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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Kennedy Center Board Votes to Put Trump's Name Back on Building; Interview with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); New ICE Detentions Top 46K Last Month, setting a New Record for Trump Admin; New ICE Detentions Top 46k Last Month, Setting New Record For Trump Admin.; Iowa Democrats Seek To Flip Seats In Rural Rebound; Lake Mead, Nation's Largest Reservoir, Hits New Record Low. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and The McCain Institute Executive Director Evelyn Farkas; Interview with Afghan Women's Rights Activist Mahbouba Seraj; Interview with Former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko; Interview with Democratic Party of Wisconsin Former Chair and "This is The Plan" Author Ben Wikler. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• U.S. Sending Carrier To Mideast To Replace USS Abraham Lincoln; DNC Holds Summer Meeting Amid Debate On Party's Future; Trump's Handpicked Kennedy Center Board Attempts Workaround To Put Trump's Name On Building Facade; GOP Rep. Mike Lawler: Democrats Have Tried To Turn Abuse Claims Against GOP Rep. Max Miller Into A "Spectacle". Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Is interviewed About Sailor Went Overboard Amid Reports Of Poor Ship Conditions, Senate Ethics Panel Dismisses GOP Complaint Against Sen. Gallego; Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Dashcam Conflict With ICE's Account After Agent Points Gun At Woman; Federal Judge Demands Answers From DOJ Over Unredacted Files; Iowa Democrats Seek To Flip Seats In Rural Rebound; Dr. McBride: Redefine Health On Your Terms. Aired 5-6p ET
• Sailor Went Overboard Amid Reports of Poor Ship Conditions; Top Medical Analyst Raises Questions About Trump's Health; A.G. Blanche Promises to Lead DOJ With Integrity. Rep. Miller Sued By Ex-Wife Over Release Of Nude Image Of Daughter; Palestinian Families Under Settler Siege In The West Bank. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New York Times Reports, Trump Admin Probed Left-Leaning Groups After Pretti Shooting; ICE Detentions Set Trump-Era Record Last Month Amid Crackdown; Vance Warns GOP Socialism Will Surge If We Can't Fix Economy. New Attorney General Todd Blanche Addressed for the First Time, Promised to Contradict DOJ's Actions; Kennedy Center Board Voted to Restore Donald Trump's Name in the Building, Undergo Two-Year Renovations. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Conflicting Accounts After ICE Agent Points Gun at Woman; Source Says, Several Close Aides Joined Trump on Secret Flight; Midwest Faces Fourth Straight Day of Flooding After Indiana Deluge. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Karoline Leavitt Stepping Down As White House Press Secretary; Bob Iger, Josh Kushner To Buy L.A. Lakers For $12.5 Billion; Ukraine's Leader On Crisis Caused By Lack Of Missile Interceptors. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Zelenskyy Says 10 Percent of U.S. Patriots Would Destroy Russia's Missiles; Conflicting Accounts After ICE Agent Points Gun at Woman; Several Close Aides Joined Trump on Secret Flight; 2 Pilots Dead After Military Helicopter Slams into Texas Field; Lindsay Clancy Sobs Through Children's Autopsy Testimony. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) is Interviewed about Trump's National Security Comments; History Made by Black Gubernatorial Candidates; Wholesale Inflation Slowed in July; Lawsuit over Truth Social Subscriptions; Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue in Colombia. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Colombia Quake Rescue Efforts; Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): Several Close Aides, Joined Trump on Secret Flight Out of Turkey While Several Cabinet Members Flew on Decoy; Trump Won't Rule Out Declaring National Security Emergency for Elections; Sailor's Families Raise Concerns About USS Abraham Lincoln Conditions; ICE Officer Pulls Gun on Woman Who Denies Almost Running Agents Over; Federal Hearing in Mangione Case Fuels Plea Deal Speculation. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Interview with Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN): Israeli Intel on Iran Sparked Plane Switch, Despite Some Skepticism; Sailors' Families Raise Concerns About USS Abraham Lincoln Conditions; Chance to Win the Senate in 2026; NOAA: 70 Percent Chance Super El Nino Will Be Strongest on Record. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Super El Nino?; Todd Blanche Addresses DOJ Employees; New Info Emerges on Trump Plane Swap; Iran War Straining U.S. Soldiers' Mental Health?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Russian Strikes Increase as Ukraine's Interceptors Run Short; Officials Say Hackers Used Autonomous A.I. Agents to Attack Taiwan; Two Army Pilots Killed in Apache Helicopter Crash in Texas; Ex-cop Accused of Plotting New Orleans Attack is Released After Grand Jury Declines to Indict; Army OB-GYN Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Sexually Abusing Patients, Secretly Recording Exams. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Flock Responds to Criticism Over Misuse of Technology; University of Michigan Changes Grade System; U.S. Sending Carrier to Middle East to Replace USS Abraham Lincoln; GOP Rep. Max Miller Sued by Ex-wife Over Release of Sensitive Photo of Child; Midwest Braces for More Dangerous Storms, Flash Flooding. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Lawmakers Demand Answers on AP Story that Immigration Crackdown Detained More than 50 Military Spouses and Parents; Wholesale Inflation Rose 4.7 Percent in July, Lowest Since March; University of Michigan to Hide Letter Grades for Some Students; Trump's Handpicked Kennedy Center Board Tries Workaround to Put President's Name on Building. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. Sending Carrier to Middle East to Replace USS Abraham Lincoln; Sailor Rescued After Going Overboard USS Abraham Lincoln; Sources: Aides Joined Trump on Secret Flight, Ohers Stayed on Decoy; Lindsay Clancy Trial Resumes with Testimony from Police Investigators; Police Read Lindsay Clancy's Writing About Depression, Resentment 3- 3:30p ET
• Lindsay Clancy Trial Resumes with Testimony from Police Investigators; NOAA: 70 Percent Chance El Nino Will Be Strongest on Record; USS George Washington Heading to Mideast to Replace USS Abraham Lincoln; Flock Rolls Out Police License Plate Reader Safeguards. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Kyiv Faces New Reality as Russia Ramps Up Airstrikes; U.N. Says 2.4 Million Girls Excluded From School Since Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan; Two Former Chinese Military Men Arrested in South Korea; Total Solar Eclipse Sweeps Across Europe; Cristiano Ronaldo, Georgina Rodriguez Tie the Knot; Death Toll Rises To At Least 265 As Rescue Efforts Continue; U.S. Embassies In Middle East Told To Plan On Operating With Small Number Of Staff On The Ground; Kyiv Faces New Reality As Russia Ramps Up Airstrikes. Aired 2-3a ET
• Iran Threatens to Prolong War Until End of U.S. President Trump's Term; Jared Kushner's Brother and Former Disney CEO Acquires Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 Billion. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Karoline Leavitt Steps Down: Who Will Take The Job?; Voters Punish Incumbents As 10 Lose Primaries; Police Defend Flock Cameras As Company Catches Flack. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Zelenskyy is Asking for Missiles; Trouble for U.S. Carrier on Extended Mission; Trump's Plane Switch Details; ICE to Get Electrical Shock Gloves; Progressives Look to Bury Woke Past. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Former Russian Presidential Candidate on Mood Inside Russia; Israeli Settlers Besiege Palestinian Homes in Occupied West Bank; Iran Demands Compensation Over Persian Gulf Pollution; Miracles and Nightmares as Volunteers Search Through Rubble; Karoline Leavitt Steps Down as White House Press Secretary. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Israeli Settlers Besiege Palestinian Homes in Occupied West Bank; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Describes Russian Attacks on Kyiv; Europe Endures Two Hottest Summer Months on Record; Karoline Leavitt Steps Down as White House Press Secretary; Trump Accused of Violating First Amendment and Fifth Amendment. Aired 10-10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Hegseth Facing Questions After Reports Of Sailors Going Overboard; Trump-Picked Board Votes To Put Trump's Name On Kennedy Center, Again; Senator Cruz Deletes Post With False Claim Linking COVID Shot To Miscarriages. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Inflation Cools Slightly, But Gas Prices Rise With 82 Days To Midterms; Mike Rogers Promises Shop Classes In High Schools In MI Senate Race; Abdul El-Sayed Drops Sanders, AOC References In Campaign Ad; Kennedy Center Board Meets To Consider Renovation Options; Trump Sued Over Paid Access To Truth Social Posts; Truth Social's Early Access Offer Prompt Federal Lawsuit. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Truth Social's Early Access Offer Prompts Federal Lawsuit; Two House Republicans Hoping To Keep Seats In Harris-Won Districts; Lawler Campaign Received $10,000 From Max Miller-Linked PAC; Official: Sailor Went Overboard From USS Lincoln, Quickly Rescued; USS Official: USS George Washington Is Headed To The Middle East To Replace The USS Abraham Lincoln. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Zelenskyy Appeals to the U.S. to Sell 10 Percent of its Patriot Missile Defense System to Ukraine; Israeli Settlers Besiege Palestinian Families in the Occupied West Bank; Taiwan Launches Major War Games to Counter Potential Chinese Attack. U.N. Warns Situation in West Bank "Beyond a Boiling Point"; Death Toll in Colombia's Quake Rises to at Least 273; Taiwan Holds Drills Simulating a Chinese Attack. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• ICE Under New Scrutiny Over Force, Surveillance, and Shock Gloves; Help is on the Way for USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors; Luigi Mangione to Appear in Federal Court. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Zelenskyy: Need 10 Percent of U.S. Patriot to Beat Russian Strikes; Zelenskyy to CNN: Sell Ukraine 10 Percent of U.S. Patriot and "We Will Destroy All the Russian Ballistic Missiles"; Israeli Intel on Iran Sparked Plane Switch, Despite Some Skepticism; Stories of Rescue & Heartbreak after Devastating Earthquake; Conflicting Accounts after I.C.E. Agent Points Gut at Woman. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Zelenskyy Appeals To Trump For Help; NOAA: El Nino Headed For Record-Shattering Intensity; Israeli Settlers Besiege Palestinian Homes In Occupied West Bank; 2,000 Plus Dead From Ebola Outbreak In Democratic Republic Of Congo; Shein Valuation Underwhelms Ahead Of IPO; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Iranian Media Mock Trump's Secret Flight from Turkey; Ukraine: Russian Drone Hit Passenger Train, Killing Two; Search for Karoline Leavitt Begins; Israeli Settlers Besiege Palestinian Homes in West Bank; Flock Adds Safety Measures After Surveillance Concerns; Iberia Charters Special Solar Eclipse Observation Flight; Exploring the "Proteinmaxxing" Trend. Aired 4- 5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Conflicting Accounts After ICE Agent Points Gun At Woman; Midwest Faces Fourth Day Of Flooding After Catastrophic Indiana Deluge; New Details On Trump's Secret Plane Switch Amid Potential Iranian Threat. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Report: Sailors Try To Go Overboard As Iran War Extends Deployment; Bulldozers Rip Into Big Bend National Park For Border Security Project; Former NBA Players Declare For WNBA Draft In Protest Of Policies. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Double Escort, Warplanes Protected the President and Decoy Plane; ICE Officer Points Gun at Woman Who Shouted at Them; After Catastrophic Flooding, More Storms Target Midwest Today. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Interview With Flock Founder and CEO Garrett Langley; Luigi Mangione in Plea Negotiations?; Lindsay Clancy Breaks Down in Court. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Karoline Leavitt Leaving White House; Mental Health Burdens of Extended Military Deployments?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Source: Several Close Aides Joined Trump on Secret Flight; Investigation Underway After Army Apache Crash Kills Two Pilots; Growing Questions on President Trump's Health. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Hegseth: Reports Of Poor Conditions On Carrier "Misrepresented"; Kennedy Center Board Votes To Put Trump's Name Back On Building; Sources: Mangione Could Plead Guilty Tomorrow In Federal Case. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Zelenskyy Urges U.S. to Sell 10 Percent of its Patriot Missiles to Ukraine; Israeli Settlers Besiege Palestinian Families; Concerns Over Conditions on USS Lincoln; Video of ICE Agents Conflicts with Government Account; U.S. and Canada Hold Trade Talks as Tariff Deadline Looms; Trump Says U.S. Has Full Control Over Strait of Hormuz; Volunteers Search Through Rubble in Colombia; Taiwan Trains for Possible Attack by China. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• ICE Officer Points Gun at Woman Who Yelled at Him; Death Toll Rises at Least 265 as Rescue Efforts Continue; Bob Iger and Josh Kushner Buy L.A. Lakers for $12.5 Billion; Judge Calls Recess After Mother Who Killed 3 Children Sobs; Luigi Mangione Engages in Federal Plea Deal Talks; L.A. Grand Jury Indicts Nick Reiner for Killing His Parents; Zelenskyy Pleads for More U.S. Patriot Interceptors. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Sued On First And Fifth Amendment Grounds Over Paid Truth Social Access; Crowley Pushes Unity After Surprise Win Against Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong; Karoline Leavitt Will Step Down As White House Press Secretary; Deadly Storms Tear Through The Midwest; 11 Arrested In U.S. Over Alleged Sham Marriage Scheme; New Exhibit Spotlights Repeating Cycle of Deportation; Interview with Co- Founder of United Farm Workers Dolores Huerta; Total Solar Eclipse Sweeps Across Europe; Outrage over Border Security Project at Big Bend National Park. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Zelenskyy: We Need 10 Percent Of U.S. Patriots To Beat Russian Strikes; Japan Protests Putin's First Visit To Kuril Islands; Iran Wants Compensation For Pollution In Strait Of Hormuz; Concerns Mount Over USS Abraham Lincoln's Living Conditions; U.N. Warns Situation In West Bank "Beyond A Boiling Point"; Video Of ICE Agents Conflicts With Government Account; Who Will Replace Karoline Leavitt? Aired 3-4p ET