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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Vows to Hit Iran Much Harder if It Retaliates; Interview with Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE); Hegseth's Focus On Culture Wars Draws Scrutiny; Jury Indicates They Are Deadlocked Again in Lindsay Clancy Trial; Kennedy Center Removes Outdoor Sculpture Blue; Court Battles Continue Over Adding Trump's Name to Kennedy Center; MapQuest is Number One on App Store After Refusing to Change Lake Ontario's Name; Demonstrators Protest Against Moroccan Migrants in Ceuta, Spain; State Department Says 75 Americans Still Missing in Nepal. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Czech President Petr Pavel; Interview with State Representative Justin J. Pearson (D-TN); Interview with University of Notre Dame Professor of Law Derek Muller. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Hosts Battleground Republicans At White House After Saying "Our Country Will Live In Hell" If Dems Win Texas; Jeffries Fumes Over "Breach Of Trust" After Two Dems Help GOP; Jury In Clancy Murder Trial Sent Home For The Day By Judge. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Jury Deadlocked After Day Five Of Deliberations In Clancy Trial; Trump Floats Renaming Strait Of Hormuz After Himself; Tiger Woods Reaches Plea Deal On Lesser Charge After Dui Arrest; Tariff Refund Improving Business For Clothing Brand Founder. Aired 5-6p ET
• Democrats Fight to Stay United After Defectors Blindsided Leadership; Jury Deadlocked After Day Five of Deliberations in Clancy Trial; New Legal Fight Over Mail-In Ballot Restrictions Ahead of Midterms. Trump's First Midterm Ads Focus Heavily On Himself, Not GOP; Trump: "I Will Go To Alaska To Help Dan Sullivan Get Elected". Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Vows to Hit 35 Battleground Districts in Final Stretch; GOP Sounds Alarm on Close Senate Race in Texas; Sources Say, Hegseth's Culture War Fixation Disrupting Army. Nearly 90 Percent of Americans say Corruption in Government is Widespread; New York City's School District to Ban Artificial Intelligence Usage in Most Classrooms. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Election Officials Warn They Can't Meet Trump's Mail Ballot Demands; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Fends Off Primary Challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); Soon, Deadlocked Jury Resumes Deliberations in Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) On Election Officials Warning They Can't Meet Trump's Mail-In Ballot Demands; Soon: Deadlocked Jury Resumes Deliberations In Clancy Murder Trial; Death Toll Rises To More Than 1,100 After Nepal-China Flood. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): Election officials Warn The Can't Meet Trump's Mail Ballot Demands; Army Secretary Resigns Amid Tensions with Hegseth; Deadlocked Jury Resumes Deliberation in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Dashcam Video Shows Violent Arrest of SUV Passenger. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Tiger Woods Appears In Court To Change Plea In DUI Case; Iran Retaliates After U.S. Strikes, Defying Trump's Warning; Markey Prevails Against Challenger Touting Generational Change. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Tiger Woods Reaches Deal on Lesser Charge in DUI Arrest; Any Moment, Deadlocked Jury Resumes Deliberation in Lindsay Clancy Trial; Several Massachusetts Incumbent Democrats Fend Off Younger Primary Challengers; 70,000 Under Flood Threat as Edouard Lashes Texas with Rains, Heavy Wind. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Families Search for Loved Ones After Catastrophic Nepal-China Flood; School Bus Driver Saves Dozens of Children, Narrowly Misses Flood; Army Leadership Void Fuels Fears Over Hegseth's Culture War Focus; CDC Faces Growing Questions Over Measles Death Count; Princeton Review Reports 15 Colleges Cost More that $100K a Year. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• U.S. Takes Control Of 65B Barrels Of Venezuelan Oil Reserves; Trump: Venezuelan Oil Agreement More Than Doubles U.S. Reserves; Deadlockd Jury On Day 5 Of Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• U.S. Signs Major Oil Deal With Venezuela; Suspect in Charlie Kirk's Killing Pleads Not Guilty After Judge Rules Case Can Go to Trial; House Censures GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards Over Harassment Claims; Tiger Woods Agrees to Lesser Charge in March DUI Arrest; Haitian-born Ohio Student Dies in Apparent Suicide After Losing Immigration Status. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Haitian-born Ohio Student Dies in Apparent Suicide After Losing Immigration Status; U.S. Takes Control of 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Reserves; Deadlocked Jury on Day 5 of Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Trial; Princeton Review Find 15 Colleges Now Top $100,000 a Year. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Massachusetts Democratic Incumbents Fend Off Younger Challengers; Trump Heavily Promoting GOP's First-Ever Midterm Convention; Video Shows Arkansas Trooper Punch, Pull SUV Passenger's Hair; Trump Renovating Presidential Bowling Alley for $250,000. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Lindsay Clancy Jury Again Tells Judge They're Deadlocked; Ceuta Residents Criticize Government's Response to Migrant Influx from Morocco; Officials: More Than 1,200 Have Died in Nepal Flooding; PA Officer Charged After Fatally Shooting College Student; Haitian-Born Ohio Student Dies in Apparent Suicide After Losing Immigration Status & Then Being Forced to Wear an Ankle Monitor 3-3:30p ET
• Officials Warn They Can't Meet Trump's Mail-In Ballot Demands; Top GOP Senators Ask Trump to Do More to Help Paxton Win in Texas; Massachusetts Democratic Incumbents Fend Off Younger Challengers; Schools Facing Tough Choices on Use of Artificial Intelligence. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. And Iran Launch New Strikes Amid Tensions Over Strait of Hormuz; Germany Blames Russia For Drone Attack On Leipzig Airport; CNN Joins Search For Flood Victims Along Nepal's Riverbanks; Judge Directs Jury To Continue Deliberations After Impasse; 1,100+ Dead, 4,500+ Missing in Nepal Floods Amid Ongoing Search Efforts; Wong Pleads Guilty in Second National Security Case; Edouard Weakens to Tropical Depression; Massachusetts Sen. Markey Wins Democratic Nomination; MapQuest Tops App Charts After Refusing to Rename Lake Ontario; Coco Gauff Tops Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 6-4. Aired 2-3a ET
• Iran Launches Retaliatory Strikes as U.S. Hit Targets; Lindsay Clancy Trial to Continue Deliberations as the Verdict Impasse Remains. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Joe Rogan: 'Lake America' Name Change is a 'Distraction' from Iran; Lindsay Clancy Jury Currently Deadlocked; Sen. Markey Fends Off Moulton in Massachusetts Senate Primary. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Whistleblower: USPS Plans For Mail-In Voting Hidden From Public; WSJ: GOP Convention To Offer $88,600 Picture With Trump. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Tiger Woods Reaches Plea Deal on Lesser Charge in DUI Arrest; CNN Joins Search for Flood Victims Along Nepal's Riverbanks; Oil Prices Soar Again on New Strikes Between U.S. And Iran; Iran Attacks Gulf Nations in Retaliation for U.S. Strikes; Inside Nepal's Unthinkable Devastation After Deadly Floods. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; Violence in the West Bank; Jurors Deliberate for Fifth Day in Lindsay Clancy Trial; Post-Partum Health Issues Need Better Diagnosis and Treatment; U.S. Says Chevron to Expand Operations in Venezuela; Leadership Void at the Pentagon Raises Concerns about the Future of the U.S. Army; Tiger Woods Reaches Plea Agreement on DUI; Nepal Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 with 4,200 Still Missing; MapQuest Downloads Spike after Google Maps Changes Name of Lake Ontario. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• GOP Senator Urges Trump To Fire Hegseth, Praises Army Secretary; NYT: Fed Agents Ordered To Find Voter Fraud Amid Baseless Trump Claims; Minneapolis Shooting: 1 Dead, Several Injured, Including 2 Officers; Trump Hosting White House Dinner For Republicans In Tough Battleground Races. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• USPS Whistleblower Raises "Grave Concerns" About New Ballot System; Sen. Blumenthal: I Won't Trust Mail Voting If Trump Rules Take Effect; Massachusetts Democrats Re-Nominate Older Lawmakers; Eight House Dems Vote With GOP To Condemn Dem Socialism; Jeffries Fumes Over "Breach Of Trust" After Two Dems Help GOP. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Two Democrats Blindside Leadership by Bailing Out Speaker Johnson; Sen. Collins Attacks Trump Tariffs With Senate Career at Stake. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump: Ready to Hit Again After Latest U.S. Offensive; USS Abraham Lincoln in Thailand After Extended Deployment; Protests in Ceuta, Spain Over Ongoing Migrant Crisis; Clancy Jurors Once Again Tell Judge They're Deadlocked. Iran Launches Retaliatory Strikes Against U.S. Targets Across the Middle East; Rescue Workers Believe Dozens of People Could Still Be Alive Inside Nepal's Flooded Hydroelectric Tunnels; U.S. and Venezuela Sign New Oil Deal. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Vulnerable Republicans Unsure About Trump's Convention; Pete Hegseth Faces New Pressure; SEC Goes to Court in Bid to Stop NFL Players' Return to NCAA. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• U.S. and Iran Trade Fire Again as Attacks Escalate; CNN Joins Nepali Police Team on Search for Victims; Tiger Woods Plead Guilty to Lesser Charge in DUI Arrest; Israeli Settlers Stage New Attack on Palestinian Home; Israeli President Isaac Herzog Speaks with CNN; MapQuest No.1 on App Store after Keeping Lake Ontario. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Soon: Signing Ceremony For U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal; Controversial U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal Imminent; U.S. And Iran Trade Fire Again As Attacks Escalate; IDF Removes Soldier For Praying With West Bank Settlers; Jury Enters Day Five Deliberations After Previous Deadlock; Princeton Review: 15 Colleges Cost more Than $100K A Year; Inside Nepal's Unthinkable Devastation After Deadly Floods; 91-Year-Old Is Oldest Hiker To Complete Appalachian Trail; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Administration Defends Venezuela Oil Agreement; European Natural Gas Prices Rise to Highest Level Since 2023; 10K-plus Migrants Remain in Spanish Territory After Massive Influx; Investment Advice from Billionaire David Booth; Chipotle Opens Its First Restaurant in East Asia; Ethiopia's Ambitions to Become a Leading Gold Producer; Living in Password Purgatory. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: U.S., Iran Launch New Strikes As Tensions Rise Over Hormuz; Whistleblower: New USPS Ballot System "Rushed" & "Untested"; Deliberations Set To Enter 5th Day In Clancy Trial After Jury Tells Judge They Are Deadlocked; 1,100+ Dead, 4,500+ Missing As Search For Survivors Continues. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: 1,100+ Dead, 4,500+ Missing In Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; No Verdict After Day 4 Of Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial; Judge Decides Charlie Kirk's Alleged Killer Will Stand Trial. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Iran Says, Shrapnel from U.S. Strikes Kills Toddler, Three Others; Major Medical Groups Issue Vaccine Guidance for Flu, COVID-19, RSV; Chevron Pledges to Double Its Venezuelan Oil Production. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Nepal Rescue Efforts Continue; Pete Hegseth's Culture War; Interview With Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocked; Iran Launches New Strikes; U.S. Energy Secretary in Venezuela. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Army Sec Dan Driscoll Submits Resignation After Tension with Hegseth; NYC Schools Limits A.I. in Classroom; PA officer Charged After Fatally Shooting College Student; Feud Over Measles Stats. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Hosts Battleground GOP Lawmakers For Rose Garden Dinner; Jeffries Calls Dems Helping Republicans A "Breach Of Trust"; Clancy Jury Ends Fifth Day Of Deliberations Without Verdict. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: U.S. Energy Secretary in Venezuela; Venezuela's Rodriguez Thanks Trump for Controversial Oil Deal; E.U. Leaders Support Germany After Leipzig Drone Attack; Chipotle Opens its First Restaurant in South Korea; U.S. and Iran Trade Fire Again as Attacks Escalate; U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Order Limiting Birthright Citizenship; Future of Prediction Markets. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• U.S., Iran Launch New Strikes Amid Tensions Over Hormuz; Search for Flood Victims Continues Along Nepal's Riverbanks; Massachusetts Senator Markey Wins Democratic Nomination; USPS Whistleblower Claims Plans for Vote-by-Mail Hidden from Public; Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to National Security Case; U.S. Says Chevron to Expand Operations in Venezuela; Army Secretary Went Directly to Trump to Complain about Hegseth; Survivors Grapple with Catastrophic Flooding Aftermath. Aired 12-1a ET
• Concerns Raised Over New USPS Mail-In Ballot System; Markey Defeats Moulton In U.S. Senate Primary; More Than 1,000 Dead, 4,400 Missing From Catastrophic Nepal And Tibet Floods; U.S. And Iran Exchange More Airstrikes, Fuelling Fears Of Wider Return To Hostilities; Lindsay Clancy Judge Tells Deadlocked Jurors To Return For Fifth Day Of Deliberations; Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty To Collusion With Foreign Entities; Wong Pleads Guilty in Second National Security Case; Russia Escalates Strikes as Putin Claims Openness to Peace; Germany Blames Russia for Drone Attack in Leipzig Airport; Six Flags Coaster Linked to Serious Brain Injuries, Death. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump: Renewed Conflict With Iran Won't "Last Long"; Race To Rescue People Trapped In Tunnels In Nepal; Jury In Lindsay Clancy Trial Says It Is Deadlocked Again; Protests In Ceuta, Spain Over Ongoing Migrant Crisis; Von Der Leyen: E.U. Will Not Be Intimidated On Ukraine. Aired 3-4p ET