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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Says No Pullback in MN: "We Want to Keep our Country Safe"; Homan: ICE and CBP Working on Minneapolis "Drawdown Plan"; Witness Who Recorded Officers Shooting Alex Pretti Speaks Out; Videos Show Alex Pretti & Agents Clash 11 Days Before His Death; Sen. Collins: ICE Ending Its Maine Surge, But No DHS Confirmation; Taking Note And Giving Hope. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with U.S. Central Command Former Director of Operations Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan (Ret.); Interview with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour; Interview with "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" Co-Director David Borenstein; Interview with Georgetown University Law Center Professor of Law Stephen Vladeck. Aired 1- 2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Homan In Minneapolis: "Staying "Til The Problem's Gone"; Trump Doesn't Call On Noem In Cabinet Meeting & Doesn't Take Questions; Video Shows Pretti & Fed Agents Clashing 11 Days Before Shooting. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Homan: ICE Working On "Draw Down Plan" In Minneapolis; Accused FBI Impersonator Attempts To Release Luigi Mangione; FBI Executes Search Warrant At Fulton County Elections Office; Fulton County: FBI Seized 700 Boxes Of 2020 Election Material; Sen. Amy Klobuchar Announces Run For Minnesota Governor; Stream New Episodes Wednesdays On The CNN App. Aired 5-6p ET
• Border Czar: ICE And CBP Working On Minneapolis "Drawdown Plan"; Trump Avoids Mention Of Minnesota In Lengthy Cabinet Meeting; Sen. Schumer Funding Deal Reached To Avert Shutdown; Jamaican Restaurant Offers Refuge To Protesters In Minneapolis; New Technology Can Warn Pilots Of Nearby Aircraft; Soon: "Melania" Premiere At The Kennedy Center; Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Homan Takes Over Operations in Minnesota. So here are the major headlines; Noem Faces Calls To Step Down; Trump and Two Sons Sue IRS and Treasury Department for $10 Billion. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Soon, Trump's Border Czar Holds News Conference in Minneapolis; FBI Searches Georgia Elections Office in Alleged Voter Fraud Probe; Soon, Banfield Retakes the Stand at His Double-Murder Trial. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Soon: Trump's Border Czar Holds News Conference In Minneapolis; Axios: Google "AI Playbook" To Help Mayors Use Tech At Local Level; Iran Says It Added 1,000 Drones To Its Military Stockpile. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• New Orders Tell ICE Agents Not to Interact with Agitators; Border Czar Tom Homan Holds News Conference in Minneapolis. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Border Czar Tom Homan Holds New Conference in Minneapolis. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Border Czar Tom Homan Speaks After Taking Over Minneapolis Immigration Crackdown; Interview with Representative Greg Landsman (D- OH); FBI Searches Georgia Elections Office in Alleged Voter Fraud Probe. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Homan: ICE & CBP Working On A Drawdown Plan In Minneapolis; Sources: WH & Senate In Talks To Avert Government Shutdown; Bomb Cyclone Could Bring Another Major Storm To The Southeast. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• Trump Weighing New Strike on Iran; Another Government Shutdown?; Tom Homan Takes Over Minnesota Immigration Crackdown. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Tom Homan Says ICE & CBP Are Working on Minneapolis Drawdown Plan; Fox News Poll Shows Majority of Voters Say ICE is Too Aggressive; Obamacare Enrollment Drops After Enhanced Premium Subsidies Expire; NYPD Opens Hate Crime Investigation After Car Rams Into Chabad Headquarters Building; Trump's National Guard Deployments Have Cost Nearly $500 Million. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Banfield Resumes Testifying in Own Defense at Double Murder Trial; Minneapolis Mayor Speaks During Conference in Washington, D.C., Call Immigration Operation an Invasion; Border Czar Says ICE & CBP Are Working on Minneapolis Drawdown Plan; Government Inches Closer to a Shutdown; Trump Says Putin Agreed to Pause Some Strikes on Ukraine, Citing Cold. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Officials Fear Lessons Learned from Iraq's Oil Might be Ignored with Venezuela; Philadelphia City Council Members Introduce "ICE Out" Legislation; CNN Speaks to Accusers of Ft. Hood Doctor in Sexual Misconduct Scandal. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Minneapolis Mayor Warns Mayors Not to let Fear Silence Them; Border Czar: ICE & CBP Working on Minneapolis "Drawdown Plan"; Video Shows Clash Between Pretti & Agents 11 Days Before Shooting; Trump Weighs New Strike on Iran Over Stalled Nuclear Talks; Banfield Resumes Testifying in Own Defense 3-3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): Looking for Bold, Transformative Changes to DHS; Interview with Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN): Democrats Demand ICE Changes Amid Government Shutdown Fight; FBI Seizes 700 Boxes of Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia Fraud Investigation; Elon Musk Betting Tesla's Future on Humanoid Robots. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Speaker Of Iran's Parliament Sits Down With CNN; Pam Bondi Says: "We Will Not Tolerate Lawlessness In Minnesota"; Growing Concerns Over When Rafah Crossing Will Reopen; Manufacturers Using A.I. To Make Weapons More Accurate And Lethal. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Meets With President Xi Jinping in China; Spain to Grant Legal Status to 500,000 Undocumented Migrants; U.S. Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged; Amazon to Lay Off 16,000 Employees as A.I. Battle Intensifies; Bruce Springsteen Releases Song About Minneapolis Killings; Late Drama as Opening Phase of UEFA Concludes; Arsenal Secure Early Spot in Knockouts With Clean Sweep. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Urges Iran to Negotiate a Deal or Engage in Military Action; British Prime Minister Meets Chinese President in Beijing. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• New Video: Alex Pretti & Agents Clashed 11 Days Before Shooting; Boder Czar Homan to Hold New Conference in Minneapolis; U.S. Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Weighs Major New Military Strike Against Iran; FBI Seizes 2020 Ballots From Fulton County, Georgia; Nicki Minaj Joins Trump on Stage, Says She's His No. 1 Fan; Interview with Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS): 100,000+ People in Mississippi Without Power, Brutal Cold Moving In. Aired 6:30-7:00a ET


Connect the World
• EU Ministers Approve New Sanctions Against Iran; EU Expected to Place IRGC on Bloc's List of Terrorist Organizations; Putin Tells UAE President He Wants to Discuss Iran; U.S. Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Steady; Oil Prices Rise as Trump Ramps Up Threats Against Iran. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. Border Czar Vows to "Regain Law and Order" in Minneapolis; Talks Intensify to Avert U.S. Government Shutdown; U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Meets with Xi Jinping in China; Inside Tehran as Tensions with U.S. Soar; E.U. Placing IRGC on List of Terrorist Organizations. Aired 10-10:30a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Avoids Talking Immigration As Crackdown Backfires; New Investigation On Pretti's Killing; DNI Spotted At Raid. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Homan To Hold News Conference In Minneapolis Today; Possible Shutdown Over DHS Funding; Iran Responds To Trump's Threats. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged; U.S. Lawmaker: 5-Year-Old Taken By ICE Is "Depressed"; Late Drama As Opening Phase Of UEFA Champions League Tournament Concludes. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting Amid Outcry On Minneapolis Operations; Homan: "Not Surrendering The President's Mission" On Operations; Now: Senate Holds Vote To Avoid Govt. Shutdown, Expected To Fail; Rep. Castro: 5-Year-Old Held By ICE "Depressed," "Not Eating Well"; New Poll: 59 Percent Say ICE Is Being Too Aggressive. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• FBI Searches Georgia Elections Office In Alleged Voter Fraud Probe; Senate Intel Dem Criticizes Gabbard For Involvement In Fulton Search; Senate Democrats Block Bill To Fund Govt., Avert Shutdown; Senate Democrats Demand Restraints to ICE to Avoid Shutdown; First Lady Prepares For Multimiliion-Dollar Documentary Premiere. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Starmer and Xi Meet in Bid to Reset Strained Relationship; Georgia Officials' Message to Trump; FBI Seizes Ballots in Search of Atlanta-Area Elections Office; Local Officials Warn FBI Search May Be Part of Plan to Interfere in Future Elections. Mayor of Minneapolis Speaks During Washington Visit; Border Czar Tom Homan Ordered Federal Authorities to Work on Eventual Drawdown Plan for Immigration Agents in Minnesota; EU Labels Iran's Revolutionary Guards "Terrorist" Group.Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump and Homan Send Mixed Signals; Trump Defends Gabbard; Banfield Testifies in Murder Trial. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• FBI Searches Georgia Elections Office in Alleged Voter Fraud Case; Official: Officers Involved in Pretti Shooting Placed on Leave; CNN Reports from Inside Tehran as Tensions with U.S. Soar; Fulton County Officials React to FBI Search at Election CTR; President Trump Touts U.S. GDP Growth; Trump Holds First Cabinet Meeting of 2026. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Holds First Cabinet Meeting Of 2026; U.S. Border Czar Vows To "Regain Law And Order" In Minneapolis; Brendan Banfield Takes The Stand In Double-Murder Trial; Manufacturers using A.I. To make Weapons More Accurate, Lethal; Red Carpet Premiere Of "Melania Trump" Set For Tonight; Minneapolis Police Chief Critical Of Federal Agents' Tactics; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Inside Tehran as Tensions with U.S. Soar; Apple Reports Quarterly Earnings; Anthropic CEO Warns About "Powerful A.I." in Lengthy Essay; Manufacturers Using A.I. to Make Weapons More Accurate and Lethal; Documentary about Melania Trump to Premiere in D.C. Tesla Shares Fall as Musk Makes Big Bet on Robots; Reuters Source: SpaceX in Merger Talks with xAI; Border Czar: The Immigration Crackdown will Continue. Aired 4:00p-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Border Czar Tries to Tamp Down Tensions in Minneapolis; Homan Says, ICE and CBP Working on a Drawdown Plan in Minneapolis; White House Border Czar Homan Calls for Hostile Rhetoric to Stop. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• White House Border Czar: "All Operations Will Be Targeted"; FBI Searches Fulton County Elections Office; Tulsi Gabbard Seen at FBI Raid of Fulton County Election Office; Bipartisan Call for Shooting Investigation. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• FBI Raids Georgia Election Office; Trump Border Czar Takes Over Minnesota Immigration Crackdown; Trump Set to Hold Cabinet Meeting. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting; FBI Raids Georgia Election Office. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Homan Acknowledges ICE Operations Have Not Been "Perfect"; WSJ: Gabbard Has Spent Months Hunting For 2020 Election Fraud; Trump Urges GOP To Vote "YES" On Deal With Dems To Avoid Shutdown. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Minneapolis Mayor: We Stand Up for Democracy; U.S. Lawmakers Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert Shutdown; Growing Number of Lawmakers Call for Noem to Step Down; WH Border Czar Plans for Drawdown of Agents in Minnesota; U.S.-Iran Tensions; E.U. Designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a Terror Group; Some Asian Airports Screen for Nipah Virus. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• U.S. Lawmaker Visits 5-Year-Old Taken by ICE; Interview with Representative Raul Ruiz (D-CA); White House and Senate Leaders Move Closer to Avert a Government Shutdown; Patrick Reed to Leave LIV Golf, Return to PGA Tour. Steyer: U.S. Business Leaders Need to Take Stand on Minneapolis ICE Overreach; One-on-One with Adam Friedland. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump, Democrats Make Some Progress In Talks to Avert Shutdown; Minneapolis Police Chief Comments On Actions Of Federal Agents; Trump Warns Iran: U.S. President Pressures Tehran To Make Nuclear Deal; UK's Starmer Meets Xi Jinping In Beijing To Deepen Ties; FBI Leading Investigation After Man Charges Rep. Ilhan Omar During Town Hall; Tesla CEO Elon Musk To Stop Production Of Models S and X; Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged; U.S. Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged; Harry Styles Concert Ticket Controversy; Interview with "Rooting Interest" Author Cat Disabato. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Border Czar Homan Working On Minneapolis Drawdown Plan; Minneapolis Mayor Says His City Will Not Back Down; Trump: Putin Agreed To Halt Strikes On Many Cities For A Week; Jeffries: Democrats Open To Short-Term Funding For DHS; CNN Reports From Inside Tehran As Tensions With U.S. Soar; Starmer, Xi Meet In Bid To Reset Strained Relationship; A.I. And The Future Of Warfare. Aired 3-4p ET