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January 31, 2019
• Trump Tweets on Negotiations; Pelosi Expresses Openness to Barrier; Evidence Against Stone; Trump Leaves Decision to Justice Department. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 30, 2019
• Schultz Steals Attention from Bloomberg's Campaign Test Drive; Foxconn Wisconsin Plant May Nix Plan For Factory; Medicare-for-all Emerges As Early Litmus Test For 2020 Dems; Trade Talks Begin With Top U.S. and Chinese Officials. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Lawmakers Kick Off Talks; Trump Slams Intel Chiefs; McConnell Sides with Intel Chiefs. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 29, 2019
• Schultz Defends His Possible 2020 Run As An Independent; Mitch McConnell Pushing For Troops To Stay In Syria And Afghanistan; Poll: Biden, Harris Lead Crowded 2020 Field; Harris Back Medicare For All Eliminating Private Insurance; Competing Tell-Alls Depict More Dysfunction At The White House .Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Stone Pleads Not Guilty; Whitaker on Mueller Investigation; Intel Chiefs Contradict Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 28, 2019
• Bipartisan Group To Meet Wednesday On Compromise Border Security Deal; Estimates On Shutdown's Economic Toll Released; Shultz: I Will Run Outside The Two-Party System; U.S. Envoy Taliban And U.S. Agree To Framework For Peace. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Barr on Special Counsel Report; Harris Launches Campaign; Another Shutdown Possible. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 27, 2019
• Trump Accepts Shutdown Deal With No Wall Money; Roger Stone Indicted For Lying About His Contact with WikiLeaks. Aired 8-9a ET


January 25, 2019
• Roger Stone Leaves Court After Arrest In Mueller Probe; Judge Sets Hearing Behind Closed Doors In Manafort Case; Flight Delays Blamed On Government Shutdown. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Stone Released on Bond; Trump Expected to Address Shutdown; White House Denies Charges Relate to the President. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 24, 2019
• Trump Backs Down From State of the Union Showdown; Dems Frustrated with Trump Cabinet Secretaries Refusing to Testify; Biden Defends Working with GOP Ahead of Possible 2020 Bid. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Senate Intel Subpoenas Cohen to Testify in February; Russian Pop Star Warned He May Not Be Able to Leave U.S. if He Enters; Senate Due to Vote on Competing Proposals to End Shutdown; Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 23, 2019
• Trump in Letter to Pelosi: "I Look Forward to Seeing You" On January 29th in the House Chamber; Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg Jumps into 2020 Race; Manafort's Attorneys File Sealed Response to Mueller. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• McConnell Sets Votes for Thursday; Support for Wall and Shutdown; Pelosi's Edge over Trump on Shutdown Talks; Trump Sends Pelosi Letter. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 22, 2019
• 2020 Dems Take Their Message to Black Voters; Giuliani Tries To Clean Up Trump Tower Moscow Comments; 2017 Rep. Jeffries Sidesteps Calling Trump "Racist". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Ruling on Transgender Ban in Military; Supreme Court Takes up Gun Case; No action on DACA; Dueling Bills to End Shutdown; Aired 12- 12:30p ET


January 21, 2019
• McConnell Promises Trump Vote On Trump's Plan This Week; Sanders Calls President Trump "A Racist"; Giuliani: "Impossible" Trump And Cohen Talked About Congressional Testimony; Government Shutdown Enters Day 31 With No End In Sight. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Kamala Harris Announces Presidential Bid; Potential Presidential Candidates Speak on MLK Day; Gillibrand on Bernie Sanders' Party; Beto O'Rourke Dithering; Vote on Trump's Plan. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 20, 2019
• Women's Marches Held Across Country This Weekend; Mueller Team Issues Rare Statement Disputing Report on Trump; Trump Offers Immigrant Protections for $5.7B in Wall Funding; Trump Term Hits Halfway Mark Amid Government Shutdown. Aired 8-9a ET


January 18, 2019
• Giuliani: BuzzFeed Story "Categorically False"; Sources: Biden Strongly Leaning Toward 2020 Run; Vice-President's Wife Karen Pence To Teach At Anti-LGBT School. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Trump Directed Cohen to Lie; Possible Impeachable Offense; Government Shutdown Continues. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 17, 2019
• Cohen Hired Firm To Rig Online Polls in Trump's Favor; Trump Hits On Border Security And NATO During Pentagon Speech; Sen. Paul: "We've Killed 99 Percent Of ISIS"; Beto O'Rourke Hits The Road As 2020 Decision Looms; .Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Giuliani Comments on Collusion; Negotiating a Deal; Divide on the Wall; Cohen Rigged Polls. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 16, 2019
• Gillibrand On Calling For Franken's Ouster And Just Couldn't Stay Silent; Gillibrand Explains Reversal on 2020 Run and Feel Called to Take on Trump; Politico: Pelosi Blocks Outspoken Critic From Judiciary Seat; Some Senate Republicans Break with Party on Russian Sanctions'; May: The Government Is Not Willing To Stay In The E.U. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• U.S. Troops Killed in Syria; Moving the State of the Union Address; McConnell Chastises Democrats; Gillibrand Response to Franken Accusations. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 15, 2019
• William Barr Confirmation Hearing. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Barr on Mueller Investigation; Barr's 2017 Trump Meeting; Gates Continues to Cooperate; Barr Confirmation Hearing. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 14, 2019
• Trump Brushes Off Sen. Graham's Plan on National Emergency. Trump Targets Senator Warren in Racially Insensitive Tweet. Trump calls Joe Biden Weak and Says He Never Gets Above One Percent. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• FBI Debated Trump's Connections with Russia; Trump Calls out Comey, Strzok and Page; Barr on Mueller Report. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 13, 2019
• NYT: FBI Feared Trump Was Working On Behalf of Russia; No End in Sight As Shutdown Sets Record for Longest Ever; What are Democrats Looking for in a 2020 Nominee; Battle of Wills: Trump, Pelosi in Standoff over Shutdown. Aired 8-9a ET


January 11, 2019
• U.S Military Begins Moving Equipment Moving Out of Syria; Trump Administration's Overabundance of Job Openings; Supreme Court: Ginsburg Shows No Evidence of Remaining Disease; Pelosi and Trump Fight for Upper Hand Amid Shutdown. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Workers without Paychecks Today; Shutdown Standoff Continues; Diverting Funding to Pay for Wall. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 10, 2019
• Day 20: Key GOP Huddle with McConnell to Find A Way Out; Pompeo Slams Obama's Middle East Policies, Praises Trump's; Trump Denies Knowing That Manafort Shared Data with Russians; Speculation Grows That Mueller Probe is Nearing End; Making the Case to Build the Wall. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump's Right for National Emergency; Trump on Wall Payment; Trump Heads to Border; McConnell and Republicans Huddle to Find Way Out. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 09, 2019
• Trump Speaks on Day 19 of Government Shutdown. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Graham Says Barr Committed to Probe; Rosenstein Exits Justice Department; Trump Heads to Capitol Hill; Democrats And Trump Won't Budge. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 08, 2019
• Sen. Harris Debuts Possible 2020 Message in New Book; Bolton's Walk Back of Syria Withdrawal Angers Turkey; Russian Lawyer at June 2016 Trump Tower Meeting Charged in Separate Case; Trump Will Address Nation From Oval Office For the First Time. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Makes Primetime Address; Trump Asks for $5.7 Billion; Pelosi and Schumer Deliver Response. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 07, 2019
• Biden Says He Will Decide His 2020 Plans Soon; Warren Tests Out Populist 2020 Message in Iowa; McAuliffe: I Hope Biden Runs, The More The Merrier; Bolton: U.S. Not Leaving Syria Immediately; Cortez Rips Trump's "Dog Whistle" Language; Key Dates Loom as Shutdown Enters Third Week. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Travels to Border; Border Wall Fight; U.S. and China Try to Make a Deal; Biden Run for President. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 06, 2019
• No Signs of a Deal as Government Shutdown Drags Into Week Three; Nancy Pelosi Takes Back Speaker's Gavel After Eight Years; Warren Tests Out Populist 2020 Message in Iowa. Aired 8-9a ET


January 04, 2019
• Hiring Surges in December; Trump: Soviet Union "Right" to Invade Afghanistan; Warren Makes Iowa Debut After Unveiling 2020 Exploratory CMTE; O'Malley Rules Out 2020 Bid. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Hill Leaders at White House; Furloughed Workers Share Anxiety; Democrats Deal with Tlaib Comment; Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 03, 2019
• House Elects A New Speaker As Dems Take Control. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• New Congress to be Sworn In; Democratic-Controlled House Gavels into Session; Pence Swears in Senators; Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 02, 2019
• 116TH Congress Gets Sworn in Tomorrow; House Dems to Vote to Reinstate Gephardt Rule; U.S. Consular Officials Visit Detained American in Russia; Harry Reid Reflects on His Life, Legacy, and Donald Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Congressional Leaders Prepare for Meeting; Romney's Op-Ed on Trump; RNC Chair Backs Trump; Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 01, 2019
• Patrick Shanahan Takes Reins from Mattis as Acting Defense Secretary; Politicians Use Instagram Live to Speak Directly to Voters. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Looks to 2019; Giuliani Tweets Goal for 2019; Trump Touts Economy; Trump on Warren Running in 2020; American Detained in Russia. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 31, 2018
• President Trump Is Skipping His New Year's Eve Party At Mar-a- Largo Amid The Government Shutdown; Arizona Republican John Kyl's Last Day As A Senator; Russia Has Detained A U.S. Citizen And Accused Him Of Spying. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Warren Exploring 2020 Run; Crowded 2020 Field; Democrats Split on Everything; Border Wall Demand. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 30, 2018
• No End In Sight As Partial Government Shutdown Hits Day 9; Trump Blames Democrats For Deaths of Children At Border; Not Much Christmas Cheer at the White House; How Trump's Presidency Changed Washington; Which Dem Can Beat Trump in 2020. Aired 8-9a ET


December 28, 2018
• AP: Iowa Democrat Says It's OK To "Fall In Like" With 2020 Candidate As Long As The Person Wins; CNN: House Dems Hiring Lawyers To Power Trump Investigations; Nielsen Visits Border After Two Children Die In U.S. Custody; Trump's Evolving Relationship With DHS Secretary Nielsen; Giuliani: Talks On Trump-Mueller Interview Haven't Formally Ended. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Shutdown Threatens To Drag into 2019; Mulvaney Suggests Compromise; Markets Slightly Up; GOP Democratic 2020 Opponents. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 27, 2018
• Dow Tumbles After Record 1000 Point Gain; NYT: 2020 Bid May not Be Easy For Sen. Bernie Sanders; Trump: "Everybody" Wants Defense Secretary Job. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Visits Troops; Trump Brings Politics into Warzone; Workers Share Shutdown Stories; Pelosi Calling the Shots. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


December 26, 2018
• Little Progress as Shutdown Turns Five Days Old; Decision on 2020 White House Run Looming for Democrats; A Look Back and Ahead in the Mueller Investigation. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Economy's Fundamentals Remain Sound; Stocks Bouncing Back; Fed Chair's Job is Safe; Eight-Year-Old Dies in U.S. Custody; Little Progress on Shutdown. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 25, 2018
• CNN Interviews Sen. Claire McCaskill; Congressman Beto O'Rourke Of Texas Pitching In To Help A Group Of Some 200 Migrants Who Got Dropped Off In El Paso Late Sunday With No Warning; Donald Trump Speaks To Children On Christmas Eve As He Tracks Santa Claus. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• President Refuses To Budge On Border Wall; Democrats Get Emboldened To Block Trump; Republicans In The Senate Don't Have Any Interest In Cutting Anymore Deals With The President. Aired 12-12:30a ET


December 24, 2018
• Trump Tweets On Sunday That He Is Dismissing James Mattis Earlier Than February; President Trump And Senator Bob Corker Trade Jabs Once Again. Aired: 12:30-1p ET
• CEOs Baffled by Mnuchin Call; Trump Pressures Mnuchin; Trump to Hold Border Security Meeting; Trump Taps Shanahan; Syria Troop Withdrawal. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 23, 2018
• Senate Adjourns Until Thursday, No Budget Deal in Sight; Pentagon Chief Quits After Trump Orders Syria Pullout; Trump Vented to Acting Attorney General about Cohen Revelations; Rocky Week on Wall Street; Trump Discusses Firing Fed Chairman over Rate Hikes. Aired 8- 9a ET


December 21, 2018
• Senate Taking First Key Vote on Stop-Gap Funding Bill; Justice Ginsburg Underwent Lung Surgery. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Heading Toward Partial Shutdown; Senators Meet With Trump; Schumer on Senate Floor; Ginsburg Underwent Surgery. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 20, 2018
• House Intel Approves Release of Stone's Interview Transcript; Trump Defends Syria Decision Amid Bipartisan Backlash; Dow Drops After Fed Hikes Interest Rates; Whitaker Chose Not To Recuse. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Wants Border Security; Trump Meets with Republicans; Trump's A.G. Pick Controversy; House Intel Releases Stone's Transcript. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 19, 2018
• CNN Obtains Trump Tower Moscow Letter Signed By Trump; Federal Reserve Expected to Raise Interest Rates; Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Criminal Justice Reform; What Will House Speaker Paul Ryan's Legacy Be?. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• McConnell To Introduce Funding Bill; U.S. Withdrawal from Syria; Giuliani Reverses. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 18, 2018
• Judge Rebukes Flynn; "I'm Not Hiding My Disgust"; Flynn's Attorney Asks Judge to Delay Sentencing; Judge Delays Michael Flynn Sentencing. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Flynn in Court; Flynn Continues With Sentencing; Judge Rebukes Flynn; Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 17, 2018
• New Poll: Good News For Trump 2020 and Potential Challengers; First Lady's Rep Fires Back After Condescending Attacks; Sen. Alexander Retirement; Federal Judge in Texas Strikes Down Affordable Care Act; Prison Reform Bill Set For Key Test In Senate. Aired 12:30- 1p ET
• Russia Election Meddling on Social Media; Trump Rages against Probe; Trump Interview with Mueller; Five Days Till Shutdown. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 16, 2018
• President Trump Faces Mounting Legal Investigations; Federal Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act; Trump Names OMB Director Mulvaney as Acting Chief of Staff; What Iowa Dems are Looking for in 2020. Aired 8-9a ET


December 14, 2018
• Biden Tops Dem 2020 List with 30 Percent of the Vote; Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl to Resign at End of Year; Trump's Chief of Staff Shortlist Down to Five People; Flynn's "Substantial" Assistance. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen Says He's Telling the Truth; Cohen Says Trump Knew Payments were Wrong; Trump Changes Story. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 13, 2018
• Sen. Inhofe's Defense of Stock Situation; Giuliani Meets with the King of Bahrain; Rep. Mark Meadows Out of Running for Chief of Staff; Pelosi Cuts Deal With Critics; Trump: Cohen, Prosecutors Are Trying to "Embarrass Me". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Butina Pleads Guilty; Trump on Cohen Breaking the Law; Government Funding Stalemate; GOP Majority Favors Wall. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


December 12, 2018
• Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen in Court for Sentencing; Cohen Sentenced to 36 Months; Michael Avenatti Speaks after Cohen Sentencing. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 11, 2018
• Dem Leaders and Trump Clash Over Border Security, Spending Bill. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Meets with Pelosi and Schumer; Trump's Meeting with Congressional Leaders; Trump and Democratic Leaders Clash. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


December 10, 2018
• New White House Counsel Expected to Start Today; Congress Races Against Partial Gov't Shutdown Clock; Dem Hickenlooper Hints at 2020 White House Run. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Chief of Staff Search Continues; Trump Defends Innocence; Rubio on Trump and the Law; Stocks Fall Sharply. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 09, 2018
• New Filings Reveal More Trump Campaign-Russia Ties; Democrats Debate Whether to Push Impeachment; Trump Announces Chief of Staff John Kelly is Leaving; Warning Signs for the Trump Economy?. Aired 8- 9a ET


December 07, 2018
• U.S. Adds 155,000 Jobs in November; Unemployment Stays at 3.7 Percent; Trump Names Next U.N. Ambassador; Boston Globe Editorial Board: Warren Shouldn't Run in 2020. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Mueller Team Asked Kelly Questions; Mueller to Make Filing Regarding Cohen; Trump Nominates Barr; November Jobs Report. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


December 06, 2018
• State Funeral for George H.W. Bush. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 05, 2018
• The State Funeral of George H. W. Bush. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• State Funeral for George H.W. Bush. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 04, 2018
• Trump to Visit Bush Family to Pay Private Respects Today; McConnell: Congress Will Avoid Partial Government Shutdown; New Internal GOP Fight Over the Future of the Party; George H. W. Bush's Legacy Defending Americans with Disabilities. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Mueller Filing Expected; CIA Director Briefs Senators; Senators Speak out on Saudi Situation. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 03, 2018
• Trump, China's Xi Agree to Delay Additional Tariffs; Trump Continues Threats Over Wall Funding; Secret Service Will Stay with Bush's Casket Until Texas Burial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Bush Departing from Houston; Trump on Mueller Investigation; Trump Renews Attacks on Cohen and Mueller; Trump and Xi Agree on Trade. Aired 12-12:30p ET


December 02, 2018
• America Says Farewell to George H.W. Bush; Trump & Xi Agree to Temporary Trade Truce; The Life and Legacy of President George H.W. Bush; Trump Takes Center Stage in Mueller Probe. Aired 8-9a ET


November 30, 2018
• Crucial Trump-Xi Meeting Tomorrow Amid Trade War; Trump Meets with Leaders of Japan, India at G20; 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Near Anchorage, Alaska; White House: Trump and Saudi Crown Prince "Exchanged Pleasantries". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Contradiction in Statements; Conservatives on Possible Collusion; Manafort Sentencing Set. Aired 12-12:30p ET


November 29, 2018
• Special Counsel Says Michael Cohen is Telling the Truth; Kremlin Responds to Court Filing By Special Counsel Mueller. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen Plea Deal; Trump Cancels Meeting; Trump Says Cohen's Lying. Aired 12-12:30p ET


November 28, 2018
• Pompeo Speaks After Briefing Senators on Saudi Arabia, Yemen; Pelosi Faces Critical Vote in House Speaker Bid; Rep. Jeffries: Pelosi "Will Not Lame Duck Herself" If Elected; Ivanka Trump On Her E-mail Problem. Aired 12:30-1p ET


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