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May 16, 2024
• Soon: Cohen Retakes Stand For Critical Moment In Cross- Examination; Sen. Bob Menendez Bribery Trial Set To Resume At 9AM ET; Biden, Trump Agree To First Presidential Debate On CNN, June 27. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Unprecedented Biden-Trump Debate Set for Six Weeks from Today on CNN; Soon, Cohen Retakes Stand for Critical Moment in Cross- Examination; U.S. Says, Floating Pier for Humanitarian Aid Anchored in Gaza. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 15, 2024
• Trump Lawyers Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen Tomorrow; Miss USA Organization Under Fire Following Allegations Of Toxic And Abusive Work Environment; Businessman Donates Free Blankets To Homeless Shelters; Dow Hits New Intraday High. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden & Trump To Face Off In CNN Debate On June 27, 9PM ET; Inflation Cooled Off Slightly In April In New Report; Fighting In Kharkiv Region Intensifies As Russia Makes Gains; Israel Intensifies Operations In Northern Gaza, Parts Of Rafah. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• White House Moves Forward With $1B Arms Deal To Israel; Fighting In Kharkiv Region Intensifies As Russia Makes Gains; Slovakia's Prime Minister Shot Five Times, In Critical Condition; DOJ May Prosecute Boeing Over 737 Max Crashes; Inmate Escapes, 2 Officers Killed In Prison Convoy Ambush In France; King Charles III's Portrait Receives Mixed Reviews. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Presidential Debate Set; King Charles' First Official Portrait; Manhunt In France; White House Is Potential Deal To Sell $1 Billion Worth Of Weapons To Israel. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Intel Sees Rise In Russian Disinformation Against Zelenskyy; Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-MY) Discusses White House Moving Forward With $1B Arms Deal To Israel & Rising Tensions As Democrats' Israel Divide Deepens; NTSB: Ship Lost Power Four Times Before Crashing Into Key Bridge; Ukrainian Engineer Using AI To Help War Victims. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• 2024 U.S. General Election; Showdown Set: Biden, Trump to Face Off at CNN Debate; Stock Markets Rise After New Inflation Report; $1 Billion Weapons Deal for Israel; Stocks Rally After Inflation Cools Off in April; Cohen Retakes the Stand Tomorrow for More Grilling from Defense; Hush Money Trial Continues Tomorrow, Trump Will Attend Fundraising Events; Tomorrow, Michael Cohen's Cross-Examination by Trump's Attorneys Will Continue; Newly Declassified Intelligence Says Russia is Ratcheting Up Efforts to Discredit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Petro Poroshenko is Interviewed about the War in Ukraine; Michael Tyler is Interviewed about Presidential Debates; Kiera Spann is Interviewed about TikTok Lawsuit. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Biden Issues Debate Challenge to Trump; Trump Says He's Ready and Willing to Debate Biden; Defense Grills Cohen in Cross- Examination; Biden and Trump to Debate. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Driver Charged with DUI Manslaughter in Florida Bus Crash; Google Unveils Gemini 1.5 Pro; Inflation Slowed in April; Golden Bachelorette Wants to Set Record Straight on Dating and Aging; Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is Interviewed about Election Threats. Aired 8:30- 9a ET
• Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen Cross-Examined by Donald Trump's Defense during Hush Money Criminal Trial; President Biden Says He Will Debate Donald Trump Twice; New Blood Test May Identify Preeclampsia Risk Sooner. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Justice Department: Boeing Breached Safety Agreement After Fatal 737 Crashes; Defense Grills Cohen In Explosive, Profanity-Laced Cross-Examination; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) On Provision Of $28 Billion In Foreign Military Financing For Ukraine. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Court Resumes Tomorrow With More Fiery Cross-Examination of Cohen; China, Iran Prepared Deepfakes to Influence Voters in 2020; Why Corporate Greed May Not Be Leading Cause of Inflation. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 14, 2024
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• GOP Allies join Trump in Court; Cohen Back on Stand Today; The Longest Clinical Trial of Weight Loss Drug Results; Louisiana to Reclassify Abortion Drugs; U.S. Weapons Package Arriving in Ukraine; U.S. Says Israel Has Enough Troops Around Rafah for Offensive. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen to Continue His Testimony in Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump; Michael Cohen to Face Cross-Examination on Witness Stand from Donald Trump's Attorneys; Blinken Meets with President Zelenskyy in Kyiv; Bodycam Video Captured Shock, Confusion after Bridge Collapse; Dangerous Wildfires Threaten Parts of Western. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Israeli Strikes On Central Gaza Refugee Camp Kill At Least 36; President Biden To Increase Tariffs On $18 Billion; Republican Allies Appear In New York Court To Show Support For Trump. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Michael Cohen Back on the Stand for Day 2 of Testimony; Blinken Meets With President Zelenskyy in Kyiv; How Cracking Down on Immigration Could Impact the Economy. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 13, 2024
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• U.S. Warns Against Rafah Invasion; Trump Leads in Polling; Trump Ahead of Biden in Key States; Putin Replaces Defense Minister; Steve Buscemi Punched in New York City Streets; Cohen Takes the Stand Today. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen to Testify in Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump; Engineers to Begin Removing Wreckage of Francis Scott Key in Baltimore; Police: Parishioners Confronted Teen with Gun During Mass. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Soon: Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Fixer And Lawyer, Takes The Stand; U.S. Warns Against Major Military Ground Operation In Rafah; New Polling Shows Trump Ahead Of Biden In Five Key States. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Soon, Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Fixer and Lawyer, Takes the Stand; Jury Selection Begins in Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Bribery Trial; Students Walk Out During Jerry Seinfeld's Duke Commencement Speech. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 10, 2024
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• Cohen Testifies Monday; Trump Unhappy Yesterday After Court; Bodycam Footage in Florida Shooting. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Polls on Biden's Response to Israel; Biden Ignites Firestorm on Capitol Hill; Concerns over Russian Election Meddling; Aurora Borealis May be Visible Across U.S. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Defense for Donald Trump Cross-Examines Stormy Daniels After Her Testimony in Hush Money Criminal Trial; Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen Expected to Testify in Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump Next Week; AXIOS: State Department Report on Israel's Conduct Expected Soon; Florida Sheriff Releases Bodycam Footage from Airman Shooting. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Soon: Trump Heads To Court For Day 15 Of Criminal Trial; Survey: 1 in 8 U.S. Adults Say They've Taken A GLP-1 Drug; Rep. Adam Smith (D-Washington) On Biden's Rafah Warning. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Trump in Court After Heated Cross-Examination of Stormy Daniels; Florida Sheriff Releases Body Cam Footage from Airman's Shooting; Axios Reports, State Department Report on Israel's Conduct Expected Soon. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 09, 2024
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• Soon: Trump Heads To Court For Day 2 Of Stormy Daniels' Testimony; Brunson Leads Knicks Past Pacers For 2-0 Series Lead; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) On House Killing Motion To Remove Johnson As Speaker. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Daniels to Retake the Stand; Trump Seething Over Daniels' Testimony; Biden Slammed over Israel Comments. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Michigan Students on Biden and the Israel-Hamas War; FAA Investigates Orlando Runway Incident; Limits on Metals in Baby Food; Russia May Intensify Attacks. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) Interviewed on His Criticism of Biden Administration for Withholding Weapons from Israel Pending Potential Invasion of Rafah; Defense to Continue Cross-Examination of Stormy Daniels in Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump; Family of Florida Airman Killed By Police Demands Bodycam Footage; Whelan Concerned Arrest of US Soldier in Russia Could Complicate His Case. Aired 8-8:30a ET
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• Biden Says, Trump Has Never Succeeded in Creating Jobs; Biden Says, A.I. is Most Significant Technological Development in Human History; Biden Acknowledges Civilians in Gaza Have Been Killed By U.S.-Made Weapons. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 08, 2024
• Defense Secretary Confirms U.S. Paused Shipment of Bombs to Israel; Cyberattack Disrupts Operation at Major U.S. Health Care Network; House GOP Holds Hearing on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools; Diabetes Drugs May Be Causing Unexpected Pregnancies. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Asks NY Appeals Court To Expedite Appeal Of Gag Order In Hush Money Case; Georgia Appeals Court To Weigh Disqualifying Fani Willis; Biden Draws Economic Contrast With Trump In Wisconsin; New Images Show Israel Operation Expands Into Rafah. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CARE: Rafah Operation "A Disaster Of Monumental Proportions"; 33 Arrested As D.C. Police Clear Protest At GWU; NYT: RFK Jr Says Doctors Found A Dead Worm In His Brain; Immigration Crisis Front And Center In Small Wisconsin Town. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump's Hush Money Trial Strategy Shift; CIA Director Meets Netanyahu Amid U.S. Pause On Bomb Shipments To Israel; Donald Trump Remains Off The Campaign Trail Despite Claiming Court Commitments Hinder His Campaign; Israel-Hamas Conflict; Climate Warnings; Healthcare Oddity. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) Discusses U.S. Pausing Shipment Of Bombs To Israel; GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers After CNN Report On Kabul Airport Attack; Tornadoes Leave A Long Trail Of Destruction In Michigan; Today: Tornadoes, Large Hail Threaten Parts of U.S.; TikTok, ByteDance Sue To Block U.S. Law Forcing Sale Or Ban. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden Speaks In Battleground Wisconsin; Sources: Trump Defense Plans Longer Cross-Examination Of Daniels; Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D- FL), Is Interviewed About Defense Secretary Confirms U.S. Paused Shipment Of Bombs To Israel. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen is Interviewed about Israel; Roger Krone is Interviewed about Boy Scots of America Rebranding; Earth Sees Hottest April on Record. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump's Classified Documents Case Delayed; Daniels Detailed Encounter with Trump; Tornadoes Tear Through Michigan; Biden to Announce Microsoft Investment. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Brad Smith is Interviewed about Microsoft's AI Facility; Polls on Stormy Daniels' Testimony; Weight Loss Drugs Causing Unexpected Pregnancies; Police Clear George Washington University. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Official: US Paused Bombs to Israel Over Potential Use in Rafah; Tornadoes Tear Through Michigan Leave Long Trail of Destruction; Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Judge Indefinitely Postpones Federal Classified Documents Case; Greene Maintains Ouster Threat After Second Meeting With Johnson; Police Clear George Washington University Encampment, Arrest Dozens. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Tornadoes Tear Through Michigan, Leave Long Trail of Destruction; Stormy Daniels Details Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump; Report Due to Congress on Whether Israel Violated International Law. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 07, 2024
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• Prosecutors Expected to Call Stormy Daniels to the Stand Today; IDF Takes Control of Palestinian Side of Rafah Crossing. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• IDF Takes Control of Palestinian Side of Rafah Crossing; Trump Advisers: Gov. Kristi Noem Not on His VP Shortlist; GOP's Geoff Duncan on Why He's Voting for Biden, not Trump. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Israeli Military Takes Control of Palestinian Side of Rafah Crossing in Gaza; Ceasefire Talks between Hamas and Israel Continue Despite Israeli Military Action at Rafah Crossing; Trump Posts on Truth Social About Upcoming Witness, then Deletes It; At Least One Dead after Tornadoes Rip Through Oklahoma. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Biden To Issue Call To Fight Antisemitism In His Speech At U.S. Holocaust Museum; Today: Israeli Negotiations In Cairo For Further Ceasefire Talks; NASA: Boeing Starliner Launch Delayed Over Tech Issue. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• IDF Takes Control of Palestinian Side of Rafah Crossing; At Least One Dead After Tornadoes Rip Through Oklahoma; Soon, Trump Returns to Court for Day 13 of Hush Money Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 06, 2024
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• Trump Trial Resumes Today; Palestinians Flee Rafah; High Risk of Tornadoes for Oklahoma and Kansas; Boy Dies after Being Swept Away in Texas. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Brandon Mosley is Interviewed about Texas Flooding; Voters Feelings on the 2024 Election Results; Trump's VP Shortlist; Bill Nelson is Interviewed about the Boeing Launch. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Israeli Military Dropping Leaflets on Eastern Rafah Ordering Evacuation of Civilians Ahead of Possible Ground Invasion; Ceasefire Talks between Israel and Hamas Stall Due to Hamas's Demand Israeli Invasion of Gaza End; New York Criminal Trial of Donald Trump Begins Its Fourth Week. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Severe Weather Threats; Trump Returns To New York; America's Choice 2024. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• IDF Tells Palestinians in Eastern Rafah to Evacuate Immediately; Four-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Swept Away By Texas Floodwaters; Soon, Trump Returns to New York Court for Hush Money Trial Week Four. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 03, 2024
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• Trump Back in Court; Flooding in Texas; Testimony Resumes in Hugh Money Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Bradley Moss is Interviewed about Trump's Trial; Australia's Climate Disaster; Job Growth Slowed in April; Polls Comparing Historical Protests Versus Today's Protests; Sanders on Campus Protests. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) Interviewed on Receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom Along with Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers; Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump Continues; Severe Weather Impacts Multiple Counties in Texas; Biden Administration Sends Letter to Colleges on Protests; Today: American Expected in Court in Turks & Caicos. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump On Trial; New Treatment Options. The Good Stuff; Campus Unrest. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Trump Returns to Court for Hush Money Trial; Mandatory Evacuations Underway as Historic Flooding Hits Texas; NYPD Onsite at NYU to Clear Out Illegal Encampment. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 02, 2024
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• Police Dismantling UCLA Encampment; Trump Gag Order Hearing. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Nir Hoftman is Interviewed about the Protests at UCLA; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is interviewed about College Protests, Israel- Hamas War, and Abortion; Marc Lotter and Chris Kofinis are Interviewed about College Protests. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Los Angeles Police Department Begins Moving into Pro- Palestinian Protester Encampment on UCLA Campus to Arrest Protesters and Eliminate Encampment; Police Appear to Fire Rubber Bullets at UCLA Protesters. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Police Pull Aside Barricades, Move Into UCLA Protest Camp; Protester Arrests On UCLA Campus. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Police Pull Aside Barricades, Move into UCLA Protest Camp; Flash Bangs Going Off as Police Move into UCLA Encampment. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


May 01, 2024
• California Governor: Police Response To UCLA Clashes Unacceptable; Campuses Nationwide On Edge As Pro-Palestinian Protests Escalate; House GOP Leaders Plan To Kill Motion To Oust Speaker; Justice Department To Reclassify Marijuana, Ease Restrictions. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• UCLA Cancels Classes After Overnight Clashes Between Protesters; NYPD: 300 Protesters Arrested At Columbia And City College Of NY; Trump Praises Law Enforcement Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests; VP Harris Blames Trump As Six-Week Abortion Ban Begins In Florida. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• VP Harris Addresses Florida's New 6-Week Abortion Ban; State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-FL) Discusses Florida's New 6-Week Abortion Ban; Nationwide Pro-Palestinian Protests, Arrests Have Echoes Of The Past; Source: House GOP Leaders Plan To Kill Motion To Oust Speaker; Manhattan Prosecutors To Retry Weinstein's NY Case. Aired 2:30-3p ET


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