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January 29, 2025
• RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings Today; Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA) is Interviewed about RFK Jr.; Revoked Security for Milley; Matthew Platkin is Interviewed about Suing over Funding Freeze. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing Today. Fed to Announce Rate Decision; Leavitt Takes Center Stage. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Millions of Federal Workers Receive Email from Trump Administration with Option to Resign from Their Current Positions; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Testify at Senate Confirmation Hearing for His Health and Human Services Secretary Nomination; Advocacy Group Denounces ICE Raid at Philly Car Wash. Interview with Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY). Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rubio Issues Humanitarian Waiver For Freeze On U.S. Foreign Aid; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) On White House Freeze On Federal Aid Unleashing Confusion And Worry; ICE Raids Intensify With Nearly 1,000 Arrests Tuesday. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Gen. Milley's Security Detail, Clearance Revoked in Unprecedented Move; Trump Admin Offering Buyouts to Millions of Federal Workers; Soon, Senate Confirmation Hearing for HHS Nominee RFK Jr. Aired 7-7:30a ET


January 28, 2025
• Oklahoma Board of Education Approves Rule Requiring Families to Prove U.S. Citizenship When Enrolling Students; CDC Ordered to Cut Contact with WHO After Executive Order; Gazans Stream Home on Second Day of Open Crossing; Kansas Facing Worst Tuberculosis Outbreak in U.S. in Decades. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Senator Wyden Says Medicaid Portal is Down in All 50 States; White House Attempts to Clarify Freeze on Federal Aid; DHS Secy Noem Laying Out Immigration Strategy to Staff. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Caroline Kennedy Accuses Cousin RFK Jr Of Being A "Predator" And Urges Senators To Reject His Nomination As HHS Secy; Patel's Personal Battles With Intel Community Shaped His Views Of FBI; WH: NJ Drones That Caused Hysteria Were "Not The Enemy"; Trump Calls China's DeepSeek A "Wake-Up Call" For U.S. Industries; Beauty Company Embraces DEI As Other Brands Ditch Programs. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Freeze On Federal Grants And Loans Takes Effect At 5 P.M. Today; WH: NJ Jones That Caused Hysteria Were "Not The Enemy"; ICE: 1,100-Plus Arrested In Immigration Enforcement On Monday. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• White House Holds First Press Briefing Of Trump's Second Term. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump White House Holds First Press Briefing. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• DeepSeek Sends Shockwaves through Markets; DeepSeek Stuns with AI Model; Patricia King is Interviewed about Transgender Troops; Pulitzer Prize Board Asks for Pause. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• White House Freezes Federal Grants and Loans; Shan Wu is Interviewed about Grant and Loan Freezes; Justice Department Fires Officials; Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is Interviewed about FEMA and Immigration. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Paul Offit is Interviewed about Kennedy Nomination; Oklahoma Schools May Require Proof of Citizenship; Migrants Repatriated to Guatemala; Netanyahu Could Visit White House; Champion for Disability Access. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Administration Orders Pause to All Federal Grants and Loans; Trump Administration Orders Removal of Career Government Prosecutors Who Previously Investigated Donald Trump; Trump Administration Possibly Pursuing Investigation of Investigators into January 6th Capitol Hill Rioters; DHS Secretary Noem Joins Federal Agents on Immigration Crackdown in New York City; ICE: Over 1,100 Arrested in Immigration Enforcement on Monday; Greenland is Back. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Administration Puts Dozens Of USAID Senior Officials On Paid Leave; White House Pauses All Federal Grants And Loans; Lawsuit: Electric Sparking Caught On Video Started Eaton Fire. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• White House Pauses All Federal Grants and Loans; Trump Calls China's DeepSeek a Wakeup Call for U.S. Industries; Poll Shows One in Four Republican-Leaning Parents Report Skipping or Delaying Some Vaccines for Children. Aired 7-7:30a ET


January 27, 2025
• Palestinians Reunite with Families as They Return to Gaza City; Trump Fires Inspectors General From More Than a Dozen Agencies; Bill Gates Blasts Musk for Supporting Far-Right Politicians Abroad. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• ICE Says Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Recent Days; Powerful New Chinese AI Tech Shocks Experts, Disrupts Markets. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez Discusses "Border Czar" Tom Homan Calling Chicago Immigration Efforts A "Game-Changer"; Storm Dumps Rain, Triggers Mudslides In Fire-Ravaged L.A. County; Holocaust Survivor Shares His Story with Younger Generation; Super Bowl Favs Chicken Wings, Avocados And Beer Will Cost More. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Expected to Reshape Military With New Executive Orders; Trump Expected to Sign Order Banning Transgender Service Members; Trump Admin Launches Immigration Crackdown in Chicago. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Powerful New Chinese AI Tech Shocks Experts, Disrupts Markets; Displaced Palestinians Return To Devastated Northern Gaza; Trump Fires Inspectors General From Over A Dozen Agencies. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump's Immigration Crackdown Continues; Trump Signs New Military Executive Orders. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Kathleen Sebelius is Interviewed about RFK Jr.; Tech Stocks Plummet; Trump Suggests Plan for Gaza; Super Bowl Snacking Costs. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hegseth Arrives for First day as Defense Secretary; White House and Colombia Reach Deal; Immigration Crackdown Intensifying; Trump Fires Inspectors General. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Fires Inspectors General; Trump and Republicans Plot Agenda; Numbers on Americans Trust on Immigration; Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) is Interviewed about Police Reform. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Colombia Clashes with Trump Administration over Accepting U.S. Military Aircraft Repatriating Colombian Immigrants; Reports Indicate Trump Administration Issued Quotas to Immigration Agents for Daily Arrests of Immigrants; Trump Cabinet Nominees Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and Kash Patel to Testify at Senate Confirmation Hearings This Week; California Rain Sparks Mudslides Fear; Trump Signs Executive Order to Review FEMA; Trump Fires Inspectors General From Over a Dozen Federal Agencies. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Fires Inspectors General From Over A Dozen Federal Agencies; Trump Suggests Plan For Gaza Is To "Clean Out The Whole Thing"; NIH Told It Can Continue Purchasing Supplies For Studies. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump White House, Colombia Reach Deportee Deal After Tense Tariff Standoff; Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles Advance to Super Bowl LIX; Stock Futures Plummet Over China A.I. Fears. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


January 24, 2025
• Musk's Doge Sets Its Sights on the Penny to Cut Federal Spending; Trump Take First Steps to Enact Sweeping Agenda with Executive Orders. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• CA Gov. Newsom To Meet Trump On Tarmac For L.A. Visit; Trump Meets With NC Families Affected By Hurricane Helene; Newark Mayor: ICE Agents "Raided" Business, Detained Residents; White House: "Deportation Flights Have Begun"; Mississippi Lawmaker Processes "Bounty Hunter" Program; Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) Discusses About President Trump's Visit to Disaster Zones. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) About Immigration; Trump Arrives Soon to Visit Fire-Damaged Areas; Suspect Wants DNA Evidence Tossed in Idaho Murder Case; Giant Pandas Make Their Debut at DC's National Zoo. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Meets With NC families Affected By Hurricane Helene; Trump Says He's Considering Getting Rid Of FEMA; ICE: Hundreds Of Undocumented Immigrants Arrested This Week. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• VP Vance Delivers Address At March For Life Rally; Trump Threatens Tariffs, Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine War; Trump Defends Revoking Security Details For Fauci, Pompeo. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Immigration Crackdown; Mudslide Fears in California; Interview With Asheville, North Carolina, Mayor Esther Manheimer; Trump Visits North Carolina and California. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Coleman Hughes is Interviewed about the Anti-DEI Push; Art delaCruz is Interviewed about Helping Wildfire Recovery Efforts; Pandas Make Public Debut in Washington. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Migrant Deportation Flights Begin; Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) is Interviewed about Birthright Citizenship and Deportations; Trump Visits North Carolina and California; Zeb Smathers is Interviewed about Flood-Ravaged North Carolina. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump's Approval Rating; Trump Revokes Security for Ex-Aides; Christopher Reeve's Story. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• ICE Making Efforts to Deport Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Crime in New York City; New Information about Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Paying $50,000 to Woman Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault Emerges; President Trump Invites California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff to Accompany Him on Tour of Wildfire Devastation in California; Migrant Deportation Flights with Military Aircraft Have Begun; Trump Pulls Out of Paris Climate Agreement, intends to Promote Fossil Fuels. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Judge Blocks Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship; More Details On Fate Of Hostages Held By Hamas Expected Saturday; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) On Proposed Amendment To Allow Trump To Run For A Third Term. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) Says He Plans to Greet Trump on Tarmac in L.A.; Senate Votes Tonight to Confirm Hegseth as Defense Secretary; How Trump's Proposed Tariffs Could Affect Canada, Mexico. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


January 23, 2025
• New 40-Acre Brush Fire Erupts Overnight in L.A.; Trump Make First Major Speech to Global Business, Political Leaders; Authorities Search for Motive in Deadly Nashville School Shooting; Freed Oath Keepers Leader Meets With GOP Lawmakers. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump's Justice Department Halts Police Reform Agreements; Trump Signs New Executive Orders in Oval Office. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Hegseth's Nomination as Defense Secretary Passes Procedural Vote; GOP Sens Murkowski, Collins Say They Will Vote on Hegseth; Trump Warns Global Leaders to Make Products in America; U.S. Officials: "Aggressively Bolstering" Security at Southern Border; Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) Discusses About Immigration; Fast-Spreading Hughes Fire Explodes North of L.A. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• GOP Sen. Murkowski: Won't Support Hegseth As Defense Secretary; Fast-Spreading Hughes Fire Explodes North of L.A. Aired 2:30-3 pm ET
• Judge Blocks Trump's Order on Birthright Citizenship; GOP Senator Murkowski: Won't Support Hegseth as Defense Secretary; Trump Addresses World Leaders at Davos Economic Forum. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge Says He Will Block Trump's Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship; Interview with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) About Birthright Citizenship and Immigration; GOP Senator Murkowski Will Vote No On Hegseth For Defense Secretary; Police: "Very Concerning" Posts Linked to Tennessee High School Shooter. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Santa Clarita, California, Mayor Bill Miranda; Fire Explodes North of Los Angeles; Birthright Citizenship Order Faces First Legal Test; President Trump Promises to Impose Tariffs. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Trump Talks Jan. 6 Pardons, Immigration, Biden in Oval Office Interview; Trump Targets Federal Workers Who Focus on DEI; Trump's Bid to End Birthright Citizenship Faces Legal Challenges; Fast-Spreading Hughes Fire Racing in Los Angeles County. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Threatens to Cut Off Funding for Sanctuary Cities; Trump's Immigration Plans Bring Refugee Programs to a Halt; Scientists Sound the Alarm After Trump Administration Halts NIH Meetings; Elon Musk Bashes Trump's $500 Billion A.I. Project; Trump Criticizes FEMA, Questions if Disaster Agency is Needed. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Pushback on Trump's January 6 Pardons; Trump Administration Dismantles Federal DEI Offices, Puts Staffers on Leave. Aired: 8-8:30a ET
• Trump To Make First Major Speech To Global Business, Political Leaders; Trump Targets Federal Employees Involved With DEI Practices; President Trump Announces Withdrawal From World Health Organization. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New 40-Acre Brush Fire Erupts Overnight in L.A.; Trump Defends Jan. 6 Pardons in Oval Office Interview; Authorities Search for Motive in Deadly Nashville School Shooting. Aired 7-7:30a ET


January 22, 2025
• Firefighters Battling New Fires Near Los Angeles; States Sue Trump Over Bid to End Birthright Citizenship; Melania Trump Planning More Prominent Role as First Lady; Ohio Grand Jury Indicts 4 Men for Luxury Home Burglaries. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Major Changes Underway As Trump Works To Reshape Government; Sources: White House In Talks To Host Some Jan. 6 Convicts; DOJ Threatens To Prosecute Officials Who Resist Immigration Orders; JPMorgan Chase CEO On Trump Tariffs: "Get Over It"; PMorgan Chase CEO: Trump Tariff Threat May Be Negotiating Tool; Trump Tariffs Loom Over Chinese Factory In Mexico; Chinese Firms Weigh Options As Trump Threatens New Tariffs. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA )Discusses White House In Talks To Possibly Host Some Pardoned Jan. 6 Convicts; Nashville Officials: Student Killed In Shooting At Antioch High School. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Could Host Jan. 6 Rioters After Pardons; Trump's War On DEI; At Least Two Injured In Nashville School Shooting. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Speaker Johnson Refers To Jan. 6 Riot As "Peaceful Protest"; Oath Keepers Founder's Ex-Wife: He's A "Very Dangerous Man"; Nashville Police: 2 Students Shot At Antioch High School; Deadly Once-In-A- Generation Winter Storm Slams South. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Immigration Crackdown; Trump May Invite January 6 Convicts to White House; Trump Targets DEI. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Pardons January 6th Rioters; Skye Perryman is Interviewed about a Lawsuit against DOGE; CNN Original Series on Kobe Bryant. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Federal DEI Staff Put on Leave; ICE to Use Common Sense with Migrant Arrests; John Sandweg is Interviewed about Deportations; Rare Storm Blankets South; DOJ Sidelines Workers. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Pardoned January 6th Defendants Released; Americans Hawkish on Immigration; Aaron Ford is Interviewed about Birthright Citizenship Challenges; Dr. Jerome Adams is Interviewed about Vaccinations. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• President Trump Orders all Federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff Placed on Leave; President Trump Criticizes Bishop for Statements During National Prayer Service on Inauguration; New Allegations against Pete Hegseth regarding Treatment of His Second Wife Surface; Pushback on Trump's January 6 Pardons; Trump Administration Dismantles Federal DEI Offices, Puts Staffers on Leave. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Warns Tariffs On China Are Coming As Soon As February 1; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) On Affidavit Detailing New Allegations Against Hegseth; Trump: Putin "Destroying" Russia By Not Making Ukraine War Deal. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Admin Dismantles Federal DEI Offices, Puts Staffers on Leave; At Least Nine Dead as Once-in-a-Generation Storm Slams South; Prince Harry Settles Legal Claim Against The Sun Publisher. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


January 21, 2025
• How U.S. Economy Could Fare During Trump's Second Term; Trump Threatens 25 Percent Tariffs On Mexico And Canada On February 1; South Hit With Once-In-A-Generation Winter Storm; Ukraine's Zelenskyy Asks if Trump Will Even Notice Europe. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Jan. 6 Rioters being Released from Jail After Sweeping Trump Pardons; Trump Meets with GOP Congressional Leadership; Asylum Seekers React to Trump's Immigration Orders. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biggest Tech Executives Take Center Stage at Trump's Inauguration; Rep. Pete Sessions, Co-Chair Of DOGE Caucus, Discusses New Department; Trump Targets Security Clearances, Energy Resources, Landmarks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Meets with GOP Congressional Leadership; Trump Disparages Church Service After Bishop Pleads For Mercy on Immigrants, LGBTQ Community; Oath Keepers Leader And Violent Jan. 6 Rioters Freed From Prison After Trump's Clemency. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• South Hit With "Once-In-A-Generation" Winter Storm; Southern California Winds Return Amid Ongoing Fire Threatn; Trump Withdraws U.S. From World Health Organization. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio Speaks to Staffers; Immigration Crackdown; President Trump Pardons January 6 Rioters Who Assaulted Police Officers. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) Is Interviewed About Trump Administration Policies; Edward Beck Is Interviewed About The National Prayer Service; Lawmakers Question Tech Influence. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Jump Starts Second Term; Trump Signs Executive Actions on Immigration; Winter Storm Sweeping the South. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Trump Attends National Prayer Service; Cecillia Wang is Interviewed about Immigration; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is Interviewed about TikTok; U.S.-Taliban Prisoner Exchange. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Interviewed on President Trump Delaying Ban on TikTok; President Trump Signs Numerous Executive Orders Upon Taking Office; President Trump Issues Pardons to All January 6th Rioters Including Those Who Committed Violent Acts against Law Enforcement. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Cities Across U.S. Prepare For Possible Mass Deportations; Rubio: Ukraine And Russia Will Have To Give Up Something To End War; Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N) Discusses Executive Orders Signed By Trump Yesterday. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Jump Starts Second Term With Stunning Slew of Executive Orders; Southern States Brace for Another Major Winter Storms; Trump Threatens 25 Percent Tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


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January 17, 2025
• Israeli Cabinet Reportedly Meeting on Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Biden Races to Push Through Executive Actions; Firefighters Make Gains as Winds Die Down; Changing Plans for Trump's Inauguration. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Biden Says TikTok's Future will be Decided by "The Next President"; Supreme Court Upholds Ban on TikTok that Starts Sunday; Trump DHS Pick Kristi Noem Faces Questions at Confirmation Hearing; Trump Plans Aggressive Immigration Overhaul on Day One. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Israeli Cabinet Meeting To Vote On Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; FireAid Benefit Concert Announced To Help SoCal Fire Victims; CNN Investigates Trump's Focus On Panama Canal; SpaceX Starship Spacecraft Disintegrates Minutes After Launch. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Supreme Court Says Tiktok Can be Banned in U.S.; Confirmation Hearing For Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary; Starship Spacecraft Disintegrates Minutes After Launch. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Discusses Supreme Court Allowing TikTok Ban; Israeli Cabinet Meeting To Vote On Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Firefighters Make Gains As Winds Die Down; 10 Capitol Riot Defendants Face Sentencing Today. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Inauguration Moved Indoors; Immigration Crackdown; Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban; Interview With Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA). Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Live Coverage of Kristi Noem's Senate Confirmation Hearing; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Noem Confirmation Hearing; Live Coverage of Noem Hearing. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Arwa Damon is Interviewed about Charity in Gaza; Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) is Interviewed about California Fires; January 6th Rioters to Return for Inauguration; Federal Workers Changing Job Descriptions; Noem Confirmation Hearing; trump to Move on Immigration. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Israeli Cabinet Voting to Approve Hostage Exchange and Ceasefire Deal with Hamas; Reporting Indicates President-Elect Trump Plans Numerous Measures to Crack Down on Illegal Immigration in U.S. Immediately Upon Taking Office; Trump Pivots on TikTok as Ban Looms Sunday; Weight Loss Drugs in Next Round of Medicare Price Negotiations. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• L.A. Residents Face Long Recovery As Firefighters Make Gains; Trump To Kick Off Aggressive Immigration Push Soon After Swearing-In; SpaceX Starship Explodes, Showering Debris Over Atlantic. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Biden Commutes Nearly 2,500 Drug Sentences in Final Days of Presidency; Netanyahu's Office Says, First Hostages Could Be Released as Early as Sunday; Trump Tees Up Aggressive Immigration Push for Day One of New Term. Aired 7-7:30a ET


January 16, 2025
• Bondi Says There Will Never Be an Enemies List at DOJ; Red Flag Warnings Expire in Los Angeles, But Fire Danger Remains; Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 Million. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Key Party in Netanyahu's Government Threatens to Quit Over Critical Details in Ceasefire Deal; Hostage Families Face Uncertainty After Hurdles Delay Deal; Both Trump, Biden Negotiators Helped Hammer Out Deal; More Republican Senators Falling in Line to Confirm Hegseth. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Red-Flag Warnings Expires In L.A. But Fire Danger Remains; Users Flock To Alternative Apps Ahead Of TikTok Ban; Sources: Trump Mulls Plan To Delay TikTok's U.S. Shutdown On Sunday Due To Federal Ban. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Could Trump Save Tiktok?; Israel Official Says Cabinet to Vote Friday on Ceasefire and Hostage Deal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Crews Push To Contain Los Angeles Fires As Winds Slow Down; Drought Expanding Rapidly In Southern California; Speaker Removes GOP Chair Of House Intelligence Committee; Southwest Pilot Removed From Cockpit, Charged With DUI; U.S. Sues Southwest Airlines Over Flight Delays. Aired 1:30-2p ET


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