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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Attacks Justices Who Ruled Against His Tariffs; Supreme Court: Tariffs Are Illegal; Police: Search Of Ex-Prince Andrew's Prior Home To Likely Last Days; Trump "Considering" Limited Strike To Pressure Iran Into A Deal; 6 Close Friends On A Backcountry Ski Trip Identified As Among Those Killed In Devastating Avalanche; Actor Eric Dane Dies At 53 After Battling ALS; Shark Caught On Camera For First Time In Antarctica's Deep Waters; Why Are Shark Attacks In Southern California Rare? Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Supreme Court Rules Trump's Signature Tariffs Are Illegal; Source: Trump Raged At Courts During Governors' Meeting After Supreme Court Tariff Ruling; U.K. Government Considers Removing Andrew From Royal Line Of Succession Following Arrest Amid Epstein Files Fallout. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Announces 10 Percent Global Tariff After Supreme Court Loss; Rep. Robert Garcia, (D-CA) Is Interviewed About Epstein Estate Reaches Settlement Of Up To $35M With Survivors, Les Wexner Denies Knowledge Of Epstein's Crimes; WH To Take Homan's Minneapolis Immigration Playbook Nationwide; Police: Search Of Andrew's Former Home Likely To Continue Until Monday Amid Investigation. Aired 5-6p ET
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; West Virginia Sues Apple Over Claims It Allows Distribution Of Child Sexual Abuse Materials; Controversial Pastor Leads Pentagon Worship Service; Trump Signs 10 Percent Global Tariffs; Trump Says Government Will Release Files On Aliens And UFOs. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Illegal Tariffs; Trump Announces 10 Percent Global Tariff After Supreme Court Rejection; Trump Goes Off On Justices For Rejecting Tariffs, I'm Ashamed; Homan Says Bovino Should Be Investigated. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Weighs Options on Iran Action, Extends Timeline to 10-15 Days; Trump Calls Ex-Prince Andrew's Arrest a Shame; Mega Fire Burns Thousands of Acres, Forces Evacuations. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Ex-Prince Andrew Released "Under Investigation" After Arrest; VA Backs Off Rule That Would Have Cut Benefits Amid Outrage; CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Meeting Canceled For Next Week. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Meeting Canceled For Next Week; Interview with Tom Homan, White House Border Czar: Trump Administration To Use Homan's ICE Playbook in Minnesota Nationwide; Police Still Searching Ex-Prince Andrew's Former Home In Berkshire. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Homan's ICE Playbook Expanded; Ex-Prince Andrew Released; U.S. Economy Slows; Trump Weighs Iran Options. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Police Still Searching Ex-Prince Andrew's Former Home; Alicia Arden and Gloria Allred are Interviewed about Ex-Prince Andrew's Arrest; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed about Iran. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Luke Igel and Riley Walz are Interviewed about their Version of Epstein's Gmail; Americans Feeling on Tariffs. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Blasts Supreme Court; Supreme Court Rules Trump Tariffs Illegal. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Says Supreme Court Ruling Against Tariffs Deeply Disappointing; Trump Says There Are Methods Available to Implement Tariffs; Trump Says He Will Implement Additional 10 Percent Global Tariff Today. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Says Supreme Court Ruling Against Tariffs Deeply Disappointing; Trump Says He Will Implement Additional 10 Percent Global Tariff Today; Trump Says We Have Alternatives After Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs; Trump Says He Is Absolutely Ashamed Of Justices Who Struck Down Tariffs. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE): Trump, I Don't Need Congressional Approval of Tariffs; Trump Blasts Supreme Court Justices Who Ruled Against His Tariffs. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: "Absolutely Ashamed" of Justices Who Struck Down Tariffs; Trump Says He's Imposing 10 Percent Global Tariff After Supreme Court Loss; Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs; Bessent Insists Supreme Court Did Not Rule Against Trump's Tariffs. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; Andrew Yang on Consumer Sentiment and Political Divisiveness; Trump on Possibility of Tariff Refunds: I Guess It has to be Litigated; Americans Who Believe in Aliens. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Former British Prince Arrested; Trump Extends Timeline for Iran; Board of Peace Lays Out Lofty Pledges but Questions Remain; Former South Korean President Yoon Sentenced to Life in Prison; Mexican Officials: No Sign Nancy Guthrie Is In Mexico; DHS Admits "Worst Of Worst" Website Rife With Errors; Europe Facing Deadly Avalanche Season. Aired 2-3a ET
• Ex-Prince Andrew Released, Under Investigation Following the Epstein Files Fiasco; Trump to Release Government Records on UFOs and Aliens. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested After Epstein Files Revelations; Immigration Agents Using Obscure Law to Detain U.S. Citizens; U.S. Women's Hockey Team Defeats Canada to Win 3rd Olympic Title. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Sarah Fitzpatrick is Interviewed about Ex-Prince Andrew's Arrest; FCC Investigating "The View"; Trump Says He's Won Affordability. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• How the U.S. Military Strategy Regarding Iran Could Shape Up; Trump Says Nations Have Pledged $7B, adds $10B U.S. Pledge; Head of International Stabilization Force in Gaza Says Five Nations Have Joined; Head of Palestinian Committee Lists Priorities for Gaza's Rebuild; Oil Prices Hover Near Six-Month Highs Amid U.S.-Iran Tensions. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Iran Says U.S. Did Not Demand Zero Uranium Enrichment; U.S. Supreme Court Rules Trump's Sweeping Emergency Tariffs are Illegal. Aired 10a-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Slams Supreme Court; U.S. Message To Iran; Chopra & Epstein. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Ex-Prince Andrew Released "Under Investigation" After Arrest; Trump Says Decision On Iran Action Within "10-15 Days"; NATO European Defense Ministers Holding Talks On Ukraine; Mexican Officials: No Sign Nancy Guthrie Is In Mexico. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• China Turning To AI For Policing, Propaganda, Surveillance; Minneapolis Struggles With Fear After Immigration Operation; Trump To Order Release Of Government Records On Alien Life, UFOs. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Global Tariffs; Court Doesn't Say Whether Tariffs Already Paid Must Be Refunded. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Global Tariffs; USS Gerald R. Ford Enters Mediterranean On Way To Mideast; Trump Weighs Option On Iran Action, Extends Timeline To 10-15 Days. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Did Not Air 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Defiant Trump Enacts New Tariffs While Fuming At Supreme Court; Toymaker Beats Trump; New Mexico Reopens Criminal Inquiry Into Epstein's Zorro Ranch; Search For Nancy Guthrie Continues. Aired 11p- 12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• President Trump Calls Ruling against his Tariffs "A Disgrace"; Chief Justice Roberts Wrote Majority Opinion: Court Agreed 6-3; How U.S. Markets are Reacting to Supreme Court Ruling; Issue has been Central to Trump's Foreign Policy and Economic Agenda; Supreme Court Rules Trump's Emergency Tariffs are Illegal. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Supreme Court Rules Trump's Emergency Tariffs Are Illegal; President Trump Calls Ruling Against His Tariffs "A Disgrace"; Trump "Considering" Limited Strike To Pressure Iran; Football Returns To Gaza After Two-Year Pause Made By War; U.S. Markets React To Supreme Court Ruling; Trump Administration Expected To Shift ICE Enforcement Tactics; Mexican Officials: No Sign Nancy Guthrie Is In Mexico; Girl Power Front And Center At Winter Olympic Games; Aired 12-1p ET
• Trump to Speak Soon Following Tariff Decision; Supreme COURT rules Trump's Emergency Tariffs are Illegal; How U.S. Markets are Reacting to Supreme Court Ruling. Aired 1-2p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Blasts Supreme Court, Vows More Tariffs; Trump: Will Implement Additional 10 Percent Global Tariff; U.K. Government Considering Removing Andrew From Line Of Succession; BHP CEO: There Is Been An Explosion Of Interest In Mining; Study: Artists See Decrease In Music Income In Streaming Era. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Now, Trump Hosting Governors at White House for Annual Meeting; Supreme Court Rules That Trump's Sweeping Emergency Tariffs are Illegal; Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs in 6-3 Vote. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Supreme Court Rules Trump's Sweeping Emergency Tariffs are Illegal; Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs in 6-3 Vote. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Rule 6-3 That Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• The Rise of Classical Christian Education; Trump Administration Adjusting Immigration Crackdown Measures?; Supreme Court Rules Trump Tariffs Illegal. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Supreme Court: Trump's Tariffs Are Unconstitutional; Trump Signs New 10 Percent Global Tariff After Supreme Court Loss; Trump Vows Tariff "Alternatives" After Supreme Court Ruling. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Trump Blasts Supreme Court for Striking Down Tariffs; Oregon Government Hails High Court Ruling Against Trump Tariffs; Trump Says He's Considering Limited Military Strike On Iran; U.K. Government To Consider Removing Andrew From Line Of Succession. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Released 'Under Investigation' After Arrest; Trump Orders Release of Government Documents Related to Extraterrestrial Life; Trump Says Decision on Iran Action Within 15 Days; Sanders Rallies Support for a California 'Billionaire Tax'; Rep. Sara Jacobs Weighs in on Current Political Stories; China Turning to A.I. for Policing, Propaganda, Surveillance. Aired 12-1a ET
• Ex-Prince Andrew Released "Under Investigation" After Arrest; Trump Says Decision On Iran Action Within "10-15 Days"; Football Returns To Gaza After Two-Year Paused Caused By War; Eric Dane, Star of "Grey's Anatomy" & "Euphoria" Has Died; Chalamet & McConaughey Weigh in on Craft, Career & A.I.; Sen. Bernie Sanders on His Pushback Against Artificial Intelligence; Winter Olympics Day 13 a Lucky One for Team USA. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Global Tariffs; U.K. Police Contacting Andrew's Royal Protection Officers; Ford Carrier Strike Group Headed Toward Middle East. Aired 3-4p ET