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August 22, 2025
• Now, FBI Searching Home of Former Trump Adviser John Bolton; Trump Speaks as FBI Home of His Ex-National Security Adviser; Trump Comments on Russia's War on Ukraine. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 21, 2025
• Alcohol and Blood Pressure; Russia Escalates Strikes on Ukraine; Menendez Brothers Face Parole Board. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Appeals Court Throws Out Civil Fraud Penalty Against Trump; Interview With Los Angeles, California, District Attorney Nathan Hochman; Menendez Brothers Face Parole Board; Hurricane Erin Impacts East Coast. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Texas Senate Meeting on New Congressional Map; D.C. Residents Feel Less Safe After Trump Police Takeover; Judge Rejects Trump Admin. Request to Release Epstein Grand Jury Documents. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Erin Lashing the North Carolina Outer Banks; Now, Texas Senate Meeting on Trump-Backed Map That Favors GOP; Parole Hearing on Fate of Menendez Brother to Begin This Morning. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 20, 2025
• Interview With Fmr. Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA); Texas State Democrats Threatened With Arrest; Interview With Washington, D.C., Councilmember Zachary Parker. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Administration Screening Immigrants For 'Anti- Americanism'; How Companies Are Navigating Trump Tariffs; Russia Continues Attacks on Ukraine; Texas Moves Forward on Redistricting Bill; Hurricane Erin's Wrath. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Russian Attack Sparks Large Fire at Ukrainian Fuel Facility; Putin Agreed to "Robust Security Guarantees" Says Witkoff; White House Joins TikTok After Delaying Enforcement of Sale-Or-Ban Law. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hurricane's Life-Threatening Rip Currents and Surf Hit East Coast; Target CEO Stepping Down Amid Slumping Sales; California Democrats Advance Redistricting Plan in Response to Texas GOP. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 19, 2025
• Interview With Natasha Rothwell; New Details Emerge in Bryan Kohberger Case; Number of National Guard Troops in D.C. Increases. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Number of National Guard Troops in D.C. Increases; Trump Administration to Release Some Epstein Files?; Hurricane Erin Impacting East Coast; Co-Deputy FBI Director Named; Russia Launches Massive Strike on Ukraine. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Breaking from CDC Recommendations; No U.S. Forces in Ukraine for Peacekeeping Says Trump; Russian Drone Attack Kills Eight and Wounding 54; Pediatric Group Says Young Kids Should Get COVID Vax; Higher Prices Due to Tariffs. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Says, Putin Phone Call was Away from European Leaders or It Would Be Disrespectful to Putin; Justice Department Faces Deadline to Provide Epstein Records to Congress; Hamas Says It Agrees to New Ceasefire Proposal. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 18, 2025
• U.S. Coffee Farmers Hope For Boost; Trump Hosts Zelenskyy at White House; Brooklyn Shooting. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Key European Will Join Zelenskyy at WH: Hearing Over Legal Authority of FL Detention Center; ACLU Sues Trump administration; Draft of MAHA Report Forgoes Aggressive Action on Pesticides and Processed Foods. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Key European Leaders Will Join Zelenskyy At White House; Nationwide Strike, Protests As Israelis Demand Hostage Deal; Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Is Interviewed About Zelenskyy With Europeans In D.C. After Trump-Putin Summit. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Key European Leaders Will Join Zelenskyy at White House; ACLU Sues Trump Administration Over Facility Marketed as Alligator Alcatraz; Former Attorney General Barr Testifies on Epstein Case to House Panel. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 15, 2025
• Putin and Trump Set to Meet; Pentagon Says Pete Hegseth Supports Women's Right to Vote; Interview With Ukrainian Parliament Member Halyna Yanchenko. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Pres. Trump On His Way To Alaska Summit With Putin; Erin Becomes This Year's First Hurricane In The Atlantic; American Austin Tice Still Missing 13 Years After Syria Kidnapping. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Headed for Anchorage, Alaska for Summit; Trump and Putin Meet Face-to-Face in Alaska; D.C. Attorney General Sues Trump Administration. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Trump on Way to Summit With Putin in Alaska; D.C. Attorney General Sues Trump Admin Over Police Takeover; Retail Sales Climbed 0.5 Percent in July. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 14, 2025
• New Taylor Swift Album; Interview With Rep. Warren Davidson (R- OH); Strategies to Help Ease Anxiety; Police Using A.I.?; . Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Police Using A.I.?; Interview With Washington, D.C., Councilmember Charles Allen; Tropical Storm in Atlantic; Trump Set to Meet With Putin. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• ICE Transfer Flights Now Becoming Harder To Track; Maxwell Prison Transfer Raises Witness Tampering Concerns; Taylor Swift Talks Love and New Album in Podcast Debut; Alaska Preps for Trump-Putin Summit. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Putin Says, U.S Making Sincere Efforts to End Ukraine Conflict; Zelenskyy Meets With U.K.'s Starmer Ahead of Trump-Putin War Summit; Wholesale Inflation Surges in July. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 13, 2025
• J.D. Vance Addresses U.S. Troops; Trump Announces Kennedy Center Honorees. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump to Announce Kennedy Center Honorees; Trump Speaks With Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Putin is Bluffing That Sanctions are Nothing Says Zelenskyy; Federal Agents, National Guard on D.C. Streets; White House Orders Review of Smithsonian Museums. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Trump Holds Virtual Call With Zelenskyy Ahead of Putin Meeting; Trump Set to Announce Kennedy Center Honorees; Three Dead, One Missing After Torrential Rain and Floods in Chattanooga. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


August 12, 2025
• Taylor Swift Announces New Album; CDC Shooting Investigation Continues; Will Supreme Court Overturn Legalized Same-Sex Marriage?; Interview With Washington, D.C., Councilmember Brooke Pinto. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Washington, D.C., Councilmember Brooke Pinto; Trump Lowers Expectations For Putin Meeting; Texas Gerrymandering Battle Continues; CDC Shooting Investigation; Federal Takeover of D.C. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Three Killed in Texas Parking Lot Shooting; Pennsylvania Steel Plant Blast Kills Two, Injures 10; WH; Prepares for Trump-Putin Summit; New Technology Aims to Detect Possible Drone Attacks; Supreme Court is Asked to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Ruling. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Inflation Didn't Rise as Much as Expected in July; Now, Georgia Officials Give Update on CDC Shooting; Firefighters Battle California Mega Fire, Only 33 Percent Contained. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 11, 2025
• Trump Deploys National Guard to D.C. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump: "We'll Bring In The Military If Needed" Into D.C.; Trump: "We've Already Started" Removing Homeless People In D.C. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Officials Rush to Finalize Details of Trump-Putin Summit; Judge Pauses New Construction at Florida Everglades Detention Camp; Trump: Placing D.C. Metro Police "Under Director Federal Control". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Any Moment, Trump Speaks After Vowing D.C. Liberated Today; Judge Rejects DOJ's Bid to Unseal Grand Jury Materials in Ghislaine Maxwell Case; Officials Rush to Finalize Details of Trump-Putin Summit Friday. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 08, 2025
• Appeals Court Sides With Trump Administration in Immigration Case; 'The Situation Room' Celebrates 20 Years; Will Pentagon Divert Weapons From Ukraine?; DOJ Targets New York Attorney General. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• DHS Chief Noem To Discuss Ice Arrests, Expansion Of Detention Centers; Intense Wildfires Prompt Evacuation Of Thousands North Of L.A.; Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Is Interviewed About Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Plan To Take Over Gaza City. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Deadline for Democrats to Return to Texas; Pastor on a Crusade for Christian Nationalism; Thousands Evacuated in S. California as Fire Spreads. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Takeover of Gaza City, Move Puts Israel Closer to Fully Occupying the Enclave; White House Preps for Possible Putin Meeting as Ceasefire Deadline Expires; Intense Wildfires Prompt Evacuation of Thousands North of L.A. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 07, 2025
• NFL Preseason Continues; Strategies For Sleep; Fort Stewart Shooting Investigation; Federal Takeover of D.C.?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Federal Takeover of D.C.?; Interview With State Rep. Gene Wu (D-TX); Israel Aiming For Full Takeover of Gaza?; What Will Trump Do With Tariff Revenue?; Putin and Trump Set to Meet. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Two Soldiers Still Hospitalized After Ft. Stewart Shooting; FBI Fires Senior Officials at Odds with Trump Admin.; More Than half the Calories Americans Consume are from Ultra-Processed Foods. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Tariffs in Effect, Import Taxes Highest Since Depression; Trump Orders Census to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants; CNN Gets Unprecedented Access to Gaza Aid Drop. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 06, 2025
• Active Shooter at Fort Stewart; Steve Witkoff Meets With Vladimir Putin; New York Mass Shooting Investigation; Great Barrier Reef Under Threat. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Raw Milk Poisoning on the Rise in Florida; Interview With Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI); Interview With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL); Trump Administration Strategizes Over Epstein Scandal. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• N. Korean Operatives to Fool U.S. Companies into Hiring Them; Epstein Victim's Family Call on Trump Admin to Invite Survivors; Witkoff and Putin Meet for Three Hours; Sean Combs' Lawyer Approached Trump Admin About Pardon. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources Say, Vance to Host Dinner Meeting to Talk Epstein Strategy; Witkoff, Putin Meet in Moscow as Trump Sanctions Threat Looms; Gov Asks Texas Supreme Court to Remove Key Democrat from Office. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 05, 2025
• Injured Ukrainian Soldier Rescued; NFL Season Nears; Will DOJ Release Ghislaine Maxwell Interview?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• New Report Released on Titan Sub Implosion; Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI); Congress Issues Subpoenas For Epstein Files. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• GOP "Entitled" to Five More Congressional Seats in Texas Says Trump; Netanyahu Urges "Full Conquest" of Gaza; Suspect in Tennessee Killings Arrested. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Defends Firing Labor Stats Chief Over Jobs Report; Soon, Texas Democrats Hold News Conference, State House to Reconvene; Angry Voters Rip into GOP Rep at Tense Town Hall. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 04, 2025
• Rome Hosts Youth Jubilee; Ex-Girlfriend Supporting Sean 'Diddy' Combs; Fighting Colon Cancer; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Is Interviewed About Democratic Efforts To Block Texas Redistricting; Montana Manhunt For Accused Killer Enters Fourth Day; Special Counsel's Office Investigates Former Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Laura Loomer Ousts Trump Staff; Netanyahu Considers Expanding Military Ops in Gaza; Need Ceasefire to Delivery Aid to Hostages Says Red Cross. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Texas Democrats Rally With New York Governor Against GOP Redistricting Effort; White House Defends Trump's Firing of Labor Stats Chief; Wall Street Rebounding from Friday's Steep Losses. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 01, 2025
• NFL Honors Shooting Victims; SpaceX Rocket Launches; Palestinians Shot Near Site of U.S. Envoy Visit?. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• U.S. Added Just 73K Jobs In July, Much Weaker Than Expected; Trump Pauses Higher Tariffs On Mexico For 90 Days; WI GOP Lawmaker Faces Raucous Town Hall Crowd Over Tariffs, Gaza. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Democrats Debate Response To Texas Redistricting Push; Giuffre's Family Says She Would Have Wanted Epstein Documents Released; Witkoff And Huckabee Visits Gaza Aid Sites; Kindergartners Missing 2024 Required Vaccines. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Markets Drop After Dismal Jobs Numbers, New Tariff Policy; Trump Admin Officials Visit Aid Site as Gaza Food Crisis Deepens; Harris Says System is Broken in First Interview Since 2024 Loss. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 31, 2025
• Trump Revives Presidential Fitness Test; Interview With State Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-TX); D.C. Flight Crash Investigation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Starvation Crisis in Gaza; NYPD Officer Funeral; Epstein Scandal Escalates; Trade Deadline. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Steve Witkoff Meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem; Trump Calls on Hamas to Surrender and Release Hostages; Student Loan Balances for 8M borrowers Set to Increase. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Announces South Korea Trade Deal Before Deadline Tomorrow; Russia Launches Deadly New Wave of Strikes on Kyiv; NTSB Investigating After Severe Turbulence Forces Delta Plane to Make Emergency Landing in Minneapolis. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 30, 2025
• Trump Administration Targets Environmental Protections; Interview With Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor; Republicans Probe Biden Administration. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren; Trump Threatens India With Tariffs; Interview With Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO); Tsunami Triggered. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• DOJ Files Memo on Why it Believes Judge Should Unseal Epstein Testimony; Rising Deaths from Starvation in Gaza; Seven People Starved to Death in Past Day in Gaza; U.S. and India Team Up to Launch Satellite. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Tsunami Waves Hit U.S. Shores After Enormous Quake Off Russia; New York City Shooting Victims Honored as Investigators Search for Answers; New Report Shows Economy Rebounded Sharply in Second Quarter. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 29, 2025
• Mass Shooting in New York; Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Interview With New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Starvation Crisis in Gaza; Trump Set to Return From Overseas Trip; Deadly Mass Shooting in New York. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• "Worst-case Scenario of Famine" Unfolding in Gaza; Four Killed in Mass Shooting in Midtown Manhattan; Russia Strikes Hit Prison in Ukraine; Trump Admin. Vs. Duke University. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• NYPD Officer Among Four People Killed in Manhattan Shooting; Israel Says, 52 Aid Packages Dropped into Gaza Today; New Report Shows Consumer Confidence Up 2 Percent. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 28, 2025
• Can Walking Prevent Cognitive Decline?; Trump Calls For Prosecution of Beyonce; Couple Killed in Arkansas State Park; Trump Threatens to Reduce Deadline on Russia. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump: U.S. To Set Up "Food Centers" In Gaza; Delegations From U.S. And China Meet Ahead Of Trade Deadline; Ghislaine Maxwell Appeals To Supreme Court To Overturn Conviction. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• GOP Lawmakers at Odds Amid Jeffrey Epstein Fallout; Trump and Keir Starmer Discuss Gaza Starvation Crisis; Israeli Military Officials Say There's No Proof That Hamas Routinely Stole Aid. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• President Trump Meets With U.K. Prime Minister in Scotland; Trump on Hamas, Israel May Have to Do It a Different Way; U.S. Reaches Terms for Trade Deal With European Union. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 25, 2025
• Trump Administration Cuts Vaccination Programs; Crisis in Gaza. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Deputy Atty. General To Meet Ghislaine Maxwell For 2nd Day; Stocks' Record Run Defies Global Volatility, Trade Tensions; Zuckerberg Embarks On High-Dollar Recruiting Spree For Meta's A.I. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. and Israel Withdraw Teams from Ceasefire Talks in Doha; NASA SpaceX Crew-10 Gives Live Updates from ISS; Flash Floods Hits Several States. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• President Trump Speaks Ahead of Trip to Scotland; Soon, DOJ to Interview Ghislaine Maxwell for Second Day; Trump Says, Had a Very Good Meeting With Fed Chair Powell. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 24, 2025
• New Details of Kohberger Murders Revealed; Trump to Tour Federal Reserve Building; Have Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Resulted in Deaths?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX); Columbia University Settles With Trump Administration; Trump Administration Targets Obama; Trump in Epstein Files?; DOJ Meets With Ghislaine Maxwell. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Trump Changes Focus Off Mention on Epstein List to Calls for Obama Treason; Todd Blanche to Meet with Ghislaine Maxwell; Trump Administration Ramps Up Deportation Efforts. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources Say, DOJ to Meet Today With Epstein Accomplice Maxwell; GOP-Lead House Panel Votes to Subpoena DOJ for Epstein Files; Source Says, Gaza Talks Include Potential New Way to Deliver Aid. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


July 23, 2025
• Bryan Kohberger Faces Sentencing. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. James Comer (R-KY); New Pictures of Trump and Epstein Emerge; Bryan Kohberger Sentencing. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Hostages' Families Call on Trump to Secure Their Release; Judge Orders Deactivation Byron Black's Heart Device Ahead of Execution; FDA's A.I. Tool Making Up Studies. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Texas Lawmakers Hold First Hearings on Deadly Floods; Trump Approves Long-Awaited Disaster Aid for Multiple States; Soon, Bryan Kohberger Sentenced for Idaho Student Murders. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 22, 2025
• How Drones Are Impacting Russia's War On Ukraine; Trump Hosts Philippine President At The White House; Trump: Fed Chairman Powell "Will Be Out Pretty Soon"; Trump Comments On Epstein Scandal & GOP Divide. Aired 11:30-12p ET
• Soon, Philippine President Visits White House; Mahmoud Khalil Meets With Lawmakers in D.C.; Source Says, House Oversight Committee to Subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Congress Holds Hearing on Organ Donation Systems Reform; Jon Stewart Calls Out CBS for Canceling Colbert; 15 People Dies of Starvation in Gaza. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• DOJ Talking With Epstein Accomplice About Potential Meeting; Investigation Underway After Video Shows Officers Punch Driver; Israeli Tanks Roll into Gaza Area for First Time Since War Began. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 21, 2025
• Trump Demands Return of Washington Redskins; Trump Slashes All Federal Funding For PBS; MAGA Pushing For Release of Epstein Files. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Delta Regional Jet, B-52 Bomber Nearly Collide In North Dakota; Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Shot In Apparent Robbery In NYC Park; Humanitarian Crisis Worsens As Supplies, Food Dwindle In Gaza. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Russia Pummels Ukraine with Deadly Wave of Missiles; Zelenskyy Calls for Talks with Russia; Car Plows into Crowd Outside L.A. Nightclub; Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Pretrial Detention; Microsoft's Alerts for Hack Attack; Scottie Scheffler Wins 2025 British Open. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Former Officer to Be Sentenced for Breonna Taylor Raid; This Morning, Harvard V. Trump Over $2 Billion Federal Funding Freeze; Russia Pummels Ukraine With Deadly Wave of Missiles. Aired 10-10:30a ET


July 18, 2025
• MLB's Top Draft Pick Speaks Out; MAGA Reaction to Epstein Files?; CBS Cancels Colbert. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Vows To Sue Rupert Murdoch Over WSJ's Epstein Report; Trump Diagnosed With Chronic Vein Condition; Former Hostage Or Levy Details 491 Days In Captivity. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Admin. To Destroy 1M Plus Pounds Of Food; Mother Of Blakely McCrory Speaks To CNN; CBS Ends "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" Next Year. Aired 10:30-11a ET


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