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August 26, 2026


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August 24, 2026
• Russia's War On Ukraine; Mexican Governor Seeks Indefinite Leave Of Absence; Robot Olympics. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Iran Faces "Economic D-Day", U.S. Treasury Secretary Warns; Iran Releases Rare Video Of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei; Trump Admin Blames Failed Trade Talks On Canada; Fast Growing, Uncontained Fire Forcing Thousands To Flee Reno; Data Center Becoming A Hot Issue Ahead Of U.S. Midterms; Kyle Kirkwood Wins IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix; Andy Burnham Arrives In Kyiv For First International Trip As PM. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• U.S. Treasury Secretary to Unveil Economic D-Day Sanctions on Iran; U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Collapse; Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial Nears its End. Aired 3-4a ET
• Washington to Announce Economic D-Day Against Iran; U.S. Blames Canada for Collapse of Trade Talks; Lindsay Clancy Defense Team Rests Its Case; British PM Burnham Arrives In Ukraine; Iran: Ships Violating Hormuz Transit Rules Could Be Seized; Data Centers Becoming A Hot Issue Ahead of U.S. Midterms. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. Readying New Sanctions On Iran; Iran Threatens Fines And Seizure For Ships Violating Hormuz Transit Rules; Trump Admin Blames Failed Trade Talks On Canada; Andy Burnham Arrives In Kyiv For First International Trip As PM; Fast-Growing, Uncontained Fire Forcing Thousands To Flee Reno; Teacher Pleads for Release of Husband in ICE Custody. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• U.S. Treasury Secretary Vows 'Economic D-Day is Coming for Iran'; Ukraine Prepares for Massive New Russian Mobilization; Chinese Humanoid Robots Surpass Human World Records at Robot Olympics; Iranian Women Defy Efforts to Enforce Wearing of Hijab; Kyle Kirkwood Wins First IndyCar Race in Washington, D.C.; North Korean Flight Attendants Seen in Rare Moment; Lions, Tigers Rescued from Notorious Argentina Zoo. Aired 12-1a ET


August 23, 2026
• Canada Plans Retaliatory Tariffs After Talks Collapse; Iran Warns Of Retaliation Ahead Of New U.S. Sanctions; Russia, Ukraine Trade New Strikes As Air Attacks Escalate; Manhunt In Massachusetts For Wife Of Slain Police Officer; Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Resumes Monday. Aired 5-6a ET
• U.S. and Canada Escalating Trade Tensions; U.S. Threatening Further Economic Pressure on Iran; Russia, Ukraine Trade New Strikes as Air Attacks Escalate; Record-Challenging Heat to Continue in Southern U.S.; Search for Wife of Slain Police Officer; Ukraine's 35th Independence Day. Aired 4-5a ET
• Escalating Trade War; Putin Says, Kyiv Has Opened Pandora's Box; Controversial Detention. Aired 3-4a ET
• Nevada's Fast-Growing Hawk Fire Leads Thousands To Flee Homes; Trump Administration Turns Focus To Economic Pressure On Iran; Canada Hits Back After Trade Talks Collapse; Pete Buttigieg Returns To South Carolina To Appeal To Black Voters; Flock Surveillance Cameras Triggering Protests And Vandalism; Paramount-WBD Merger Antitrust Trial Set For Next March; IndyCars Roar Down D.C. Streets For Freedom 250 Grand Prix; One-On-One With "The Pitt" Actress Katherine Lanasa. Aired 8-9p ET
• Hakeem Jeffries And Jared Kushner Secretly Meet; Growing Tropical Storm Moke To Impact Storm-Weary Hawaii; Nevada's Fast-Moving Hawk Wildfire Forces Evacuations; IndyCar Roar Down D.C. Streets For Freedom 250 Grand Prix; Many Communities Fight New Data Center Construction; Democrats Descend Down Communist Path; Piker Travels To Cuba in Name Of Humanitarianism; Duane Davis Addresses Judge as Week One Of Testimony Ends; Report Sheds Light On Possible Military Insider Trading On Polymarket; Monaco Bomb target Speaks To CNN. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Admin. Turns Focus To Economic Pressure On Iran; Source: Secret Sitdown For Jeffries, Kushner; Natalie Harp Posted More Than 150 Pro-Trump Tweets On Jan 6; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Defends New Reality Show Amid Backlash; Polarized Parents Can Raise Ideologically-Divided Kids; California Pastor Creates AI Twin To Reach More People. Aired 6-7p ET
• Nevada Faces Wildfire; IndyCars Roar Down D.C. Streets; Kushner And Jeffries Meet Privately; Voters To Head To Polls In South Carolina; Growing Outrage Over Proposed Data Centers; Ukraine Warns Of New Russian Offensive; Hawaii Braces For Another Tropical Storm; Voting For "Fat Marmot Week" Kicks Off Monday. Aired 5-6p ET
• IndyCar Race Takes Place In Washington D.C. Jared Kushner And Hakeem Jeffries Meet In New York. Peace Talks Intensify As Iran War Hits Six-Month Mark. Communities Outraged Over Data Centers Ahead Of Midterms. Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Coming To A Close; Natalie Harp Posts, Prince Harry And Meghan Merkle Return To U.K. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; IndyCars Speeding through D.C. for Trump-Backed Freedom 250 Race; South Carolina Republicans To Vote In Senate Primary Runoff. Aired 3-4p ET
• IndyCars Speeding Through D.C. For Trump-Backed Freedom 250 Race; Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; Iran Threatens Seismic Retaliation If U.S. Imposes New Sanctions; Source: Top House Dem Jeffries And Kushner Met Privately In Recent Weeks; Georgia Town Rallies Against Proposed A.I. Data Center; Prince Harry & Meghan Are Moving Back To Britain. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump-Backed IndyCar Event Takes Over National Mall; Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; U.S. Expected To Announce "Toughest Sanctions" Against Iran; Nevada's Fast Growing "Hawk" Wildfire Forces Evacuations In Reno. Aired 1-2p ET


August 22, 2026
• Trade Talks Collapse between U.S. and Canada; Trump Stumps for Darline Graham ahead of South Carolina Runoff; Fifteen Killed, 100 Plus Wounded in Double Tap Strike on Ukraine; SCOTUS Allows White House Ballroom Work to Continue; One Killed, Three Hurt in Sword Attack in Sweden; Lindsay Clancy Defense Team Calls Forensic Psychiatrist as Expert Witness; Prince Harry, Elton John and Others to Pay $13 Million after Losing "Daily Mail" Case; U.S. Transportation Secretary Defends New Reality Show. Aired 5-6a ET
• Fifteen Killed, 100 Plus Wounded in Double Tap Strike on Ukraine; Strait of Hormuz Ship Traffic Increases 27 Percent in Past Week; Israeli Airstrikes Continue in Gaza Despite Ceasefire; Trade Talks Collapse between U.S. and Canada; Prince Harry, Elton John and Others to Pay $13 Million after Losing "Daily Mail" Case. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Trade Talks Collapse between U.S. and Canada; U.S. Secretary of State Meets with Omani Ambassador after Latest Trump Threat; Fifteen Killed, 100 Plus Wounded in Double Tap Strike on Ukraine; Trail Runner's Search for Missing Hikers in Taiwan's Mountains. Aired 3- 3:30a ET
• Canada Plans Retaliatory Tariffs After Talks Collapse; Pentagon Fires Stars And Stripes Leaders; Tearful Five-Year-Old Boy, Father Detained By ICE In Texas; Mother Speaks With Five-Year-Old Held In ICE Detention Center; Next Week: Closing Arguments On Lindsay Clancy Trial; Spectators Gather In D.C. For Trump-Backed Grand Pix Event. Aired 7-8p ET
• Zelenskyy Vows Response After Russian Strike on Shopping Mall; Trump Stumps for Sen. Darline Graham Ahead of Tuesday GOP Runoff; Manhunt Underway for Wife of Slain Police Officer. Aired 6-7p ET
• Canada Hits Back After Trade Talks Collapse; Manhunt In Massachusetts For Wife Of Slain Police Officer; AIPAC Spending Fuels Tensions In Michigan Senate Race; Florida Deepens As A Red State After Decades As A Swing State; Tearful 5-Year-Old, Father Detained By ICE In Texas; Puerto Ricans Struggle With Water Rations Amid Drought; Spectators Gather In D.C. For Trump-Backed Grand Prix Event; Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction, For Now. Aired 5-6p ET
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• Manhunt In Massachusetts For Wife Of Slain Police Officer; U.S. Vows To Escalate Trade War With Canada After Talks Fall Apart; Duane Davis Speaks Out In Court; Mold Infections More Pervasive Than Previously Thought Following Rain; The Fight Over Flock System; Grand Prix Racing Takes Over D.C. Streets For America's 250th; "Widow's Bay" Star Matthew Rhys Nominated For Two Emmys This Year. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trade Talks between U.S. and Canada to Avoid New Tariffs Fall Apart; President Trump Campaigns for South Carolina Republican Senate Candidate Darline Graham; Navy Considering Changing Name of Carrier from after World War Two African American Hero Doris Miller to after President Trump; Immigration and Customs Enforcement Draws Controversy over Arrest of Five-Year-Old and His Father in Texas; IndyCar Drivers to Compete in Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C.; Mayor of Gary, Indiana, Interviewed on Continuing Power Outages for City's Residents after Major Storm; Defense Rests in Trial of Former Nurse and Mother Lindsay Clancy Accused of Murdering Her Three Children; New York Firefighter Saves Woman from Drowning in Her Car during Flood. Aired 2-3p ET.
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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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