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June 27, 2024
• Now: Biden & Trump Making Final Preps For CNN Debate; Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions In Idaho; CNN's Historic Presidential Debate Now Just Hours Away. Aired 4-5p ET


June 26, 2024
• State of the Race: Supreme Court Mistakenly Posts Abortion Ruling Document On Site; 1 Day Away: Biden & Trump Face Off Tomorrow Nigh In CNN Debate; Bowman Loses In Primary First Squad Member To Lose Re-Election; U.S. Reporter On Trial In Russia For Espionage. Aired 3- 4p ET


June 25, 2024
• State of the Race: New Biden Ad Slams Trump's Economic Vision Ahead of Debate; Surgeon General Declares Firearm Violence A Public Health Crisis; Arizona Community Dealing with Influx Of Migrants. Aired 3-4p ET


June 24, 2024
• CNN International: Biden & Trump Face Off In CNN Presidential Debate Thursday; Two Years Since Supreme Court Overturned Roe V. Wade; NASA: ISS Spacewalk Called Off Due To Leak In Astronaut's Spacesuit; Awaiting Ruling On President Immunity As Court Nears End Of Term. Aired 3-4p ET


June 19, 2024
• Juneteenth, Celebrating Freedom And Legacy; Victor Blackwell Hosts CNN's Juneteenth Special. Aired 10-11p ET


May 31, 2024
• Trump Airs Grievances After Being Convicted On 34 Felony Counts; Biden Campaign After Trump's Speech: "This Man Cannot Be President". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Airs Grievances After Being Convicted On 34 Felony Counts; Protesters Gather Outside Trump Tower. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Speaks After Being Convicted Of 34 Felonies; Trump Finishes Post-Conviction Speech Without Taking Questions; Trump Doubles Down On Claims Around His Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Speaks After Being Convicted Of 34 Felonies. Aired 11- 11:30a ET


May 30, 2024
• Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Felony Charges; Awaiting Manhattan D.A. News Conference On Trump Conviction; Judge Sets Trump Sentencing For July 11, Days Before GOP Convention. Aired 6-7p ET
• Jury Reaches Verdict In Trump Trial; Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Felony Charges. Aired 5-6p ET
• Now: Jury Resumes Deliberations In Trump Criminal Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Jury Continues Deliberations. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Judge Re-Read Instructions to Jury; Jury Requests Review of Pecker and Cohen's Testimony. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New, Jury Submits Additional Note in Trump Hush Money Trial; Jurors Request Review of Testimony from Pecker and Cohen; Now, Judge Re-Reading Part of His Instructions to Jury. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 29, 2024
• Trump Jury Deliberating. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating; Now: Trump Speaking As Jury Deliberates. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Judge Delivers Instructions to Trump Jury. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Hush Money Trial; Judge Delivering Instruction to Jury. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Judge Delivering Instructions to Trump Jury. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


May 28, 2024
• Closing Arguments Underway in the Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Prosecution Making Closing Argument. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Making Closing Argument. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Prosecution's Burden And Closing Arguments; Key Witness Testimonies; The Judge Issues Firm Instructions In Hush Money Trial; Hush Money Trial Is An Historic One. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Prosecution Delivers Closing Arguments; Defense Calls Michael Cohen's Testimony "Lies, Pure And Simple". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Closing Arguments Continue in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Closing Arguments Resume In Donald Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Trump's Defense Making Closing Argument. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Trump's Defense Making Closing Argument; Judge Denies Request For Trump Gag Order In Classified Docs Case; Soon: Closing Arguments Resume In Trump Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Defense Team Makes Closing Arguments. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump's Hush Money Trial; Trump's Defense Makes Closing Arguments. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Trump's Defense Making Closing Argument; Trump's Attorney to Jury, Cohen Lied to You; Trump's Attorney Says, Cohen's Testimony Not Corroborated by Anything. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Closing Arguments in Trump's Hush Money Trial Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Closing Arguments in Trump's Trial Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 21, 2024
• Both Sides Rest, Trump Doesn't Testify; Later Today: Judge & Attorneys To Work On Jury Instruction. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Both Sides Rest in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump's Hush Money Trial; Both Side Rests in Hush Money Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Costello Denies Trying to Intimidate Michael Cohen; Now, Defense Questioning Witness Who Angered Judge; Defense Rests in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 20, 2024
• Prosecution Rests In Donald Trump Hush Money Trial; Cohen's Former Legal Adviser Testifies For Defense. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cohen Back On Stand After Admitting He Stole From Trump Org; Defense Calls Its First Witness In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Judge Won't Let Prosecutors Bring In C-SPAN Pictures As Evidence, Prosecutors May Recall Archivist To Testify; ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Hamas & Israeli Leaders; Cohen Called Back To Stand To Testify That C-SPAN Photo Shows Schiller With Trump Minutes Before Key Phone Call. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits To Theft; Stormy Daniels Payment; The Defense May Call Robert Costello; Cohen Acted At Trump's Direction; Key Phone Call Dispute; Evidence Admissibility. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits To Stealing From Trump Organization; Iran: President Ebrahim Raisi Killed In Helicopter Crash; ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Hamas & Israeli Leaders. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Nearing End of Testimony. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Cohen Back On Stand After Admitting He Stole From Trump Org. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Ends Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen; Now: Prosecutors Questioning Michael Cohen; Michael Cohen Admits To Stealing From Trump Organization; Now: Cohen Back On Stand After Admitting He Stole From Trump Org. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits To Stealing From Trump Organization; Now; Michael Cohen Back On The Stand After Admitting To Stealing From Trump Organization; Trump Defense Ends Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits to Stealing From Trump Organization. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Defense Cross-Examines Cohen. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Now, Defense Grilling Cohen About Weeks Leading Up to 2016 Election; Now, Defense Grilling Cohen About Stealing from Trump Org. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 16, 2024
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Defense Presses Cohen On All The Times He Lied Under Oath. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cohen Says He Has About 95 Secret Recordings On His Phone, Including "About 40" With Reporters; Trump Defense Resumes Cross- Examination Of Michael Cohen. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Shows Jury Text Exchange Between Cohen, 14- Year-Old Prankster; Cohen Acknowledges Trump's First Comment On Stormy Daniels Was That His Family Wouldn't Like It; Cohen Says He Has About 95 Secret Recordings On His Phone, Including "About 40" With Reporters. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen's Testimony Under Scrutiny; The Defense Argued That The Call Was Not About Stormy Daniels; The Prosecution Needs To Rehabilitate Cohen's Testimony; Cohen's Potential Motivations To Lie; Trump Appeared Pleased With The Defense's Cross-Examination. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Soon: Trump Defense Resumes Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen; Stunning Moment With Michael Cohen In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Testimony Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Faces Cross Examination From Trump Lawyers In New York Criminal Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Any Minute: Cohen Back On Stand For Cross-Examination; Michael Cohen Back On The Stand For Cross-Examination; Trump Lawyer Cross- Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Cross-Examination of Michael Cohen as He Returns to the Witness Stand; Michael Cohen Cross-Examined by Trump's Attorney. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Michael Cohen Back on the Stand for Cross-Examination. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Michael Cohen Back On The Stand For Cross-Examination. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Michael Cohen Back on Stand; Trump Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen's Cross-Examination. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 14, 2024
• Key Takeaways of Cohen Testimony Yesterday at Trump's Trial; Cohen Resumes Testimony Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen In Trump's Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Fiery Exchange Kicks Off Defense Cross-Examination Of Cohen. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Cohen Testifies He Talks About Trump "Six Days A Week". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen Testifies Against Donald Trump; Cohen Claims Trump Knew About Hush Money Payments; Prosecution and Defense Spar Over Cohen's Credibility; Potential Long Cross-Examination Ahead; Trump's Reaction to Testimony. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Appeals Court Denies Trump's Latest Request To Overturn Gag Order; Soon: Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Continues Testimony in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Turning On Trump; Biden Announces New Tariffs On Chinese Goods As Trump Sits On Trial In New York. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Aftermath Of FBI Raid; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Turning On Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Back On The Witness Stand; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Aftermath Of FBI Raid. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Michael Cohen Testimony Continues. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Currently Testifying in Trump Trial; Trump Gag Order Appeal Denied by New York Appeals Court. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Michael Cohen Testifies in Trump Trial; Now, Michael Cohen Testifies About Planned Reimbursement for Stormy Daniels Payment. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Cohen To Resume Testimony Today; Cohen Resume Testifying In The Trump Case. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 13, 2024
• Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Only Worried About Campaign, Not His Wife. Cohen: Trump Expressed to Me, "Just Do It" on Hush Money Payment; Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cohen Testifies He Called Trump Moments Before Making Hush Money Payment Because He "Required Sign-Off, And I Wanted My Money Back"; Cohen Testifies He "Immediately" Notified Trump When Payment Was Made. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Cohen: Trump "Expressed To Me, 'Just Do It,'" On Hush Money Payment; Phone Records Show Two Calls Between Cohen And Trump On Oct. 26, 2016, Just Before Hush Money Payment Was Made. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen's Detailed Testimony; Evidence Of Payoffs; Trump's Awareness And Involvement; Prosecution Strategy; Defense Challenges. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Former "Fixer" Michael Cohen Returns To The Stand; Trump Doing Well in Battleground State Polls. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Stormy Daniels Story; Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Worried About Campaign, Not His Marriage When Stormy Daniels Came Forward. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Karen McDougal Story; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About "Access Hollywood" Tape; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Soon: Michael Cohen Resumes Testimony In Trump Trial; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Working With David Pecker To Kill Negative Stories About Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Takes the Stand on Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Now Testifies on the Account of Karen McDougal. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Michael Cohen Testifies About Working for Trump; Now, Michael Testifies About Contacts With David Pecker; Now, Michael Cohen Testifies About Trump's 2016 Campaign. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Michael Cohen Testifies In Trump Trial Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Michael Cohen to Testify in Trump Trial; Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 10, 2024
• Testimony Ends for the Week in Trump Hush Money Trial; Cyberattack Forces Health Care Network to Divert Ambulances; Consumer Confidence has its Worst Monthly Tumble Since 2021; Passenger Jets to Become Pentagons of the Sky. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Defense Asks Judge to Put Gag Order on Michael Cohen; Judge Instructs Prosecutors to Tell Him to Stop Commenting; Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Expansion of Rafah Operations After Biden Pauses Bomb Shipment Over Issue; FL Sheriff Releases Bodycam Footage from Airman's Shooting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Testimony Finished for the Week in Trump Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Expected to Begin Testimony Monday; Solar Storms Could Disrupt Communications this Weekend; VA School Board to Restore Confederate Names to 2 Schools. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump's Former Lawyer Michael Cohen to Testify; Prosecution to Wrap Case Soon; Judge Denies Gag Order on Cohen; Linking Trump to Payments; Biden's Decision on Israel Arms; UN Votes for Palestinian Membership; Ceasefire Talks Stalled. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Third Week Of Testimony Wraps In Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Expected To Begin Testifying Monday; CNN Correspondent Describes Scene In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Prosecution Nearly Finished in Trump Trial?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Defense Cross-Examining Paralegal About Phone & Business Records; Michael Cohen Expected to Begin Testifying Monday. Aired 12:30-1p ET


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