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June 20, 2018
• DOJ Drafting Executive Order To Address Family Separations; Trump: Will Sign Executive Order To Keep Families Together. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Trump Changes Border Policy; Capitol Hill Reacts to Change; Trump Talks on Immigration Change. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 19, 2018
• GOP Worries On Immigration Policy As 2018 Heats Up; Trump 2020 Campaign Manager: Fire Sessions, End Mueller Probe; Trump Jr. Withdraws From Bush Fundraiser After Criticism; Trump Defends Controversial Family Separations At Border. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• White House Defends Border Separations; Trump Visits The Hill; Dow Drops on Trade War Fears; White House Defends Trade Tensions. Aired 12n-12:30p ET


June 18, 2018
• Supreme Court Sidesteps Gerrymandering, Lets Map Stand; Republicans Threaten Action if DOJ Doesn't Turn Over Docs. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Outrage Over Separating Families; Laura Bush Weighs In on Immigration; Trump Speaks on Immigration Legislation; Congress Takes Up Immigration Bills. Aired 12n-12:30p ET


June 17, 2018
• U.S.-North Korea Summit; Trade War Worries Looming after Trump's Tariffs; Trump Claims IG Report "Exonerates" Him; DHS: At Least 2,000 Kids Separated from Parents At Border. Aired 8-9a ET


June 15, 2018
• Trump Announces Tariffs On $50b Of Chinese Goods; Trump On Immigration: I Wont Sign The Moderate Bill; Kremlin Does Not Rule Out Trump-Putin Meeting This Summer; White House Recruits At Jobs Fair Today; Scalise Records First Out At Charity Baseball Game. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Paul Manafort Is Going To Jail, President Trump Free Styling, Confident, Contentious Off And Divorced From The Facts And The Truth As He Held Court With Reporters. Aired: 12-12:30p ET


June 14, 2018
• North Korea State Media Shows Trump Saluting North Korean General; Tensions Ratchet Up Over Fissures In The GOP; DOJ Finds Comey Violated FBI Norms, But Not Politically Motivated. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• DOJ to Release IG Report; Rosenstein Briefs Trump; Trump Foundation Lawsuit; Trump Salutes North Korean General. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


June 13, 2018
• North Korean State Media Claims Trump Promised To Undo Sanctions; Measure To Split California Into 3 States On November Ballot; Potential 2020 Hopefuls Discuss Progressive Agenda At Summit; House To Vote On Immigration Proposals Next Week; Sessions Backs Rosenstein In Fight With House Intel. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen Splits from Legal Team; Sanford Falls in Primary; Corker on Cult-Like Situation; GOP Won't Endorse Stewart; Pompeo Arrives in South Korea. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 12, 2018
• Congress Reacts To Trump-Kim Summit; Trump Praises Kim, Criticizes Trudeau; Kellyanne Conway's Husband Defends Mueller Investigation. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• No Timetable for Promises; Vow to Denuclearize North Korea; Trump Says to Trust Him. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 11, 2018
• Kim Jong-un Has Opened Up Some Parts Of Economy; Dennis Rodman Arrives In Singapore; NYT: Kelly Says White House "A Miserable Place To Work"; Obama Holding Secret Chats With 2020 Contenders; Staffer: We Taped Together Records Trump Tore Up. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Pompeo Optimistic Over Summit; Trump and Kim's Meeting; Trump Adviser Comments on Trudeau; Trump Threatens to Stop Trading; Night out in Singapore. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 10, 2018
• Trump Criticizes Trudeau, Won't Endorse G7 Statement; Trump Arriving in Singapore for Historic Summit with Kim Jong-un; Schumer: Dems Focused on Middle Class. Aired 8-9a ET


June 08, 2018
• CNN's Anthony Bourdain Dead At Age 61; House Democrats Ask FBI, DOJ To Investigate Pruitt; Trump Praises Giuliani Following His Controversial Remarks;. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Says Russia Should be at G-7; Trump-Macron Not Meeting Before G-7; Trump's Foreign Policy; Trump Talks about Pardons. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 07, 2018
• House GOP Puts Immigration War On Ice For Now Sets New Deadline; Trump and Abe Meet Ahead Of G7, North Korea Summit; US Cuts A Deal With Chinese Smartphone Maker ZTE. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• DOJ Report on Comey; Comey, Lynch and McCabe Faulted; Trump Heads to G-7. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 06, 2018
• President Trump Commutes Alice Johnson's Sentence; Both Dems and GOP Claim Victory on CA Primary Night; Nauert Cites D-Day While Praising U.S.-Germany Relations; Pruitt Had EPA Aide Contract Chick- fil-A About Job For His Wife; Trump Defends Tariffs In Testy Phone Call With Canadian P.M. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Trump Preparing for More Pardons; Ryan Sides with Gowdy; Trump Told Corker to Back Off. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 05, 2018
• Special Counsel Accuses Manafort Of Witness Tampering; CA's Jungle Primary Key To Dems Hopes Of Retaking House; Trump Weighing New Approach To NAFTA Talks; Starbucks Chief Howard Schultz Fuels 2020 Speculation; Bolton Sidelines As Trump Readies For North Korea Meeting. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Celebration for Super Bowl Champs; Philadelphia Mayor on Trump's Decision; Changing Story on Trump Tower Statement; Kate Spade Found Dead; Messages from Manafort. Aired 12-12:30p ET


June 04, 2018
• U.S. Isolation At G-7 Summit After Tariff Announcement; New Scrutiny Surrounding Scott Pruitt; Trumps Marks 500th Day in Office By Tweeting Accomplishments; Bill Clinton Defends His Handling of Sex Scandal; Trump Cabinet Members go After China Amid Critical Talks. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Supreme Court Sides with Baker; Trump Talks Pardon for Himself; Conway on Misleading Statement; Allies Respond to Tariffs. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


June 03, 2018
• Trump Lawyers: President Can't Obstruct Justice; Trump: "We Lose a Fortune" In Trade Deals; Trump Lowers Expectations for Historic Summit; Party of Lincoln Now the Party of Trump?. Aired 8-9a ET


June 01, 2018
• Stone Pardons Reminder To Mueller Of Trumps Awesome Power; President Trump Wants Late Night TV Host Fired; Critics Hit Rep. Nunes Over His Allegiance To Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• May Jobs Report; Retaliation Over Tariffs; Trump Tweets about Jobs Report; Trump Pardons D'Souza. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 31, 2018
• Trump Hits Canada, Mexico, E.U. With Steel And Aluminum Tariffs; Trump Contradicts Himself Says Comey Firing Unrelated To Russia; NYT: McCabe Feared Rosenstein Gave Trump Cover For Comey Firing; Samantha Bee Aims Vile Slur At Ivanka Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Considering Pardons; Pompeo Meets with North Korea; Trump Touts Letter. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 30, 2018
• Trump To Sign "Right-To-Try" Bill; President Trump Going On A Diet; Kim Yong-chol: North Korea's Go-To Diplomat. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Responds to Roseanne's Firing; Sessions Refused Trump's Demand; Cohen in Court; Gowdy Refutes Trump. Aired 12n-12:30p ET


May 29, 2018
• Amid Rumors Justice Kennedy Quiet On Any Plans To Retire; Romney: Trump Not A Role Model For My Grandchildren; Garrett Becomes 42nd House GOP Member Leaving Congress; Trump Floats New Conspiracy Theory About Mueller Probe. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Pompeo to Meet with North Korea Spy Chief; Trump Stumps for Blackburn; Lava Flows into Ocean; Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Law. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 28, 2018
• Giuliani on "Spy" Accusations: "It's for Public Opinion"; Trump Leaves Arlington National Cemetery; Hayden: Many of Trump's Accusations "Have Absolutely Stuck" with Voters; Trump's Memorial Day Tweet Focuses on Economy; Employment; Partisans Pass Blame for Separating Families at Border. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Honors Fallen Service Members; Families Visit Arlington; Efforts to Salvage Summit; Strategy to Undermine Probe. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


May 27, 2018
• Trump on Summit Talks: We're Doing "Very Well"; Trump's Troubles with the Truth; Trump Doubles Down on "Spy Claim" without Evidence; Higher Gas Prices Take Bite out of Trump Tax Cut; Democrats Nominate Progressive in Red States. Aired 8-9a ET


May 25, 2018
• Harvey Weinstein Arraigned On Sex Crimes Charges; Senate Passes Bill To Address Sexual Harassment On Capitol Hill; Russian Oligarch Met With Cohen At Trump Tower During Transition; Commencement Speaker Invokes Trump; Gas Prices Jump. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Summit Could Still Happen; Info on FBI Source a Prerequisite; Trumps Claim FBI Spied on Campaign. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 24, 2018
• Now: DOJ Holds First Of Two Classified Briefings On FBI Source; Trump Cancels Kim Meeting, Blames Open Hostility; Trump Calls For Sweeping Changes To Us Immigration Legal Process. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Cancels Summit; Trump Takes Summit Questions; Justice Department Briefing. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 23, 2018
• Trump: I Want "Total Transparency" From FBI and Rosenstein; Congress Weakens Post-Financial Crisis Banking Rules; New NFL Players on Field Must Stand During Anthem; Progressive Women Score Big Wins in Southern Primaries. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Ramps up Deep State Campaign; Push Back on Intelligence Meeting; Narrowing Scope of Mueller Interview; Pessimism over Kim Meeting. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 22, 2018
• DHS Chief Says She Hasn't Seen Intel Community Report's Conclusions On Russia Election Meddling; Primary Day In Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky: Runoffs In Texas; Speaker Ryan Focuses On Unifying GOP Amid Ouster Talks; Trump Meets With South Korean President To Talk N.K. Summit. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Oval Office diplomacy; South Korea's President here in Washington, trying to keep the planned U.S./North Korea summit on track amid; Growing White House skepticism; chaos among House Republicans. Aired: 12-12:30p ET


May 21, 2018
• Santa Fe Gunman Exchanged Fire With Deputies For 25 minutes; U.S. Leads The World In School Shootings; Gina Haspel Sworn In as First Female CIA Director; U.S., China Agree To Suspend New Tariffs While Talks Continue; GOP Leaders Search For A Path Amid Immigration Civil War. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Watchdog Asked to Review Surveillance Claims; Trump's Team Demands Information; Pompeo Warns Iran; Political Risks of North Meeting. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 20, 2018
• Year Two of Mueller Investigation; June Summit between Trump and Kim Jong-un in Question; 10 Killed, 13 Wounded in Texas School Shooting; Ryan: Trying to "Address Our Members' Concerns" on DACA; NYT: Gulf Emissary Offered Trump Jr. 2016 Campaign Help. Aired 8-9a ET


May 18, 2018
• Sheriff: At Least Eight People Killed In Texas School Shooting; Hospital Officials Give Update On School Shooting Victims; Suspect Identified As 17-Year-Old Male Student. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Briefing on Texas School Shooting; Eight People Killed in School Shooting; Santa Fe High School Student's Account; School Shooting News Conference. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 17, 2018
• Explosive Eruptions At Kilauea's Summit; Mueller Investigation Hits One-Year Mark; Gillibrand Passing Sexual Harassment Bill. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• New Information on Mueller Probe; Court Rules Against Trump; Trump on Mueller Probe; Giuliani on Trump Indictment; DACA Vote; Kilauea Volcano Activity. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 16, 2018
• DHS Secretary Defends Trump's Tougher Immigration Policies; GOP Priority: Filling The Courts With Conservatives; Pennsylvania Primary Results Test 2018 Midterm Mood; Senate Panel Breaks With House On Russia Meddling. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Donald Trump, Jr.'s Account Of That Infamous Trump Tower Meeting Is Now Public, North Korea Shifts From Goodwill To Defiance, Embattled EPA Administrator On The Hot Seat Today On Capitol Hill, President Of The United States Meeting With The President Of Uzbekistan, Hear Moderate Republicans Lead A New Charge To Protect The So-Called Dreamers. Aired 12n-12:30p ET


May 15, 2018
• White House, Israel Blame Hamas For Deaths On Gaza Border; EPA: Pruitt Wanted Security Before Threat Assessment; NYT: Trump Aides Frustrated By Pence Role Inside GOP Politics. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Speaks at Service for Fallen Officers; Trump and Senators Meet Today; Conway on Leaks. Aired 12n-12:30p ET


May 14, 2018
• Kushner Gives Rare Speech At Opening Of U.S. Embassy; Supreme Court Lets States Legalize Sports Gambling; White House Aide Promised Public Apology For McCain Remark. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Protests Rage on Israeli-Gaza Border; U.S. Opens Jerusalem Embassy; Controversial Pastors at Embassy Opening; Trump Wants to Help ZTE; Kushner Speaks in Jerusalem. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 13, 2018
• North Korea to Dismantle Nuclear Site in Public Ceremony; Is Trump Keeping His "Drain the Swamp" Promise?; McCain: Haspel's Refusal to Acknowledge Torture's Immorality is Disqualifying; Midterm Jitters. Aired 8-9a ET


May 11, 2018
• Trump Approval Ticks Up On Key Issues; Kelly: Illegal Immigrations Don't Easily Assimilate Into U.S.; George W. Bush Warns Against American Isolationism; Limbaugh: Trump Thinks "Appearing As A Victim" Helps With Base; Giuliani In 1998: President Must Comply With Subpoena. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• White House Aides Comment about McCain; McCain's Daughter Fights Back; Trump Supports Pruitt; Trump Berates Nielson; Kelly Considers Quitting. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 10, 2018
• Sources: Cohen Pitched Himself Promising Access To Trump; Scrutiny Mounts Over Payments Made To Cohen After Election; Republicans Move To Force DACA Vote In House; Giuliani Resigns From Law Firm. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Welcomes Freed Prisoners; Trump's Meeting with Kim; Pentagon Releases Niger Mission Report; McCain Rejects Haspel. Aired 12n-12:30p ET


May 09, 2018
• Stormy Daniels' Lawyer: U.S. Firm Linked To Russian Businessman Paid $500k To Cohen; CNN: Mueller Team Questions Russian Oligarch About Cohen Payments; McConnell Team Taunts Blankenship With Narcos' Reference; V.P. Pence's Brother Greg Wins GOP Primary In Indiana. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Americans Released from North Korea; Haspel Confirmation Hearing; Haspel on Destroying Tapes; Trump Summit with Kim Jong-un; Trump on Iran Nuclear Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 08, 2018
• Giuliani Wavers On Whether Trump Should Testify; House Chaplain Meets With Ryan After Strange Week; N.Y. Attorney General Resigns Amid Abuse Allegations; Key Indiana Primary Could Come Down To Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Blankenship in West Virginia Primary; Blankenship Comments on McConnell; Trump Decision on Iran; Trump on Giuliani. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 07, 2018
• CNN: Haspel Offered To Withdraw Nomination On Friday; CNN Poll: Melania Trump Approval Rating At 57 Percent; Rep. Nunes Threatens Sessions With Contempt In Russia Probe; Sen. McCain Planning Farewell While Battling Brain Cancer. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Dodging Mueller's Subpoenas; Senate Primaries This Week; Trump Tweets About Blankenship; Haspel Nomination for CIA. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 06, 2018
• Trump Changes Story on Stormy Daniels Payoff; Trump: Administration is "Fighting to Protect" Gun Rights; Judge in Manafort Case: Mueller's Aim is to Hurt Trump; Trump Won't Be Invited to McCain's Funeral. Aired 8-9a ET


May 04, 2018
• Unemployment Rate At 18-year Low; Chamber of Commerce Group Airs Ads Supporting GOP Candidates; Trump Denies NYT Report On U.S. Troops In South Korea; Report: Pruitt Staffer Shopped Negative Stories About Zinke; President Trump To Address NRA's Annual Convention. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Denies He Changed His Story on Stormy Daniels; Trump: Would Meet with Mueller, But Only if Treated Fairly; Trump on Giuliani: He'll Get His Facts Straight About Stormy Daniels Saga; Some Conservatives Call Out Trump Over Stormy Daniels Payment; Kellyanne Conway: Never Heard About Stormy Daniels Payment During Campaign; Judge in Manafort's Case Says Mueller's Aim is to Hurt Trump, and Orders Mueller's Team to Turn Over Unredacted Rosenstein Memo; Giuliani Confirms Issuing a Statement to Clarify Stormy Daniels Payment Confusion; U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops for the First Time in 18 Years Below 4 Percent. Aired 12-12:30p ET


May 03, 2018
• Caputo: Mueller Team "Very Focused On Russian Collusion"; Official: Trump Admin Confident North Korea Will Release Detainees; W.H. Legislative Director: Scott Pruitt Could Do A Better Job; Giuliani Matches Trump's Rhetoric on Russia Probe. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• White House Caught Flat-Footed; Trump Repaid Cohen; Giuliani Interview Speaks Questions; Mueller Focused on Collusion. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


May 02, 2018
• Mueller Raised Idea of Subpoena With President's Lawyers; NYT: Ty Cobb Out As W.H. Lawyer, Replaced By Emmet Flood; Wash Post: Lobbyist Helped Arranged Pruitt's $100K Morocco Trip; GOP Committee Chair Defends Handling Of Jackson Allegations. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Southwest Flight Diverted; Military Cargo Plane Crashes in Georgia; Rosenstein Fires Back; Trump-Mueller Interview. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


May 01, 2018
• GOP Holds Advantage On Taxes & Economy; Security Chief Among Two Pruitt Aides Leaving EPA; Trump Delays Steel, Aluminum Tariffs For Key U.S. Allies; NBC: Trump's Former Doctors Says Office 'Raided' For Medical Files; Cohen Responds To National Enquirer Cover. Aired 12:30- 1p ET
• Mueller's Questions for Trump; Source of Leaked Questions; Netanyahu's Documents on Iran; Democrat Odds Improving. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


April 30, 2018
• Midterm Elections Are Just Six Months Away; Ex-Bush Admin Ethics Lawyer Running For Senate As A Dem; Montana Voters Weigh In On Trump Vs. Tester; Trump Must Decide Tonight About Tariffs For U.S. Allies; Trump Calls WH Correspondents Dinner 'Total Disaster'. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Asylum Seekers at Border; McConnell Dodges Migrant Question; Trump Talks Guest Farm Workers; Cautious Amid North's Promises; Trump Predicts Midterms. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 29, 2018
• Trump Rallies Base Six Months from Midterms; Kim Promised to Close Nuclear Testing Facility; Trump's Nominee for V.A. Secretary Forced to Withdraw; GOP Intel Committee Report Finds no Collusion. Aired 8-9a ET


April 27, 2018
• NYT: Russian From Trump Tower Meeting Says She's "Informant"; Manafort Loses Effort To Challenge Mueller Authority In Civil Court; Trump Hosts Winter Olympics, Some Athletes Decline Invitation; Speaker Ryan Asks House Chaplain To Resign". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Merkel Meets with Trump; Macron Faces Tough Headlines; Trump and Merkel Speak at White House; Korean Leaders Pledge Peace. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 26, 2018
• Scandal Allegations Mounting For EPA Chief Pruitt; Pruitt Dodges Questions About Employment Pay Raises; Special Master Appointed In Michael Cohen Proceedings; Sessions Defend Justice Department After Trump Criticism. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• President Trump Attempts to Distance Himself from Michael Cohen; Stormy Daniels' Attorney Says Their Case Gets Better Every Day; Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 25, 2018
• Judge Orders DHS To Accept New DACA Applications; Source: George H.W. Bush Doing Much Better After Injection; First Lady Steps Into Spotlight During State Dinner; Republicans Hold Onto House Seat In Arizona; Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Trump Travel Ban. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Misconduct Embroil VA Secretary Nominee; Macron Addresses Congress; Travel Ban Arguments. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 24, 2018
• Dems Hope To Flip AZ District In Special Election; Trump Holds News Conference With French President. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Trump and Macron to Talk Iran Nuclear Deal; U.S.-France Trade Deal; Trump and Macron Relationship; Controversy Surrounding VA Nominee; Special Election in Arizona. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 23, 2018
• Romney Fails To Secure Utah GOP Nomination; Police: No Confirmed Sighting Of Waffle House Shooter; Duchess Of Cambridge Gives Birth To Baby Boy. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Macron Tests Friendship With Trump; Trump Touts Progress With North Korea; Pompeo Faces Rebuke; Senators Question VA Nominee; Romney Fails GOP Nomination. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 22, 2018
• U.S.-North Korea Relations; Pompeo Senate Confirmation; Romney Fails to Secure Utah GOP Nomination; The Trump Effect on the GOP. Aired 8-9a ET


April 20, 2018
• Romney Not A Shoo-In For Utah Senate Seat; CNN Analysis: Dems Lead GOP Fundraising In 49 House Races; National School Walkout Renews Calls For Gun Safety; U.S. Workers Worry Trump's Tariff Plan Will Hurt Economy. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• DNC Files Lawsuit; Comey Memos Released; Giuliani joins Trump Legal Team; Romney Not Shoo-in for Senate. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 19, 2018
• Trump: Rang Paul Has "Never Let Me Down"; Many Conservatives Not Yet Supporting Trump in 2020; Trump: Trade Deficit With Japan "Massive By Any Standpoint". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen Drops Libel Suits; Cohen Flip on Trump; Trump on Firing Rosenstein and Mueller; Trump Insists No Collusion. Aired 12-12:30p ET


April 18, 2018
• Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies at 92; Ambassador Haley: "With All Due Respect, I Don't Get Confused"; Sen. Manchin In New Ad: "Washington Sucks"; Senators Voice Concerns After Classified Syria Briefing. Aired 12:30-1p ET


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