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June 21, 2023


June 20, 2023
• John Durham Arrives At Capitol for House Intel Meeting; Trump Gives New Excuse for Keeping Classified Info; Coast Guard: less Than 40 Hours of Oxygen Left; Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty to 2 Federal Tax Offenses, Strikes Deal on Felony Gun Charge. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Coast Guard: About 40 Hours of Oxygen Left; Hunter Biden Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges in Deal with DOJ. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Coast Guard: About 40 Hours Of Oxygen Left; Trump's Support Softens After Indictment; Sources: China Plans New Training Facility In Cuba; U.S. Negotiating For Release Of Americans In China. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Coast Guard: About 40 Hours Of Oxygen Left; Hunter Biden Agrees To Plead Guilty To Federal Charges In Deal With DOJ. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• A Closer Look Inside the Missing Submersible With Five On Board; Coast Guard: About 40 Hours Of Oxygen Left; Hunter Biden Agrees To Plead Guilty to Federal Charges In Deal With DOJ; McCarthy: Hunter Biden Deal A Sign Of "Two-Tiered" Justice System. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Coast Guard Updates Search For Missing Submersible. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Hunter Biden To Plead Guilty To Two Tax Offenses, Strikes Deal On Felony Gun Charge; Durham To Meet With House Intel Behind Closed Doors; Source: U.S. Coast Guard To Give Update On Missing Sub. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty on Tax Offenses, Strikes Deal on Gun; Desperate Search for Tour Sub as Oxygen Dwindles. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Deal on Gun Charge and Guilty Plea to Tax Offenses, Hunter Biden Anticipated to Avoid Going to Jail; Race to Find Missing Submersible in Atlantic; Trump Offers New Defense for Holding Classified Documents; First Hearing in the Trump Docs Case Scheduled for Mid-August; Russia's War on Ukraine; Russia Bombarded Kyiv with Barrage of Iranian Drones. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty to Two Federal Tax Offenses, Strikes Deal on Felony Gun Charge. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Breaking News that Hunter Biden Agrees to Plea Deal. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Search for Missing Sub; Tim Taylor is Interviewed about the Missing Sub; Trump Documents Case; Suspicious Letters Sent to Kansas Legislatures; Hunter Biden Agrees to Plead Guilty. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 19, 2023
• Ukraine: Defense Forces Are Advancing Step By Step; Biden To Speak On Tackling Climate Crisis; More States Expanding Medicaid Postpartum Coverage; Grammys Restrict Music And Recordings Created By AI. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Search And Rescue Underway For Missing Titanic Tourist Submersible; WAPO: FBI Delayed Opening Probe Into Donald Trump's January 6 Role More Than A Year; Blinken: We Made Progress With China, But "A Lot More Work To Do"; Holiday Weekend Marred By Mass Shooting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biden Goes Into Reelection Mode, Hits Campaign Trail; RFK Jr Gets Fairly Strong Numbers In Dem Primary; Christie: RNC Loyalty Pledge A "Useless Idea"; 35-Plus Million Under Heat Alerts Across U.S.; Dangerous Storms Threaten Much of Southeast; Doctors Urged To Rely Less On BMI, Citing Concerns Over Health Stigma & Bias; "Juneteenth: A Global Celebration For Freedom" Airs Tonight On CNN. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Search & Rescue Underway For Missing Titanic Tourist Submersible; Judge Bans Trump From Sharing Specific Evidence Given To His Attorneys In Classified Documents Case; Agriculture Department Investigates Possible Data Breach. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Holiday Weekend Marred By Mass Shootings; Russia Claims It Remotely Detonated A Tank Packed With Explosives In Possible New Battlefield Tactic; At Least 100 Letters With White Powder Sent To Kansas Lawmakers & Public Officials; CNN's Victor Blackwell Unearths His Family's History. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Holiday Weekend Marred By Mass Shootings; Antony Blinken Meets With Xi Jinping; Did FBI Delay Trump Investigation?; Titanic Tourist Sub Goes Missing. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• One Killed, 22 Hurt In Shooting At Juneteenth Celebration; CNN's Victor Blackwell Unearths His Family's History; UK Lawmakers Vote On Johnson Partygate Report Findings. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Judge's Order Bars Trump Disclosure Of Specific Evidence Given To His Attorneys In Documents Case; WAPO: FBI Resisted Opening Probe Into Trump's Role In Jan. 6 For More Than A Year; Secy. Blinken Meets With Chinese President Xi. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Russia's War on Ukraine; Ukraine Retook a Town Close to Zaporizhzhia, But Russia Objected; In a West Coast Swing, Biden Emphasizes Climate Plan; 2024 Primary Field Clouded by Trump Indictment; UK Legislators Vote on Johnson Partygate Report's Conclusions; During Water Rescue, Florida Deputy Sucked into Drainage Pipe; Doctors are Urged to Use Other Metrics for Assessing Health Besides BMI. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Blinken Says He Accomplished What He Set Out to Do in Beijing; Judge's Order Bars Trump Disclosure of Specific Evidence Given to His Attorneys in Documents Case; 17-Year-Old Killed, 9 Teens Hurt in St. Louis Shooting. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Ukraine Defense Forces Advancing; Suspicious Letters to Officials in Kansas; Crisis in South Sudan; Israeli Raid in Jenin; Stunning Victory in Golf. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Blinken Meets with Chinese President; Extreme Weather in the South; Former White House Officials Condemn Handling of Classified Documents; Juneteenth Celebration Takes Deadly Turn. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 16, 2023
• Secretary Of State Blinken Heads To China Amid Tensions; Former Trump Attorney Trusty Cites "Irreconcilable Differences" In Removal From Lawsuit; Judge Sets Today Deadline For Attorneys To Reach Out To DOJ For Security Clearances; Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg Dies At 92. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden Marks One Year Since Signing Gun Safety Law; Biden Touts Gun Law Achievements One Year Later. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CNN Gets Exclusive Look At Ukraine's Elite Drone Strike Team As It Carries Out Attack On A Russian Position; FL Republican Claims DeSantis Vetoed His Projects As Retaliation For Endorsing Trump; Schwarzenegger Says He'd "Absolutely" Run For President In 2024 If He Could; GOP Questions If Alleged Biden Tapes Exist. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Biden Marks One Year Since Bipartisan Gun Law; Jill Biden: Trump Admin Full Of "Chaos And Confusion"; Putin: Russia Could Destroy Kyiv But Chooses Not To. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• 3 Killed, About 100 Injured From Texas Tornado; Millions Of Americans' Personal Data Exposed in Cyberattack; Officials: Russian Hackers Hit U.S. Govt Agencies; Secy. Of State Blinken Heads To China Amid Tensions; Putin: Tactical Nukes In Belarus Could Be Used; Teamsters Vote To Authorize UPS Strike. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Loses Another Attorney; Synagogue Shooter Found Guilty; Minneapolis Police Department Receives Scathing Review. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Verdict In For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial; Three Dead, Dozens Injured As Tornado Hits Texas Town; Gunman In 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting Convicted Of Capital Offenses. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• DOJ Findings Of Minneapolis Police Probe; Verdict In For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Continuation of U.S.-Iran Indirect Nuclear Negotiations; Americans Held in Iran Being Sought After for Release by Biden Administration; This weekend, Blinken is Headed to China; Due to Chinese Spy Balloon, Blinken's Original Trip to Beijing had to be Delayed; "Climate Kids" Want a Greener Montana Through the Courts; Lawsuit Brought by "Climate Kids" Against Montana; Climate-Related Constitutional Lawsuit Filed by "Climate Kids" Against Montana; Trusty, a Former Trump Lawyer, Claims "Irreconcilable Differences" as the Reason for Being Dismissed From the Case; CNN Looks at Magic Mushroom's Potential Medical Uses. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Deadly Tornado Slams Texas Panhandle Town; Source Says, Trump Lawyers Contacted Justice Department About Obtaining Security Clearances to Handle Documents Case; Consumer Sentiment Hits Highest Level in Four Months. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Cyberattack Hits U.S. Agencies; Jury Deliberates in Antisemitic Mass Shooting; Legitimacy of Biden Audiotapes Questioned; Pope Leaves Hospital. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• 3 Dead, Dozens Injured as Tornado Hits Small Texas Town; Flash Flood Warning in Effect in Pensacola, Florida; Judge Sets Deadline for Today for Attorneys to Reach Out to Justice Department for Security Clearances; Ukraine Officials: "Massive, Combined Air Attack" in Kyiv. Aired 9-9:30 am ET


June 15, 2023
• Greg Abbott Says Texas Sent Bus Full Of Migrants To California; Biden Announces Steps To Crackdown On Junk Fees; U.S. Government Agencies Hit In Global Cyberattack. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Ukraine: Forces Spared Life of Russian Soldier Who Surrendered During Drone Operation; Grand Jury Indicts Man in Subway Chokehold Death; Justices Uphold Native American Adoption Law. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Another Spending Crisis Looms For House & Senate; 119 CEOs Surveyed About A.I. Threat To Humanity; 2 Americans Found Dead At Mexican Resort; John Kirby, National Security Council Spokesperson, Discusses Senator Vowing To Keep Military Promotions On Hold. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WAPO: Trump Rejected Lawyers' Push For DOJ Deal; Biden Speaks Action Against Hidden Junk Fees; Closing Arguments Underway In Synagogue Attack Case. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• North Korea Launches Two Ballistic Missiles After U.S. & S. Korean Drills; Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Parts Of Upper Midwest; CDC: More Young People Dying From Suicide, Homicide; Report: DOJ To Investigate PGA Tour-LIV Golf Deal; First Golf Major Tees Off Since PGA Tour & LIV Partnership; Uber Driver Makes Major Debut At U.S. Open. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Campaign Raises $7 Million Since Indictment; Miami Mayor Enters Crowded GOP Primary; Grand Jury Indicts Veteran in Subway Chokehold Death; Texas Governor Sends Migrants to Los Angeles. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Biden To Announce Live Nation, Ticketmaster Will Let Consumers See All Fees Up Front; Biden Administration Sanctions Two China-Based North Korean Operatives Facilitating Missile Program; Orcas Ram & Sink Boats, Experts Debate Why. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S. Attorney General Defends Special Counsel amid Trump Attacks; Miami Mayor Casts Presidential Bid for 2024; U.S. Deploys Fighter Jets to Middle East after Russia's "Unsafe, Unprofessional Behavior"; Biden Fighting Hidden Fees. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Francis Suarez, Miami Mayor, Joins the Long List of Republicans Running for President; Voters in New Hampshire Respond to Trump's Arrest and Indictment; A.I. Could Wipe Out Humanity by 2033, According to 42 Percent of CEOs; Spacewalks Performed by NASA Astronauts at the ISS; Interview with University of Rochester Professor of Astrophysics and "The Little Book of Aliens" Author Adam Frank; Component of Life Discovered on a Moon Close to Saturn; Number of Homicides and Suicides Among Young People Increased. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Ukrainian Forces Spare Life of Russian Soldier Who Surrendered During Drone Operation; Washington Post Reports, Trump Rejected Lawyer's Advice to Make a Deal with DOJ and Avoid Classified Documents Indictment; Mayor Francis Suarez (R-Miami, FL) Announces White House Run. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Consumers Allowed to See Online Fees Upfront; Closing Arguments in Synagogue Shooting Trial; Report Says Johnson Misled Lawmakers; Astronauts on Spacewalk. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rejected Plan by Trump; Suarez Announces Presidential Run; Marine Vet Charged in Subway Death; Texas Sends Migrants to Los Angeles; Air Defense Equipment to Ukraine. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 14, 2023
• Ukraine Claims Slight Gains In Counteroffensive; Both Sides Rest In Synagogue Shooting Trial; Southern Baptist Convention Votes To Ban Churches With Female Pastors; Summer Wildfire Risks Shift North. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Former Chief of Staff Says Trump Is "Scared" Following Arraignment; Vance Stalls Biden Nominees Over Trump Indictment; Former Spy Hunter On Trump's Classified Docs Case. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Secretary Of State Blinken To Visit China This Weekend; Olympic Medalist Tori Bowie Dies In Childbirth; "Final" Beatles Song Will Use A.I. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Fed Decides To Pause Interest Rate Hikes; Garland Defends Special Counsel After Trump Attacks; Trump Defiant After Arrest & Arraignment On 37 Charges. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Belarus To Receive Tactical Nukes From Russia; Ukraine Claims Slight Gains In Counteroffensive; Prosecutor: "Rust" Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed "Likely Hungover" When Handling Gun On Set; Texas Heatwave Sparks Worries About Power Grid; Bud Light Loses Its Best-Seller Status to Mexico's Modelo Especial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Merrick Garland Addresses Question on Trump Indictment; Trump Hits Campaign Trail; Will Federal Reserve Pause Interest Rate Hikes?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Republicans React To Trump Arrest, Arraignment; Children Found In Jungle Recuperating In Hospital; Filing: "Rust" Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed Likely Hungover When She Put Live Bullet In Gun. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Defiant after Arraignment; Judge Orders No Communication between Trump and Walt Nauta; Ukraine Claims Advances in Zaporizhzhya Region. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Most Popular Beer in America is No Longer Bud Light; Outlook for Wildfires this Summer has Changed; Report Indicates Wildfire Threats Shown in Midwest and Northeast; Jill Biden Increases Her Participation in the 2024 Campaign; A.I. Used to Produce "Final" Beatles Song; Thanks to A.I., McCartney Teases New Beatles Song; Interview with Axios Senior Media Reporter Sara Fischer; Modelo Especial Surpassed Bud Light as Preferred Beer; After His Arrest and Arraignment on 37 Charges, Trump Remained Defiant; In a New Jersey Fundraiser, Trump Rants After Being Arraigned. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Defiant After Arrest and Arraignment on 37 Charges; Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) Vows to Block Biden's DOJ Nominees; Fulton County Sheriff Sent Teams to Miami, New York City to Prepare for Possible Trump Indictment in Georgia. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• New Inflation Numbers; Ukraine Claims Advances; Vance Vows to Block Nominees; Father of Kids in Jungle Speaks Out; New Accusations Against "Rust" Armorer. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Defiant After Arrest; Trump Pleads Not Guilty; Alberto Gonzales is Interviewed about the Trump Case; Fulton County Sent Teams to Miami and New York City; Carroll to Amend Defamation Lawsuit. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 13, 2023


June 12, 2023


June 09, 2023
• Federal Indictment of Donald Trump And An Aide Unsealed In Classified Documents Probe; Trump Faces 37 Counts Total, Including Willful Retention Of National Defense Information; Former Trump Attorney On Ex-President Indictment. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Soon: Special Counsel Speaks as Trump Indictment Unsealed; Special Counsel Statement on Trump Indictment; Trump Faces 37 Counts Total, Including Willful Retention of National Defense Information; Indictment: Trump Showed Classified Documents to Others on Two Occasions. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Indictment: Trump Stored Classified Info In Bathroom, Shower, Public Ballroom, Bedroom; Indictment: Trump Faces 37 Counts Total, Including Willful Retention of National Defense Information; Trump Stored Info Including U.S. Defense, Weapons & Nuke Programs, Foreign Countries' Defense; Soon: Special Counsel Speaks As Trump Indictment Unsealed. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Faces 31 Counts Of Willful Retention Of National Defense Information. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Security Preps Underway For Trump Court Appearance; Special Counsel Unseals Federal Indictment Of Trump And An Aide In Classified Documents Probe; Trump Faces 31 Counts Of Willful Retention Of National Defense Information; Indictment: Trump Stored Info Including U.S. Defense, Weapons & Nuke Programs, Foreign Counties' Defense. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• GOP Allies Defend Trump; Donald Trump Indicted in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Changes Legal Team After Seven-Count Indictment; Exclusive: CNN Obtains Transcript Of Trump Saying On Tape He Didn't Declassify "Secret Information"; Trump's Former Aide Walt Nauta Indicted In Documents Case; Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump-Appointed Federal Judge To Hear Criminal Case Against The Former President; Exclusive: CNN Obtains Transcript Of Trump Saying On Tape He Didn't Declassify "Secret Information." Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Indicted on Federal Charges; Trump Tape's Transcript, Which He Didn't Declassify as "Secret information," Obtained by CNN; McCarthy Promises to "Hold Brazen Weaponization of Power Accountable"; Speaker McCarthy Refers to the Indictment as "Grave Injustice"; Romney Opposes Republican Senator on Trump Indictment While Defending the DOJ; "Before the sun sets today", Pence Requests Garland Publicize the Indictment and Address the American People; Interview with Former RNC Communications Director and Republican Strategist Doug Heye; Trump Should End His Campaign, Says Asa Hutchinson; On Tuesday, a Miami Court is Scheduled to Arraign Trump; Supporters of Trump Congregate at Mar-a-Lago; Congress Who Support Trump Rush to Stand Up for Him; Federal Judge Appointed by Trump Will Hear the Former President's Criminal Case; Canadian Wildfire Smoke is Marginally Getting Better. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Exclusive, CNN Obtains Transcript of Trump on Tape Saying He Didn't Declassify Secret Information; Law Enforcement from Various Agencies Meeting in Miami on Trump Indictment Security Preps; Twice- Impeached Trump Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Republicans Defend Trump; Douglas Brinkley is Interviewed about the Trump Indictment; Sarah Matthews is Interviewed about the Trump Indictment; Bridget Brink is Interviewed about the War in Ukraine. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• CNN Obtains Transcript of Trump on Tape; Trump Faces Espionage Act Charges; Republicans Defend Trump. Aired 9-9:30a ET


June 08, 2023


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