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September 09, 2025
• Job Market Cooling?; Israel Targets Hamas Leaders in Qatar. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Revised Jobs Numbers Show Labor Market Much Weaker Than Reported; Israel Targets Hamas Leaders in Qatar Attack; Trump's D.C. Crime Emergency Declaration Set to Expire. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Source Says, Israel Targets Hamas Leaders in Qatar Attack; Qatar Says, Israeli Attack in Doha a Criminal Assault; Biggest-Ever Revision to Jobs Numbers Shows Weakened Market. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 08, 2025
• Supreme Court Allows ICE to Continue Roving Patrols in California; Epstein Survivor Speaks Out; Appeal of the Manosphere?; Interview With Fmr. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump: Decision On Chicago Operation Coming In "Next Day Or Two"; Appeals Court Upholds $83M Judgment Against Pres. Trump For Defaming E. Jean Carroll; Andrew Cuomo On The Race For New York City Mayor. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Hawaii Governor Calls for RFK Jr. to Resign; Russia's Largest Aerial Attack on Ukraine; Russia Escalates War on Ukraine. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Six Killed, Several Injured in Shooting Attack on Jerusalem Bus Stop; Any Moment, Trump to Address Religious Liberty Commission; Epstein Estate to Release More Files to Lawmakers Today. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


September 05, 2025
• Treating Chronic Pain; Helping Families Survive High Food Prices; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S. Added Just 22K Jobs In August, Unemployment At Nearly 4- Year High; Trump To Sign Directive Rebranding Dept. Of Defense As "Dept. Of War"; School Records: Doors At Uvalde's Robb Elementary Weren't Closing Properly For Years Before Massacre. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• One-on-One with Media Pioneer John Malone; Time Fathers Spend with Children has Increased 20 Since 1960s; Opioids Take a Back Seat in One U.S. Emergency Room. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• U.S. Economy Added 22,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment at Nearly Four-Year High; Escalating Tensions Between United States and Venezuela; Hundreds Detained in ICE Raid at Massive Hyundai Plant in Georgia. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 04, 2025
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before Senate. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before Congress. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies on Capitol Hill. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Soon, Secretary RFK Jr. Faces Senators Amid Turmoil at HHS, CDC; Trump, Zelenskyy to Speak as Peace Talks Stall; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Save His Sweeping Tariffs. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 03, 2025
• President Trump Blasts 'Epstein Hoax'; Jeffrey Epstein Survivors Speak Out. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Jeffrey Epstein Survivors Speak Out. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Epstein Survivors Rally on Capitol Hill; Jeffrey Epstein Survivors Speak Out. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's Abuse to Speak Out Publicly; Jeffrey Epstein Survivors Speak Out; Showdown Escalating Over National Guard Troops to Chicago. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 02, 2025
• Why Are Men and Boys Falling Behind?; Scientists Blast Trump Administration Over Climate Change Denial; 80th Anniversary of End of World War II. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Vladimir Putin Meets With Xi Jinping; Dangers of A.I. Chatbots; Immigration Crackdown in Chicago?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• More than 1,000 Killed in Sudan Landslide; 1,400 Plus People Killed in Afghanistan Earthquake; Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing; Justice Amy Coney Barrett Defends Abortion Vote. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Says, Trump Admin's Use of Military in L.A. was Illegal; Push for Release of Epstein Files Escalates on Capitol Hill; Putin and Xi Trade Warm Praise in Beijing Summit. Aired 10-10:30a ET


September 01, 2025
• College Football Season Kicks Off; Vladimir Putin Meets With Indian Prime Minister; Sexual Misconduct Rules Changing on College Campuses. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Ramps Up Threat To Send Natl. Guard Into Chicago; 11- Year-Old Texas Boy Shot And Killed During Doorbell Prank; More Than 800 Killed, 2,000 Injured In Afghanistan Earthquake. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Flotilla Loaded with Humanitarian Aid Heads to Gaza; Israel Intensifying Strikes in Gaza City; Putin Talks Ukraine War with Other World Leaders in China; 35,000 Ukrainian Children Kidnapped by Russia; Cars Stranded in Texas Floodwaters. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Stops Deportation of Children in Middle of the Night; Ex- CDC Leaders Say, RFK Jr. Endangering Every American's Health; Modi and Putin Meet on Sidelines of Global Leaders Summit. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 29, 2025
• College Football Bids Farewell to Lee Corso; Interview With Chef Dominick Lee; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Sources: RFK Jr.'s Deputy At HHS To Be Named Interim CDC Chief; End Of Tariff Exemption May Raise Prices On Some Online Orders; 20 Years Ago Today: Hurricane Katrina Hits Gulf Coast. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina Made Landfall; FEMA Workers Put On Leave After Signing Letter; IDF Declares Gaza A "Dangerous Combat Zone". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources Say, RFK Jr.'s Deputy at HHS to Be Named Interim CDC Chief; This Hour, Hearing to Block Firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook; Minneapolis Mourns Victims of Catholic School Shooting. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


August 28, 2025
• Hospital Officials Provide Update on Shooting Victims; Minneapolis School Shooting Investigation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Gun Violence in America; Minneapolis School Shooting Investigation. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New Details on Minneapolis Suspect; No Clear Motive Determined Says Police Chief; White Housing Fires CDC Director; Minnesota Sports Community Rallies After Shooting. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Community Searching for Answers After Shooting of Praying Children; Minneapolis in Mourning After Two Children Killed in School Shooting; Camp Mystic Families Call for Safety Law After Deadly Texas Floods. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 27, 2025
• Deadly Mass Shooting at Catholic School in Minneapolis. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Shooting at Catholic School in Minneapolis. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Deadly Mass Shooting at Minneapolis School; Minneapolis Suspected Shooter is Deceased. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Rules Abrego Garcia Cannot be Deported Until At Least October; Whistleblower Says, 300 Million Americans' Social Security Info At Risk; Transportation Department Plans to Take Over D.C.'s Union Station. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 26, 2025
• Five Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike; Protests in Israel; U.S. Cities Sinking?; New Weight Loss Pill?; Right-Wing Backlash Continues Over Cracker Barrel Logo Change. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• FEMA Employees Issue Readiness Warning; Trump National Guard Order Raises Controversy; Trump Attempts to Fire Federal Reserve Member. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• House Oversight Committee to Review Alex Acosta Over Epstein Deal; Trump and Pritzker Clash Over Possible National Guard Deployment; New GLP-1 Weight Loss Pill. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Fires Federal Reserve Member, But She Vows to Fight; Judge Says, Abrego Garcia Must Stay in U.S. for Now Amid Deportation Threat; House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoena for Epstein Birthday Book. Aired 10-10:30a ET


August 25, 2025
• Trump Answers Questions at White House; Epstein Victims React to Ghislaine Maxwell Interview. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Abrego Garcia Being Processed for Deportation; Israeli Strikes Kills at Least 20 People at Nasser Hospital; National Guard Troops in D.C. Now Carrying Weapons on Patrol; Trump Signs Executive Orders. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Signs Order For Hegseth To Set Up Specialized Nat'l Guard Units Around The Country To "Deal With Public Order Issues". Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Troops in D.C. Start Carrying Weapons Two Weeks After Taking Over Police; DHS Secretary Noem Says, Abrego Garcia Being Processed for Deportation; Officials Say, At Least 20 People Killed, Including Several Journalists, in Israeli Attack on Gaza Hospital. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


August 22, 2025
• New Blood Pressure Guidelines; Interview With Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu; Interview With Fmr. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• FBI Searching Former Trump Adviser John Bolton's Home & Office; Stocks Surge After Fed Chair Hints Interest Rate Cut Could Come Soon; Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), Is Interviewed About Approx. 2,000 Soldiers And Airmen Mobilized In Washington, D.C. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• FBI Raids Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton's Home; Powell Says Higher Tariffs Have Begun to Push Up Prices; U.N.-Backed Group Confirms "Man-Made" Famine in Parts of Gaza. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• 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


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