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May 10, 2017
• Outrage After Trump Fires FBI Director; NASDAQ Hits 30th Record Close in 2017. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trumps Fires Comey; U.S. Jobs Openings Near Record High. Aired 4-4:30a ET


May 09, 2017
• Yates Warned White House Flynn 'Could Be Blackmailed'; Trump Slams Senate Probe Of Russian Meddling; Appeals Court Hearing On Revised Travel Ban. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Russia Probe's Next Steps; Future of Travel Ban; South Korean Presidential Election; Grudge Match: Bouchard Versus Sharapova. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Yates Warned White House Flynn "Could Be Blackmailed"; Future of Travel Ban; Kushner Family Business Apologizes. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• What's Next in Russia Probe?; Future of Travel Ban; Iraqi Forces Make final Push for Mosul; South Korean Presidential Election. Aired 4-4:30a ET


May 08, 2017
• Senate Russia Election Hack Hearing; U.S. Appeals Court Hears Trump Travel Ban; President Obama Defends Obamacare; Senators Talk Of Starting Over On Health; Macron Vows To Unite France At Victory Rally. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. Appeals Court Hears Trump Travel Ban; Sally Yates to Testify on Russia Hack; Senators Talk Of Starting Over on Health; Macron Victory Sends Euro To Six-Month High; Macron Vows To Unite France At Victory Rally. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Sally Yates Ready To Testify; President Obama Defends ObamaCare; New Era In France with Macron Victory; Republicans Defend House Health Bill; SNL Asks "Where In The World Is Kellyanne Conway?"; Maggie Siff On Being A Working Mom. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Sally Yates to Testify on Flynn Issue; Emmanuel Macron Wins France's Presidency; House Health Bill Defended by Republicans; Texas Governor Signs Ban on Sanctuary Cities; Another American Detained in North Korea; Calls for End to Confrontation by North Korea. Aired at 4:00-4:30 am ET


May 05, 2017
• Health Bill Faces Uphill Battle In Senate; President's First Foreign Trip; House Approves New Sanctions On North Korea. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Health Bill Faces Uphill Battle in Senate; Bad Blood Boils Over Between Celtics and Wizards. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Health Bill Faces Uphill Battle in Senate; French Presidential Candidates Clash; Global Markets Lower. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Health Bill Faces Uphill Battle in Senate; New Agreement for Safe Zones in Syria. Aired 4-4:30a ET


May 04, 2017
• House Vote On Health Care Set For Today; High-Risk Pools Won't Match Obamacare Protections; Was FBI Director Comey Playing Politics; Prince Philip Stepping Back From Public Life. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• GOP Full-Court Press on Health Care; Explosive Testimony from Comey; Changes for Prince Philip. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• House Vote on Health Care Set For Today; Explosive Testimony from Comey; No Federal Charges Against Cops in Alton Sterling Death. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Health Care Vote Today; Explosive Testimony from Comey. Aired 4-4:30a ET


May 03, 2017
• Yates To Testify: I Warned About Flynn; GOP Health Care Bill On Shaky Ground; Clinton Pins Loss On Russians, Comey. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Sources: Yates Told White House Flynn Had Lied; Clinton: Comey Cost Me; Trump Tackles Health Care; Trump Hosting Abbas at White House; Adam Jones Gets Standing Ovation at Fenway Park. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Yates to Testify She Warned White House About Flynn; Clinton: Comey Cost Me; Trump Tackles Health Care; Trump Hosting Abbas at White House; Deadly Suicide Bombing in Kabul. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Yates to Testify: I Warned About Flynn; Clinton: Comey Cost Me; Trump Tackles Health Care; Trump Hosting Abbas at White House. Aired 4-4:30a ET


May 02, 2017
• Big GOP Health Care Push; Trump's Strongmen; Trump Considers Breaking Up Big Banks. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• GOP Struggles to Unify On Health Care; Trump's Strongmen; Rockets Cruise to Victory Over Spurs in Game 1. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• GOP Trying to Round Up Health Care Votes; Trump Defends Praise of World's Strongmen; Violent (and Non-Violent) May Protests. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Big GOP Health Care Push; Trump's Strongmen; Violent (and Non- Violent) May Protests. Aired 4-4:30a ET


May 01, 2017
• Funding Bill Deal Would Avert Government Shutdown; Trump Invites Philippines Leader To White House; Trump "Never Spoke" To Mnuchin About Taxes; Trump National Security Team Shakeup. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• Funding Bill Deal Would Avert Shutdown; Trump Invites Philippines Leader To White House; Tax Plan Targets Wall Street Loophole. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Funding Deal Done; Trump's Invitation to Filipino Leader Criticized; McMaster: U.S. Will Pay For THAAD; Trump National Security Team Shakeup; U.S. Special Ops Forces On Patrol; Deadly Storms Rip Through Southern States. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Government Funded Through September; Trump Invites Duterte To White House; Trump Humanizes Kim Jong-Un; New Health Care Bill; Tax Plan For Wall Street; U.S. Patrols Syria-Turkey Border; Deadly Storms In The Southern States; Deadly Shooting in San Diego. Aired at 4:00- 4:30 am ET


April 28, 2017
• Trump: Armed Conflict With North Korea Possible; President Trump Says Seoul Should Pay For Missiles; Trump's Job Creation; General Flynn Warned About Foreign Payments. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump's Warning on North Korea; Flynn Controversy Grows; 1st Round of NFL Draft in the Books. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Says Armed Conflict with North Korea Possible; No Health Care Reform on Trump's 100 Days; President Trump's Foreign Policy Challenges; Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Says Armed Conflict with North Korea Possible; No Health Care Reform on Trump's 100 Days; President Trump's Foreign Policy Challenges. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 27, 2017
• Trump Will Keep U.S. In NAFTA For Now; White House Tax Wish List Helps Wealthy; Obamacare Repeal Now In GOP Moderates' Court; Lawmakers Frustrated By North Korea Briefing. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• White House Frenzy of Activity; Few Details Emerge From North Korea Briefing; Celtics Take Series Lead Over Bulls. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Opts to Stay with NAFTA; White House Goes All In; Few Details Emerge From North Korea Briefing. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• White House Goes All In; Few Details Emerge From North Korea Briefing. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 26, 2017
• White House Slams Sanctuary Cities Judge; White House To Unveil Tax Plan; General Flynn May Have Broken The Law; Activity Detected At North Korean Nuclear Site. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Ruling Shows Limits of President's Authority Judge; Flynn in Legal Trouble; Trump's Tax Reform; U.S. Anti-Missile System Deployed in South Korea; Rockets Eliminate Thunder with Game 5 Win. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• White House Slams Sanctuary Cities Judge; Flynn in Legal Trouble; Trump's Tax Reform; U.S. Anti-Missile System Deployed in South Korea; U.S. "Concerned" About Strikes on Anti-ISIS Allies. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• White House Slams Judge... Again; Flynn in Legal Trouble; Trump's Tax Reform. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 25, 2017
• Trump News Flexibility on Wall Funding; Cutting Corporate Taxes; State Department Removes Blog Post Promoting Mar-a-Lago; North Korea Conducts Large Firing Drill. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump's Border Security Compromise?; Trump's Tax Plan; State Dept. Removes Blog Post Promoting Mar-A-Lago; Warriors Advance with Sweep of Blazers. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump's New Flexibility on Wall Funding; Trump's Tax Plan; State Dept. Removes Blog Post Promoting Mar-A-Lago; North Korea Conducts Large Firing Drill; Senate Dems Frustrated of Russia Probe. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump's Budget Compromise?; Trump's Tax Plan; State Dept. Removes Blog Post Promoting Mar-A-Lago. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 24, 2017
• High-Pressure Week In Washington; Poll: Trump's Approval Rating Hits Historic Low; Macron And Le Pen Advance In French Election. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Budget Deadline Looms; Dollars For Border Wall At Issue; Administration's Mixed Signals On Border Wall; Poll: Trump's Approval Rating Hits Historic Low; Macron And Le Pen Advance In French Election; American Detained In North Korea. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Budget Deadline Looms: $5 For Border Wall At Issue; Poll: Trump's Approval Rating Hits Historic Low; Shifting Politics In Paris; Secretary Of Defense Mattis Arrives In Kabul; U.S. Citizen Detained In North Korea; Israel Pauses In Honor Of Holocaust Victims. Aired 4:30- 5a ET
• Budget Watch: Potential Government Shutdown; Final Two Candidates in French Presidential Race; Historic Low on Trump's Approval Rating; Detained American in North Korea; Woman Commander in Space Station Sets Record. Aired at 4-4:30a ET


April 21, 2017
• Another Run At Health Care; Curiel On The Case; Paris Police Shooting. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Another Run at Health Care; Curiel on the Case; U.S. Seeking Arrest of Julian Assange; LeBron Leads Historic Cavs Comeback. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• GOP Near "Breakthrough" on Health Care Reform?; Curiel on the Case; U.S. Seeking Arrest of Julian Assange; Paris Gunman Well Known to Police; China's Air Force on High Alert. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Another Run at Health Care; Curiel on the Case; U.S. Seeking Arrest of Julian Assange. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 20, 2017
• White House Orders Review Of Iran Nuke Deal; South Korea &U.S. Hold Major Aviation Drill; White House Defends USS Carl Vinson Misstatements; Bill O'Reilly Out At Fox News. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Global Conflicts; Bill O'Reilly Out at Fox News; Serena Williams Won Australian Open While Pregnant. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Foreign Fights; Bill O'Reilly Out at Fox News; Officials: Syria Moves Combat Planes. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• White House Orders Review of Iran Nuke Deal; Bill O'Reilly Out at Fox News. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 19, 2017
• Georgia Special Election Goes To Runoff; Tillerson: Sanctions May Have To Be Reimposed On Iran; U.S. Show Of Force...That Wasn't; Turkey's President Speaks After Referendum. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Ossoff Falls Short of Outright Win in Georgia; U.S. Show of Force... That Wasn't; Patriots to Visit the White House Today. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Headed to a Runoff; U.S. Show of Force... That Wasn't; Turkey's President Speaks After Referendum; World at the Crossroads. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Dem Falls Short of Outright Win in Georgia; U.S. Show of Force... That Wasn't; World at the Crossroads. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 18, 2017
• Japan Backs U.S. End To Strategic Patience; Pence Discusses North Korea With Japan; U.S. Launches Nuclear Strategy Review; National Manhunt For Facebook Murder Suspect. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Partner on Policy Shifts; VP Pence News Conference with Japanese Deputy PM; Questions Whether Turkish Election Was Free and Fair; Grizzlies Coach Blasts Officials in Postgame Rant. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• End of Strategic Patience?; VP Pence News Conference with Japanese Deputy PM; Transparency Issues Weigh Down White House; Questions Whether Turkish Election Was Free & Fair. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Japan Backs U.S. End to Strategic Patience; VP Pence News Conference with Japanese Dept. PM. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 17, 2017
• Pence Warns North Korea; Growing Concern Over North Korea Aggression; Manhunt Underway For Steve Stephens In Cleveland Killing; Erdogan Declares Victory In Turkey Referendum. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Growing Concern Over North Korea Aggression; Trump Defends About-Face On China; U.S. Delivers Warning To North Korea; Man Shoots Random Passerby, Posts Video; Erdogan Declares Victory In Turkey Referendum. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Combating A Nuclear North Korea; Manhunt For Murder Suspect; Trump Defends About-Face On China; Steep Temp Drop For Northeast; United Airline's New Plan; End of Democracy in Turkey; What Is The Highest Paying Company? Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Manhunt for A Murder Suspect in Cleveland; Vice President Mike Pence Visits South Korea; Annual White House Easter Egg Roll; Policy Change by United Airlines; "Fate of the Furious" Biggest Global Opening in Hollywood History; Erdogan Wins Turkey Referendum. Aired 4- 4:30a ET


April 14, 2017
• U.S. Drops 11-Ton Bomb In Afghanistan; Shifting Dominance In The White House; Russian Foreign Minister Hosting Iran & Syria. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. Bomb in Afghanistan Killed 36 ISIS Fighters; Russian Foreign Minister Hosting Iran and Syria; Female Kicker Makes College Football History; Atlanta Braves Unveil Their New Stadium. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• U.S. Drops 11-ton Bomb In Afghanistan; Trump Signs Anti-Planned Parenthood Law; U.S. Stock Market Closed Today; Pence Heads to Asia- Pacific Amid North Korea Tension; Tax Day Is Approaching; Jupiter & Saturn Moons Could Have Life. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• U.S. Bomb in Afghanistan Killed 36 ISIS Fighters; Russian Foreign Minister Hosting Iran and Syria. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 13, 2017
• President Trump's Many Metamorphoses; Tillerson Bemoans "Low Level Of Trust"; U.S. Says Syrian Military Consulted Chemical Experts; Trump's Warning To Steve Bannon. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Secretary Rex Tillerson Meets with Russian Leaders; President Trump's Many Reversals from Key Campaign Promises; North Carolina Introduces Boycott Bill; Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump's day of political gymnastics; President Trump says relations with Russia at an all-time low; Secretary Tillerson bemoans low of trust with Russia; US officials say Syrian military consulted chemical experts for the sarin gas attack; President Donald Trump's reversal on NATO; Trump heaps praise on President Xi of China; Will China help US deal with North Korea?; Inside the fight against ISIS with Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump's day of political gymnastics; President Trump says relations with Russia at an all-time low; Secretary Tillerson bemoans low of trust with Russia; US officials say Syrian military consulted chemical experts for the sarin gas attack; President Donald Trump's reversal on NATO; Trump heaps praise on President Xi of China; Will China help US deal with North Korea?; Inside the fight against ISIS with Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 12, 2017
• Tillerson Meets With Russian Foreign Minister; Spicer Draws Fire Comparing Assad To Hitler; United Airlines CEO Apologizes Again; White House Sends Warning To North Korea. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Tillerson & Lavrov Talk Syria; Spicer Draws Fire Comparing Assad to Hitler; United Airlines CEO Apologizes... Again; Dortmund & Monaco Fans Show Solidarity. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Tillerson in Russia; Spicer Under Fire; United Airlines CEO Apologizes... Again; White House Sends Warning to North Korea. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Tillerson Meets with Russian Foreign Minister; Spicer Draws Fire Comparing Assad to Hitler; United Airlines CEO Apologizes... Again; White House Sends Warning to North Korea. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 11, 2017
• New Mixed Messaging On Trump's Syria Policy; Rex Tillerson Heads To Moscow; United Airlines Passenger Dragged Off Plane; North Korea Slams U.S. "Acts Of Aggression". Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Mixed Message on Trump Syria Policy; Tillerson Heads to Moscow; United Airlines Passenger Dragged off Plane; Cubs Raise World Series Banner. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• White House Walks Back Spicer Remark; Tillerson Heads to Moscow; United Airlines Passenger Dragged off Plane. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• New Mixed Messaging on Trump's Syria Policy; Tillerson Heads to Moscow; United Airlines Passenger Dragged off Plane. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 10, 2017
• Trump Administration's Muddled Message On Syria; Syria After The Missile Strikes; Kushner and Bannon Feuding; USS Carl Vinson Deployed To Korean Peninsula. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Administration's Muddled Message On Syria; Syria After The Missile Strikes; Trump Administration Flexes Military Muscle; Kushner And Bannon Feuding; Death Toll Rises In Egypt Church Bombings. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Administration's Muddled Message On Syria; Syria's Complicated Calculus; USS Carl Vinson Deployed To Korean Peninsula; Death Toll Rises In Egypt Church Bombings; Kushner and Bannon Feuding; SNL Spoofs Kendall Jenner Pepsi Ad. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• The Trump administration sending out mixed messages on Syria; An aircraft carrier headed to the Korean Peninsula; ISIS attack on coalition and Syrian rebels thwarted; Egypt church bombings death toll rises; Executive order on imports and trade; Trump administration's in-fighting; Neil Gorsuch to be sworn in; Probe on O'Reilly sexual harassment claim; Search for Dallas' tornado siren hackers; Sergio Garcia wins the Masters. Aired at 4-4:30 am ET


April 07, 2017
• Message Received; Fast and Furious Reactions; Tone Changed. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Missile Attack Against Syrian Airbase. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• U.S. Strikes Syria. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 06, 2017
• Trump Says Gas Attack Changed His View Of Syria; Trump Summit With Chinese President Xi; Ambassador Haley Blasts Assad, Russia, U.N. Action; Trump Removes Steve Bannon From NSC. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump's Summit with Chinese President Xi; Trump Says Gas Attack Changed His View of Syria; Bannon Removed from National Security Council; Dustin Johnson May Not Make It to the Masters; Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump: Gas Attack Changed His View Of Syria; Ambassador Haley Blasts Assad, Russia, U.N. Inaction; Russia Stands By Syrian President Assad; Trump's Summit With Chinese President Xi; North Korea At Center Of U.S.-China Summit; Tough Trade Talk Meets Reality; Trump Removes Steve Bannon From NSC; Trump Suggests Susan Rice Committed A Crime; Tornadoes Tear Up Southeastern U.S.; Pepsi Cans Kendall Jenner Ad. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump: Gas Attack Changed His View of Syria; Trump's Summit with Chinese President Xi; Trump Removes Steve Bannon from NSC; Forty Plus Companies Pull 'O'Reilly Factor' Ads; Kansas High School Principal Resigns. Aired 4-4:30a ET


April 05, 2017
• North Korea Launches Projectile Into Ocean Off Korean Coast; Deadly Chemical Attack In Syria; McConnell Starts Clock On Nuclear Option; Companies Dump Ads On "The O'Reilly Factor." Aired 5:30-6a ET
• U.S. on North Korea: All Option Table; Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria; McConnell Starts Clock on Nuclear Option; Romo Retires, Joins CBS Broadcast Booth. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• New Provocations in North Korea Standoff; Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria; McConnell Starts Clock on Nuclear Option; Companies Dump Ads On "The O'Reilly Factor". Aired 4:30-5a ET


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