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May 30, 2024
• Donald Trump Hush Money Trial; Allegations Against Trump; Boeing Rebranding Efforts; Haitian Gang Negotiations; Billionaire Plans Submersible Trip To Titanic. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Now: Jury Deliberating In Trump Criminal Hush Money Trial; Zero-Down Mortgages Are Making A Comeback; Study: Possible Link Between Tattoos And Cancer. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Hollywood Wrestles With Risky Election Endorsements; Trump Jury Deliberations Continue. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Jury Resumes Deliberations in Trump Trial; Court Resumes with Judge Re-Reading Jury Instructions. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Jury Resumes Deliberation Today; Jury Makes Two Requests to Judge; Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is Interviewed about Biden Campaigning for Black Voters. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Polls on How Younger Voters Feel about Trump and Biden; Haley's Pennsylvania Voters Aren't Ready to Fall in Line; U.S. Economy Grew in First Quarter; New Claims against Weinstein; Recycling Falling Short of Goals; Chris McCarty is Interviewed about Legal Protections for Child Influencers. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Jury Deliberating in Hush Money Criminal Trial of Donald Trump; Jury in Hush Money Criminal Trial Asks to Hear Testimony Again from David Pecker and Jury Instructions from Judge; Disturbing Texts Revealed from Goon Squad, Police in NYT Report; Alito Won't Recuse, Blames Wife for Flags in Letter to Lawmakers. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Today: Boeing To Present Plan To FAA To Fix Safety Issues; WSJ: Trump Considering Advisory Role For Elon Musk If Reelected; Biden Weighs Letting Ukraine Strike Russian Soil With U.S. Weapons. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Jury Resumes Deliberations in Trump's Criminal Trial; Sources Say, Many in Hollywood Wary of Endorsing Biden or Any Candidate Amid Hyper-Divisive Political Landscape; New York Officials Ramping Up Security for Cricket World Cup. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 29, 2024
• Jury Asks to be Read Testimony from David Pecker and Michael Cohen; Jury Asks to Re-Hear Judge's Instructions. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating; Prosecutors, Trump Enter Courtroom After Jurors Ring Buzzer; Jury Asks To Be Read Testimony From Key Prosecution Witness. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating; White House Suggests Deadly Rafah Strike Did Not Cross Biden's Red Line; N. Korea Sends Balloons Carrying Trash, Filth To S. Korea. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Disconnect Between White House And Israeli Government; Donald Trump's Criminal Trial; Potential Indictment Of Sean Diddy Combs; Scotty Scheffler Charges Dropped; North Korea Sending Balloons Full Of Trash; Impact Of Trump's Trial On Election. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating; Alito Says He Will Not Recuse From Jan. 6 Cases Despite Flag Controversy; CNN Analysis: U.S. Munitions Used In Deadly Rafah Attack. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Biden Courting Black Voters; Jury Deliberates in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Head to Court Ahead of Jury Deliberations; DOJ Potentially Seeking Combs Indictment; Jury Deliberations are Set to Begin Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Jury to Begin Deliberations Today; New Details about Controversial Flag at Justice Alito's Home; Biden and Harris Campaign in Pennsylvania. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Mark Levine is Interviewed about the Democratic Party; DOJ Potentially Seeking Combs Indictment; New Study on Peanut Allergy Protection; U.S. Munitions Used in Rafah Attack; Climate Change Turns Alaska's Waterways Orange. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• 450-plus Without Power in Texas After Another Round of Storms; Closing Arguments Over in Trump Trial, Jury to Get Case Today; POLITICO: Democrats in Full-Blown Freakout Over Biden. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• MA Stabbing Suspect Arraigned On Multiple Charges; CNN Analysis: U.S. Munitions Used In Deadly Rafah Attack; Today: Biden And Harris Campaign In Battleground Pennsylvania. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Soon, Jury Instructions and Deliberations in Trump's Criminal Trial; Source Says, DOJ Potentially Seeking Sean Diddy Combs Indictment; Today, 30 Million People Under Threat from North Dakota to Texas Panhandle. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 28, 2024


May 27, 2024
• 110 Million+ Under Threat Of Severe Weather From Southeast To New England; 12 Hurt After Turbulence On Qatar Airways Flight; Former "General Hospital" Actor Johnny Wactor Killed In L.A.; Coral Reefs Dying As Thai Sea Temperatures Hit Record Highs. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Closing Arguments In Hush Money Trial Set To Begin Tomorrow; Netanyahu: Deadly Israeli Strike On Rafah A "Tragic Mistake". Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• 18 Killed In Kharkiv Hardware Store Attack, 48 Injured; Ukrainian Army Chief Pressures France To Send Military Trainers; Man Accused Of Burning Stranger In NYC Subway Station; MA Police: Suspect Arrested After 6 Stabbed, Including 4 Girls; 2K-Plus Feared Buried Alive Under Papua New Guinea Landslide. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Dangerous Weather Threatens Millions Over Memorial Day; Israeli Airstrike In Rafah Called A 'Tragic Mistake'; Search And Rescue In Papua New Guinea Following Landslide; Tornado Devastates Eddieville, Kentucky; Heat Wave Endangers Southern States; Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial Nears Conclusion; Russia Intensifies Attacks In Ukraine; Trump's Controversial Memorial Day Message. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Netanyahu: Deadly Israeli Strike On Rafah Refugees A "Tragic Mistake"; Suspect In Custody After 6 Stabbed In Massachusetts; Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton Dead At Age 71. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Severe Weather Threat; Closing Arguments in Trump Trial Set For Tuesday. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump on Trial; Defense to Start Closing Arguments Tomorrow; Movie Theater Stabbing Suspect Arrested; Massachusetts Stabbing May Be Linked to Murder; Academic Workers to Strike; Campus Protests; Summer Kick-Off; Dr. Beach's Best of 2024. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• At Least 19 Dead After Tornadoes Rip Through 4 States; Donald Trump Heckled And Booed At Libertarian Convention; Ground Stop Issued At Atlanta Airport Due To Severe Weather; Former "General Hospital" Actor Johnny Wactor Fatally Shot In L.A.; Tomorrow: Trump Attorneys To Begin Closing Arguments First. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Donald Trump Heckled And Booed At Libertarian Convention; Democratic Strategist James Carville Rips Into Party Over Messaging; 25 Million Americans Under Heat Warning, Temps Could Top 110 Degrees F; First Responder Drone Trailblazing New Way Of Law Enforcement Response; 12 Injured By Turbulence On Qatar Airways Flight; Russian Strike On Kharkiv Hardware Store Kills At Least 16. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Tornadoes and Severe Weather Kill At Least 19 People in U.S. and Damages Large Parts of Texas; Closing Arguments Set to Begin in Donald Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial; Suspect Arrested after Six Stabbed in Separate Attacks; Trump Met with Boos, Few Cheers at Libertarian Convention. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Israeli Strikes Leave Dozens Dead Across Gaza; 2,000 People Feared Buried Alive In Papua New Guinea Landslide; Closing Arguments Set To Begin Tomorrow In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• At Least 19 Dead After Tornadoes Rip Through Four States; Closing Arguments Set to Begin Tomorrow; Former General Hospital Actor Johnny Wactor Fatally Shot in L.A. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 24, 2024
• Voice Actors Sue AI Lovo, Alleging Company Stole Their Voices; Italian Teen to Become Catholic Church's First Millennial Saint; Families Sue Manufacturers Over Deadly Osprey Crash; Hurricane Katrina Survivors Graduate High School, Thank Their Hero; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Have Scheduled Medical Procedure. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden & Trump Strategies Evolve As Campaign Hit Next Phase; Nearly 44 Million Travelers Expected To Jam Roads And Airports; NCAA Agrees To Deal That Paves The Way For Paying Student-Athletes; Voice Actors Allege AI Firm Stole Their Voices, File Suit. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Uvalde Marks 2 Years Since Robb Elementary School Massacre; Retailers Are Doing Their Own Sophisticated Detective Work To Fight In-Store Theft; Supreme Court Tensions Simmer As Major Decisions Loom. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.N. Court Orders Israel To Halt Military Offensive In Rafah; Israel's Defiant Response; Hostage Recovery In Gaza; Murder Of American Missionaries In Haiti; New Lawsuit Against Sean Diddy Combs; Commemoration Of Uvalde School Shooting Victims. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• State Rep. Thomas Pressly (R-LA) Discusses Louisiana Gov To Sign Bill Making Abortion Pills Controlled Substances; Judge Makes Key Rulings Ahead Of Hunter Biden's Trial On Gun Charges; Daily Marijuana Use Tops Booze In US. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Holiday Travel; Nikki Haley Endorses Trump; NCAA Agrees to Deal Paving the Way For Paid College Athletes; Man Arrested in Turks and Caicos Set to Return Home; U.N.'s Top Court Orders Israel to Halt Rafah Offensive. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Uncle of Victim Joins CNN on 2nd Anniversary of School Massacre; Uvalde Marks 2 Years since Robb Elementary School Massacre. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Stopping Shoplifters; Holiday Travel; NCAA Deal Paves the Way for Paying College Athletes; Robert De Niro Voices New Biden Ad Attacking Trump; Interview with Jesse Rizo. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Louisiana Set To Classify Abortion Drugs As Controlled Substances; Celtics Route Pacers 126-110 To Take 2-0 Series Lead; NYT: Tom Cotton "Strong Contender" For Trump VP Pick; Biden And Trump Both See Crucial Opportunity In June Debate; Biden, Trump Prepare For Presidential Debate; Hunter Biden's Attorneys Plan To Spar Over Definition Of "Addict"; One Killed, Dozens Injured After Severe Turbulence; Retailers Are Doing Their Own Sophisticated Detective Work To Fight In-Store Theft. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Memorial Day Road Trips Expected To Top Highest Numbers In Decades; NCAA Deal Paves Way For Paying College Athletes; Donald Trump Praises Nikki Haley After She Endorses Him For President; Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Bronx, New York; Political Trend Lines Show More Hispanics Voting For Republicans; Record Number Of Americans Prepare To Travel For Memorial Day Weekend. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Appeals To Blacks, Hispanics In Bronx Campaign Stop; Actors Sue AI Company, Claiming Their Voices Were Stolen; Uvalde Marks Two Years Since Robb Elementary School Massacre. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Weighs in on Nikki Haley's Support; 44 Million Americans Hitting the Roads and Skies for Memorial Day; NCAA Makes Deal That Paves Way for Paying Student Athletes. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 23, 2024
• Dow Falls by More than 600 Points as markets Fear They Might Not See a Summer Rate Cut; DOJ Sues to Break Up Concert Giant Live Nation-Ticketmaster; Feds Reach $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern; Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Defends Teammate Harrison Butker. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Senate Rejects Bipartisan Border Bill Again; DNC, Biden Campaign To Paint Trump's VP Contenders As Extreme; Today: Trump Holds Bronx Rally To Court Black & Hispanic Voters; Israeli War Cabinet Directs Negotiating Team To Resume Talks; Leader Of Turks And Caicos Slams U.S. Lawmakers As Five Americans Detained On Ammo Charges. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CNN Given Access To Town Critical To Ukraine Keeping Control Of Kharkiv; NYT: 2nd Controversial Flag Seen At Another Justice Alito Property; Sen. Cruz Defends Justice Alito's Use Of Controversial Flag; NOAA Warns Of Busiest Hurricane Season Ever For The Atlantic. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• President Biden's Commitment To International Debt Relief And Growth; Biden And Ruto Press Conference; U.S. Involvement In Africa; Trump's Campaign Efforts; Domestic Violence Awareness; Harvard University Walkout; Congressional Hearing On Campus Anti-Semitism; Ukraine Conflict. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden Holds Joint News Conference With Kenyan President. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Any Minute: Biden To Hold News Conference With Kenya's President; China Launches Large Scale Military Exercises Around Taiwan; Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Is Interviewed About Border Bill Vote Expected To Expose Divisions Among Democrats. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• FAA Predicts Busiest Memorial Day Weekend; University Presidents Speak at Capitol Hill Hearing; Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R- NY) is Interviewed about the November Elections; Patrick Kennedy is Interviewed about Mental Health. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Haley to Vote for Trump; Controversial Flag Over Alito's Vacation Home; State Collapses at Mexico Campaign Rally; Missiles Strike Kharkiv. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Thousands Gather for Iran President's Funeral; Michigan Farm Worker with Bird Flu; Uvalde Families Announce Lawsuit; First-Time Homebuyers Struggle; Chiefs Respond to Butker's Comments; Weinstein Accuser Speaks Out. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Donald Trump Campaigns In Bronx County; Nikki Haley Endorses Donald Trump For President But Donald Trump Has Yet To Respond To This Endorsement; Donald Trump Performing Well As Non-Incumbent Among Republican Voters; Justice Department: States May File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation; NYT: Flag Flown At January 6 Riot Seen Outside Alito Vacation Home; Interview With Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL). Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• NYT: Second Provocative Flag Seen At Justice Alito Property; China Launches Massive, Two-Day Military Drills Around Taiwan; Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) On Rift Among Democrats As Border Bill Loses Support. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Nikki Haley Says, I Will Be Voting for Trump; Nine Dead, Dozens Hurt When Wind Causes Stage to Collapse in Mexico; FAA Predicts Busiest Memorial Day Weekend Since 2010. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 22, 2024
• Company Attempting to Foreclose on Graceland Drops Pursuit; Top Brass at Louisville Police Department Believe Scheffler Charge is Excessive; Robb Elementary School Victims' Families Reach $2 Million Settlement with City; Hunter Biden's Trial on Tax Charges Delayed Until September. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Federal Judge Found "Strong Evidence" Of Crimes Before Trump Charged In Classified Docs Case; Trump Speaks Today At Fundraiser Hosted By Top Oil Executives; WH Pushes Back On Move To Formally Recognize Palestinian State. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Iowa Neighborhoods In Ruins After Deadly Storms Spawn Tornadoes; Wrong Dog Shown In Articles About Kristi Noem Controversy; Hunter Biden's Lawyers Push To Delay Tax Evasion Case; Prosecutors: 3 Women Close To Hunter Biden To Testify On Addiction; House Dems Investigate Whether Big Oil Colluded With OPEC. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump's Classified Documents Case; Israel-Hamas Hostage Situation; Sean Diddy Combs Lawsuit; Recognition of Palestinian State; Tornado Outbreak in Iowa. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• 1 Dead, 100-Plus Injured After Severe Turbulence Hits Commercial Jet; Louisiana House Passes Bill To Classify Abortion Drugs As Controlled Dangerous Substances; Judge Halts Sale Of Elvis Presley's Graceland Property; 100-Year-Old WWII Veterans Honored For Service With Hero Award. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Federal Judge Found "Strong Evidence" Of Crimes Before Donald Trump Charged In Classified Documents Case; Deaths Reported In Iowa Due To Severe Weather As Search And Rescue Efforts Continue; Spain, Norway And Ireland To Recognize A Palestinian State; Families Of Israeli Women Soldiers Release Video Of Hamas Abduction. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is Interviewed about Recognizing a Palestinian State; Ryan and Valerie Watson are Interviewed about His Arrest in Turks and Caicos; Severe Turbulence on Singapore Flight. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New Evidence in Classified Documents Case; Tornadoes Slam Iowa; White House Comments on Palestinian State; Trump Comments on Birth Control. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• White House responds to Formal Recognition of Palestinian State; Severe Turbulence on Singapore Flight; American Pleads Guilty in Turks and Caicos; New Study on Nightmares Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis; DHS Warns about AI Threats. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• New Photos Show Trump Aide and Codefendant in Classified Documents Case Walt Nauta Moving Boxes around Mar-a-Lago in 2022; Tornado Devastates Town in Iowa; Ireland, Norway, and Spain to Recognize Palestinian State; Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Sean "Diddy" Combs Accused of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit, Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) On Americans Held In Turks And Caicos; Spain, Norway And Ireland Will Recognize A Palestinian State; Trump Removes Video Referencing "Unified Reich" From Truth Social. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• 75 Million-Plus Under Severe Storm Threat from Texas to Vermont; New Photos Show Trump Aide Moving Boxes Around Mar-a-Lago; One Killed, Dozens Injured After Deadly Turbulence. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 21, 2024
• Biden Touts Veteran Health Care Benefits Under PACT Act; Report: Inflation Made Finances Worse For 65 Percent Of Americans In 2023; Lawyers In Trump Trial Hold Meeting On Jury Instructions; NFL Launches New Push To Help Minority, Women-Owned Business. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
• Now: Lawyers In Trump Trial Hold Meeting On Jury Instructions; 1 Dead, 70 Plus Hurt After Severe Turbulence Hits Singapore Airlines Jet; Both Sides Rest Cases Without Trump Testifying; Judge & Attorneys Work On Jury Instructions. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Israel Shuts Down AP's Live Shot Of Gaza, Seizes Equipment; Now: Lawyers In Trump Trial Hold Meeting On Jury Instructions; GA Primary: D.A. Fani Willis, Judge Scott McAfee Up For Re-Election; Elvis Presley's Granddaughter Fights Fraudulent Graceland Sale. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The Defense And Prosecution Rest In The Hush Money Trial; Crucial Jury Instructions; Donald Trump Does Not Take The Stand; Prosecution's Burden; Importance Of Jury's Last Impressions; ICC Issues Warrant For Netanyahu's Arrest; Iranian President's Helicopter Crash. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Both Sides Rest, Trump Doesn't Testify; Secretary Antony Blinken Grilled On Capitol Hill; Blinken: Israel Must Decide If It Wants Normalization With Saudis; Giuliani, 10 Others Plead Not Guilty In AZ Fake Electors Scheme; Giuliani Ordered To Post $10,000 Bond After Not Guilty Plea In AZ. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Deadly Turbulence on Singapore Airlines Jet; Both Sides Rest in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Questioning Witness Who Angered Judge. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Questioning Resumes For Robert Costello Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Presidential Race and New Hampshire; Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) is Interviewed about the Presidential Race; Science to Happiness; Johansson Shocked and Angered by ChatGPT Voice; Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) is Interviewed about the Border and Abortion. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Judge Warns Former Attorney For Michael Cohen Of Possible Contempt Finding Due To His Behavior On Stand In Hush Money Criminal Trial Of Donald Trump; Sudden Turbulence For Flight From London To Singapore Causes One Death And Several Injuries; Today: Giuliani To Appear For Arraignment Hearing In Arizona; Biden Slams ICC Arrest Warrant Request For Israeli Leaders. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Naftali Bennett: Israel Rejects ICC Prosecutor Bid For Arrests; Soon: Trump Trial Witness Who Sparred With Judge Retakes Stand; Elvis Presley's Granddaughter Fights Graceland Foreclosure Sale. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Soon, Trump Trial Witness Who Sparred With Judge Retakes Stand; One Person Dead, Several Hurt After Severe Turbulence on Flight; Georgia Primary, D.A. Fani Willis and Judge Scott McAfee Up for Re- Election. Aired 7-7:30a ET


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