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February 04, 2025


February 03, 2025
• Tomorrow: FBI Deadline to Give Details About January 6 Investigators; Judge Warns Attorneys for Baldoni, Lively to Stop Fighting Case in Public; NTSB Looking at Discrepancy Between Plane, Helicopter Altitudes. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Right Now: Trump Set to Speak to PM Trudeau About Looming Tariffs; Trump: "What I'd Like is for Canada to Become our 51st State"; Musk: Trump Agrees that USAID Needs to be Shut Down; Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) Discusses About Elon Musk threatening to Close USAID; Trump: "I Don't Think" Congress Needs a Say in Dismantling USAID. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Soon NTSB to release Black Box Data From Helicopter In Midair Crash; NTSB Looking At Discrepancy Between Plane, Helicopter Altitudes; Trump Reiterates Threat To Retake Panama Canal; Rubio Raises Concerns Over China's "Control" Of Panama Canal; TSB: Black Box Recovered After Medevac Jet Crash In Philadelphia. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: trump Signs Executive Orders at White House; Trump Signs More Executive Orders After Pausing Mexico Tariffs; Mexico Agrees to Put 10,000 of Its Soldiers on U.S. Border "Maybe Forever" to Fight Drug Trafficking;. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• President Donald Trump Signs Executive Orders. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Elon Musk Targets USAID; Trump Delays Tariffs With Mexico. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Markets Down After Tariffs; Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Trump Releases Water in California. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump to Speak with Mexico and Canada; Glenn Stevens Jr. is Interviewed about Tariffs; DOJ Questions FBI Employees; Third and Final Back Box Recovered; First Hearing in Baldoni/Lively Legal Case. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Marines Arrive in Guantanamo Bay; American Opinion on Trump Tariffs; Chris Swonger is Interviewed about Tariffs; Naomi Watts on Menopause. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• President Trump Announces Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China; Stocks Markets Potentially Down Upon News of U.S. Tariffs on Trading Partners; Workers at U.S. Agency for International Development Receive Email to Not Show Up to Work as Trump Administration Targets Agency. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Hits Top Trading Partners Canada, Mexico, China With Tariffs; Secretary Duffy: We Are Going To "Surge" Air Traffic Controllers; NBA Trade Stunner: Doncic To Lakers And Davis To Mavericks. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Stock Futures Drop After Trump Hits Top Trading Partners With Tariffs; Third and Final Black Box Recovered from Wreckage in Potomac; DOJ Questions Thousands of FBI Employees Over Jan. 6 Investigation. Aired 7-7:30a ET


January 31, 2025
• U.S. Stocks Fall as Trump's Tariff Package is About to Take Effect; American Among Three Hostages Set to be Freed From Gaza Tomorrow. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Official: Salvage Of Wreckage Expected To Begin Tomorrow; Official: Two Coast Guard Cutters Now At Crash Site; Sources: FBI Agents Who Worked On Jan. 6 and Trump Probes Expected To Be Fired Today; Families, Friends Honor The 67 People Killed In DC Tragedy; Civil Rights Attorney & Two Young Legal Associates On Flight. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Source: 14 Bodies Still Not Recovered After Midair Collision Due To Challenges; Officials Give Update On Major Collision Investigation & Recovery. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Passenger Jet's Black Boxes Recovered After Midair Tragedy; Trump Tariffs On Canada, Mexico, China Begin Tomorrow; U.S. Stocks Fall After Trump Tariff Announcement. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• FAA Indefinitely Closes Helicopter Routes Near Reagan National Airport; Families, Friends Honor The 67 People Killed In DC Tragedy; Confirmation Of Some Of Trump's Controversial Picks In Question; Most U.S. Companies Say Diversity Is Good For Business. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Continuing to Blame DEI For Midair Collision; White House Holds Press Briefing; Midair Collision Investigation. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• New Video Show Moment Plane & Army Helicopter Collided; Multiple Investigations Into What Caused Collision That Killed 67; Figure Skating Community Mourns Victims Killed in D.C. Tragedy; FireAid Concerts Raise Millions For Fire Victims. Aired 9:30-10 am ET
• New Video Show Moment Plane & Army Helicopter Collided; Multiple Investigations Into What Caused Collision That Killed 67; Remembering the 67 People Killed in D.C. Plane-Helicopter Collision. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Senators Grill Trump Cabinet Nominees; Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) is Interviewed about Panama; Butch Hendrick is Interviewed about Recovery Efforts in the Potomac; Figure Skating Community Mourns Victims; Senators Grill RFK Jr. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Investigation Continues into Cause of Passenger Plane and Army Helicopter Collision over Potomac River; National Transportation Safety Board Member Interviewed on Process of Investigating Midair Collision; Some Victims of Midair Collision Near Washington D.C. Profiled. Remembering the 67 People Killed in DC Plane-Helicopter Collision; Multiple Investigations into what Caused Collision that Killed 67; Aired: 8-8:30a ET
• Figure Skating Community Mourns Victims Killed In D.C. Tragedy; Sources: Trump Administration Gives At Least Six Senior FBI Leaders Ultimatum; Senators Grill Trump HHS Nominee RFK Jr. Over Vaccine Claims. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New Videos Show Moment Helicopter and Plane Collided; Trump Says He Will Meet With Some of the Victims' Family Members; Trump Makes Baseless Claims DEI Hiring May Have Caused Collision. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


January 30, 2025
• Recovery Effort Unfolds for 67 Victims of Passenger Jet-Chopper Crash; NTSB: Flight Data Recorders Not Yet Recovered; President Trump Signs Executive Orders From Oval Office. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• NTSB: "Whole of Government Effort" to Investigate Midair Crash; NTSB: Flight Data Recorders Not Yet Recovered; NTSB: "Very Quick, Rapid Impact," No Passenger Slides Deployed. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Discusses Plane-Chopper Midair Collion, Trump Lashing Out at DEI, Democrats; Soon: NTSB Press Conference On Deadly Plane Collision; New Details On Victims Aboard Aircraft; NTSB Gives Update On Investigation Into Deadly Midair Collision. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Recovery Effort Unfolds For 67 Victims of Passenger Jet-Chopper Crash; Defense Secretary: "Mistake Was Made" During Routine Army Training Flight; Trump Lashes Out at DEI, Democrats Amid Crash Recovery Effort. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Officials: No Survivors In Midair Collision; 67 Believed Dead; Recovery Effort Unfolds For 67 Victims Of Passenger Jet-Chopper Crash; Trump Lashes Out At DEI, Dems Amid Crash Recovery Effort; FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel Faces Confirmation Hearing. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• No Survivors in Midair Collision; President Trump Blames DEI For Midair Collision. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Midair Collision of American Airlines and a Black Hawk; Trump Expected to Speak about Crash; Patel Confirmation Hearings; Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) is Interviewed about the Midair Crash. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• News Conference from Wichita, Kansas; No Survivors from Midair Collision; Muriel Bowser is Interviewed about the Midair Collision. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is Interviewed about the Plane Crash; Twenty-Eight Victims Now Recovered from Crash; Sen. Dick Durban (D-IL) is Interviewed about the Crash and RFK Jr.; Joshua Schirard is Interviewed about the Washington Crash; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is Interviewed about the Crash and RFK Jr. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Government Officials Hold Press Conference on Midair Collision between American Airlines Plane and Military Black Hawk Helicopter Near Washington D.C.; No Survivors Expected from Midair Collision Near Washington D.C.; DC Fire: 27 Victims Recovered from Passenger Jet, One from Helicopter; Interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Passenger Plane And Army Helicopter Collide Midair, Crash Into Potomac; Search For Survivors In Frigid Potomac River After Midair Collision; D.C. Officials Give Update On Fatal Midair Collision. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Passenger Plane and Army Helicopter Collide Midair, Crash into Potomac; Search for Survivors in Frigid Potomac River After Midair Collision; Soon, Officials Give 7:00 A.M. ET Update on Fatal Midair Collision. Aired 7-7:30a ET


January 29, 2025
• Interview with Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary: President Trump Signs Laken Riley Act Into Law; Trump Administration Offers Buyouts to 2 Million Federal Workers; Democratic Ex-Senator Bob Menendez Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• White House Rescinds Order that Froze Trillions in Federal Funds; HHS Nominee RFK Jr. Faces Questions at Confirmation Hearing; Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) Discusses About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Confirmation Hearing; Pres. Trump Signs Laken Riley Act into Law. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Speaks And Signs Laken Riley Act Into Law; White House Rescinds Memo On Federal Aid Freeze; Trump Ordering Guantanamo Bay Facility Be Prepared To House Migrants. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump to Sign Laken Riley Act Into Law; WH Says Federal Aid Freeze Still in Effect; Fed Leaves Interest Rates Steady, Despite Trump Demands. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• HHS Nominee RFK Jr Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing; Trump White House Rescinds Federal Aid Freeze; Leavitt: Recission For OMB Memo Only, Aid Freeze Continues. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• HHS Nominee RFK Jr. Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Numbers for RFK Nomination; Confirmation Hearing for RFK Jr. Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• 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


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