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February 27, 2019
• Trump & Kim Jong-un Meet For Face-To-Face Negotiations; Michael Cohen: Trump Broke Law In Office; Cohen Says SDNY Investigating Other Illegal Act By Trump. Aired 9-10p ET


February 26, 2019
• Michael Cohen Finishes Day One Of Testimony On Capitol Hill; Cohen: "I Look Forward" To Telling My Story Tomorrow; Trump Ally GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Threatens Michael Cohen On Twitter Ahead Of Public Testimony; Running Bodyguards Accompany Kim Jong-un In Vietnam. Aired 9-10p ET


February 25, 2019
• Bernie Sanders Takes on Trump At 2020 Town Hall; Michael Cohen to Testify Before Three Committees; President Trump Accuses Spike Lee of "Racist Hit". Aired 9-10p ET


February 22, 2019
• Michael Cohen Gave Fed Investigators New Info On Insurance Policies, Claims At Trump Properties; Mueller About To Release Major Filing In Paul Manafort Case; R. Kelly Surrenders After Sex Abuse Indictment. Aired 9-10p ET


February 21, 2019
• Chicago's Top Cop: "Jussie Smollett Took Advantage Of The Pain And Anger Of Racism To Promote His Career"; Judge Silences Roger Stone After Crosshairs Instagram Post; Judge: Labor Secretary Among Those Who Broke Law In Jeffrey Epstein Case; Michael Cohen Spends Hours Behind Closed Doors On Capitol Hill. Aired 9-10p ET


February 20, 2019
• Mueller Report May Come as Early as Next Week; Republican Lieu Launches Probe Into Alleged NRA Ties to Russia; Trump: Mueller Report Release Timing Totally up to New A.G.; Jussie Smollett Charged With Disorderly Conduct For Allegedly Filing False Report on Attack. Aired 9-10p ET


February 19, 2019
• NYT: Trump Asked Acting A.G. To Put Trump Supporter In Charge Of Hush-Money Investigation, Despite Recusal; Andrew McCabe: "I Think It's Possible" Trump Is A Russian Asset; Mike Pence's "Greetings From Trump" Met With Silence In Europe. Aired 9-10p ET


February 18, 2019
• Andrew McCabe Says President Trump Rejected U.S. Intel On North Korea Because He Believed Vladimir Putin Instead; Justice Department Official: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Is Expected To Leave The Justice Department In Mid-March; Sources: Police Believe Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Attack; Source: John James Leading Contender For U.N. Ambassador After Heather Nauert Withdraws From Consideration. Aired 9-10p ET


February 15, 2019
• President Trump Undercuts His Emergency: "I Didn't Need To Do This"; Special Counsel Prosecutors Say They Have Roger Stone's Communications With WikiLeaks; Iinterview with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D- NY); Runner Describes How He Survived Mountain Lion Attack; Aurora Shooting: Five Dead In Illinois Workplace Attack. Aired 9-10p ET


February 14, 2019
• House And Senate Approve Deal To Avert Shutdown, Sending Bill To President Trump's Desk; White House Official: President Trump To Announce $8 Billion In Wall Funding Through Executive Action Tomorrow; Pelosi Speaks After House Vote To Avert Shutdown; White House Releases Details Of President Trump's Physical. Aired 9-10p ET


February 13, 2019
• Judge: Paul Manafort Lied To Mueller, FBI & Grand Jury; GOP Seizes On Green New Deal To Expose Democratic Rifts; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Plans To Bring Green New Deal To Senate Vote; Wisconsin GOP Yanks Colin Kaepernick From Black History Month Resolution. Aired 9-10p ET


February 12, 2019
• Source: President Trump Not Sold On Last-Minute Border Deal; "El Chapo" Trial Suggests Border Wall Won't Stop Drugs; President Trump Calls Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Apology "Lame," Suggests She Resign; Former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz To Appear In CNN Town Hall As 2020 Decision Nears. Aired 9-10p ET


February 11, 2019
• Negotiators Say They Have Reached An Agreement In Principle To Avoid Another Government Shutdown; Julian Castro On Running In Crowded Democratic Field; Source: Possible Border Deal Includes $1.375 Billion For Physical Barriers; Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Under Fire For Implying Money Influences GOP On Israel. Aired 9-10p ET


February 08, 2019
• Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Denies Talking To President Trump About Mueller Probe; Report: "Pipeline" Of Undocumented Trump Golf Club Workers; Jeff Bezos Hints At Saudi Ties To Blackmail Efforts; President Trump Declared "In Very Good Health" After Annual Physical; Why John Dingell's Final Words Matter So Much In Divided D.C. Aired 9-10p ET


February 07, 2019
• Mueller's Office: 2016 Manafort Meeting with Kilimnik at Heart of Investigation; Nadler: Whitaker to Testify Before House Judiciary Tomorrow; Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Extortion; Supreme Court Blocks Restrictive Abortion Law for Now; Fact-checking Trump's claim: GOP didn't investigate Obama. Aired 9-10p ET


February 06, 2019
• House Intel Committee Votes To Send Transcripts To Mueller; Democrats To Grill Trump's Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker On Friday; Beyond Mueller: Trump Facing Hearings And Subpoenas; Trump's "Hottest Economy" Leaves Working Class Behind. Aired 9-10p ET
• Federal Prosecutors Seek Interviews With Trump Org Execs; Trump Faces First Divided Congress For SOTU; Trump Gives Women Of Congress A Shout-Out In SOTU; Fed Prosecutors Seek Interviews With Trump Org Execs. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump: America Will Never Be a Socialist Country; Border Wall Push Key to State of the Union Speech; Warren Listed Race as "American Indian" for Texas Bar. Aired 12m-1a ET


February 05, 2019
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February 04, 2019
• President Trump Inaugural Committee Subpoenaed By Federal Prosecutors; About 60 Percent Of President Trump's Schedule Is "Executive Time," Report Says; President Trump Notes That National Emergency To Build Border Wall "Not Off The Table"; Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Clings To Power As Calls For Him To Resign Grow; State Of The Union Guests Include Boy Bullied For Being Named Trump. Aired 9-10p ET


January 31, 2019
• Don Jr.'s Blocked Calls Before And After Trump Tower Meeting Weren't With Then-Candidate Trump, CNN Sources Say; President Trump Gives Oval Office Interview To The New York Times; Border Wall Talks A "Waste Of Time," Says President Trump; Intelligence Chiefs Were "Misquoted" In Televised Hearing, President Trump Claims; San Mateo Chef Says He Won't Serve Customers With MAGA Hats. Aired 9-10p ET


January 30, 2019
• President Trump Seethed While Watching Coverage Of Intel Chiefs Contradicting Him, Voicing Anger At DNI Dan Coats, CNN Sources Say; Russians Altering Evidence In Mueller Probe To Discredit Investigation, Special Counsel Claims; Polar Vortex Grips Midwest In Dangerous Freeze; President Trump's MAGA Promises Undercut By Manufacturing Realities. Aired 9-10p ET


January 29, 2019
• Senator Kamala Harris Grabs Spotlight on Week One of Her 2020 Rollout; Trump, Putin Talked at G20 Without U.S. Translator, Note- Taker; U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump on ISIS, Russia, Iran; Mueller Investigation is "Close To Being Completed," Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Says. Aired 9-10p ET


January 28, 2019
• Acting A.G.: Mueller Probe "Close To Being Completed;" Roger Stone Compares FBI Raid To "Bin Laden" Take-Down; Former Starbucks CEO Considering 2020 Run As An Independent; Trump Threatening Possibility Of Another Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


January 25, 2019
• Longtime Trump Adviser, Roger Stone, Indicted in Connection with 2016 WikiLeaks E-mail Dumps; FBI Raids Roger Stone's Homes in Miami and New York; Trump Signs Bill Ending Government Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


January 24, 2019
• Shutdown Talks Continue After Back-To-Back Bill Fail; WH Preparing National Emergency Proclamation; Trump Suggests Ending Shutdown With "Down Payment" For Wall; Collins Among Six Republicans Who Voted Against GOP Bill. Aired 9-10p ET


January 23, 2019
• Warning: "Growing Concern" for Safety of Airlines; Pelosi Plays Hardball Blocking SOTU over Shutdown; Dems Representative Calls Trump "Grand Wizard," Says Trump Not Racist; Source: Trump Considering Executive Actions to Build Wall. Aired 9-10p ET


January 22, 2019
• Senate to Vote on Dueling Bills to End Shutdown; Interview with Senator Tim Kaine, (D-VA); Mueller Investigating Trump Campaign Ties to NRA; "MAGA teens" invited to WH Meeting Planned After Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


January 21, 2019
• Did Not Air


January 18, 2019
• Mueller's Office Disputes BuzzFeed Report that Trump Directed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress; Kennedy Expresses Confidence Trump Will Negotiate with Dems; Shutdown Talks Stalled as Government Closure Nears 2nd Month. Aired 9-10p ET


January 17, 2019
• Giuliani Contradicted 18 Months of "No Collusion;" Trump Pulls Pelosi's Military Plane before War Zone Trip; Cardi B's Shutdown Rant Goes Viral; Cardi B Blasts Trump Over Government Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


January 16, 2019
• Manafort Filings Raise Questions about Campaign Activity; Pelosi Wants Trump to Delay SOTU due to Shutdown; ISIS Claims Attack Killing Four Americans in Syria. Aired 9-10p ET


January 15, 2019
• Mueller Files Evidence of Manafort Lying to Investigators; "New York Times:" Shutdown's Economic Damage Could End Growth. Aired 9-10p ET


January 14, 2019
• FBI Opened Inquiry Whether President Trump was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia; House Republicans Block Iowa Rep. Steve King from Committees; NYT Details Massive Trump Inauguration Spending. Aired 9- 10p ET


January 11, 2019
• NYT: FBI Opened Investigation Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working On Behalf Of Russia; Representative Steve King Defends White Supremacy Statement. Aired 9-10p ET


January 10, 2019
• Michael Cohen to Testify Publicly before Congress; Mueller Met With Trump Pollster and Manafort Associate; Trump May Almost Definitely Declare Emergency. Aired 9-10p ET


January 09, 2019
• Trump Walks Out of Talks after Democrats Reject Wall; Donald Trump Jr. Compares Border Wall to Zoo Fence; "Washington Post:" White House Hires 17 New Lawyers. Aired 9-10p ET


January 08, 2019
• Trump Addresses Nation From Oval Office; Fact-Checking President Trump's Address; Democratic Leaders Respond To Trump's Immigration Address; Trump Argues For Border Wall In Primetime Address. Aired 9-10p ET


January 07, 2019
• Battle Over Wall Funding Keeps Government Shut Down; Current Government Shutdown is Second-Longest in U.S. History; Trump Demands a Wall While No End in Sight for Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


January 04, 2019
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January 03, 2019
• Did Not Air


January 01, 2019
• Did Not Air


December 28, 2018
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December 27, 2018
• Did Not Air


December 26, 2018
• All The Best, All The Worst in 2018. Aired 9-10p ET


December 21, 2018
• Government Will Shut Down Tonight at Midnight; Trump Left with No Deal on Wall. Aired 9-10p ET


December 20, 2018
• Trump Turmoil: Defense Secretary Quits Amid Shutdown Battle Market Free Fall DOJ Controversies and Russia Probe; Partial Government Shutdown Could Come Tomorrow Night; McConnell "Distressed" Mattis Out Over Differences with Trump. Aired 9-10p ET


December 19, 2018
• Pentagon Dispute Trump's Declaration of ISIS Victory; Trump Orders U.S. Withdrawal From Syria; Republicans Slam Trump For Withdrawal From Syria; Trump's Promise To Build Border Wall Slipping Away. Aired 9-10p ET


December 18, 2018
• A Newly Obtained Russia Document Signed by Trump?; Trump Foundation Dissolves Amid Illegal Conduct Lawsuit. Aired 9-10p ET


December 17, 2018
• Mueller Releases Key Memo Detailing Flynn Lies; Giuliani: Cites John Edwards Case In Trump's Defense; Russians Used Massive Social Media Campaign To Help Trump; Election Cyber Tactics As 2020 Nears; Senate Report Show Scope Of Russian Election Meddling; New Mueller Memo Details Flynn's 2017 Interview With FBI; Boy's Only Christmas Wish Comes True With Military Dad. Aired 9-10p ET


December 14, 2018
• Mueller Slams Flynn's Criticism Of His FBI Interview; Mueller: Flynn's Lies Were "Voluntary And Intentional;" Sources: Trump Inaugural Committee Under Criminal Investigation. Aired 9-10p ET


December 13, 2018
• Interview with Kellyanne Conway; Trump Claims Payments Were Not Illegal Despite Cohen Plea. Aired 9-10p ET


December 12, 2018
• Michael Cohen Sentenced To Three Years in Prison; "National Enquirer:" Parent Company AMI Admits It Worked With Cohen And Trump Campaign On Hush Money Payment; Source: Trump 'Seething' About Cohen, Says "He's A Liar." Aired 9-10p ET


December 11, 2018
• Trump to Reuters: "I'm Not Concerned" About Impeachment; Michael Flynn's Attorney Files Response to Sentencing Memo; Michael Flynn Asks Judge to Spare Him from Prison. Aired 9-10p ET


December 10, 2018
• Forty-Four Former Senators Write Open Letter to Urge Current Senate to Defend Democracy; Nick Ayers Passes on Chief of Staff Job Offer; Russian Spy Flips; Source: Trump Sees Impeachment as "Real Possibility." Aired 9-10p ET


December 07, 2018
• Prosecutors Connect Trump to Two Crimes; Mueller: Russian National Offered Cohen "Political Synergy." Aired 9-10p ET


December 06, 2018
• Sources: McCabe Opened Obstruction of Justice Probe on Trump after Comey's Firing before Mueller Appointed; North Carolina Election Fraud Questions Reach Second County; Trump Expected to Pick Nauert as Next U.N. Ambassador. Aired 9-10p ET


December 05, 2018
• Mueller Revels Flynn's Valuable Cooperation in Probes; Criminal Probe Launched Into Alleged Election Fraud in NC; Labor Secretary Under Fire for Sex Offender Plea Deal. Aired 9-10p ET


December 04, 2018
• Flynn's Early Cooperation Convicted Others to be Forthcoming; Mueller Team Recommends No Jail Time for Flynn. Aired 9-10p ET


December 03, 2018
• Mueller To Make Crucial Court Filing This Week; NFL Player Apologizes After Violent Video Surfaces. Aired 9-10p ET


November 30, 2018
• Judge Keeps in Place Nationwide Injunction in Asylum Case; Thousands of Migrants Living in Squalor in Tents. Aired 9-10p ET


November 29, 2018
• Russia Investigation Enters Explosive New Chapter; Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Misleading Congress about Trump's Moscow Plans; President in 'Terrible Mood' While Preparing for G20 in Argentina. Aired 9-10p ET


November 28, 2018
• Trump Floats Possibility of Pardon for Manafort; Tijuana Declares Humanitarian Crisis, Seeks Help from U.N.; Trump Predicts He Will Never Get the Nobel Peace Prize. Aired 9-10p ET


November 27, 2018
• Democrats Pick Up Another Seat in House; The WikiLeaks Web: Mueller Focusing on Assange Contacts. Aired 9-10p ET


November 26, 2018
• Mueller's Team: Manafort Lied after Pleading Guilty; Trump: CBP Defends Use of Tear Gas on Migrants on the Border; GOP's Mia Love Slams Trump in Her Concession Speech. Aired 9-10p ET


November 23, 2018
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November 21, 2018
• Did Not Air


November 20, 2018
• President Trump's Use of Power; National Interests Versus American Values; Donald Trump Proves That Money Matters More?; Ivanka Trump Using Private E-Mail for Government Business; Accusations of Domestic Violence Against Michael Avenatti. Aired 10-11p ET
• NYT: Trump Wanted DOJ to Prosecute Comey, Clinton; Trump Sends Written Answers to Mueller. Aired 9-10p ET


November 19, 2018
• Stacey Abrams Starting a Fight to Correct Georgia's System; President Trump Mocks Former Navy SEAL; Ivanka in Hillary's Shoe; More Speculation Since Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker's Appointment as It Pertains to the Mueller Probe; Midterm Elections and Lessons Learned. Aired 10-11p ET
• Ivanka Trump Used Personal E-mail for Government Business; Trump Lashes Out at Navy SEAL Who Led Bin Laden Raid; Monica Lewinsky Speaks Out on the Clinton Affair. Aired 9-10p ET


November 16, 2018
• Judge Orders WH to Return Jim Acosta's Press Pass; Senator Harris Faces Backlash for Comparing ICE to the KKK. Aired 9-10p ET


November 15, 2018
• Trump Rails Against Mueller in Twitter Barrage; FL Recount; Democrats Lead in the House Continues to Grow; Couple, Homeless Man Accused of Setting Up GoFundMe Scam. Aired 9-10p ET


November 14, 2018
• Pelosi Faces Resistance in Bid for House Speaker; Melania Trump Calls for Firing of WH Aide and Succeeds; Trump Falsely Claims People Voted Twice by Wearing Disguises. Aired 9-10p ET


November 13, 2018
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November 12, 2018
• Florida Judge on Recount Fight: "Ramp Down the Rhetoric;" Trump Alleges Voter Fraud in Florida Without Evidence. Aired 9-10p ET


November 09, 2018
• Trump and Others Claim Election Fraud in Florida Without Proof; Trump Degrades Three Black Female Reporters in Three Days; Michelle Obama Will Never Forgive Trump for 'Birtherism.' Aired 9-10p ET


November 08, 2018
• Pelosi's First T.V. Interview Since Dems Won Back House; Pelosi Confident About Return to Speaker Role. Aired 9-10p ET


November 07, 2018
• President Trump Fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Dems Win House Republicans Expand Senate Majority; GOP Loses At Least 29 Seats in the Midterms. Aired 9-10p ET


November 06, 2018
• Did Not Air. 9-10p ET
• Congressional Balance of Power at Stake in Midterms; Trump Frames Midterms as Referendum on His Presidency; Trump Defends Racist Ad as "Effective", Media Outlets Pull It; Trump's Regrets. Aired 12m- 1a ET


November 05, 2018
• More Than 30 Million Have Already Voted in Midterms; CNN Poll Dems Maintain Advantage on Congressional Ballot; Trump Hated Economy Ad, Opted for Anti-Immigration Ad. Aired 9-10p ET


November 04, 2018
• Coverage of the 2018 Midterm Election; Aired 9-10p ET


November 02, 2018
• Roger Stone to Witness: Tell Mueller to go Fuck Himself; Trump & Obama's Dueling Arguments; Representative Curbelo Forgives Teen Who Threatened to Kill Him. Aired 9-10p ET


November 01, 2018
• Trump Immigration Speech Riddled with False Claims; Trump Plays To Fears of Immigration Head of Midterms; Trump Claims Troops will shoot at Rock Throwing Migrants. Aired 9-10p ET


October 31, 2018
• Trump Doubles Down on Fear & Division as Midterms Near; GOP Representative Under Fire for Supporting Controversial Ads. Aired 9- 10p ET


October 30, 2018
• Trump and the Politics of Fear; Trump Extends His Condolences to Loved Ones of Those Lost in Synagogue Massacre; Trump Claims He Can Defy Constitution. Aired 9-10p ET


October 29, 2018
• White House Defends Trump's Rhetoric after Domestic Terror Attacks; Trump's Pattern from Charlottesville to PA Synagogue; Supermarket Shooting Investigation as Hate Crime. Aired 9-10p ET


October 26, 2018
• Discussion of Attempted Bombings; Presidential Rhetoric Examined; James Clapper Interviewed. Aired 9-10p ET


October 25, 2018
• Interview with Rep. Matt Gaetz; Discussion of Trump Reaction to Attempted Bombings; James Clapper Talks about Bombing Investigation. Aired 9-10p ET


October 24, 2018
• Trump Attacks Media Hours after Bomb Sent to CNN; Bomb Sent to CNN, Clintons, Obamas and Others in "Act of Terror." Aired 9-10p ET


October 23, 2018
• Caravan of Migrants Still More Than 1,000 Miles from Border; Trump Denies Nationalist Has Racial Undertones; Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Defending 'Blackface' Comment. Aired 9-10p ET


October 22, 2018
• Trump Ramps Up the False Claims Ahead of Midterms; Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theories about Migrant Caravan; Footage of Khashoggi Body Double Weakens Saudi Arabia. Aired 9-10p ET


October 19, 2018
• Jamal Khashoggi Confirmed Dead by Saudis; Gianforte Incident Discussed; Talking about Midterm Elections. Aired 9-10p ET


October 18, 2018
• Jamal Khashoggi Case Examined; Immigration Issues Discussed. Aired 9-10p ET


October 17, 2018
• Trump and Pompeo Create Time For Saudis to Provide Explanation on Missing Journalist; Michael Cohen Meets With Prosecutors Investigating Trump. Aired 9-10p ET


October 16, 2018
• Trump Upset Saudi Being Assumed "Guilty Until Proven Innocent;" President Trump Calling Ugly New Nickname for Alleged Former Mistress; Sanders Responds To Trump's "Medicare For All" Attacks. Aired 9-10p ET


October 15, 2018
• CNN Sources: Saudis to Admit Jamal Khashoggi Was Killed; Trump: Saudi King Denies Knowledge of Khashoggi's Fate. Aired 9-10p ET


October 12, 2018
• Interview with Sen. Chris Murphy; Georgia Voter Controversy Examined; Hurricane Michael Damage Explored; Kanye West Visits White House. Aired 9-10p ET


October 11, 2018
• Florida Devastated by Hurricane Michael; Discussion of Kanye Visit to White House; Jamal Khashoggi Case Examined; Eric Holder Comments Debated. Aired 9-10p ET


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