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September 24, 2018
• Interview With Delaware Senator Chris Coons; Another Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Set to Meet With Rosenstein Thursday; Another Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward; Second Woman Accuses Kavanaugh of Inappropriate Sexual Behavior. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 21, 2018
• Trump Ends Relative Restraint, Repeatedly Attacks Ford; NYT: McConnell, Ryan Express Worry For Trump Midterm Impact; NYT: McConnell, Ryan Express Worry For Trump Midterm Impact; Trump Puts Aside Past Grudge To Campaign For Sen. Heller; This Is Life Premieres Sunday On CNN After Parts Unknown. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Attacks Kavanaugh's Sexual Assault Accuser; Rod Rosenstein Under Fire; Sources: Deputy AG Rosenstein Discussed 25 Amendment, Suggested Secretly Recording Trump After Comey Firing; Trump Ends Relative Restraint, Repeatedly Attacks Ford. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 20, 2018
• ABC: Trump's Ex-Lawyer Met With Mueller Team for Hours. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Administration Feuding Before Florence?; Ford Attorney: Client is Prepared to Testify Next Week if Terms Are Fair; Interview with Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


September 19, 2018
• Is Trump Worried About Paul Manafort?; Trump Attacks Attorney General. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Slams Attorney General Again; Trump and GOP Refuse to Order FBI Investigation Into Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations; Anita Hill Questions if Ford Hearing Will Be a "Sham". Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 18, 2018
• Will Kavanaugh Accuser Testify?; Russia Poisoning Message?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Speaks Out on Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegation; Will Kavanaugh Accuser Testify?; Interview with Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 17, 2018
• Florence's Wrath; Trump Defends Supreme Court Pick; Brett Kavanaugh Facing Sexual Assault Accusations. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Defends Supreme Court Pick; Brett Kavanaugh Facing Sexual Assault Accusations; : McConnell: Dems "Waited Until the 11th Hour to Reveal Allegations." Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 14, 2018
• Four Confirmed Dead as Hurricane Florence Thrashes Carolinas; Transformers Blow As Florence Knocks Out Power. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Hurricane Florence Pounds East Coast; Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Justice Department. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 13, 2018
• Florence Begins Slow Assault on Carolina Coast; Parts Of Coast Feeling Tropical Storm-Force Wind Gusts; Just In: New Forecast As Florence's Outer Bans Slash Coast; FEMA Warns Of Florence's Potentially Deadly Storm Surges. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Disputes Puerto Rico Hurricane Deaths; Hurricane Florence Begins Battering East Coast. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 12, 2018
• Interview With Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse; Will Manafort Strike Plea Deal?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Hurricane Florence Targets East Coast; Trump Brags About Maria Response That Left Nearly 3,000 Dead. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 11, 2018
• Republicans Worried About Blue Wave?; Donald Trump Jr. Discusses Possible Jail Time. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Marks September 11 Anniversary; Hurricane Florence Targets East Coast. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 10, 2018
• Defamation Case Against President Trump; Trump vs Ford. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Hurricane Florence Targets East Coast; Trump Approval Number Dropping; New CNN Poll: 32 Percent of Americans Say Trump Isn't Honest. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 07, 2018
• Obama Slams Trump "Crazy Stuff" Coming Out of White House; Ex- Trump Campaign Adviser Sentenced to 14 Days in Russia Probe; Trump Reacts To new Ad: "What Was Nike Thinking"; Defense Secretary Mattis Makes Surprise Visit To Afghanistan. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House Witch-Hunt; President Obama Rebukes Trump; Former Trump Adviser Faces Sentencing; Trump: I Don't Want NYT Op-Ed Author To Be in Meetings. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 06, 2018
• Search to Find Op-Ed Writer Fuels New "Witch Hunt"; Hollywood Legend Burt Reynolds Dies at 82; Trump's Supreme Court Pick Grilled In Day 3 Of Hearings. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Burt Reynolds Dies; White House Hunts For Anonymous Op-Ed Writer; Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Continue; Warren: Trump Officials Should Invoke 25th Amendment If They Think He's Unfit for Office. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 05, 2018
• Senior Administration Official Blasts President Trump in Op-Ed. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senior Administration Official Blasts President Trump in Op-Ed; Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 04, 2018
• Devastating New Book on Trump Administration; Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing Begins. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Devastating New Book on Trump Administration; Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing Begins; Woodward: Trump's Own Lawyers Told Mueller That Trump Couldn't Testify Because He Was Incapable of Telling the Truth. Aired 4-4:30p ET


September 03, 2018
• Black Gubernatorial Candidates on the Ballot; President Trump Rants Against Own Justice Department Over Republican Indictments. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Fight; President Trump Rants Against Own Justice Department Over Republican Indictments. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 31, 2018
• Giuliani to CNN: I Am Preparing a Rebuttal to Mueller; Trump: It's Fine If We Don't Make A Deal With Canada; Trump May Impose Tariff If No Trade Deal With Canada; A Star-Studded Funeral For The Queen Of Soul. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• The Funeral of Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 30, 2018
• NYT: Trump Tried to Buy, Bury Years Worth of Enquirer Stories; Trump to Bloomberg: Sessions' Job Safe Until At Least November Elections. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump's Twitter Rampage; Trump's Catch-and-Kill Strategy?; Without Evidence, Trump Suggests NBC Doctored His 2017 Lester Holt Interview. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 29, 2018
• Jeff Sessions in Danger?; White House Counsel Leaving. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Florida Republican Candidate Using Coded Racist Language?; White House Counsel Leaving; John McCain Remembered; Arizonans Pay Respect to McCain Lying in State. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 28, 2018
• North Korea Nuclear Negotiations Crumbling?; America Votes. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Jeff Sessions in Danger?; North Korea Nuclear Negotiations Crumbling?; Florida Votes; Giuliani to NYT: Trump's "Jury is the Public". Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 27, 2018
• Interview With Former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl; Replacing John McCain's Senate Seat. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Finally Releases Statement Following McCain's Death; Senate Remembers John McCain; White House Lowers Flag for McCain After Facing Public Pressure. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 24, 2018
• Sources: Trump Has Broached Firing Sessions Several Times; Family: Sen. McCain Decided to End Brain Cancer Treatment. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• John McCain Ending Cancer Treatment; Trump Organization CFO Granted Immunity in Cohen Probe; Longtime Trump Org Financial Chief Granted Immunity; Sources: Trump Has Broached Firing Sessions Several Times. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 23, 2018
• Sessions Hit Trump: DOJ Won't Be "Improperly Influenced". Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Parroting White Nationalist Propaganda?; American Media President Reportedly Granted Immunity in Cohen Investigation; Jeff Sessions Hits Back at President Trump; Washington Post: Giuliani Says Trump Sought His Lawyers' Advice Weeks Ago on Possibly Pardoning Manafort. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 22, 2018
• Republican Congressman Indicted on 60 Counts of Misusing Funds; Interview With Virginia Senator Mark Warner; President Trump Responds to Michael Cohen Plea Deal. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Expresses Sympathy for Paul Manafort; President Trump Responds to Michael Cohen Plea Deal. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 21, 2018
• Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Jury Reaches Verdict on Eight Counts in Paul Manafort Trial; Former Trump Fixer Michael Cohen Expected to Make Plea Deal. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


August 20, 2018
• Michael Cohen Set to Be Indicted?; Brennan vs. Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Michael Cohen Set to Be Indicted?; Trump Attorney Argues 'Truth Isn't Truth'; White House Counsel Speaking to Robert Muelle; Nixon White House Lawyer Responds to Trump Calling him a "Rat". Aired 4- 4:30p ET


August 17, 2018
• Trump Doesn't Rule Out Manafort Pardon: He's a "Good Person"; Cohen Reversed Course On Stormy Daniels Payment After Access Hollywood Tape Surfaced; Pentagon: China Likely Training Pilots For Strikes on U.S. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump's Military Parade Postponed; Security Clearance Firestorm Grows; Manafort Jury Deliberates; Trump: I Canceled Military Parade Due to Cost. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 16, 2018
• Omarosa Releases Tape of Lara Trump Offering Campaign Job; Kellyanne Calls Her Husband's Anti-Trump Tweets Disrespectful; Gov. Cuomo: America Was Never That Great; Report: 30,000 ISIS Fighters Still In Syria And Iraq. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin Dead at Age 76. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 15, 2018
• Closing Arguments in Manafort Trial; Jury to get Manafort Case; Omarosa and Trump Battle Continues. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senator Warner Accuses Trump of "Nixonian" Tactics. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


August 14, 2018
• Americans Want Probe Wrapped Up; Pentagon Aide Under Investigation. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Omarosa Says She's Been Interviewed by Special Counsel; CNN Poll: 66 Percent Say Mueller Should Wrap Up Probe By Midterms. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 13, 2018
• Strzok Fired over Texts; Trump and Comey Didn't Discuss Flynn; Trump Attacks Sessions Again; Trump Supporters Embrace Don Junior. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Omarosa: The Trump White House Lacks Black Senior Advisers; Trump Excludes McCain in Speech About "McCain" Defense Bill. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


August 10, 2018
• Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Eyes Presidential Run Against Trump; "Manhattan Madam" Testifying Before Grand Jury; Mueller Team Closes In On Names Linked To Roger Stone; Trump Attorney Talk Negotiation With Mueller On Radio Show; 21,000 Residents Running As Flames Grow. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Omarosa Criticizes Trump; Remembering Charlottesville; Paul Manafort Trial Continues; White House Slams Omarosa Tell-All As "Filled With Lies". Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 09, 2018
• Nunes: "We Have to Keep the Majority" to Protect Trump; Rep. Collins' Arrest Gives Opponent Major Money Boost; Pence: U.S. Must Maintain Dominance In Space; Dozens Of Kids Killed In Saudi Strike In School Bus; Prosecutors: Kids Brought To Compound To Train For School Shootings. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Manafort Judge Apologizes in Court; Mueller and Trump; Pence Pushes Space Force; Judge Admits He Was "Probably Wrong" to Scold Prosecutors; Nunes: "We Have to Keep the Majority" to Protect Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 08, 2018
• U.S. to Sanction Russia Over Nerve Agent Attack; Election Results. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• U.S. to Sanction Russia Over Nerve Agent Attack; Republican Congressman Charged With Insider Trading; Giuliani: Trump's Legal Team Sends Counteroffer to Mueller. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 07, 2018
• Republican Hypocrisy?; Election Day. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Rick Gates Testifying in Paul Manafort Case; California Wildfires; Giuliani to WaPo: "Real Reluctance" About Obstruction Questions. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 06, 2018
• First Lady Speaks Out on LeBron James; Interview With U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton; Media Under Fire. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Evolving Stories on Trump Tower; Key Witness Set to Testify in Manafort Trial; Interview with National Security Adviser John Bolton. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 03, 2018
• Manafort Protege Rick Gates Could Testify Today, Monday; Judge Calls Government Proposal for ACLU to Track Down Deported Parents "Unacceptable"; Air Marshal And Screenings Possible TSA Cuts. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Paul Manafort Trial Continues; President Trump Once Again Calls Russia Investigation a Hoax; Mueller and the Madam; Trump Slams "Russian Hoax" After Trump Admin Warns of Threat. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 02, 2018
• Prosecutors Highlight Manafort's Most Expensive Purchases; Have Democrats Gone Too Far to the Left? Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Paul Manafort Trial Continues; U.S. Officials Sound Alarm on Russian Election Interference; Mueller Wants to Interview Pop Star & Dad Who Helped Set Up the 2016 Trump Tower Meeting. Aired 4-4:30p ET


August 01, 2018
• Trump Supporters Heckle Reporters at Rally; Paul Manafort Trial Continues. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Calls for End to Russia Probe; Paul Manafort Trial Continues. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 31, 2018
• President Trump Arguing Russian Collusion Is Not a Crime; Russians Using Facebook Again?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Paul Manafort Trial Begins; Facebook Discovers Meddling Ahead of 2018 Vote. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 30, 2018
• Trump Lawyer Now Arguing Russian Collusion No Big Deal?; Trump Threatens Shutdown Over Border Wall. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Slams Mueller Directly, Claims Conflicts of Interest; Giuliani: Cohen is Lying About Trump Knowing of Russia Meeting; Trump Lawyer Now Arguing Russian Collusion No Big Deal?; Trump Willing to Meet With Iran With No Preconditions. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 27, 2018
• Trump-Cohen Relationship Crumbles in Matter of Days; WH: Trump Open To Putin's New Invite To Visit Moscow; Thousands On the Run As Northern CA Engulfs 44k Acres. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Catastrophic Wildfires; Cohen Says President Trump Knew About Trump Tower Meeting; CNN: Cohen Claims Trump Approved 2016 Trump Tower Meeting. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 26, 2018
• CNN: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's Stature Diminishing; Some Kids Separated at Border May Never See Parents Again. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Mueller Scouring Trump's Twitter Feed?; Trump Organization Finance Chief Subpoenaed; NYT: Mueller Looking at Whether Trump Intimidated Witnesses. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 25, 2018
• Senate Grills Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senate Questions Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 24, 2018
• Desperation on the Border. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Desperation on the Border; Trump Flip-Flopping Again on Russian Election Interference; Trump Tries to Talk Tough, Contradicts U.S. Intel Again. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 23, 2018
• Manafort Trial Delayed; 12 Audio Recordings Seized From Michael Cohen. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House Looking to Revoke Security Clearance of Trump Critics. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 20, 2018
• Trump Facing Mounting Problems from Cohen Tapes, Mueller Probe & Putin Meeting; U.S. Intel Chief Blindsided by Trump Invitation to Putin; Trump Invites Putin To D.C. Even After Summit Widely Panned; U.S. Intel Chief Blindsided By Trump Invitation To Putin; 17 Killed After Duck Boat Capsized In Misssouri. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Deadly Duck Boat Accident; FBI Obtains Recording Between Trump and Cohen; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Recorded Trump Discussing Payment to Silence Playboy Model. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 19, 2018
• White House Discussions Underway for Putin to Come to DC This Fall. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Intel Chief Reaffirms Russia's Election Meddling; Trump Flips on Russia's Offer to Question Americans; White House Makes Third Reversal This Week On Russia. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 18, 2018
• Does President Trump Believe Russia No Longer Targeting U.S.?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Does President Trump Believe Russia is No Longer Targeting the U.S.?; Only Four People in Private Meeting: Trump, Putin & Two Interpreters. Aired 4-4:30p ET


July 17, 2018
• Trump Tries to Walk Back Russia Statements; Interview With Utah Congressman Chris Stewart; Interview with Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Tries to Walk Back Comments From Russia Press Conference. Aired 4-4:30p ET


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