicks Lead Series With Spurs 1-0, Game 2 In San Antonio Tonight. Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• Knicks Lead Series With Spurs 1-0, Game 2 In San Antonio Tonight; WSJ Reports Trump Wants Acting DNI Pick To Begin Process Of Firing Employees; Platner Accusations Forcing Democrats Into Tough Decision; New Video Shows Scale Of Fire Damage To USS Gerald Ford; Texas Student Charged With Murder Claims Self-Defense; Kennedy Center Orders Staff To Remove Trump's Name. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Kennedy Center Orders Staff to Remove Trump's Name After Ruling; RFK, Jr. Seeks Access to Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines; Texas Governor Abbott Details Efforts to Contain Parasitic Screwworm; UFC Fighters will be at a Major Event at the White House on June 14. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Says He's Interviewing Five Candidates For Next Director Of National Intelligence; WSJ: Trump Wants Acting DNI Pick To Begin Process Of Firing Employees; Soon: Trump Arrives In Wisconsin To Speak To Farmers; Wisconsin Dem Ying To Unseat GOP Rep. Slams Trump At Family Farm; Brendan Banfield Gets Life Sentence For Murders Of Wife, Stranger; Brendan Banfield Speaks During Double Murder Sentencing; Iran Supreme Leader's Adviser Says Talks Are Deadlocked Over $24 Billion in Frozen Assets & Warns of a Wider War. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Iran Supreme Leader's Adviser Says Talks are Deadlocked Over $24 Billion in Frozen Assets and Warns of a Wider War; Followers of Far-Right Streamer Nick Fuentes Talk to CNN; New Season of "Summer House" Drawing in new Bravo Fans. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Open to Meeting Iran's Leader; Sherpa Rescued on Mt. Everest; CNN Gets Rare Access to Hezbollah; Rare Access Inside Lebanon As Hezbollah Vows To Keep Fighting; Bondi: Todd Blanche Was "In Charge" Of Epstein Matter; World Cup Cities Prep For Tourists Amid Safety Concerns. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump to Meet Iran's Supreme Leader If There Will Be An Agreement; CNN Visits DRC's Mining Town Where the Ebola Outbreak Started. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Republican Resistant; US Politics; War With Iran. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Many Mail-In Ballots Still Being Counted In Key State Races; John Bolton To Plead Guilty To Mishandling Sensitive Material. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Senate Passes $70 Billion ICE and Border Patrol Bill; NYT Details New Allegations against Graham Platner; Kevin O'Leary Cuts Back Data Center Project after Public Protests; CBS News Races to Steady '60 Minutes' after Pelley's Firing. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• "He Was In Charge": Bondi Pins Epstein File Release On Blanche; L.A. Sheriff: ICE Enforcement Not Expected At World Cup Matches. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Student on Family Trip to Japan Vanishes After Argument; Ukrainian Drones Hit St. Petersburg in Symbolic Blow to Russia; CNN Reports from Hospital at the Epicenter of the Outbreak; Actor James Handy Stabbed to Death, Girlfriend's Son Arrested; Missing Nepali Guide Found Alive After One Week on Everest. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun Speaks To CNN; Rare Access Inside Lebanon As Hezbollah Vows To Keep Fighting; Bondi Says Blanche Handled Epstein Files Release; CNN Reports From Hospital At The Epicenter Of The Outbreak; One Week Since U.S. Student Went Missing In Japan; Clark: AI Self-Improvement Creates Trust And Control Risks. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump: Pulte's Status As Acting Intel Boss Gives Him "More Power"; New Protests In Albania Over Ivanka Trump & Kushner's Resort Plans; CNN Projects Dem Xavier Becerra Will Advance In California Governor's Race. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• NYT: Women Who Dated Platner Detail "Volatile," "Toxic" Relationships; Platner Denies Allegations Of "Physicality" In NYT Report; Platner Campaign Rocked By More Allegations Of Past Bad Behavior; Trump Must Break Deadlock In Talks, Says Supreme Leader's Adviser; U.S. Economy Adds Stronger-Than-Expected 172K Jobs In May. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Jobs Growth Blows Past Expectations, 172K Jobs Added In May; Trump Travels To Toss-Up District In WI To Visit With Farmers; Senate GOP Beats Internal Revolt To Pass $70B ICE Funding Bill; California's Slow Counting Sparks Baseless Fraud Claims; Rabbi Eli Schlanger Co- Wrote A Book On Navigating Life's Hardest Moments Before He Was Murdered At Bondi Beach. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Iran Tells CNN Talks With The United States Are Deadlocked; Lebanese President Accuses Tehran Of Exploiting His Nation; Putin Responds To A Pointed Personal Letter From Zelenskyy; Zelenskyy Posts Open Letter To Putin Calling For End To War; Trump Says Russia And Ukraine Need To Make Compromises; Albanian Protests Grow Over Trump-Linked Resort; WHO Announces $518M Plan To Fight Ebola With Africa CDC; Global Football Tourney Kicks Off In Six Days. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Says He "Wouldn't Mind" if New Spy Chief Makes Cuts; Xavier Becerra Will Advance to Governor's Race; Justice Department Lawyers Said the Courts are Powerless to Intervene in the Dispute Over the former East Wing; Astronauts Told to Seek "Safe Haven" Due to ISS Cracks. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Further Evacuation Warnings; U.S. House Approves Ukraine Aid, Slaps Sanctions on Russia; World Cup Cities Prep for Tourists Amid Safety Concerns; Atlanta Faces World Cup Transit Concerns After Recent Attacks; Senate Delivers Victory for Trump on I.C.E. & Border Funding; Rare Access Inside Lebanon as Hezbollah Vows to Keep Fighting. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun Speaks To CNN; Senior Military Adviser To Iran's Supreme Leader Speaks To CNN; Putin: I Don't See Reasons To Meet Ukrainian President Zelenskyy; CNN Reports From Hospital At The Epicenter Of The Outbreak; More Women Are Leaning Towards Entrepreneurship; Mexico City Makes Final Preparations To Welcome Fans; Inside Diane Keaton's Quirky Style; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Markets Drop After Strong May Jobs Report; Hiring Begins To Rebound After Last Year's Slump; Senior Military Adviser To Iran's Supreme Leader Speaks To CNN; Trump Floats Idea Of A.I. Profit-Sharing With American Public; Cloudflare: Most Internet Traffic Now Driven By Bots; Albanian Protests Grow Over Trump-Linked Resort. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Bondi Says Blanche Was "In Charge" Of Releasing Epstein Files; GOP Blocks Dem-Lead Effort To Permanently Block $1.8B Fund; Trump Would Be "Honored" To Meet Iranian Leader; Hezbollah Leader Rejects Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire; NYT Reveals New Allegations Against Graham Platner. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Bondi Points Finger At Blanche In Epstein Files Release; Iranians Mark 37th Anniversary Of Islamic Republic Founder's Death; Judge Dismisses Murder Case Against Arkansas Sheriff Candidate. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• 172,000 Jobs Added in May, Unemployment Holds Steady at 4.3 Percent; Senate Passes Immigration Bill Amid Revolt on Anti- Weaponization Fund; NTSB Says, Plane Struck Pole in New Jersey was 19 Feet Above Highway. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Melinda French Gates Donates $215 Million to Improve Women's Health; Status of U.S.-Iran Negotiations?; Ex-CIA Officer in Court; Interview With Martha Raddatz. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Immigration Bill Passes Amid Anti-Weaponization Fund Revolt; Lebanese Pres. Slams Iran Amid Israeli Strikes, Fraying Ceasefire; ICE To Stop Reporting Deaths Of Recently Released Detainees. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Video Shows Fire Damage on Newest U.S. Aircraft Carrier; Ex-CIA Officer Accused of Stealing $40M in Gold Bars in Court; Countdown to the Obama Presidential Center. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Sources: Trump's Intel Pick Had No Security Clearance; Trump Makes Pitch To WI Farmers Hard-Hit By Tariffs, High Prices; Platner Rallies With Khanna As New Scandals Rock His Campaign. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Exclusive: Lebanese President Rebukes Hezbollah And Iran; WSJ: Trump Wants Pulte To Fire Intel Community Employees; U.S. Official: Iran Launches Drones Towards Strait Of Hormuz; Stocks Sell Off On Fears Of Rising Interest Rates; Trump Defers To New Fed Chair On Interest Rate Decision; Missing Nepali Guide Found Alive On Everest; Putin Rejects Offer To Meet Zelenskyy; WHO Announces $518M Plan To Fight Ebola With Africa CDC; NASA Astronauts Seek Shelter Amid ISS Leaks. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Ballots Still Being Counted in Races for Governor and L.A. Mayor; Marathon Voting Session on Republican Immigration Bill; Iranians Mark 37th Anniversary of Khomeini's Death; Hezbollah Leader Rejects Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire; U.S. Student on Family Trip to Japan Vanishes after Argument; U.S. Charges Tech CEO with Supplying Equipment to Iran; Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow Share Memories of Making 'Friends'; World Cup Cities Prep for Tourist Amid Safety Concerns. Aired 12-1a ET
• Hezbollah Leader Rejects Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire; Many Mail-In Ballots Still Being Counted In Key State Races; CNN Visits Town Where Ebola Outbreak Believed To Have Started; CNN Visits Town Where Ebola Outbreak Believed to Have Started; Quality of A.I. Videos Getting Better But Still Has Glitches; A Look Inside the $850M Obama Presidential Center; Local Vendors Brush Up on English Skills Ahead of Tournament. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Lebanese President Rebukes Hezbollah & Iran; Judge Strikes Down Trump Admin. Asylum Restrictions; British PM Hits Back At Vance Over Immigration Criticism; Appeals Court Hears Arguments On Legality Of White House Ballroom; Albanian Protests Grow Over Trump-Linked Resort; Sources: Trump's Spy Chief Pick Had No Security Clearance; Senior Military Adviser To Iran's Supreme Leader Speaks To CNN. Aired 3-4p ET