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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• GOP Aide Calls Rep. Miller's CNN Interview an "Epic Disaster"; Speaker Johnson Calls for "Process to Play Out" with Rep. Miller; Interview with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); Armed Man Arrested at Trump's California Golf Course Ahead of President's Visit; Trump Loyalist, Michael Lindell, Seeks the Republican Nomination for Governor of Minnesota Without the Party's Backing; A.I. Models Tried to Deceive Human in Security Test, U.K. Security Institute Says; Meta Investigating How Its A.I. Model Hacked Another Company; Anthropic Reacts to Report Its Models Went Rogue During Security Test Says the Models Were Tested Under Deliberately Permissive Conditions. Aired 8- 9p ET


Amanpour
• Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Michigan Primary Turnout Signals Strong Democratic Enthusiasm"; Kansas Voters Reject GOP Proposal To Elect State Supreme Court Justices; Russian Missile Barrage Kills At Least 17 In Kyiv Region; Controversy Grows In Russia Over Alleged "Black Widow" Scams; Author Annie Jacobsen Discusses Biological Weapons In New Book. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• El-Sayed Clinches Michigan Primary In Key Win For Progressives; Now: Key GOP Senators Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski Meeting With Blanche; Just In: GOP Rep. Max Miller Tells CNN "I'm Not Going Anywhere"; Blanche Defends Pirro, But Says Trump Can Fire Her At Any Time. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Progressive Wins Shake Up Key Midterm Races Across The U.S.; Man Arrested At Trump Golf Club As Investigators Assess Threat; Iran Says Talks With Oman On Strait Of Hormuz Are Progressing; Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), Is Interviewed About Key GOP Senators Cassidy, Murkowski Meet With Blanche; Trump Speaks On Economic Agenda Ahead Of Midterms; Mexican TikTok Influencer Killed During Livestream. Aired 5-6p ET
• House GOP Anxiety Spikes as Scandals Pile Up Ahead of Midterms; U.N. Says, Iran Executed 50-Plus People on National Security Charges Since March; Blanche Can Lose Only One More GOP Vote and Win Confirmation. Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins Michigan Senate Democratic Primary; Passenger Plane Got Too Close To Trump's Marine One Helicopter. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary, Trump and GOP Escalate Attacks; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Breaks Silence on Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), Won't Ask Him to Exit Race. Trump Administration Refunds Tariffs Worth $100 Billion; Lawmakers Roasts Judiciary Nominees on the 2020 Election Results. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• El-Sayed, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) Locked in Tight Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) Defiant, Says He'll Stay in Re-Election Race; FAA Investigating Incident Involving Trump's Marine One Helicopter. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• High-Stakes Michigan Dem Senate Primary Too Early To Call; Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) On Senate Dem Report: Wall Street Banks Enable Epstein Sex Trafficking; Sources: Key U.S. Missiles Stockpiles "Dangerously Low." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Part of SpaceX Rocket on Collision Course with the Moon; Interview with Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI): El-Sayed, Stevens Locked in Tight Michigan Democrat Senate Primary; GOP Rep. Miller Defiant Amid Abuse Allegations from 3 Women; Armed Man Arrested at Trump's California Golf Course. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• High-Stakes Michigan Primary; Miller Claims He's Being Lied About; FAA Investigating Incident with Marine One; Part of SpaceX Rocket to Hit Moon. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Tight Race in Michigan Senate Primary; Rep. Max Miller Remains Defiant; U.S. Forest Service' Tom Stokesberry is Interviewed about the Washington Fires. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• U.S. Munitions Dangerously Low; Polls on Scandals and Re- Elections; A Look at the New Film "Tony." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Washington Arson Arrest; Man Arrested at Trump Club; Max Miller Vows to Stay in Race; Democratic Progressives Score Big Wins. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Says No Talks With U.S. Underway Over Strait of Hormuz; Chipotle Pulls Jalapenos From Some Stores Amid Salmonella Outbreak; Pilot Arrested With 70,000 Ecstasy Pills; A.I. Agents Fake Identities, Target Real People in New Incident. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• A.I. Agents Fake Identities, Target Real People in New Incident; Safety Incident Involving President's Marine One Helicopter; Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Max Miller Denies Abuse Claims, Won't Drop Re-election Bid; FIFA President Holds Emergency Meeting Amid World Cup Controversy. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Former Rep. Perriello Wins Democratic Primary in Virginia's 5th District; Trump, Pirro Have Tense Meeting Over Reflecting Pool Damage Case; Mother Addresses Death of Son Detained at Immigration Facility; Police Respond After Perez Hilton Apparently Livestreams Self-Harm. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins MI Dem Senate Primary; Soon: Trump to Deliver Remarks on Economy in Las Vegas; Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Reelection Bid After Ethics Report; Rep. Max Miller Denies Abuse Claims, Won't Drop Reelection Bid; GOP Rep. Max Miller Speaks to CNN, Denies Abuse Allegations; No Russian Missiles Shot Down by Ukraine in Strikes that Kill 17 3-3:30p ET
• No Russian Missiles Shot Down by Ukraine in Strikes that Kill 17; Man Arrested at Trump California Golf Club has White House Phone Number; AI Agents Fake Identities, Target Real People in New Incident; Construction Visibly Being Reversed on Trump's New Helipad. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 2-3a ET
• El-Sayed-Stevens Showdown in Michigan Senate Primaries Now a Tight Contest in Terms of Ongoing Results; Miller Refuses to Drop Out Race, Denies Allegations on His Family. Aired 3-4a ET
• El-Sayed, Stevens Locked In Tight Michigan Dem. Senate Primary. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Rep. Max Miller Denies Abuse Claims, Won't Drop Reelection Bid; Ukraine Accuses Russia Of War Crime Over Drone Attack; Two Senate Democrats Call For Probe Into Trump Meme Coin. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Michigan Senate Race Too Close to Call; Rep. Miller Refuses to Drop Election Bid. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• U.S. Defense System Weapons Depleted; National Guard Extension for D.C.; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) is Interviewed about Congressional Ethics Investigations. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• El-Sayed, Stevens Locked in Tight Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; SpaceX Rocket Debris on Collision Course to the Moon; No Confirmation Yet if SpaceX Rocket Debris Crashed into Moon; ADNOC Distribution Profit Jumps 59 Percent to Record $568M in First Half; SpaceX Tops Expectations in First Earnings as a Public Company. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Multiple People Stabbed in Covent Garden; Interview with the Sons of Imran Khan on Anniversary of His Arrest; Jordan Fears Israeli Takeover of Most Important Muslim Site in Jerusalem; Abdul El-Sayed Projected to Win Michigan Democratic Senate Primary. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• GOP Rep. Max Miller Digs In Amid Abuse Allegations: "I'm Not Going Anywhere"; Trump Calls Dem Progressive's Win In Michigan "Great News" For GOP; Trump Moves To Prevent Business Finances From Being Shared With BBC. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Abdul El-Sayed Narrowly Wins Michigan Senate Democratic Primary; Progressives Celebrate More Big Wins Over Dem Establishment; Rogers Calls El-Sayed "Radical," "Complete Insanity"; Miller Claims All Three Accusers Are Lying About Abuse Allegations. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Max Miller Denies Abuse Claims, Won't Drop Re-Election Bid; Blanche Confirmation Can Only Lose One More GOP Vote; Progressive Wins Democratic Primary in Toss-up Michigan District. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary. Mexican Influencer Shot and Killed on Livestream. Heat, Power Shortages Making Life Unbearable in Cuba. FIFA President Infantino Facing Calls to Step Down. Brutal Russian Attacks Kill 17 people in the Kyiv Area with No Missiles Being Intercepted by Ukrainian Defenses; Progressive Abdul El-Sayed Prevail in Michigan Over Stevens; FIFA's President Gianni Infantino Reportedly Calls a Crisis Meeting with Senior Staff After the Collapse of His Plan to Selloff World Cup Commercial Rights. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Democrats Optimistic with Abdul El-Sayed's Win; Rep. Wesley Bell Won the Second Time; Jeanine Pirro in Hot Waters; Rep. Max Miller Refuse to Step Down. Aired 11-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Sanders: We're Seeing a Transformation of Democratic Party; Zelenskyy: Attack Shows Crucial Need for Anti-Missile Systems; Armed Man Arrested at Trump's California Golf Club; CNN Projects El-Sayed will Win Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Egypt's Elsewedy Electric's Mission to Power the World; AI Models Impersonate, Deceive People During Testing. Aired 11a-12p ET
• CNN Projects El-Sayed Will Win Michigan Dem Senate Primary; Sources: U.S. Munitions Stockpiles "Dangerously Low"; Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Pullout Without Hamas Disarmament; Hot, Dry Weather Raises Washington Wildfire Risk; Infantino Losing Support In Presidency Reelection Bid; A.I. Agents Used Fake Identities To Target Real People; Student-Led Effort Tackles Food Insecurity; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• SpaceX Shares Plunge After First Earnings Report; Progressive El- Sayed Wins Michigan State Primary; Oil Companies Concerned Supply Disruption Could Widen, A.I. Models Impersonate, Deceive in Security Tests; Showcasing Africa's World-Class Infrastructure Exports; FIFA President Holds Crisis Talks in Morocco; Gerontocracy in the U.S.; Trump Administration Refunds $100 Billion from Overturned Tariffs. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Primary Voters In 5 States Set Up November Midterm Showdowns; El-Sayed, Stevens, Locked In Tight Race To Claim Dem Nomination In Michigan; GOP Rep. Max Miller Speaks To CNN, Denies Allegations Of Abuse; Armed Man Arrested At Trump's California Golf Course Ahead Of President's Visit. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) Denies Abuse Allegations In Defiant CNN Interview; Tight Democratic Primary Battle A Test Case For Electability V. Ideology; Epstein Survivors Do Not Want Blanche To Be Confirmed As Attorney General. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• CNN Projects Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan's Democratic Senate Primary; FAA Investigating Marine One Safety Incident With Trump Onboard; Man Arrested at Trump Golf Course to Appear in Court. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Interview With Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA); Abdul El-Sayed Addresses Supporters; Abdul El-Sayed Projected to Win Michigan Senate Primary. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Congressman Max Miller Staying in Race?; Abdul El-Sayed Projected to Win Michigan Senate Primary. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• GOP Rep Max Miller Speaks To CNN, Denies Abuse Allegations; Rep. Max Miller Denies Abuse Claims, Won't Drop Reelection Bid; Sources: U.S. Munitions Stockpiles "Dangerously Low" Aired 1130-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• GOP Opponent Labels El-Sayed An "Extremist" After His Win; Trump: Pirro Was "Totally Wrong" To Drop Reflecting Pool Case; Trump: Hormuz Will Reopen "Very Soon" Or Iran Will Get Hit. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Ukraine: 17 Killed In Russian Missile Strikes Around Kyiv; Zelenskyy: Attack Shows Crucial Need For Anti-Missile Systems; Iran Casts Doubt On Trump Claim Of Strait Reopening; U.K. Lab: A.I. Models Impersonate, Deceive In Security Tests; Russian "Black Widows" Allegedly Marrying Soldiers For Money; Progressive El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; FIFA Chief Holds Crisis Meeting Amid Calls To Resign; Jordan's League Accuses FIFA Of "Blackmail" Over Infantino Bid; Cape Verde's Vozinha Signs On To Play With Chile's Colo-Colo; Trump Admin. Refunds $100B From Overturned Tariffs; Part of SpaceX Rocket Collides With Moon. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Michigan Democratic Senate Primary Too Early to Call; Armed Man Arrested at California Gold Course Ahead of Trump Visit. Aired 12-1a ET
• Michigan Democratic Senate Primary Too Early to Call. Aired 1- 2a ET
• El-Sayed, Stevens Locked in Tight Michigan Democratic Senate Primary; Trump to Speak on Economy in Vegas; Vance Hosts Anti-fraud Roundtable; Blanche Confirmation Vote Moves to Full Senate. Aired 2-3a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Progressive Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary; Ukraine: 17 Killed In Russian Missile Strikes Around Kyiv; Iran Casts Doubt On Trump Claim Of Strait Reopening; Trump Campaigns For Republicans In Nevada; Israel Launches Fresh Strikes At Hezbollah Targets In Lebanon; Russian "Black Widows" Allegedly Marrying Soldiers For Money. Aired 3-4p ET