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August 17, 2026
• Iranian Official: U.S. & Israel "Failed To Achieve" War Goals; Russia Assessing Damage After Massive Ukrainian Drone Attack; Growing GOP Concerns Over How Economy May Affect Midterms. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Kushner Meets Hamas Chief Ahead Of Gaza Talks With Netanyahu; U.S.-Iran Interim Agreement Expires With No Deal To End War. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Hollywood Actress Hayden Panettiere Dies; U.S. to Reduce Joint Military Exercises with South Korea; A Fund-Raising Concert of Top Latin Music Stars Will Benefit Relief Efforts in the Recent Venezuela and Colombia Earthquakes. Aired 3-4a ET
• Hayden Panettiere Dies at 36; Trump Reveals Rift with South Korea; Trump's Gaza Peace Plan Faces New Diplomatic Push; New South Wales Announces Gun Buyback Scheme For November; Philadelphia Nanny Released From ICE Detention; Search Efforts Continue One Week After 7.4 Magnitude Quake. Aired 2-3a ET
• Heroes Actress Hayden Panettiere Dies Aged 36; Trump Says U.S. To "substantially reduce" Military Drills With South Korea; Kushner Meets With Hamas On The Gaza Road Map; Rescue Teams Search For Survivors In Indonesia After Powerful Earthquake; Europe's Dwindling Rivers Threaten Energy Production and Trade; CentCom Commander Addresses Concerns over USS Lincoln Crew; "Nashville" and "Heroes" Actress Hayden Panettiere Dead at 36; Tropical Storm Lala Brings Flooding and Gusty Winds to Hawaii; How High Gas Prices are Impacting Trump's Poll Numbers; Taiwan Wraps Military Drills after Test of Preparedness. Aired 1-2a ET
• 'Nashville' and 'Heroes' Actress Hayden Panettiere Dead at 36; Trump: U.S. to Reduce Military Exercises with South Korea; Kushner Meets Hamas Chief Ahead of Gaza Talks with Netanyahu; 180,000+ Without Power as Lala Begins to Exit Hawaii; Europe's Dwindling Rivers Threaten Energy Production & Trade; Taiwan Wraps Military Drills after Test of Preparedness; Carlson Defends Esports World Cup Title. Aired 12-1a ET


August 16, 2026
• Hurricane Lala Leaves 100,000 Plus Without Power In Hawaii; Indonesia Earthquake Death Toll Rises To At Least 51; At Least 11 Killed In Israel Strikes On Southern Lebanon; French Court Blocks Social Media Ban For Children 15 & Under. Aired 5-6a ET
• Hurricane Lala Batters Hawaii; Indonesia Earthquake Recovery Efforts; Colombian Volunteers Ship Tons of Aid to Hard-Hit Regions; Emergency Crews Deployed After Kyiv Strikes; Iranian Official: U.S. to Blame for Instability in Hormuz; New York Synagogue Hate Crime Arrest; Israeli Settler Violence; Taliban Celebrate Five Years in Power in Afghanistan. Aired 4-5a ET
• Lala Lashes Hawaii's Big Island; Aftershocks Rattle Indonesia; Stolen Paintings Recovered. Aired 3-4a ET
• Four Renaissance Painting Recovered After Italian Heist; Trump Wants To Reduce U.S. Joint Military Exercises With South Korea; U.S. Envoy Jared Kushner Holds Rare Meeting With Hamas Leader; Hawaii Island Lashed By Storm Lala; Nanny Back In Philadelphia After A Month In ICE Custody; Opening Arguments Being In Tupac Murder Trial; Crushable Cement Keeps Planes From Skidding Off Runways; "Stacked: Inside The Enhancement Craze". Aired 7-8p ET
• Ukraine Attacks Russia In Massive Aerial Assault Overnight; Indianapolis Mayor Declares Local Disaster Emergency; Florida Voters Head To The Polls Tuesday For Primary Elections; Civilian Or Spy, Why The FBI Gunned Down Russian-born U.S. Citizen; Polls Find Widespread Disapproval For Trump On Gas Prices; California Couple's Multi-State Surrogacy Dispute Raises Legal And Ethical Questions. Aired 6-7p ET
• Hurricane Lala Hits Hawaii; Growing Concerns Over USS Lincoln's Long Deployment; White House Looking For New Press Secretary; Nanny Released From ICE Tells Her Story; Earthquakes Hit Indonesia; Controversial Project At Big Bend Is Drawing Outrage. Aired 5-6p ET
• Extreme Weather Across Globe Triggers Flash Flooding, Wildfires; One Dead After Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii's Big Island; Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Attack Deep into Russia; CENTCOM Commander Visits USS Abraham Lincoln Amid Morale Concerns; Boston Researchers Aim To Help Diagnose CTE In Living Patients; Israel Has Rejected Trump's 15 Point Peace Plan; Cardinals Rookie Hits 3 Home Runs in 3 At-Bats. Aired 4-5p ET
• Life-Threatening Flooding on Part of Hawaii's Big Island and Maui; Opening Statements in Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Start Tomorrow; Nanny Back in Philadelphia After a Month in ICE Custody. Aired 3-4p ET
• One Dead After Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii's Big Island; CentCom Commander Visits USS Abraham Lincoln Amid Morale Concerns; Millions Of People Across Midwest Remain Under Flood Watches; Wildfires Tear Across Parts Of Drought-Stricken Europe; Indonesian Earthquake Leaves Hundreds Without Homes; Joint Op-Ed: ICE Must Answer For July Killings Of Two Fathers; Jared Kushner In Egypt For Gaza Peace Talks; Magical Moments: Brothers Smash Home Runs Same Night. Aired 2-3p ET


August 15, 2026
• Tropical Storm Lala Could Hit Hawaii as a Hurricane Saturday; Iran's End Game after More than Five Months of War; Trump Dismisses Concerns about U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln; Six Dead, Including Suspect, in Series of Killings in Michigan; Jury Seated in Trial of Murder of Rapper Tupac Shakur; Powerful 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits off Coast of Indonesia; Extreme Heat in Europe Causing Drought, Wildfires; Trump Orders Vessels to Revert to Old Steam Catapults; Woman Arrested for Vandalizing World War II Memorial. Aired 5-6a ET
• Powerful 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits off Coast of Indonesia; No Safe Route on Either Side of Arabian Peninsula Partly Because of Houthis; Iran's End Game after More than Five Months of War; Israel's Defense Minister Wants to Extend Role of Israel Police in Occupied West Bank amid Settler Standoff; Extreme Heat in Europe Causing Drought, Wildfires. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Powerful 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits off Coast of Indonesia; Man Found Alive Four Days after Massive Colombian Earthquake; Tropical Storm Lala Could Hit Hawaii as a Hurricane Saturday; Trump Dismisses Concerns about U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln; Embattled British Professor Found Dead; Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Lands in China. Aired 3- 3:30a ET
• Trump will Declare Strait of Hormuz A "U.S. Territory" After Defeating Iran; Mangione Pleads Guilty In FED Case, Sets Up Double Jeopardy Fight; Hawaii Braces For Hurricane Lala To Possibly Make Landfall. Aired 7-8p ET
• Tonight: Hawaii Could See First Hurricane Landfall In Decades; Zel Says Ukraine Urgently Needs U.S. Missile Interceptors; Florida Voters Prepare To Cast Ballots In Key Primary Races. Aired 6-7p ET
• Iran: Strait Of Hormuz "Cannot Be Seized With A Tweet"; Trump Dismisses Concerns About Conditions In USS Lincoln; Three Earthquakes Rock Indonesia Within Hours; Hawaii Could See First Hurricane Landfall In Decades; Hate Crime Charges After Attack During NYC Synagogue Service; Effect Of New Florida Maps On Display In Tuesday's Primaries; Surprising Poll Numbers Or Swing Senate Race In Michigan. Aired 5-6p ET
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• U.S. War On Iran; Earthquakes In Indonesia; Border Wall Battle In Big Bend; Lala Strengthens To A Category 4 Hurricane. Aired 3-4p ET
• Hawaiian Islands Under Hurricane Warning as Tropical Storm Lala Gains Strength; Large Earthquakes Cause Devastation on Indonesian Island; Man in New York Arrested and Charged with Multiple Hate Crimes after Disrupting Service at Synagogue in Manhattan; President Trump Draws Controversy for Dismissing Concerns U.S. Servicemembers Spending Too Much Time Deployed at Sea on USS Abraham Lincoln Due to Iran War; Family of Luigi Mangione Absent from Court as He Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charges in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson; Democratic Party Announces New Presidential Primary Schedule for 2028; New York Knicks Star Jalen Brunson Discusses Foundation He Co-Founded with His Mother; New Material Preventing Airplanes from Overshooting Runways. Aired 2-3p ET
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August 09, 2026
• Iranian State Media Releases Video Of New Supreme Leader; Iran Issues List Of Demands For U.S. Before Reopening Hormuz; Senate Votes To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General; Crews Struggle To Contain Multiple Washington Wildfires. Aired 5-6a ET
• Iran Issues List of Demands for U.S. Before Reopening Hormuz; Senate Votes to Confirm Todd Blanche as AG; Strong Winds Hamper Fire Crews; Ceuta Crisis Aftermath; Five Teachers and Staff Killed in Thailand's School Shooting; Zelenskyy: U.S., Ukraine Agree on Air Defense Deliveries; Cracking Down on A.I. Aired 4-5a ET
• Iran Issues Demands to Reopen Strait; Spain Sets Border Controls With Italy; Thousands Flee British Columbia Fires. Aired 3- 3:30a ET
• Trump Says U.S. In "Low-Key" Negotiations With Iran; Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Mother, Baby Die After Boat Overturns Near Statue Of Liberty; Ohio Voters Weigh Allegations Against GOP Representative Max Miller; South Carolina Senate Race Again Tests Trump's Grip On GOP; Experts: U.S. Water Systems Vulnerable To Foreign Cyberattacks; Volvo to Begin Rolling Out Driverless Trucks Next Year; Eclipsing Power: Musk, Bezos And The New Space Race. Aired 7-8p ET
• Pentagon Asks Defense Firms To Make Weapons Faster; Interview With Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC); Trial Set To Begin In Tupac Shakur's 1996 Murder; A "Kill Switch" Stop A.I. Gone Rogue; Who Are The Victims Of The U.S. Boat Strikes; Poll Says Most Americans Think Job Market On "Wrong Track." Aired 6-7p ET
• Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; GOP Bullish On Holding The Senate; Young Votes On Midterms; Captain Charged After Deadly Boat Capsizes; DOJ Considers Criminal Charges Against Dr. Fauci; Nanny Arrest By ICE Agents At the PHILADELPHIA Airport; Thirty Years Later: Tupac Murder Trial. Aired 5-6p ET
• Mother, Baby Die After Boat Overturns Near Statue Of Liberty; Another Critical Primary Day In Several Key States; Spain To Establish Border Controls On Travelers From Italy; Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Trump's Top General Looking For A U.S. Offramp From Iran Conflict; Trump: Supply Of Some Munitions "A Little Bit Tighter"; "MyPillow Guy" Running For Minnesota Governor; Nanny Detained By ICE Agents At Philadelphia Airport. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump To AXIOS On Iran: It's Like A Chess Game; Mother, Baby Die After Boat Overturns Near Statue Of Liberty; Salmonella Outbreaks Cropping Up Over Dozens Of States. Aired 3-4p ET
• Mother, Baby Die After Boat Overturns Near Statue Of Liberty; Iran Issues List Of Demands For U.S. Before Reopening Hormuz; Netanyahu: Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; This Week: Another Critical Primary Day In Several Key States; Netanyahu: Israel Rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan; Iran Issues List Of Demands For U.S. Before Reopening Hormuz; Nanny Arrested By ICE Agents At The Philadelphia Airport. Aired 2-3p ET


August 08, 2026
• Senate Votes to Confirm Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General; Trump's Top General Looking for Off-Ramp from Iran War; Thai Teen Kills Five Teachers in School Shooting; U.S. Economy Loses 23,000 Jobs in July; Trump Illegally Constructing White House Ballroom; U.S. Senate Panel Recommends Contempt Charges for Dr. Anthony Fauci; South Carolina Republicans Set for Tuesday's Special Primary; Amanda Knox Comedy Show Faces Backlash; AI Creates Viruses from Scratch. Aired 5- 6a ET
• Trump's Top General Looking for Off-Ramp from Iran War; Russia Hits Back after Ukraine's Strikes on Wildberries; Thai Teen Kills Five Teachers in School Shooting; New U.S. Sanctions against Cuba; Volvo Tests Autonomous Semis, Truckers Fear for Their Jobs. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump's Top General Looking for Off-Ramp from Iran War; Thai Teen Kills Five Teachers in School Shooting; Russia Hits Back after Ukraine's Strikes on Wildberries; Amanda Knox Comedy Show Faces Backlash; AI Creates Viruses from Scratch; Mosquitoes Changing Tactics to Survive. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump's Top General Seeks "Off-Ramp" From Iran War; Saudi Arabia, Turkey And Pakistan Sign Mutual Defense Pact; Senate Votes To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General; Taylor Farms' Pattern Of Deflecting Blame When Linked To Outbreaks; WNBA In The Middle Of Trans Athletes Debate; Former NBA Players Say They Will DECLARE for WNBA Draft; Dangerous Fire Weather In Northwest Challenges Crews; Mike Lindell Resigns From MyPillow To Focus On Running For Minnesota Governor. Aired 7-8p ET
• Sources: Trump's Top General Seeks Off-Ramp From Iran War; Interview With Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL); Senate Votes To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General. Aired 6-7p ET
• Senate Votes to Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General; Senate Passes Bill That Would Fund Government Into December; Ohio Voters Weigh Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller; Interview With Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH); Dangerous Fire Weather In Northwest Challenges Crews; Interview With Spokane Fire Department Chief Tom Williams; U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Lost 23,000 Jobs Last Month; Ugly Surprise: Economy Loses 23,000 Jobs In July; Fears Of Higher Holiday Prices Amid Inflation, Iran War; Honduran Man Is Back In United States After Judge Orders His Return. Aired 5-6p ET
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• Trump's Top General Looking For U.S. Offramp From Iran Conflict; Senate Votes To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General; Deported Man Returns To U.S. Custody; Lake Mead Reservoir Drops To Record Low; The Push Against Data Centers; One-On-One with Tom Selleck. Aired 3-4p ET
• Todd Blanche Confirmed by Senate as U.S. Attorney General Despite Fears Blanche Might Weaponize Justice Department on President Trump's Behalf; Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine Reportedly Told Top Advisers Remaining Military Options against Iran Could Backfire on U.S.; Mayor of Cape May, New Jersey, Interviewed on Cyberattack against His City's Water System; Federal Appeals Court Halts Building of New White House Ballroom; Interview with Man Who Identified Suspect in Spokane Wildfire; Investigation into U.S. Operations against Alleged Drug Trafficking Boats in Caribbean and Pacific Uncovers Innocent Deaths. Aired 2-3p ET
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