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March 04, 2019
• Dems Request Documents; Catastrophic Tornadoes in Alabama; Hickenlooper Enters 2020 Race. Aired 12-12:30p ET


March 03, 2019
• Trump Ends Tough Week With Two-Hour Speech; Sanders Begins Second Campaign for President; Trump Sides with Kim Jong-un Over Claim About Warmbier. Aired 8-9a ET


March 01, 2019
• Washington Governor Jay Inslee Enters 2020 Race; Bidens Responds To Criticism After Calling Pence A "Decent Guy"; Cohen's Testimony Renews Democrat Interest In Trump's Tax Returns; Wash Post: Ocasio-Cortez Is One Of The Dems Attracting The Most Attention On Fox News. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Kushner's Security Clearance; Warmbier Family Rebukes Trump; Inslee Jumps into 2020 Race. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 28, 2019
• Trump Leaves North Korea Summit Without Nuclear Deal; GOP Representative Meadows, Jordan Accuse Cohen Of Perjury; Source: O'Rourke Won't Challenge John Cornyn For Texas Senate; Poll: Biden, Sanders, O'Rourke Essentially Tie Trump In Texas; "The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power" Premieres Sunday 9PM ET. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Leaves without Deal; Trump Confronts Tests; Trump on Warmbier Case; Jordan Brushes off Accusations. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 27, 2019
• Cohen Testifies Before Congress. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen Testifies Before Congress; Interview with John Dean; Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 26, 2019
• Senate Questions Big Pharma Bosses On High Drug Prices; Sanders On 2016 Election Cycle: "I Did Everything I Could"; Barr Assumes Oversight Of Mueller Probe As Rosenstein Preps Exit; Rosenstein: "Belief" Of Guilt Is "Irrelevant". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Cohen on Capitol Hill; Trump Arrives for Summit; Castro Warns GOP; GOP Urging to Stand with President. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 25, 2019
• Elizabeth Warren Says She'll Reject Big Money Fundraising Events; Pence Announces New Sanctions On Venezuela; Iowa Dem Voters On 2020 Priorities. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• North Korea Negotiations; Cohen Hearing; Tariff Hike Delayed; Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 24, 2019
• Fight for the Democratic Nomination Heats UP Early; Interview with Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Aired 8-9a ET


February 22, 2019
• CNN: Trump Plans Active Role In 2020 Democratic Primary; Poll: 85 Percent Of Republicans Approve Of Trump's National Emergency; Gallup: Trump 2018 Job Approval 50 Percent Or Higher In 17 States; Virginia GOP To Hold Public Hearings On Fairfax Allegations. Aired 12:30-1pm ET
• Manafort Sentencing Memo; Kraft Charged with Soliciting Sex; Resolution to Block National Emergency. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 21, 2019
• Female 2020 Dems Share Questions They Get Asked That Men Don't; Court Docs: Coast Guard Officer Planned Mass Shooting; Pompeo On 2020 Senate Run: It's Ruled Out; Sen. Cornyn Fundraises Off A Possible O'Rourke; House Dems Take On Trump's National Emergency Declaration. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Soon: Stone in court after controversial Instagram post, CNN: DOJ preparing for Mueller report as early as next week, 2020 candidates hear voters' issues on campaign trail, Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 20, 2019
• Trump To Nominate Jeffrey Rosen As Deputy Attorney General; Barr Acknowledges Increased Scrutiny On Dept. Of Justice; Gillibrand Responds After Ranch Dressing Incident; Maryland's GOP Governor Mills Challenge To Trump; Judge Grant Request To Push Back Cohen's Jail Date; Trump Admin. Cancels $1 Billion In Funds For California Rail Project. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump and Sanders Exchange Jabs; Interference in Cohen Probe; Trump Possible Russian Asset; McCabe Claims No Objection to Investigation. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 19, 2019
• 2020 Hopefuls Tout Parental Issues On The Trail; Trump Confidant Speculates On DNI Coats' Job; McCabe Confirms He Opened Counterintelligence Investigation Into Trump; 16 States Challenging Trump's National Emergency Declaration. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Sanders Joins Race for 2020; Stone Ordered to Court after Posts; White House Ties to Saudi Nuclear Project; Warren's Child Care Plan. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 18, 2019
• 2020 Candidates Focus On New Hampshire And Iowa Campaign Stops; NC Elections Board Holds Hearing On Undecided House Race; President Trump To Speak In Miami About Crisis In Venezuela; 2020 Deliberations For Dems Deciding Whether To Run. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Protesting Emergency Declaration; Graham Defends Declaration; Republicans Support National Emergency for Wall; New AG Faces Test; Graham Vows Investigation. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 17, 2019
• Trump: I'm Declaring National Emergency at the Border; New Attorney General Will Decide Fate of Mueller Report; Decision Time for 2020 Presidential Hopefuls. Aired 8-9a ET


February 15, 2019
• Former GOP Governor William Weld Looking to Challenge Trump In 2020; Mueller To File Sentencing Report In Paul Manafort Case; McCabe: There Were No Extended Discussions On 25th Amendment; Sen. Harris Makes Second 2020 Campaign Visit To SC; Declaring A National Emergency: How Did We Get Here?. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Declares National Emergency; Pelosi and Schumer React to Declaration; GOP Divided on Declaration. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 14, 2019
• Lawmakers Vote On Bill To Avoid Shutdown; Pence Slams Allies, Urges E.U. To Dump Iran Nuclear Deal; One Year After The Parkland High School Massacre.Aired 12:30-1p ET
• McCabe Speaks Out; Amazon Cancels New York Headquarters; Lawmakers Vote to Avoid Shutdown. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 13, 2019
• "Green New Deal" Gets Backing From 2020 WH Candidates; Trump Meets With Columbian President Amid Border Deal Review; Trump: I Don't Want To Have A Shutdown; Trump Rips Muslim Rep. Over Tweet Seen As Anti-Semitic. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Border Security Deal; New Wall Being Built; Manafort's Lawyers Fight Back. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 12, 2019
• Trump Unhappy With Border Barrier Deal Lawmakers Crafted; Jury Reaches Verdict In Trial Of Mexican Drug Lord "El Chapo". Aired 12:30- 1p ET
• President Meets over Funding Deal; Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal; El Chapo Trial Verdict; Trump Speaks About Funding Deal. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 11, 2019
• Talks Stall Over Wall Funding Limit On Migrant Detentions; Acting WH Chief of Staff Cannot Rule Out Another Shutdown; O'Rourke To Counter Trump's El Paso Visit With Anti-Wall March; Dem Congressman Accused of Anti-Semitism Faces Bipartisan Backlash. Aired 12:30-1 ET
• Klobuchar Makes Campaign Debut; Virginia Delegate Backs off Impeachment; Negotiators Try to Revive Collapsing Talks. Aired 12- 12:30p ET


February 10, 2019
• Top Virginia Democrat: Fairfax Must Resign; Trump on Border Wall: I Will Get It Built; Warren: "Get Ready, Because Change is Coming". Aired 8-9a ET


February 08, 2019
• Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker Testifies. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Acting Attorney General Whitaker Testifies before House Judiciary Committee. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 07, 2019
• Scandals Engulf Virginia's Top Three Democratic Officials; Starbucks Founder Schultz Gaining Early 2020 Support; Acting A.G. Won't Testify If Judiciary Chair Doesn't Drop Subpoena. Aired 12:30-1 ET
• Sweeping Investigations into Trump; Dems Speak out Against Barr; Vote on Barr Today. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 06, 2019
• CNN Poll: Biden Is Top 2020 Contender; Washington Post: Warren Listed Race As American-Indian For Texas Bar; Beto O'Rourke: I'll Make 2020 Decision By End Of February; White House Defends Decision To Withdraw Troops From Syria And Afghanistan. Aired 12:30-1 ET
• Southern Border Wall to Get Built; Trump Calls Oversight Ridiculous; Virginia's Attorney Generals Admittance; Three Virginia Officials Embroiled in Scandal; Warren Answering Questions Over Race. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 05, 2019
• VA Gov. Northam Ignoring Demands To Resign As Lieutenant Governor; Fairfax Denies Sex Assault Claims; O'Rourke Set For Interview With Oprah Today; Stacey Abrams To Give Democratic Response Tonight. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump's State of the Union; Division with Congress; Investigation into Inaugural Committee. Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 04, 2019
• High Profile Democrats Call for Northam's Resignation; Senator Sherrod Brown Accuses Trump Of Being A Racist; Trump: African- Americans Like Me And I Like Them; Patriots Fans At CNN Revel In Latest Super Bowl Conquest; President's Private Daily Schedules Leaked to Axios. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump's Approval Rating Increases Slightly; Pelosi's Poll Numbers; Virginia Governor Needs More Time; Aired 12-12:30p ET


February 03, 2019
• Northam Says Isn't in Racist Photo, Refuses to Resign; 10 Democrats Have Announced Candidacy or Exploratory Committee; State of the Union Paralyzed by Border Wall Fight; Majority of Democrats Now Identify Themselves as Liberal; Countdown to Super Bowl LIII. Aired 8- 9a ET


February 01, 2019
• Trump: Rosenstein Told The Attorneys That "I'm not a Subject of Russia Investigation"; US Suspending Landmark Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia; Senator Brown Takes His Potential 2020 Message To Iowa. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Booker Announces Presidential Bid; January Jobs Numbers Show Gains; Deal with China in the Works; Trump Never Talked to Stone about WikiLeaks. Aired 12-12:30p ET


January 31, 2019
• Strategists Urge Dems Not to Talk Down To Midwesters; Senator Brown: Trump Betrayed Workers In Ohio; Trump Speaks Amid Border Security Negotiations .Aired 12:30-1p ET
• 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


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