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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Pentagon Press Secretary: DoD "Pleased by the Rapid Compliance" in Removing DEI Content from Websites; Michael Lewis Discusses New Book on Federal Workforce; Disturbing Attacks on Teslas in Las Vegas; Several Teslas Torched in Las Vegas as Attacks on Carmaker Owned by Elon Musk Continue Across U.S.; Tesla Removed From Major International Auto Show Over Safety Concerns; NY Times Reports DOGE Reverses Move That Made Its Claims Nearly Impossible to Check; March Madness Begins Tomorrow. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Celeste A. Wallander; Interview with Republicans Overseas U.K. Chair Greg Swenson; Interview with "Everything is Tuberculosis" Author John Green. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Again Slams Judge Boasberg After Calling For His Impeachment; Trump, Zelenskyy Speak One Day After Trump Spoke To Putin; Musk On Tesla Vandalism: Shocked By Hatred "From The Left". Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• DOJ Granted One More Day To Turn Over Deportation Flight Data; Angry Americans Confront Lawmakers In Raucous Town Halls; Top FDA Attorney Quits After Backlash Over Abortion Pill Case; Which Is Healthier: Animal Fats Or Plant-Based Oils? Aired 5-6p ET
• White House Says, Expect to See More Mass Deportations; Fed Warns of Uncertainty in U.S. Economy Amid Trade War; FBI Investigating Tesla Vandalism as Potential Terror Acts. Cuomo Campaign Reports $1.5M Raised Ahead Of June Primary. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• MAGA Rips Liberals for Rooting Against Musk's Tesla; Ben & Jerry's Says CEO was Fired Over Liberal Views; Musk Donates to Lawmakers Who Support Impeaching Judges. W.H. Press Secretary Leavitt Goes After Judge And Wife; Police End Democratic Rep. Sean Casten Event After Confrontations With Constituents. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Lashes Out at Judge Who Blocked Deportation Flights; Federal Reserve to Make Interest Rate Decision Amid Trump Trade War; First Game of March Madness Ends on Last-Second Layup. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• GOP Congress Members Face Angry Constituents Across the Country; NASA Astronauts Return to Earth after 9 Plus Months in Space; President Trump Hails Great Call with Putin; ICE Detains Undocumented Mother and Immigration Activist. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Chief Justice Issues Rare Rebuke Over Trump's Attack on Judge; Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): Trump's Criticism of Federal Judge, Call with Putin, Democratic Party; FBI Investigating Tesla Vehicles Shot, Set on Fire in Las Vegas. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• American's Feeling About Trump and Judges; Judge Grants Freedom in Missing Student Case; Chief Justice Issues Rare Rebuke; Voters Say Dems Must Do More to Combat Trump; Answering Questions on Cooking Oils and Fats; Powerful Storm Moves Across U.S. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Doubles Down on Judge Criticism; Roberts' Rare Rebuke over Attack on Judge; ICE Detains Undocumented Activist; Judge Rules on USAID. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Markets Open Ahead of Interest Rate Decision; Russian Drones Hunt People; Leland Melvin is Interviewed about the Astronauts Return. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Speaks With Zelenskyy; Trump Blasts Judge. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Lawmakers Across The Country Face Off With Frustrated Voters; Dominican Judge Grants Freedom To Man In Missing Student Case; Parents of Student Missing In Dominican Republic Think She Drowned; Astronauts Reacclimating In Houston After 9-Month Delay In Space. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Steady; Judge Extends Deadline for DOJ to Turn Over Details on Deportations; ICE Detains Undocumented Mother and Immigration Activist in Colorado; White House Says Zelenskyy Agreed to a Partial Ceasefire on Energy; Netanyahu Facing Fury as Israelis Protest Resumption of War. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil's Case Be Moved To New Jersey; Astronauts Readjusting To Gravity After 9-Month Delay In Space; Authorities Investigating Attacks On Tesla Vehicles Across The U.S. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• White House Doubles Down on Criticism of Judges Amid Trump Administration Legal Fights; Judge Gives DOJ Another Day to Turn Over Details on Deportations; GOP Rep. Mike Flood Faces Angry Crowd at Town Hall; Netanyahu Facing Fury as Israelis Protest Resumed War. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Astronaut's Namesake School in Massachusetts Cheers Hero's Return; Judge Grants Freedom Request to Man in Missing Student Case; Ben & Jerry's Says Its CEO was Fired for Company's Political Posts. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Russia Agrees To Pause Ukraine Energy Attacks; Renewed Israeli Strikes On Gaza Kill Hundreds; FBI Investigates "Targeted Attack" On Teslas; Astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore Return To Earth. Aired 12-1a ET
• Israel-Hamas War; Russian-Ukraine Conflict; Picture-Perfect Splashdown; Kherson Residents Say They're Hunted By Russian Drones; Federal Reserve Meets Amid Talk Of Possible Recession; Nvidia Unveils New Details Of Next Generation A.I. Chips; MLB Fever Sweeps Japan With Shohei Ohtani Homecoming; British Photo Awards Show Surprising City Wildlife. Aired 1-2a ET
• Turkey Orders Detention Of Istanbul Mayor And 100 Others; Russia Agrees To Pause Ukraine Energy Attacks; Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Hamas: New Strikes "Only The Beginning"; Astronauts Butch Wilmore And Suni Williams Return To Earth; Judge Blocks USAID Dismantling, Says Musk Exceeded Authority; CK Hutchison Said It Would Sell Ports to Blackrock for $22.8 Billion; Dust Blankets Major Highway in New Mexico; World's Ugliest Animal is New Zealand's 'Fish of the Year'. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Russia To Pause Attacks On Energy Infrastructure; Astronauts Stuck For Nine Months At ISS Returned To Earth; NVIDIA Unveils Next Generation A.I. Chips. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• CNN International: Trump: "Very Good" Call With Zelenskyy; U.N. Official: Aid Worker Killed In Gaza Explosion; Turkish Police Arrest Key Rival To President Erdogan; Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Case To Be Moved To New Jersey; U.S. Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Steady; Russia And Ukraine Exchange Airstrikes Overnight; Fury Toward Netanyahu After Israeli Airstrikes In Gaza; Violent Attacks On Tesla. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Zelenskyy Says Lasting Peace is Achievable; Trump and Zelenskyy Talks Over Phone; Turkish Police Arrests Istanbul Mayor; Israel's New Ground Operations in Gaza; Powell on the U.S. Economy; Angry American Voters Confronts Lawmakers at Town Halls; Efforts to Dismantle USAID Likely Unconstitutional Says Judge; Peruvian Farmer Sues European Energy Plant; Ohtani's First Home Run of the Season. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Roberts Responds to Trump's Message on Impeaching a Judge; How Tariffs Could Hit Our Closets. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Mary Ilyushina is Interviewed about the Trump-Putin Call; Democrats Face Criticism over Spending Bill Votes; Trump Calls for Impeaching Judges; Shoppers Take Politics to the Bank. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Turkish Police Arrest Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu; Russia Agrees to Pause Attacks on Energy Infrastructure; Kremlin: Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap Set for Today; U.S. Federal Reserve Meets Amid Concerns of Possible Recession; Trump-Zelenskyy Phone Call to Happen Next Hour. Aired 9-10a ET
• Russia and Ukraine Exchange Airstrikes Overnight; Trump and Zelenskyy to Speak This Hour; Republican Representative Confronted at Town Hall over U.S. Stance on Ukraine Invasion; Russia Says Prisoner Swap with Ukraine Now Complete; Kherson Residents Hunted by Russian Drones; Protests in Istanbul after Police Arrest Mayor; Thousands Join Anti-Government Protests in Jerusalem; U.S. Chief Justice Calls Out Trump over Attack on Judge; U.S. Judge Orders Palestinian Activist's Case Moved to New Jersey; British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Putin Backtracks On Trump Deal As He Ramps Up Attacks; Trump Admin Unfazed By Court Loses, Sets Sights On Supreme Court; China Celebrates Trump Cuts To U.S. Effort It Calls A "Lie Factory"; ICE Defends Arrest of Undocumented Mom Of 4 Who Works At Target. Aired 7- 8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Zelenskyy: New Russian Attacks Hit Ukrainian Hospital; Russia Agrees To Pause Ukraine Energy Attacks; Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams Return To Earth; Judge Blocks USAID Dismantling, Says Musk Exceeded Authority; FBI, police Investigate "Targeted Attack" On Tesla Facility; Prosecutors: Turkey Detains Istanbul's Mayor; Nvidia Unveils New Details Of Next-Generation A.I. Chips. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• The Futures Before Wall Street Opening Bell; Federal Reserve Meets Amid Talk of Possible Recession; Ukrainian and Finnish Presidents Holding New Conference. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• DOJ Filing in Disputed Deportation Case Accuses Judge of "Continuing to Beat a Dead Horse" by Demanding More Info; Judge: DOGE "Likely" Violated Constitution in Shutting USAID; Judges Rule Against Trump on Dismantling USAID, Ban on Transgender Troops, Effort to Cancel Clean Energy Grants; Trump After Zelenskyy Call: "We're Very Much on Track"; Fed Meets as Trump Tariffs Spark Recession Fears. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Poll Finds Majority Disapprove of Trump on Economy, Inflation; Fed Meets as Trump Tariffs Spark Recession Fears; Dem Leadership Faces Party Revolt Amid Spending Bill Backlash; Trump Calls for Negative Reporting About Him to Be Illegal; Some Conservatives Pushing to Overturn Key Supreme Court Precedent on Press Protections. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Federal Reserve Leaves Key Rate Unchanged As Expected; Trump Describes Phone Call with Zelenskyy As "Very Good"; Ben and Jerry's Says CEO Fired Over Brand's Political Activism. Aired 14-14:30p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump and Allies Intensify Attacks on Judges; CNN Presents the 2028 Democratic Presidential Bracket Challenge; Trump Floats U.S. Control of Ukraine's Power Plants; Pentagon Faces Anger After Massive DEI Purge; ICE Arrests Well-Known Immigration Activist. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Moscow: Russia And Ukraine Prisoner Swap Carried Out; Ukraine And Russia Exchange Attacks Overnight; Judge Rules DOGE's Dismantling Of USAID Likely Unconstitutional. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Noon deadline To Turn Over Info On Deportation Flights; Zelenskyy And Trump Spoke By Phone; Kherson Residents Hunted From Above By Russian Drones; Fury Towards Netanyahu After Israeli Airstrikes In Gaza; Turkish Police Arrest Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu; Affordable Egg Alternatives Amid Rising Prices; Suni Williams Hometown Celebrates Her Return To Earth; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Unusually High Uncertainty; Powell: Trump Tariffs Have Hampered Progress on Inflation; Russian Missile Strike Hits Railway Infrastructure in Ukraine; Russia and Ukraine Each Return 175 Servicemen in Prisoner Swap; FBI Investigates Attack on Tesla Cars as Possible Terrorism; Ben and Jerry's Claims CEO Fired Over Company's Politics. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Any Moment, Trump to Speak With Zelenskyy; Hearing in Case Challenging Trump's Slashing of DEI Programs; Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump Over Call to Impeach Judge. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Breyer on Court Expanding Presidential Immunity; Lawmakers Face Off with Frustrated Voters. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN); Chief Justice Rebukes Trump; Volodymyr Zelenskyy Speaks to President Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Begins; Healthiest Cooking Oil?; Trump Tariff Impact on Lumber Industry?; Interview With Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN). Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• White House Claims Judges Are "Usurping" Trump's Authority Amid Escalating Attacks On Judge In Deportation Case; WH Confirms Russia & Ukraine Agree To Halt Attacks On Energy Sites; Fired FTC Commissioner: Trump "Afraid" What I'll Tell People. Aired 9-10p ET