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July 16, 2018
• 'Disgraceful Performance' by President Trump at Putin Meeting?; Interview With Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• 'Disgraceful Performance' by President Trump at Putin Meeting?; Ex-CIA Chief: Trump "Nothing Short of Treasonous" At Briefing. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 13, 2018
• Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Officers for Election Meddling; Trump Tries to Salvage Relationship During UK Visit; Trump Denies Criticizing British P.M., Audio Contradicts That; Protests Erupt In London Over Trump's Visit. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Election Interference; Kremlin: New Charges Against 12 Russians Political Attempt to "Spoil" Trump-Putin Summit. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Military Officers for Hacking DNC; Trumps Tries to Salvage Relationship with Theresa May; Trumps Sales Will Bring Up Russian Hacking and Indictments with Putin in Helsinki. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Election Interference. Aired 3-3:30p ET


July 12, 2018
• FBI Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Texts Grilled By Lawmakers. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Peter Strzok Testifies Before Congress. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 11, 2018
• Republican Bigotry on the Ballot?; Russian Company Had Access to Facebook User Data;. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Republican Bigotry on the Ballot?; Trump Targets Allies at NATO Meeting. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 10, 2018
• Trump Administration Failing to Reunite Migrant Families?; Supreme Court Confirmation Battle Begins. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Administration Failing to Reunite Migrant Families?; Will President Trump Damage Western Alliance?; Supreme Court Confirmation Battle Begins; Trump: NATO Has Not Treated the U.S. Fairly. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


July 09, 2018
• Cave Rescue Efforts Continue; Immigration Deadline. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Cave Rescue Efforts Continue; President Trump Set to Announce Supreme Court Pick; Sources: Cohen's Message to Trump "Truth is Not Your Friend". Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 06, 2018
• U.K. Officials: Search for Poison Source Could Take Months; New Program Helps Veterans Grow New Startups; Idol Impact Highlighted In New CNN Series, 2000s. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Migrant Family Reunification Deadline; Cave Rescue Efforts Continue; Interview With Virginia Congressman Scott Taylor; Trump Mocks #MeToo Movement and Senator Warren at Rally; Trump Administration Gives No Clear Plans to Reunite Families. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 05, 2018
• Trump Says Scandal-Plagued Pruitt Has Resigned; Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Scandal-Plagued Trump EPA Administrator Resigns. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 04, 2018
• Protest at Statue of Liberty; Did Trump Propose Invading Venezuela?; WH Source: Trump Asked Advisers About Invading Venezuela; Right Now: Police Trying To Remove Statue of Liberty Climber; Police: Couple Exposed To Same Nerve Agent Used In Poison Attack. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Did Trump Propose Invading Venezuela?; Cave Rescue Ongoing in Thailand; Stormy Daniels' Lawyer: I'd Run Against Trump; Protester Climbs Statue of Liberty, Forces Evacuation. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 03, 2018
• Trump Threatens NATO Allies; Cave Rescue Ongoing in Thailand. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Did Republican Congressman Turn Blind Eye to Sexual Abuse?; Cave Rescue Ongoing in Thailand; Is Pruitt the Most Corrupt Cabinet- Level Official? Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 02, 2018
• U.S. Intelligence Contradicts Trump, Says North Korea Maintaining Nuclear Program; Cohen Turning on Trump?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Protesters Rally Across Country; White House Briefing; U.S. Intelligence Contradicts Trump, Says North Korea Maintaining Nuclear Program. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 29, 2018
• Source: Trump Wants to Make Supreme Court Pick by July 9; DHS Tried Family Separation Pilot Program Last Year; Comedian Claims He Pranked Called Trump On Air Force One. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Appointee Disputes Ideas That Leaders Need to Condemn Hate Speech; New Details Emerge on Newspaper Attack; NY Times: Rosenstein Felt Used by White House Comey Firing; Mueller Says in Court Docs Michael Flynn is not Ready to be Sentenced; Trump Summons Swing Vote Senators to White House. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 28, 2018
• Sources: Multiple Injuries and Fatalities in Capital Gazette Shooting. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Shooting at Newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland; Multiple Injuries and Fatalities in Capital Gazette Shooting. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 27, 2018
• Democratic Party Shift?; Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Retiring. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Roe vs. Wade Doomed?; Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Retiring. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 26, 2018
• Election Day; President Trump Attacks Harley-Davidson. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban; Interview with Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 25, 2018
• Civility in Trump's America; Does Trump Administration Know Where Migrant Children Are?; Trump And Mattis Take Different Sides On Defense Issues. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Wants No Due Process for Border Crossers?; White House Press Briefing; Trump Officials Confronted & Heckled at Public Places. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 22, 2018
• New CNN Poll Shows Trump's Attacks on Mueller May Be Working; EPA Congratulates 2017 Disaster Response; Rubio: "Vicious Treatment" Of First Lady Totally Lunacy. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Scandal-Plagued EPA Chief Makes Commemorative Coins; How Long Will Kids Remain Apart From Parents?; HHS: 2,458 Children Under 13 Years Old in Shelters. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 21, 2018
• Interview with Jeh Johnson; First Lady Makes Unannounced Trips to Texas; Court Docs: Immigrant Kids Were Abused In Detention; Trump Says He's Considering Meeting Putin Next Month. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Set to Meet With Putin; President Trump Requests Extended Detention For Migrant Children; Unclear When & How 2,300 Kids Will Be Reunited With Parents; Interview with Jeh Johnson. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 20, 2018
• President Trump Bows to Pressure, Charity CEO Who Runs Shelters Earns $1.5 Mil; Lewis: Trump's Immigration Comments "Racist"; Reverses Family Separation Policy. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Bows to Pressure, Reverses Family Separation Policy; Trump Rips "Nasty Guy" Sanford A Week After Killer Tweet; Interview with South Carolina Congressman Mark Sanford. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 19, 2018
• Peter Strzok Under Fire; Ex-Trump Fixer Plans To Hire Experienced Criminal Lawyer; White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Joe Hagin To Depart White House Next Month; Trump Threatens Tariffs On $200 Billion In Chinese Goods. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Family Separation Policy Firestorm; President Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants 'Infesting' Country; Source: Fearing Backlash, Trump Administration Don't Implement Family Separation Policy Earlier. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 18, 2018
• Trump Administration Under Fire For Children Separation Policy; Interview With Texas Congressman Vicente Gonzalez. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Children Separation Policy Hurting Trump Administration in Polls; Who's Caring for the Kids Taken From Immigrants Parents?; Interview with Congressman Vicente Gonzalez of Texas. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 15, 2018
• Source: Cohen "Confused" Over Relationship with Trump; Trump Falsely Blames Dems for Separating Families at Border; A.G. Sessions Uses Bible To Defend Separating Families; Undocumented Immigrant: If I Go Back, MS-13 Will Kill Me. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Envious of North Korean Dictator?; Paul Manafort Sent to Jail; Trump Praises Kim Dictatorship, Says He's Solved North Korea. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 14, 2018
• Suit Claims Trump Used Charity to Help Himself & Campaign; White House Defends Policy of Separating Undocumented Children at Border; Trump Calls North Korean Dictator Tough And Smart Guy; Conservatives Turning On Trump's Scandal Plagued EPA Chief. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• North Korea Using President Trump as Propaganda; Inspector General Report on FBI Conduct Released; DOJ Watchdog Finds Comey Violated FBI Norms on Clinton Probe, But Not Politically Motivated. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 13, 2018
• The Trump Election Effect; British Political Operatives Met With Russian Ambassadors Days After Trump Visit. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• The Trump Effect; President Trump Says Mission Accomplished in North Korea; Michael Cohen Changing Legal Team; Trump: North Korea "No Longer a Nuclear Threat". Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 12, 2018
• Republican Lawmakers Afraid of Trump?; Did Trump Give Away Too Much to Kim Jong-un?; Trump: I Felt Foolish With Tough Rhetoric On North Korea; Judge Rules In Favor Of AT&T/Time Warner Merger. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez; Did Trump Give Away Too Much to Kim Jong-un?; Ivanka Trump Still Making Millions While Working in White House; President Trump Praises North Korean Dictator. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 11, 2018
• Robert De Niro Attacks Trump; Trump Set to Meet With Kim Jong- un; Ex-Staffer: Trump Routinely Rips Up Papers That Need To Be Preserved. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Damaging U.S. Alliances?; Trump Set to Meet With Kim Jong-un; Trump Slams G7 Leaders Ahead of Kim Jong-un Meeting. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 08, 2018
• Former Hill Staffer Charged with Lying About Reporter Contacts; Justice Department Secretly Seized Reporter's Phone Email Records; Lotions, A Mattress, And Chick-Fil-A, Pruitt Problems Growing; Trump Considering 3,000 Names For Possible Pardons; U.S. Service Member Killed, 4 Wounded In Somalia Attack. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Mueller Files New Charges Against Paul Manafort; CNN's Anthony Bourdain Dead At 61. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 07, 2018
• Trump Tweeted Unsubstantiated Claim About Start of FBI Probe; Interview with Elizabeth Warren (D) Massachusetts and Cory Gardner (R) Colorado. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Rudy Giuliani Under Fire; President Trump Not Preparing for North Korea Summit?; Pompeo on Giuliani: Rudy Doesn't Speak for the Administration. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 06, 2018
• EPA Administrator Piling Up Scandals; New Interview With Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• EPA Director Piling Up Scandals; New Stormy Daniels Lawsuit; Trump Commutes Life Sentence of Alice Marie Johnson; Wife of George Papadopoulos Asks Trump to Pardon Him. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 05, 2018
• Did John Bolton Try to Blow Up North Korea Talks?; Manafort Accused of Witness Tampering. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Did Manafort Engage in Witness Tampering?; Political Football; Source: Trump Plans to Push Anthem Issue Until Midterms. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 04, 2018
• Interview With White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney; California Democrats Concerned About Congressional Primaries. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Rules on Wedding Cake Case; President Trump Above the Law?; Did White House Lie to Public About Trump Tower Meeting?; Supreme Court Sides With Baker in Gay Wedding Cake Case; Interview with OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. Aired 4-4:30p ET


June 01, 2018
• Congressional Republicans Lining Up Against Trump on Trade; Trump Calls For Samantha Bee to be Fired Over Ivanka Joke; Police Find 3 Bodies In Home Of Man Accuse Of Kidnapping; State Will Pay You $10,000 To Move There. Aired 4:30-5 ET
• America's Closest Allies Blast Trump For Starting Trade War; North Korea Summit to Go Ahead; New 3.8 Percent Jobless Rate Matches 50-Year Low. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 31, 2018
• Samantha Bee Apologizes to Ivanka Trump: "I Crossed A Line"; Kim Jong Un's Former Top Spy to Deliver Letter to Trump; Coors Warns New Tariffs Could Increase The Price Of Beers; Bannon: Trump May Need To Fire Dep A.G. Rosenstein. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Samantha Bee Apologizes; President Trump Sending Message With Latest Pardon?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 30, 2018
• President Trump's Lies?; White House Tries to Shift Blame to Media in Roseanne Controversy; Roseanne Blames Ambien For Racist, Anti-Semitic Tweets; Study, Hurricane Maria Death Toll May Be More Than 4,600. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Stormy Daniels Attorney Michael Avenatti; White House Tries to Shift Blame to Media in Roseanne Controversy. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


May 29, 2018
• North Korean Summit Preparations; President Trump Pushing More Conspiracy Theories. 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Pushing More Conspiracy Theories; ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' Following Racist Tweets. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 28, 2018
• Storm Alberto Makes Landfall In Florida; WWII Veteran Honors Fallen Friends. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• North Korea Summit Still Happening?; President Trump Stirs Controversy With Memorial Day Tweet; Trump Administration Loses Track of 1,500 Immigrant Children. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 25, 2018
• CNN: Russian Oligarch Met with Michael Cohen During Transition; Weinstein Charged with Rape, Other Sex Crimes in New York; Wash Post: Trump Made Up Hispanic Names In Speech Preps; Border Officials Give Conflicting Accounts of Deadly Shooting; Witnesses, Friends Of Bobby Kennedy Remember Final Moments. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Flip-Flopping on North Korea Summit Decision?; Will North Korea Restart Missile & Nuclear Tests?; CNN: Russian Oligarch Met with Michael Cohen During Transition. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 24, 2018
• Trump Cancels Summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Lawyer Getting Look Inside Russia Investigation?; White House Attorney Emmet Flood Attends Part of DOJ Briefings; Nunes Proves to be Key Ally to Trump Amid Russia Probe. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 23, 2018
• Volcano Disaster in Hawaii; President Trump Pushes FBI Conspiracy Theory. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Volcano Disaster in Hawaii; President Trump Pushes FBI Conspiracy Theory; Ex-Intel Chief Clapper: Russians Swayed Election for Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 22, 2018
• Republicans Demand Investigation of Investigators; President Trump Speaks Out on North Korea Summit. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Republicans Demand Investigation of Investigators; President Trump Speaks Out on North Korea Summit; GOP Lawmakers Call for Independent Probe of FBI, Justice Department; Interview with Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 21, 2018
• Trump Meets With Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Meets With Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray; Is Newly- Reported Trump Jr. Meeting on Mueller's Radar?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 18, 2018
• 10 People Killed, 10 Wounded in School Shooting. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Santa Fe Mayor Jason Tabor; Ten Dead in Santa Fe School Shooting; 10 People Killed, 10 Wounded in School Shooting; Interview with Congressman Randy Weber of Texas. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 17, 2018
• Trump Insists Nothing Has Changed with Plans for Summit Despite North Korea Warning; More Questions Swirling Around Cohen's Financial Dealings; The New Yorker: Two Critical Reports On Cohen's Finances Are Missing From Government Database; New Footage Shows Deadly Ambush. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Giuliani's Strategy?; President Blasts Trump-Russia Probe. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 16, 2018
• U.S.-North Korea Meeting Falling Apart?; Should WH Have Seen N. Korea Threats Coming? Tillerson Appers To Troll Trump On Truth And Facts. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Did FBI Hide Trump-Russia Investigation From Public?; Senate Report: Russia Wanted to Help Trump in 2016 Election; Senate Panel Breaks with House on Russia Meddling. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 15, 2018
• White House Targets Staff Leakers; Interview With Stormy Daniels Attorney Michael Avenatti; Conway: Staff Changes Coming To White House As Result Of Leaks. Meghan McCain: Leaks Are A Sign Of Disloyalty. Cast For Hamilton Performs For George H.W. Bush. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• GOP Sen Asked Why ZTE Issue Not Raised With Trump; North Korea Suspends Talks With South Korea. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 14, 2018
• White House Under Fire for Mocking McCain's Brain Cancer; Dozens of Palestinians Killed in Protests as U.S. Opens Jerusalem Embassy; President Trump Seeking to Assist Chinese Company?; This Week Marks One Year Since Mueller's Probe Started; Controversial Pastors Offer Blessings At Embassy Opening. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Seeking to Assist Chinese Company?; Melania Trump Undergoes Kidney Surgery at Walter Reed; Turkey Recalls Ambassadors to U.S. & Israel Over Violence. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 11, 2018
• White House Chief of Staff Takes Back Remark that Trump is "Embarrassed"; Companies Come Clean on Cohen Deals After Being Outed; White House Sends Mixed Messages On EPA Head Pruitt; Guy Who Made 100 Million Calls Get $120 Million Fine Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House Mocks McCain's Brain Cancer; White House Chief of Staff Under Fire for Immigrant Comments. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 10, 2018
• Netanyahu: Iran Crossed "Red Line" with Missile Attacks; Interview with Republican Congressman Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania; Cheney: Enhanced Interrogation Program Should Be Active And Ready To Go; Sen. McCain Pushes GOP To Reject CIA Nominee Haspel; Fox News Guest: Torture "Worked" On John McCain. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Israel and Iran Exchange Fire; Selling Presidential Access; Giuliani: Trump Wasn't Aware Cohen Pitched Access to President. Aired 4-4:30p ET


May 09, 2018
• Mueller Questions Russian Oligarch About Payments to Michael Cohen; Interview With California Senator Kamala Harris. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Stormy Daniels Attorney Michael Avenatti; White House Press Briefing; Interview with Senator Kamala Harris of California. Aired 4-4:30p ET


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