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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Report: Trump Says Iran Deal Will Be Wrapped Up in a Week; Source: Iran Expected to Respond to U.S. Proposal on Thursday; Judge Releases Purported Epstein Suicide Note; Trump Defends Higher Cost for White House Ballroom, Nearly Double the Original Price; Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Headed for the Canary Islands; Health Officials Race to Trace Contacts of Hantavirus Victims; CNN Founder, Ted Turner, Dies at 87; Trump Administration Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Institute for National Security Studies Senior Fellow and Former Head of Iran Branch of Israel's Military Intelligence Danny Citrinowicz; Interview with "Darkology" Author Rhae Lynn Barnes. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Just In: FBI Raids Business Tied To Key Dem In Virginia State Senate; Trump Gets Electoral Revenge On Republicans Who Rebuffed Him; Obama On State Of The Presidency: "The Bar Has Changed"; Trump: "Very Good" Talks With Iran Over Past 24 Hours; Remembering CNN Founder Ted Turner. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• FBI Raids Offices, Business Of A Key Virginia State Democrat; Trump Gets Revenge On Indiana Republicans Who Defied Him; Source: U.S., Iran Moving Toward Memo Aimed At Ending War; CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies At 87; ADL: 2025 Marks Third-Highest Year For Anti-Semitic Incidents In U.S.; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) & Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D- NJ), Is Interviewed About The Bill To Combat Anti-Semitism Online. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Gets Revenge on Indiana Republicans Who Defied Him; Three Suspected Hantavirus Patients Evacuated from Cruise Ship; Memes, A.I.- Generated Content on the Frontlines of the U.S. War With Iran. Court Orders Release of Epstein Alleged Suicide Note; How A.I. Is Helping Revolutionize Early Cancer Detection. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Majority of Trump-Backed Candidates Win Indiana GOP Primaries; DOJ Apologizes to Judge After False DHS Attacks Against Her; NYT: Judge Mulls Contempt Over "Patiently False" DHS Allegation; Democrats Demand Trump Reveal Israel's Nuclear Arsenal. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. and Iran Give Conflicting Messages on State of Talks; Source Says, Potential Short-Term Deal Would Agree to Resume Talks; White House Official Boasts That Credit Card Spending is Through the Roof. Ken Griffin Slams New York Mayor's Rhetoric Comparing it From Rich to Racial Slurs; Cable News Pioneer and Turner Broadcasting Founder Ted Turner Dies. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Axios Reports, U.S. and Iran Closing in on One-Page Memo to End War; Trump Gets Payback on Indiana Republicans Who Defied Him; Now, Manhunt for Tennessee Special Forces Veteran Accused of Shooting Wife. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) On Axios Reporting U.S. And Iran Closing In On One-Page Memo To End War; Trump Gets Payback On Indiana Republicans Who Defied Him; Three Suspected Hantavirus Patients Evacuated From Cruise Ship. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Says War Will Be Over, Strait will be Open if Iran Agrees to Deal on the Table; Trump Gets Revenge in Indiana with 5 State Senate Primary Wins; Democrat Sherrod Brown to Face GOP's Jon Husted in Ohio Senate Race; Lutnick to Testify About Jeffrey Epstein Before House Oversight Committee. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Oil Prices Fall; David Albright is Interviewed about Iran's Nuclear Supply; U.S. Military Looks Underground to Protect Troops; Numbers on California; A Late Season Snowstorm Pummels Colorado. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• U.S. and Iran Close to Ending War; Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) is Interviewed About the Iran War; Trump Payback on Indiana; Manhunt in Tennessee; FDA Blocks Vaccine Safety Studies. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Jane Harman is Interviewed about the One-Page Memo to End the War; White House Ballroom Numbers; Pennsylvania sues A.I. Company. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Airlines Raising Ticket Prices; Trump Administration Promises Mass Deportations; U.S.-Iran Peace Talks. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• CNN Founder, Ted Turner Dies at 87; Source Says U.S. & Iran Closing in on One-page Memo to End War; Lawsuit Alleges Meta Prated Millions of Books, Journals for Its A.I. Model; Coast Guard Seeks Owners of Sailboat Near Missing Woman's Vessel; Woman Charged With DUI After Driving on Sidewalk to Chase Boy. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• CNN Founder, Ted Turner Dies at 87; Source Says U.S. & Iran Closing in on One-page Memo to End War; U.S. Gas Prices Up More Than 50 Percent Since Start of Iran War; Kash Patel Says FBI Was Kept Out of Nancy Guthrie Investigation for Days; Senate GOP Eyes $1 Billion Taxpayer Funds for Trump Ballroom Security. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Philanthropic Pioneer, Dies at 87; U.S. Military Looks underground to Protect Wounded From Drones; Interview with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA): Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Faces Lawmakers' Questions Over Ties to Epstein. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Headline: Iran Still Reviewing Latest U.S. Proposal to End War; Trump Speaks Amid Push for Deal with Iran; Source: U.S. and Iran Closing in on One-Page Memo to End War; Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Heading Towards Spain's Canary Island; ADL: Antisemitic Assaults in U.S. Hit Record High Last Year; Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Philanthropist, Dies at 87; Atlanta Braves Legend Dale Murphy Remembers Ted Turner 3- 3:30p ET
• Atlanta Braves Legend Dale Murphy Remembers Ted Turner; U.S. Gas Prices Up More Than 50 Percent Since Start of Iran War; Tennessee Manhunt Suspect Accused of Shooting Wife, Fleeing into Woods; Judge Allows Chicago Cubs' Lawsuit Against Rooftop Views to Proceed. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Pauses Plan to Guide Ships Through Strait of Hormuz; Iran Accused of Attacks on Shipping, UAE Energy Site; Trump Scheduled to Meet With Xi in China Next Week; Iran's Foreign Minister Meets With Chinese Counterpart; Narges Mohammadi's Family Says the Iranian Nobel Prize Winner is in Dire Health; Trump to Host Brazil's Lula Da Silva at White House; New Study Finds Microplastics Contributing to Global Warming; Pope Says Church's Mission is to Preach the Gospel and Peace; Mercy Corps Report Shows the Hormuz Impasse Harming Vulnerable Countries; New York Foodies Seeks to Dine on Cuisine From Every Country; Tourists Flock to Istanbul to Experience 3.5 Million Tulips. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Halts Supposed Project Freedom Operation, but the U.S. Blockade in Iran Remains in Effect; California Gubernatorial Candidates Squared Off in a Heated CNN Primary Debate; Hantavirus-hit Cruise Ship to Dock at Spain's Canary Islands. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump To Pause U.S. Effort To Guide Ships Through Hormuz. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Pauses Plan To Guide Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz; Trump Downplays High Gas Prices As "Small Price To Pay"; Images Suggest Iran's Nuclear Supply Chain Not "Obliterated". Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Pauses Plan to Guide Ships Through Strait; Five Trump- Backed Challengers Defeat Indiana GOP Incumbents; Vivek Ramaswamy Wins Republican Primary for Governor; Secretary Rubio heads to Rome to meet with Pope Leo. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Iran's Top Diplomat Meets with China's Foreign Minister; Jen Gavito is Interviewed about China and Iran; Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Iranian Foreign Minister Meets Chinese Counterpart in Beijing; Iran Asserts Control Over Strait of Hormuz with New Website; New Israeli Strikes Reported Across Southern Lebanon; Hezbollah Claims 18 Attacks on Israeli Forces in Past Day; Political Row Over Cruise Ship with Hantavirus Outbreak. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; CNN Founder Ted Turner Has Died. Aired 10-10:15a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Report: Trump Says Iran Deal Will Be Wrapped Up In A Week; New Hantavirus Case; Brother of Pope Leo And His Pastor Speak Out. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Ted Turner, CNN Founder And Philanthropist, Dies At 87. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Philanthropist, Dies at 87; Five Indiana Republicans Lose Primaries After Defying Trump. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• CNN Founder and Philanthropist Ted Turner Dies at 87; K-Pop Legend Psy on What Keeps Him Performing; Lutnick Questioned Over Epstein Ties; Pope Leo Defiant in the Face of New Trump Criticism. CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at Age 87; Iran Expected to Respond to U.S. Proposal for Ending War; Three People Suffering from Hantavirus Taken Off MV Hondius Cruise Ship. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Iran Expected to Respond to U.S. Proposal; Trump-Backed Candidates Dominate Indiana Primaries; FBI Searches Office, Business of Key VA State Democrat. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Oil Prices Plunge on Hopes of U.S.-Iran Deal; Ted Turner CNN Founder and Philanthropist Dies at 87; Burger King Revamps The Whopper, Drops Creepy Mascot; Three People Evacuated from Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship; Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Bound for Spain's Canary Islands; Pandora Confronted by Impacts of K-Shaped Economy; Novo Nordisk's Huge Influence on Danish City of Kalundborg. Aired 4p-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headline: Indiana Primaries: Voters Opt For Trump-Backed Challengers; Trump To Pause Effort To Guide Ships Through Hormuz; Iranian State Media: Tehran Touts Pause Of "Project Freedom" As "U.S. Failure"; Trump Says High Oil, Gas Prices Are "Very Small Price To Pay" For Iran Change; Seven Candidates For California Governor Clash On Debate Stage. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Trump To Pause Effort To Guide Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz; Trump-Backed Challengers Dominate Incumbents In Indiana Primaries; NY Police: Antisemitic Graffiti Found On Synagogues And Homes. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, U.S. and Iran Closing in on Memorandum to End War; CNN Founder Ted Turner Has Died. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• CNN Founder, Media and Philanthropic Pioneer Ted Turner Has Died. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Iran Expected To Respond Tomorrow To U.S. Proposal; Lawmakers Grill Lutnick For 4.5 Hours Over Epstein Ties; The Atlantic: Patel's "Personalized Bourbon Stash" Draws Scrutiny. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Source: U.S., Iran Closing in on Memorandum to End War; Trump Threatens "Bombing Starts" if Iran Doesn't Make Deal; Trump to Meet with Xi in China Next Week; Remembering Ted Turner; Iran Launches Website to Help Regulate Hormuz Strait Traffic; U.S.-China Relationship; China Eager to Get the Strait of Hormuz Reopened; U.S. Court Orders Release of Epstein's Alleged Suicide Note. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• CNN International: Rubio: "Operation Epic Fury" Against Iran Has Ended; Trump To Pause U.S. Effort To Guide Ships Through Hormuz; Mercy Corps Report: Impasse Harming Vulnerable Countries; Report: Conflicting Driving Up Food, Fuel And Fertilizer Costs; Police: Antisemitic Graffiti Found On Synagogues And Homes. Aired 1-1:45a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Ted Turner, CNN Founder And Philanthropist, Dies At 87; Sources: U.S. And Iran Closing In On Memorandum To End War; Trump Threatens To Resume Bombing Iran If No Deal; Three People Evacuated From Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship; China Pressing For Peace Between U.S. And Iran. Aired 3-4p ET