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CNN Newsroom
• Trump-Backed IndyCar Event Takes Over National Mall; Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; U.S. Expected To Announce "Toughest Sanctions" Against Iran; Nevada's Fast Growing "Hawk" Wildfire Forces Evacuations In Reno. Aired 1-2p ET
• IndyCars Speeding Through D.C. For Trump-Backed Freedom 250 Race; Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; Iran Threatens Seismic Retaliation If U.S. Imposes New Sanctions; Source: Top House Dem Jeffries And Kushner Met Privately In Recent Weeks; Georgia Town Rallies Against Proposed A.I. Data Center; Prince Harry & Meghan Are Moving Back To Britain. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; IndyCars Speeding through D.C. for Trump-Backed Freedom 250 Race; South Carolina Republicans To Vote In Senate Primary Runoff. Aired 3-4p ET
• IndyCar Race Takes Place In Washington D.C. Jared Kushner And Hakeem Jeffries Meet In New York. Peace Talks Intensify As Iran War Hits Six-Month Mark. Communities Outraged Over Data Centers Ahead Of Midterms. Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Coming To A Close; Natalie Harp Posts, Prince Harry And Meghan Merkle Return To U.K. Aired 4-5p ET
• Nevada Faces Wildfire; IndyCars Roar Down D.C. Streets; Kushner And Jeffries Meet Privately; Voters To Head To Polls In South Carolina; Growing Outrage Over Proposed Data Centers; Ukraine Warns Of New Russian Offensive; Hawaii Braces For Another Tropical Storm; Voting For "Fat Marmot Week" Kicks Off Monday. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Admin. Turns Focus To Economic Pressure On Iran; Source: Secret Sitdown For Jeffries, Kushner; Natalie Harp Posted More Than 150 Pro-Trump Tweets On Jan 6; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Defends New Reality Show Amid Backlash; Polarized Parents Can Raise Ideologically-Divided Kids; California Pastor Creates AI Twin To Reach More People. Aired 6-7p ET
• Hakeem Jeffries And Jared Kushner Secretly Meet; Growing Tropical Storm Moke To Impact Storm-Weary Hawaii; Nevada's Fast-Moving Hawk Wildfire Forces Evacuations; IndyCar Roar Down D.C. Streets For Freedom 250 Grand Prix; Many Communities Fight New Data Center Construction; Democrats Descend Down Communist Path; Piker Travels To Cuba in Name Of Humanitarianism; Duane Davis Addresses Judge as Week One Of Testimony Ends; Report Sheds Light On Possible Military Insider Trading On Polymarket; Monaco Bomb target Speaks To CNN. Aired 7-8p ET
• Nevada's Fast-Growing Hawk Fire Leads Thousands To Flee Homes; Trump Administration Turns Focus To Economic Pressure On Iran; Canada Hits Back After Trade Talks Collapse; Pete Buttigieg Returns To South Carolina To Appeal To Black Voters; Flock Surveillance Cameras Triggering Protests And Vandalism; Paramount-WBD Merger Antitrust Trial Set For Next March; IndyCars Roar Down D.C. Streets For Freedom 250 Grand Prix; One-On-One With "The Pitt" Actress Katherine Lanasa. Aired 8-9p ET
• Escalating Trade War; Putin Says, Kyiv Has Opened Pandora's Box; Controversial Detention. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. and Canada Escalating Trade Tensions; U.S. Threatening Further Economic Pressure on Iran; Russia, Ukraine Trade New Strikes as Air Attacks Escalate; Record-Challenging Heat to Continue in Southern U.S.; Search for Wife of Slain Police Officer; Ukraine's 35th Independence Day. Aired 4-5a ET
• Canada Plans Retaliatory Tariffs After Talks Collapse; Iran Warns Of Retaliation Ahead Of New U.S. Sanctions; Russia, Ukraine Trade New Strikes As Air Attacks Escalate; Manhunt In Massachusetts For Wife Of Slain Police Officer; Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Resumes Monday. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Fires Back At Canada As Trade War Escalates; U.S. Imposes 50 Percent Tariffs On Canada After Talks Collapse; Iran President Says Country Is In A "Full Scale War"; President Trump Promises "Economic D-Day" Against Iran; Iranian Official Threatens Full Strait Of Hormuz Shutdown; Texas Judge Denies Karmelo Anthony's Request For A New Trial; Paramount And State Attorneys General In Talks Over Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Fight; Beijing Kicks Off 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games; President Trump To Drop Green Flag For Freedom 250 Grand Prix; Manhunt In Massachusetts For Wife Of Slain Police Officer; Data Center Fight Grows, GOP Group Warns Of Impact On Key Race. Trump: Americans Should Support Data Centers For Economic Reasons; Tropical Storm Moke Set To Impact Storm-Weary Hawaii; Crying Child Clings To Father During ICE Detainment; Empowering People With Disabilities Through Mobility, Hope; California Pastor Creates AI Twin To Reach More People. Aired 6-7a ET
• Iran President Says Country Is In A "Full Scale War"; U.S. Imposes 50 Percent Tariffs On Canada After Talks Collapse; Canada Announces Matching Tariffs Starting Sept. 8; Freedom 250 Grand Prix Underway In Washington, D.C.; Paramount, State AGs Head To The Bargaining Table This Week; Trump Defends Graham After Debate Foreign Policy Gaffe. Trump and Ossoff Trade Insults in GA Senate Feud; Kennedy Center Could Restore Trump Name After September 8; Once-A- Month "Nude Dining Experience" at Florida Steakhouse; Nevada Gov. Declares Emergency Due to Reno's Hawk Fire. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Trump Halts U.S.-South Korea Joint Military Drills; How China Has Kept Up with America on A.I.; Why Wildfires are Ravaging So Much of the World. Interview With The Nature Conservancy Chief Scientist Katharine Hayhoe; Interview With Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daron Acemoglu. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Canada Says "We Were Attacked" By U.S. In Trade War; Are Trump's Priorities In Rights Place Ahead Of Midterms?; This Week: Testing The Power Of A Trump Endorsement In South Carolina. Interview with Nebraska Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn; Axios: Michigan Republican Cuts Ties with AIPAC; Ossoff Capitalizes on His Viral Natalie Harp Moment; Melania Trump Back in Spotlight. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Jonathan Haidt; Interview With Former Vice President Mike Pence; Interview With U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon; Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Aired 9-10a ET
• Interview With Jonathan Haidt; Interview With Former Vice President Mike Pence; Interview With U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon. Aired 12-1p ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET.