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CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Republicans Revolt Over $1.8B DOJ Funds Derails Trump's Agenda; Trump Acknowledges "Allowing" DOJ To Create $1.8B Fund; "This Is Peanuts": Trump Downplays Rising Gas Prices; Fox Polls: President Trump's Economic Approval At 29 Percent. "The Late Show" Ends As Stephen Colbert Signs Off; Noah Wyle Pushes For Protections For Healthcare Workers; Police: Man Drove Cybertruck Into Lake Using "Wade Mode". Aired 12-1p ET


The Amanpour Hour
• Interview WITH Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares; Interview With 22-Time Tennis Grand Slam Champion Rafael Nadal; On the Perilous Road To Ukraine's Front Lines; Interview With Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty; NYT: U.S. Eyed Return Of Hardliner For Iran's Leadership; Marking Memorial Day Weekend. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET
• President Trump States He Will Decide by Tomorrow on Whether to Resume Military Attacks against Iran If No Acceptable Peace Deal Proposed; NASCAR Driver Kyle Busch Reportedly Died from Complications of Severe Pneumonia and Sepsis; Tank Holding Toxic Chemicals at Risk of Exploding in Southern California, Putting 40,000 People Under Evacuation Orders; Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Second African Country; Congressional Republicans Push Back against President Trump's Proposed Anti-Weaponization Fund; Texas Firefighter Conducts Rare Hot Air Balloon Rescue; Film Documents U.S. World War Two Veterans Returning to Normandy Beach. Aired 2-3p ET.
• US War With Iran; Ebola Outbreak; Remembering Kyle Busch; Holiday Travel; "Killin' Time". Aired 3-4p ET
• All Eyes On Texas GOP Primary Runoff; Are Republicans In Congress At A Breaking Point With Trump?; Trump Downplays Rising Gas Prices; 2015: Letterman's "Late Show" Ends, Colbert Prepares To Take Over; Noah Wyle Pushes For Protections For Healthcare Workers; Police: Man Drove Cybertruck Into Lake Using "Wade Mode." Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump: Iran "Agreement Has Been Largely Negotiated". Interview With Pennsylvania Democratic Congresswoman Madeleine Dean; 50,000 People Told To Evacuate In California, Hazmat Explosion Risk; Cubans Protest Raul Castro Indictment; Trump Administration Ramps Up Pressure On Cuban Government Amid Oil Blockade; Trump: Iran "Agreement Has Been Largely Negotiated; Trump-Backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Challenges Republican Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn For His Seat. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump: Iran "Agreement" Has Been Largely Negotiated; Toxic Chemical Tank At Risk Of Exploding In California; Sources: Trump Fuming Over Senate GOP Rebuke Of $1.8 Billion Fund; WH On Lockdown After Sounds Of Gunshots Heard Nearby; Family: Kyle Busch Died After Severe Pneumonia Turned Into Sepsis; WH Lifts Lockdown After Reporters Hear Sounds Of Gunshots. Aired 6-7p ET
• CNN Reporters Hear Dozens Of Gunshots Near White House; Secret Service Says Investigating Shots Fired Near White House; Two Shot And Wounded In Encounter With Secret Service Near White House. Aired 7-8p ET
• Secret Service: Suspect In Shooting Outside White House Has Died; Trump: Iran "Agreement Has Been Largely Negotiated"; Toxic Chemical Tank At Risk Of Exploding In California; Texas Republicans Battle To Win The GOP Nomination For U.S. Senate. Aired 8-9p ET
• Secret Service: Suspect In Shooting Outside White House Has Died; Official: Bystanders Shot Outside White House In Critical Condition; Trump: Iran "Agreement Has Been Largely Negotiated". Aired 9-10p ET
• China Mine Explosion, 90 Dead; U.S. Peace Talks Continue with Iran; New York City Shipyard Explosions; Tulsi Gabbard Resigns; Pep Guardiola Steps Down as Manchester City Manager. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• U.S. Peace Talks Continue with Iran; Trump Defends "Anti- Weaponization" Fund; China Mine Explosion, 90 Dead; Atlanta and Houston Airports OK to Screen Travelers from Africa; Grave Economic Challenges to U.S. and Globally; AI Planes; Kyle Busch 9-1-1 Call. Aired 4-5a ET
• U.S. Peace Talks Continue with Iran; Rubio in India; New York City Shipyard Explosions; China Mine Explosion, 90 Dead; WHO Revises Risks of Ebola to "Very High" in DRC; Kevin Warsh Sworn in as Fed Chair; How to AI-Proof Your Job; Donald Trump Jr. Weds Again, President Not Attending. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• China Coal Mine Blast Kills At Least 90, Leaves Nine Missing; Trump Met Top Advisers On Iran As He Weighs Return To War; Storms And Heavy Rain Threaten Flooding Across The East; LaGuardia Airport Runway Reopens After Sinkhole Is Repaired; Gas Prices Surge Nationwide, Putting Pressure On Drivers; Tulsi Gabbard Resigns As U.S. Director Of National Intelligence. Atlanta, Houston Join List of Airports That Can Receive Passengers from 3 Countries Amid Ebola Outbreak; DOJ Calls Biden-Era January 6 Press Releases "Partisan Propaganda"; White House Clashes with GOP Over Controversial $1.8 Billion Fund. Aired 6-7a ET
• Did Not Air 7-8a ET
• Trump Meets With National Security Team, No Decsion On Iran; Delegations From Qatar And Pakistan In Tehran; Chinese State Media: Coal Mine Blast Kills At Least 90. Aired 8-9p ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Did Not Air 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert; White House Shooting Suspect Shot And Killed. Aired 10-11p ET


Smerconish
• Is It Time For Open Primaries. No Conservatives As Commencement Speakers?. Aired 9-10a ET


Table For Five
• Trump's Brazen Presidency Tests Limits In Unprecedented Ways; GOP Mutiny Over Trump's $1.8B Fund, Ballroom Also In Danger; Bezos Defends Billionaires Against "Villain" Attacks; Harvard Votes To Cap A's In Effort To Stop Grade Inflation. Aired 7-8a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Meets With NATL. Security Officials To Discuss Iran; Rubio Arrives In India To Discuss Energy, Rade & Defense; Tulsi Gabbard Resigning As Director Of National Intelligence; Trump - The War With Iran Will Be Over With Soon; Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Meets With Natl. Security Officials To Discuss Iran; Trump - The War With Iran Will Be Over With Soon; Iran - We Are Not Close To Reaching A Deal With The U.S.; Rubio - Some Progress Made In Peace Talks With Iran; 1 Dead, 36 People Injured In Fire And Explosions; 40,000 Under Evacuation Order In Southern California; More Than 80 Dead In Mining Disaster; W.H.O. Revises Risks To Ebola To Very High In The D.R.C.; Putin Vows Retaliation For Ukraine's Drone Strike In Luhansk; Aired 1-2a ET