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May 09, 2024


May 07, 2024
• Stormy Daniels Being Cross-Examined In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Stormy Daniels Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Judge Denies Trump Attorney's Motion For Mistrial; Stormy Daniels Resumes Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Stormy Daniels Returns To Witness Stand In Trump Trial; Details Of Non-Disclosure Agreement Discussed; Prosecution And Defense Spar Over Testimony Relevance; Trump's Attorneys Request Mistrial; Judge Denies Mistrial Request. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testified About Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump; Soon: Stormy Daniels Resumes Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Stormy Daniels Describes Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump; Stormy Daniels Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Biden Speaks On Rise In Antisemitism At Holocaust Remembrance Event; Biden: There Is No Place In America For Antisemitism; Biden: Antisemitic Acts Are "Despicable" And "Must Stop"; Stormy Daniels Testifying In Trump Hush Money Trial; Stormy Daniels Testifies About Meeting Karen McDougal; Stormy Daniels Testifies About Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Soon: Stormy Daniels To Resume Testimony; Stormy Daniels Testifying In Trump Hush Money Trial; Biden Speaks On Rise Of Antisemitism In The US. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testifies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Trump Hush Money Trial, Stormy Daniels Takes The Witness Stand. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Today, Stormy Daniels Expected to Testify in Trump Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Prosecutors Expected to Call Stormy Daniels to the Stand Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 06, 2024
• Trump Org Employee Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Israel Says Rafah Operation Will Continue Despite Hamas Agreeing To Ceasefire Proposal; Families Of Hostages Call For Israel To Accept Ceasefire Deal. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Org Employee Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order Again; Sources: U.S. Soldier Arrested, Detained In Russia. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NSC Spokesperson, John Kirby, Gives Briefing On Hamas Agreement To Ceasefire Plan; Trump Org. Employee Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order Again. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hamas Accepts Ceasefire Proposal; Israeli Government Reviews Hamas's Response, Uncertainty Over Agreement's Details; White House Monitoring Situation; CIA Director And Qatari Prime Minister Key Mediators; Israeli Evacuation Order Raises Questions; President Biden And Prime Minister Netanyahu Discuss Developments; Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues; Week Four Of Historic Criminal Trial In New York; Testimony Highlights Financial Records; Prosecution Aims To Establish Reimbursement Scheme; Allegations Of Falsified Payments; Defense Emphasizes Lack Of Direct Link To Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Hamas Agrees To Ceasefire Proposal, Awaiting Israeli Response; Source: CIA Director Involved In Negotiations Over Ceasefire Proposal; Israeli Government Reviewing The Hamas Response To Ceasefire Proposal; State Department Spokesperson Gives Briefing On Ceasefire Proposal. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial; Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire Agreement. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Defense Cross-Examining Former Trump Org Executive; Hamas Agrees To Ceasefire Proposal From Egypt And Qatar. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Former Trump Org Executive Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Now: Defense Cross-Examining Former Trump Org Executive. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Soon: Former Trump Org Executive Resumes Testimony; Now: Former Trump Org Executive Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Former Trump Org Executives Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Former Executive of Trump Organization Testifies; After Trump Violates Gag Order Once More, Judge Finds Him in Contempt. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Former Trump Organization Executive Testifies in Hush Money Trial; Judge Finds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order Again. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Found In Contempt Again; Jeff McConney Testifies In Trump Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 03, 2024
• Former Trump Aide Hope Hicks Finishes Testifying; Hope Hicks: Trump Told Her About Cohen Making Payment. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Hope Hicks Cried While On The Stand In Hush Money Trial; Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Resumes Testimony. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifying In Hush Money Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hope Hicks Testifies In Trump's Hush Money Trial;Trump Campaign's Reaction To Controversies;Key Moments From Trump Tower Meetings. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge To Trump: Gag Order Does Not Prevent You From Testifying; Soon, Testimony Resumes with Hope Hicks Back On The Stand In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Justice Department to Announce Indictment of Congressman Henry Cuellar; Hope Hicks Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Former Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifying. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifying. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Prosecution Introducing Trump Social Media Posts About The "Access Hollywood" Recording; Now: Hope Hicks Called To Testify. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Digital Forensics Expert on the Stand in Trump's Hush Money Trial; Paralegal at the Manhattan DA's Office Called In for Questioning. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Defense Cross-Examining Digital Evidence Analyst; Now, Prosecution Questioning Digital Evidence Analyst. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Testimony Resumes in Trump Trial; Judge Says Trump Can Testify; William J. Brennan is Interviewed about Trump's Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 02, 2024
• CNN INTERNATIONAL: US President Reacts to Protests on US College Campuses; Police Say They've Cleared Protesters from Portland State Library; Now: Sixth Day of Testimony in Trump Hush Money Trial; Media Challenges Covering Protests, Police Crackdowns; U.S. President Reacts to Protests on U.S. College Campuses; Sixth Day of Testimony Wraps in Trump Hugh Money Trial; Colombia to Break Diplomatic Ties with Israel Over Gaza. Aired 4-5p ET
• Sixth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hus Money Trial; Digital Evidence Analyst Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels Testifying; Defense Atty. Notes Stormy Daniels Deal Wasn't Signed By Trump; Now: Sixth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels Back On Stand; Attorney Testifies Porn Publisher Larry Flint Offered Stormy Daniels $1M Plus Legal Fees To Break Trump Settlement. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Donald Trump's Historic Criminal Trial; Keith Davidson's Testimony; Donald Trump's Defense Strategy; Gag Order Issues; Potential Impacts on Jury. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Defense Cross-Examines Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels; Police Dismantle UCLA Encampment, Detain Protesters; Biden On Campus Unrest: "Violent Protest Is Not Protected"; Soon: Sixth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Hush Money Trial Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Defense Cross-Examines Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Defense Cross-Examines Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels On The Stand; Soon: Defense Cross-Examines Former Lawyer For Stormy Daniels. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial; President Biden Delivers Address on Campus Protests. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Cover-Up Trial; Stormy Daniels' Former Attorney Testifying Now. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Hearing on Trump's Latest Alleged Gag Order Violations; Any Moment, Testimony Resumes in Trump Hus Money Trial; Now, Former Lawyer for Stormy Daniels on the Stand. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• UCLA Protesters Detained by Police; Trump's Gag Order Hearing. Aired 9:30-10a ET


April 30, 2024
• Fifth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial; Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels And Karen McDougal Testifies; Judge Threatens To Jail Trump If He Violates Gag Order Again. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Ex-Atty For Stormy Daniels & Karen Mcdougal Resumes Testimony; Columbia Threatens To Expel Protesters Occupying Academic Building. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Resumes Testimony; Police & Protesters Confront Each Other At UNC Chapel Hill. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Donald Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes With Key Attorney Testimony; Trump Faces $9,000 Fine Over Gag Order Violation, Removes Social Media Posts; Prosecution Presents Multiple Witnesses Before Lunch In Trump Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Columbia University Protesters Breach Academic Building; Soon, Fifth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes; Trump Removes Social Media Posts That Violated Gag Order. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Judge Rules Donald Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Testifying; Now: Ex-Attorney For Karen McDougal Testifies Former Playmate Told Him Trump Relationship Was "Sexual In Nature". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Prosecutors Call Employee For Court Reporting Company To Testify In Trump Hush Money Trial; Prosecutors Play Clip Of Trump Deposition In E. Jean Carroll Case; Prosecutors Play Clip Of Trump Being Asked About "Access Hollywood" Tape; Now: Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Testifying. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Now: Fifth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial; Prosecutors Call Employee For Court Reporting Company To Testify In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Judge Rules Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Defense Cross-Examining Gary Farro; Columbia Protesters Barricading Themselves; House Democrats Says They'll Save Speaker Johnson's Job. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Finds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order as Fifth Day of Testimony in His Hush Money Trial Begins; Michael Cohen's Banker Resumes Testimony in Trump Trial; Now, Defense Cross-Examining Michael Cohen's Banker. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Fifth Day of Testimony in Trump Trial; Judge Finds Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 9:30-10a ET


April 27, 2024


April 26, 2024
• Soon: Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes; Finance Exec Gary Farro Takes Witness Stand At Trump Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Longtime Trump Asst, Ex-SR. VP Of Trump Org Testifies; Trump's Longtime Assistant Testifies That Two Of The Contacts She maintained Info For Were Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal; Judge Hasn't Ruled Yet Whether Trump Has Violated Gag Order; Set To Hear Four More Allegations Thursday. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Redirect Of David Pecker Resumes; Trump's Former Assistant Rhona Graff Called To Witness Stand. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• David Pecker Continues His Tesimony; Cross-Examination Tactics; Prosecution's Redirect; Gag Order Issues; Next Witnesses and Strategy; Biden's Willingness to Debate Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pecker Admits He Killed Stories "To Help A Presidential Candidate; Soon, Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes; "MisinfoNation: The Trump Faithful" Aires Sunday Night At 8PM ET/PT. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Pecker Admits He Killed Stories "To Help A Presidential Candidate"; How Americans View Criminal Prosecution Of Donald Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Begins Redirect Of David Pecker; Pecker Admits He Killed Stories To Influence The 2016 Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Lawyer Cross-Examinees Former Tabloid Executive; Now: Prosecution Begins Redirect Of David Pecker. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Any Minute: Testimony Resumes In Trump Hush Money Trial; Now: Fourth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Former Tabloid Exec. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Donald Trump Hush Money Trial; David Pecker Cross-Examined By Trump's Attorney; Trial Of Trump Over Hush Money, Now On Fourth Day Of Testimony. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Fourth Day of Testimony in Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Former Tabloid Executive; Pecker Testifies About Agreement With Former Playboy Model. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Now: Fourth Day of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET


April 25, 2024
• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Being Cross-Examined In Trump Trial; Trump In New York Court As Supreme Court Heard His Immunity Case. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Ex-Tabloid Publisher Testifying In Trump Trial; Ex-Tabloid Publisher Confirms He Signed Cooperation Agreement With Manhattan DA's Office In 2019. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Ex-Tabloid Publisher Resumes Testimony In Trump Trial; Trump In NY Court As Supreme Court Heard His Immunity Case. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Resumption Of Donald Trump's Manhattan Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Arguments On Presidential Prosecutions; David Pecker's Testimony On Catch And Kill; Allegations Of Gag Order Violations By Donald Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ex-Tabloid Publisher Testifies He Didn't Publish Story About Trump & Playboy Model So It Did Not Influence 2016 Election; Ex- Tabloid Publisher Testifies About Stormy Daniels Negotiations. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial; Supreme Court Hears Presidential Immunity Arguments. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Justices Seem Skeptical That Trump Has Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Case; Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All; Justice Seem Skeptical That Trump Has Absolute Immunity But May Not Green-Light Quick Trial In January 6 Cases. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Special Counsel's Lawyer: Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution; Supreme Court Case May Not Resolve Trump Immunity Once And For All. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


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