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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Tariffs and Smokescreens; Interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT); Trump DOJ Appeals Finding of Probable Cause for Contempt in Deportation Flights Case; Stocks Drop Further After Fed Chair Warns of Higher Inflation and Slower Growth From Trump Tariffs; DHS Cuts $2.7 Million in Harvard Grants, After Billions in Fed Funds Frozen, as IRS Plans to Revoke Harvard's Tax-exempt Status; Third Pentagon Appointee Placed on Administrative Leave. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Wesleyan University President Michael Roth; Interview with Fordham University Center of Religion and Culture Director David Gibson; Interview with "Godstruck" Author Kelsey Osgood. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Stocks Slide After Fed Chair's Stark Warning About Tariff Impact; Now: Democratic Senator Van Hollen In El Salvador Seeking Return Of Man Mistakenly Deported By Trump Admin; Trump DOJ Sues Maine Over Transgender Athletes. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge Finds "Probable Cause Exists" To Hold Trump Admin In Contempt For Violating Orders On Deportation Flights; Stock Slide As Fed Chmn. Warns Of Tariff Impacts; Small Business Grapple With Global Tariff Impacts; Father Of Vet Who Died By Suicide Calls For Reform At V.A. Dept.; Veterans Affairs Secy. Discusses Job Cuts At The Department; Warrants Reveal Disturbing Comments By Suspect. Aired 5-6p ET
• Third Pentagon Appointee Placed on Administrative Leave; Sources Say, IRS Making Plans to Rescind Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status; Stocks Slide as Fed Chairman Warns of Tariff Impacts. Internal Trump Admin Doc Reveal Plans To Cut Billions At HHS. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• A.G. Bondi Says, Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man Not Coming Back; Judge Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Administration in Contempt; Stocks Fall After Fed Chair's Stark Warning About Tariffs. Document Shows Trump Plans Massive Cuts In Federal Health Agencies; Democrats Fight Over One High Profile Party Leaders Plan To Primary Their Own. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Judge Orders DOJ to Detail Efforts to Return Mistakenly Deported Man; Protesters Tased, Arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) Town Hall; Curry, Butler Lead Warriors to Victory Over Grizzlies. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Judge: No Evidence Trump Administration Complying With Order; China Posts Unexpectedly Strong Economic Growth Ahead Of Tariffs; CDC: U.S. Autism Rate Continues To Rise. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Judge to Rule on DOGE's Access to Social Security Info; Protesters Tased, Arrested At Rep. Greene's Town Hall; Trump Says Harvard Should Receive No Federal Funding; Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL): Biden Criticizes Trump in First Public Remarks Since Leaving White House; Trump Administration Looking at Closing Nearly 30 Embassies, Consulates. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• March Retail Sales; Very Few Trump Voters Regret their Choice; John Murphy is Interviewed about Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals; New Warrant in Arson Investigation; FAA Tests Detection Equipment. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Protesters Tased at Town Hall; Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) is Interviewed about Protests at Town Halls; Bondi Calls Supreme Court Ruling a Win; Judge Orders DOJ Details on Deported Man. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Markets Open Amid Better Sales Report; AG Sues Maine over Transgender Sports; U.K. Court Defines Woman; New Report Shows Depression Rates are Up; More on Gene Hackman and His Wife's Deaths. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Protesters Tased at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall; Trump Administration in Contempt of Court?; Interview With Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Jamies Raskin (D-MD) Discusses White House Saying Trump "Looking Into" Legality Of Deporting "Homegrown" Criminals To El Salvador; Fed Chair Speaks As Trump Tariffs Heighten Uncertainty; Warrant: Suspect Attacked Gov. Mansion Over Shapiro's Views On Gaza; 3 Top Pentagon Officials Placed On Leave Amid Leak Investigation. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Judge Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Administration in Criminal Contempt for Violating Deportation Orders; Fed Chair Jerome Powell Gives Starkest Warning Yet on Potential Economic Consequences from Tariffs; DOJ, White House Reviewing Viability of Sending U.S. Criminals to El Salvador Prison. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Aaron Frey, (D), Maine Attorney General, Discusses DOJ Suing Maine For Ignoring Ban On Trans Athletes In High School Sports; Kennedy Contradicts CDC Autism Study On Why Rates Are Rising; FAA Tests Drone Detection Equipment After 2024 Mystery Sightings; Stocks Slide As Powell Warns Of Tariffs On The Economy. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Powell Says Tariffs "Likely to Generate" Rise in Inflation; Sources: DOJ, WH Counsel Reviewing Viability of Sending U.S. Criminals to El Salvador Prison; Judge: Record Shows "Nothing" Done to Return Mistakenly Deported Man; Trump: Harvard Should Receive No Federal Funding. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Holding Trade Talks with Japan as U.S.-China Feud Deepens; A Ship Fill of Lifesaving Wheat Sailing Toward Yemen Could End Up Rotting on Dock Amid Trump's USAID Cuts; Chinese Suppliers Flood U.S. TikTok Feeds Amid Tariff War; Stocks Slide as Powell Warns of Tariffs on the Economy. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Threatens to Tax Harvard as a Political Entity; Judge Says No Evidence Orders to Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Back Being Followed; Sudan's Civil War Enters Third Year; White House on China: 'We Don't Have to Make a Deal,' They Do; Canadian Superhero Back in Action Amid Tariff Wars. Aired 12-1a ET
• Sudan's RSF Claims Control Of Major Darfur Camp; Judge: No Evidence Orders To Bring Him Back Being Followed; Trump Threatens To Tax Harvard As A "Political Entity"; White House: At Least 15 Trade Deals Under Consideration; Journalists Linked to Navalny Sentenced at Moscow Court; Hamas "Studying" Israeli Proposal for Gaza Ceasefire; Biden's First Speech Post-Presidency; Extended Heat Wave in India, Pakistan Testing Human Limits. Aired 1-2a ET
• Judge: No Evidence Orders To Bring Him Back Being Followed; Donald Trump Threatens To Tax Harvard As A "Political Entity"; China Posts Unexpectedly Strong 5.4 Percent GDP Growth In First Quarter; Hamas Claims It Lost Contact With Militants Holding Edan Alexander; Journalists Linked to Navalny Sentenced at Moscow Court; Nations Pledge Hundreds of Millions in Aid for Sudan; Sudan's RSF Claims Control of Major Darfur Camp; Canadian Superhero Back in Action Amid Tariff Wars; North Korea's Mount Paektu Recognized for Geological Value. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Threatens Harvard to Tax as a Political Entity; War in Sudan Turns Three; China's GDP Grows in First Quarter of 2025; Captain Canuck Meets Donald Trump to Commemorate 50 Years of the Iconic Canadian Superhero. Aired 3-4a ET
• Judge: White House Showed "Willful Disregard" For Deportation Order; U.S. Stocks Tumble After Fed Chair's Stark Tariff Warning; DOJ Sues Maine For Ignoring Bans On Trans Athletes In High School Sports; Judge Xinis: DOJ Must Show Efforts To Return Abrego Garcia; Tariffs Being Closely Watched By Auto Industry; China Posts Unexpectedly Strong 5.4 Percent GDP Growth In Q1. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Judge Orders Hearings, Subpoenas in Case of Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvadoran Prison; New HBO Doc Looks at 'Dark Money Game' of Campaign Finance. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Judge Scolds DOJ over Mistakenly Deported Man; Dr. Peter Hotez is Interviewed about the Measles; Republican Lawmakers Face Angry Crowds; Nico Perrino is Interviewed about Harvard's Funding Freeze. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Nvidia Takes $5.5 Billion Hit as U.S. Clamps Down on Chip Exports to China; Trump: "Would Love" to Deport U.S. Criminals to El Salvador; UK Supreme Court: Legal Definition of Woman Excludes Trans Women; Republicans Face Voters Angry Over Trump Policies; Arsenal Take 3-0 into Second Leg Against Real Madrid. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. Retail Sales Surge; China Posts Unexpectedly Strong 5.4 Percent GDP Growth In Q1; Judge Orders DOJ to Detail Efforts to Return Mistakenly Deported Man; Massachusetts Immigration Attorney Born in U.S. Told via Email to Self-Deport; Sudan's Civil War Enters Third Year; Abu Dhabi Global Health Week. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Judge Finds "Probable Cause" To Hold Trump Admin. In Contempt; Stocks Fall After Fed Chair's Stark Warning About Tariffs; Sources: Top Pentagon Aide Placed On Leave, Third This Week. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Tempers Flare At Town Hall Events Across America; Jury Selection Begins For Harvey Weinstein Trial; China Posts Unexpectedly Strong 5.4 Percent GDP Growth In Q1; Italian PM Giorgia Meloni To Visit White House. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni To Visit White House To Focus On Tariffs And Defense; Trump Threatens To Tax Harvard As A "Political Entity"; Report: Actor's Wife Researched Flu Symptoms Before Death. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• AG Bondi: Mistakenly Deported Men "Not Coming Back to Our Country"; Democrats Walk Careful Line in Talking About El Salvador Deportations; Senator Van Hollen in El Salvador to Push for Abrego Garcia's Release; Judge Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Admin Contempt; Mayor Adams Announces New Funding for Universal "3-K". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• New York City Council Sues Adams Over Allowing Ice at Rikers; Adams Running for Re-election as an Independent, Bypassing the June Democratic Mayoral Primary; Judge Boasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Administration in Contempt; Third-party Will Review Security of Pennsylvania Governor's Home; DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Vows to Primary Ineffective Dems; U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Do Not Meet Legal Definition of Women. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• A U.S. Judge Says There is Probable Cause to Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt Over Deporting Venezuelan Migrants; Tempers Flare at Republican Town Halls As U.S. Lawmakers Face Another Round of Frustrated Voters and Protesters Back in Their Districts; A U.K. Supreme Court Ruling Says that the Legal Definition of a Woman Does Not Include Trans-Women. U.K. Supreme Court Defines Woman by Law; Sending U.S. Criminals to Salvadoran Prison; U.S. Hosts El Salvador's Defense Minister. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Battle Between Trump and Courts Continues; Fed Chair Powell Gives Starkest Warning Yet on Economy; Trump Admin Proposes $40 Billion in Health Dept Cuts; Trump Administration to Retaliate Further Against Harvard; Elon Musk and DOGE Reveal New Mission. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Trump Says He Will Negotiate Tariffs With Japanese Officials; U.S. Retail Sales up 1.4 Percent In March From Prior Month; Nvidia Takes $5.5 Billion Hit as U.S. Clamps Down On Chip Exports To China. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Document: U.S. Looks At Closing Overseas Embassies And Consulates; Sources: WFP Unable To Receive Yemen-Bound Food Aid; Fears Mount Over DOGE Plans To Cut Social Security Staffing; Grassley Urged At Iowa Event To Stand Up Against Trump; Judge: Probably Cause Exists To Find Trump Admin In Contempt Over Deportations; U.K. Supreme Court: Legal Definition Of Woman Excludes Trans Women; Bratz Doll Maker Facing Tariff Impact; Police Bodycam Video Shows Inside Actor Gene Hackman Home; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Tariff Take Center Stage New York Auto Show; WTO Sounds Alarm on Impact of Tariffs on Global Growth; U.S. Retail Sales Surge Ahead of Tariff Hikes; Judge Says, White House Showed Willful Disregard for Order; Attorney General Says, Abrego Garcia Not Coming Back to U.S.; Automakers Scramble to Adapt to Trump's 25 Percent Tariff. Aired 4-5a ET


The Situation Room
• Attorney General Says, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is Not Coming Back to Our Country; Lawmakers Face Frustrated Crowds at Town Halls Across U.S.; Trump Doubles Down on Threat to Deport U.S. Criminals. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Children's Mattresses and Bedding Face Scrutiny; Retail Sales Surge; Interview With Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Bondi Says Abrego Garcia Not Coming Back to Our Country; Two Top Pentagon Officials on Leave; Hamas Lost Contact with Militants Holding Edan Alexander. Aired 11-12p ET
• Deportation Controversy Intensifies; President Biden Speaks Out; CDC Issues Report on Autism. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Judge Finds "Probable Cause" To Hold Trump Admin. In Contempt; NY Times: Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike On Iran After Divisions Emerged In His Administration; Fed Chair: Trump Tariffs Could Bring Higher Inflation, Slower Growth. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Judge: "Willful Disregard" for Deportation Order; Three Pentagon Appointees Placed on Leave; Automakers respond to U.S. Tariffs; Impact of Tariffs on Chinese Exporters; Arsenal Defeat Madrid; UEFA Champions League. Aired 6-7p ET