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February 13, 2019
• Racist Book Displayed in Republican Congressman's Office; 2020 Democratic Message?; Rep. My Staff Displayed Confederate Book, Not Me; Trump's Hypocrisy Of Anti-Semitism As He Calls For Rep. Omar To Resign; Former Intel Specialist Charged With Spying For Iran. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• New Information Emerges on Mueller Investigation; Will Trump Sign Deal to Avoid Shutdown?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 12, 2019
• Republicans Target New Democratic Congresswomen; O'Rourke vs. Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• El Chapo Guilty on All Counts; Trump Reportedly Likely to Sign Deal to Avoid Another Shutdown. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 11, 2019
• Fight Against ISIS; Democratic Presidential Field Grows. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Democratic Presidential Field Grows; Will Trump Shut Down Government Again Over Border Wall?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 08, 2019
• Did National Enquirer Threaten Jeff Bezos?; Second Woman Accuses VA Lt. Governor Of Sexual Assault; CNN Gains Rare Look At Facebook's Inner Workings In New Documentary. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Did 'National Enquirer' Try to Blackmail Jeff Bezos?; Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Grilled Before Congress. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


February 07, 2019
• Senator Shelby: Trump is Being Reasonable About Funding Talks; Can Top Three VA Dems Stay In Office Despite Controversies?; Maduro Blocks Desperately Needed Aid From Entering. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Chaos in Virginia Politics; Trump Furious Over Congressional Investigations. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 06, 2019
• Elizabeth Warren Under Fire; Will Joe Biden Run?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Furious Over Democrats' Probe of Finances; Chaos in Virginia Politics; Will President Trump Shut Down Government Again?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 05, 2019
• Debating Israel Support in Congress; Federal Prosecutors Seek Interviews With Trump Business Executives. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Top U.S. Commander Not Consulted on Trump's Syria Pullout; President Trump Set to Deliver State of the Union Address. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


February 04, 2019
• Trump Reportedly Spending 60 Percent of Working Hours in 'Executive Time'; Trump Promoting Dr. Ronny Jackson. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Will Trump Declare National Emergency?; Trump Reportedly Spending 60 Percent of Working Hours in 'Executive Time'; Democrats Call on Virginia Governor to Resign. Aired 4-4:30p ET


February 01, 2019
• Sen. Cory Booker Announces Presidential Run; 2020 Democratic Primary Field Examined; Could Someone Beat Trump In Republican Primaries?; Trump Suspends Cold War Era Nuclear Arms Deal With Russia. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Senator Cory Booker Announces Presidential Bid; Trump Calls Wall Negotiations Waste of Time. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 31, 2019
• Sources: Don Jr.'s Blocked Calls Before & After Trump Tower Meeting Weren't With Then-Candidate Trump; Schultz Deletes Tweet Of Column Smearing Dems; Trump Says He's On The Same Page With Intel Chiefs After Refusing To Say He Had Confidence In Them; Military Preps Troop In Withdrawal Despite Intel Findings. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Expresses More Doubts About Intel Chiefs; Interview With Former Gov. Chris Christie (D-NJ). Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 30, 2019
• Cabinet Secretary Under Fire Over Possible Links to Russia; Democrats Pushing Medicare for All. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Pushes Back on Intel Leaders; Democrats Pushing Medicare for All; First Bipartisan Meeting Ends with No Border Deal. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


January 29, 2019
• Trump Attacks Former Staffer With New Book Out; Democrats Pushing Medicare for All. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• "Sex Coach": Russian Agents Told Me Not To Talk About Oligarch. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 28, 2019
• Will President Trump Shut Government Down Again?; White House Won't Rule Out Pardon for Roger Stone. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Will President Trump Shut Government Down Again?; Kamala Harris Kicks Off Presidential Campaign. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 25, 2019
• Roger Stone Indictment; He Sought Stolen Emails In Coordination With Trump Campaign Officials; Roger Stone To Be Arraigned In A DC Courtroom Tuesday; White House Claims Stone Charges Have Nothing To Do With The President; Stone: I Will Never Testify Against President Trump; Roger Stone's Long History Of Dirty Politics; Roger Stone Indictments: He Sought Stolen E-mails In Coordination With Trump Campaign Officials; Ex-Trump Campaign Char Manafort Could Face More Charges. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Agrees to Temporarily Reopen Government Without Any Wall Funding; Longtime Trump Confidant Roger Stone Indicted; Schumer: Hopefully The President Has "Learned His Lesson"; Trump To Sign Bill To End Shutdown But Congress Yet To Act; Trump Backs Down, Announces Deal To Reopen Government For 3 Weeks. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 24, 2019
• U.S. Backs Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaido As President; Russia Backs Maduro, Continuing To Supply His Government With Cash; Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sanders: Trump Will Consider Deal with "Down Payment On Wall". Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Bills to Reopen Government Fail to Pass; Commerce Secretary Expresses Confusion Over Why Furloughed Federal Workers Need Food Pantries; Dire Warnings From FBI, TSA, Air Traffic Controllers & More as Shutdown Hits Day 34. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 23, 2019
• 37-Year-Old Pete Buttigieg Enters 2020 Race, Takes On Top Dems By Calling For New Generation Of Leaders; Coast Guard Commandant Slams Government Shutdown; Shutdown Battle; Age an Issue in Democratic Presidential Race?; Crisis in Venezuela. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Cohen Delays Testimony Out of Concern Over Alleged Trump Threats to Family; Pelosi Says No to Trump's State of the Union Plans. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 22, 2019
• FBI Agents Not Being Able To Pay Bills Is Humiliating; Supreme Court Let's Transgender Military Ban Take Effect; Trump Criticized For Not Keeping LGBT Campaign Promise; Trump Still Plans on Delivering State of the Union; Government Shutdown Continues; FBI Hurting Due to Shutdown. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Robert Mueller Investigating Trump Ties to NRA; Rudy Giuliani's Changing Stories; Government Shutdown Continues; Supreme Court Lets Trump Military Transgender Ban Take Effect. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 21, 2019
• Indiana Subrub Suffers Rash Of Childhood Cancers; Christie: Trump Has Found Himself Saddled With Riffraff; Rudy Giuliani's Shifting Stories; Cancer Concerns in Indiana. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Rudy Giuliani's Shifting Stories; Kamala Harris Announces Presidential Run. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 18, 2019
• Shutdown Talks Devolve Into Bickering Between Trump and Pelosi; Sen. Merkley: Memo Proves DHS Secretary Lied About Family Separation Policy, Request FBI Perjury Investigation; Trump Seems To Equate Prayer Rugs And Terrorism In Tweet Pushing For Border Wall; Secretary Pompeo Defends Bringing His Wife On Trip During Shutdown. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Did Trump Endanger Democrats By Leaking Afghanistan Trip?; Did Trump Direct Cohen to Lie to Congress?; BuzzFeed: President Trump Directed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress About Moscow Tower Project. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 17, 2019
• Trump Writes Letter to Pelosi: I'm Canceling Your Trip; Democrats Call Out Giuliani's Evolution on "No Collusion". Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Trump Lawyer Admitting Possible Trump-Russia Collusion?; Trump Abruptly Rescinds Military Aircraft Use for Congressional Trip Overseas. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 16, 2019
• Kirsten Gillibrand Enters Presidential Race; ISIS Claims Responsibility for Bombing Killing U.S. Troops. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Bombing Killing U.S. Troops; Nancy Pelosi Delays State of the Union Address. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 15, 2019
• Trump Wants Out of NATO?; Government Shutdown Continues. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Government Shutdown Continues; Attorney General Nominee Questioned Before Senate; British Lawmakers Reject Brexit Deal. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 14, 2019
• Suspect in Jayme Closs Kidnapping Appears in Court; Shutdown Continues. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Government Shutdown Continues; FBI Investigated Whether Trump Was Russian Asset. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 11, 2019
• Republicans Condemn Representative Steve King's Offensive Comments; Syria Withdrawal: U.S. Military Begins Removing Military Equipment; ; Missing 13-Year-Old Girl Jayme Closs Found Alive In Wisconsin; New Florida Governor Suspends Broward County Sheriff Israel In Wake Of Response To Parkland Massacre. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Republican Party Embroiled in Racial Controversy; Some Republicans Urging Trump to Declare National Emergency to Build Border Wall; McConnell Left D.C. with Shutdown on Track to Become Longest Ever; D.C.'s Deadlock Hits Utah Town with 5K Furloughed Federal Workers. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 10, 2019
• Trump Makes Trip to Border, Says He Will "Almost Definitely" Declare National Emergency. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Former Trump Fixer Michael Cohen Set to Testify Before Congress; Trump Visits Border on Day 20 of Shutdown Over Wall. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 09, 2019
• Evidence of Trump Campaign Collusion Emerges in Russia Probe?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Evidence of Trump Campaign Collusion Emerges in Russia Probe?; Republican Support Fading Over Shutdown?; Interview with Senator Kamala Harris of California. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 08, 2019
• Trump to Deliver Prime-Time Address on Border Wall. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


January 07, 2019
• Could Trump Get A Third Supreme Court Pick?; Despite Trimp's Denials, Parts of Salacious Dossier Prove True; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Still Recovering; Democratic 2020 Contenders. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Bolton Contradicts Trump on Syria Pullout; Trump Threatens to Prolong Shutdown; Biden's Brother: Biden Could "Annihilate" Trump in 2020. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 04, 2019
• Interview with Republican Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina; New Dem Representative Tlaib: "We're Gonna Impeach the Motherf****r"; House Democrats Divided On Impeaching President; Warren Makes First Trip To Iowa Amid Likely 2020 Bid; Potential Dem Candidates Courting Clinton For Support. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Fed Chair Would Refuse to Resign; President Trump Threatens to Keep Government Shut Down For Year or More; Sources: Mass Sickouts Among TSA Workers Since Shutdown; Interview with Republican Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 03, 2019
• Trump Makes Surprise Appearance In Briefing Room, Takes No Questions; Notable Dems Pick Their Early Favorites For 2020 Nominee; New NY AG Vows To Target President And His Family; Trump Makes surprise Appearance in Briefing Room, Takes No Questions. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Dow Tanks; Democrats Take Control of House of Representatives. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 02, 2019
• Romney: Haven't Decided Who I'm Endorsing In 2020; Sources: Pentagon Told Trump 120 Days Is Minimum Time Needed To Not Get Everyone Killed; Interview With Utah Senator-Elect Mitt Romney. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• How Far Will Trump Push Government Shutdown Fight?; Interview With Utah Senator-Elect Mitt Romney. Aired 4-4:30p ET


January 01, 2019
• Did Not Air


December 31, 2018
• Stock Market Ends Volatile Year; Elizabeth Warren Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Government Shutdown Continues; Elizabeth Warren Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee: New Year's Celebrations Begin; Mattis Takes Perceived Dig at Trump in Goodbye Letter to Troops; Trump Defends Eventual Troop Withdrawal from Syria. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 28, 2018
• Interview with Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana; Suspected Cop Killer Arrested After Two-Day Manhunt; Wife Of Justice Thomas Stirs Debate With Far-Right Rhetoric; Russian Company Claims Nude Photo Is Part Of Data Collected In Mueller Investigation. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Mueller and the Nude Selfie?; Trump Threatens to Shut Down Entire Southern Border; Government Shutdown Threatens to Drag On Well Into 2019; Interview with Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 27, 2018
• Whiplash On Wall Street After Day Of Ups And Downs; Wash Post: Trump Worried Stocks Could Hurt His 2020 Chances; Putin Claims New Missile Can Avoid U.S. Detection Systems; DHS Secretary Nielsen Returning to Border Tomorrow. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Shutdown Continues; Government Investigates Death of 2nd Migrant Child in U.S. Custody; Interview with Republican Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina. Aired 4-4:30ET


December 26, 2018
• Another Migrant Child Dies in U.S. Custody; Shutdown Fight; Dow Surges. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Dow Surges; Trumps Visit Troops in Iraq. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 24, 2018
• Trump's Syria Decision Rattles Allies. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House in Chaos; Worst Ever Christmas Eve for Dow and S&P; Stocks Close Sharply Lower After Trump Unleashes on Fed. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 21, 2018
• Mattis Rebukes Trump's World Views in Resignation Letter; Interview with Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Supreme Court Upholds Block On Trump's Asylum Ban; Any Moment: McConnell And Schumer To Announce Possible Way Forward To Avoid Government Shutdown. Whitaker Rejects DOJ Recommendation To Recuse Himself From Mueller Probe. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Supreme Court Upholds Block of Trump Asylum Ban; Trump Forcing Government Shutdown?; Incoming Chief of Staff Called Trump's Push for Border Wall "Simplistic" and "Absurd" in 2015. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 20, 2018
• Trump Says It's Time for Others to Finally Fight ISIS", After Declaring ISIS was "Defeated"; Sources: Admin Officials Worried Trump May Soon Announce Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Afghanistan; North Korea Won't Give Up Nukes Until U.S. Ends "Nuclear Threat"; Secretary Pompeo: "We are In A Better Place Today" With North Korea; Watchdog: Trump's Commerce Secretary Making Money Off Stocks After Claiming (Twice) He Sold Them. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Bipartisan Criticism Grows of Trump's Decision to Pull Out of Syria; Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Wall Funding. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


December 19, 2018
• Rudy Giuliani Changes Story Again on Trump-Russia Dealings. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Interview With Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger; Facebook Sued Over Privacy Violations; Shutdown Fight; Federal Reserve Ignores Trump Warnings, Raises Interest Rates; President Trump Claims War Against ISIS Over. Aired 4-4:30ET


December 18, 2018
• Trump Blinks on Border Wall Funding?; Trump Foundation Dissolving. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Foundation Dissolving; Judge Blasts Michael Flynn, Delays Sentencing; White House Argues Flynn's Crimes Have "Nothing to Do" With Trump. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 17, 2018
• James Comey Slams Trump and Republicans; Trump Reviews Ex-Green Beret's Case. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Yemeni Mother Blocked By Travel Ban From Seeing Dying Son; Trump Legal Troubles Escalating; What Did Russia Do to Help Elect Trump?; Senate Report: Russian Trolls Tried to Depress Black Votes. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 14, 2018
• ProPublica: Trump's Inauguration Paid Trump's Company; Biden Dominates, O'Rourke Rises In New CNN Poll; WI Governor Signs Bill To Strip Power From Incoming Dems; 7-Year-Old Guatemalan Girl Dies In Border Patrol Custody. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• 7-Year-Old Migrant Dies in U.S. Custody; Legal Trouble Closing in on Trump?; Special Counsel Slams Michael Flynn's Criticism of FBI Interview; Cohen: Trump Knew It Was Wrong to Make Hush Payments. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 13, 2018
• Alleged Russian Spy Admits to Conspiring Against U.S.; WSJ: Trump Inauguration Spending Under Criminal Investigation. Aired 4:30- 5p ET
• Trump Lashes Out at Cohen, Mueller; Melania Trump's Poll Numbers Dropping; Police Kill French Christmas Market Attacker; Despite Guilty Plea, Trump Claims Investigators "Convinced" Flynn to Lie to Mueller's Team; Alleged Russian Spy Admits to Conspiring Against U.S. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 12, 2018
• Michael Flynn Pleads For No Jail Time; British Prime Minister Theresa May Survives No-Confidence Vote. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• AMI Reaches Plea Deal With Federal Prosecutors; British Lawmakers Decide Theresa May's Fate; Trump Fixer Michael Cohen Sentenced to Three Years in Prison; Source: Trump "Seething" About Cohen, Says "He's a Liar". Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 11, 2018
• Paul Manafort in Court; GOP Senator Dismisses Trump Crime Accusations. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• President Trump Accepts Blame For Potential Government Shutdown; Trump Interested in Bossie After His Experience in the Clinton Impeachment. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 10, 2018
• White House Chief of Staff Search Continues; Legal Problems Closing in on Trump?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• White House Chief of Staff Search Continues; Legal Problems Closing in on Trump?. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 07, 2018
• Comey Speaks After Closed Door Meeting on Capitol Hill; Government Recommends "Substantial Term Of Imprisonment" For Michael Cohen. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Mueller to Release Filings on Manafort and Cohen; Stock Market Plummets; Trump Names Two New Posts; Sources Say Kelly to Resign Soon. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 06, 2018
• Trump Slams Probe As Mueller Set to Release Cohen, Manafort Memos; Train Carrying Bush Casket Arriving at Final Resting Place. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• New Attorney General Candidate Emerges; Texas Celebrates President George H.W. Bush; Stocks Drop Following Arrest of Chinese Executive; "Miami Herald" Editorial Board Calls for Labor Secretary's Resignation Over Plea Deal With Accused People; Interview with Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida. Aired 4- 4:30p ET


December 05, 2018
• GOP Election Fraud in North Carolina?; George H.W. Bush Remembered; Michael Bloomberg Considering Presidential Run?. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Trump Planning Second Nuclear Summit With North Korea?; Trump Under Pressure After New Special Counsel Filings; Trump Awkwardly Greets Ex-Presidents at Bush 41 Funeral. Aired 4-4:30p ET


December 04, 2018
• Republicans Attempting to Subvert Democratic Election Victories?; GOP Election Fraud in North Carolina? Aired 4:30-5p ET
• GOP Senators Demand Harsher Punishment for Saudi Prince; Attorneys General in DC, Maryland to Subpoena Trump Hotel Records; Wisconsin and Michigan Republicans Try to Shrink Authority of Incoming Democrats; Mueller to Reveal How Michael Flynn Cooperated; Dow Collapses. Aired 4-4:30p ET


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