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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• GOP Pins Convention Hopes on Trump Magic, Some Candidates Stay Away; Trump to Speak at GOP's First-Ever Midterm Convention; Lindsay Clancy's Attorney on Mistrial and Next Steps; Ex-Anthropic Researcher Says A.I. Could Kill All of Us by End of the Decade; Anthropic Responds After Researcher Quits and Warns of A.I. Dangers; Trump to Speak at First-ever GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas; Spanish City Overwhelmed by Thousands of Migrants. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns; Interview with U.K. Special Envoy for the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry Peter Ricketts; Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• GOP'S First-Ever Midterm Convention Starts In Dallas; Democrats Descend On Texas To Counter Trump's Midterm Convention; Financial Disclosure: Trump Gave $45,000 Cash Gift To Natalie Harp. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• AI Could "Kill Us All" Before 2036, Warns Ex-Anthropic Employee; "Trump-A-Palooza" Kicks Off As Oil Prices Skyrocket; Democrats Assail Fetterman After WSJ Report; Inside The Spanish City Overwhelmed By Thousands Of Migrants; Videos Reveal TX GOP Candidate's Crude Remarks About Women. Aired 5-6p ET
• Now, GOP's First-Ever Midterm Convention Starts in Dallas; Supreme Court to Rule on Trump's Mail-In Ballot Appeal; CNN Poll Shows No Clear Leader in Michigan Senate Race. Newly Released 9/11 Records Reveal Officials Misled Public About Air Quality Around Ground Zero; Apple's New CEO John Ternus Unveils New, Foldable Phone. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Headlines Midterm Convention Amid Record Low Approval; Trump Touts Economy as Grocery Prices Soar; Talarico Says, GOP Worried About Six Genders Instead of $6 Gas. Sen. Fetterman Surprisingly Appears in a Pre-Recorded Video at the RNC Midterm Convention; Wall Street Journal reports that the Iran War may last until the End of Donald Trump's Presidency. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• GOP Kicks Off First Midterm Convention in Dallas Today; Global Oil Prices Hit $100 a Barrel as U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks; NTSB Says, Amazon Plan Throttles were Set to Full Power Moments Before Crash. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Videos Reveal GOP Candidate's Crude Remarks About Women; Today: GOP Kicks Off First-Ever Midterm Convention In Dallas; Analysts: "Surge In Construction" At Suspected Iranian Nuclear Site. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• GOP Kicks Off First-Ever Midterm Convention in Dallas; Surge in Construction at Suspected Iranian Nuclear Site; U.S. Hits 5 Iranian Tankers, Sinks One as Tensions Escalate; Jurors in Lindsay Clancy Trial Speak Out About Deliberations. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Polls on Midterm Voting; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) is Interviewed about the GOP Convention; Repeated Vulgar statements made by Candidate Brandon Herrera; More Details on Amazon Plane Crash; Warning on A.I. From Former Anthropic Employee. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• GOP Kicks Off Midterm Convention in Dallas; Former Governor Tim Pawlenty is Interviewed about the Midterms; Gas Pries Surge Seven Cents; Blood Tests for Colorectal Cancer. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• A Look at the Polls on Israel's Image; Apple to Unveil Foldable Phone; Twiggy is Interviewed About Her Career. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hottest Summer on Record; Iran Escalates Attacks; Fear of A.I.; Trump Heads to Republican Midterm Convention. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NOAA Says 2026 Summer Heat Tops Dust Bowl Era; Trump Departs D.C. For GOP Midterm Convention in Texas; Appeals Court Hears Louisiana's Push to Restrict Abortion Pill Access. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• NFL Kicks Off Tonight With Super Bowl Rematch in Seattle; Firefighters Want Answers After Records Show Toxic Post-9/11 Air; Trump Heads to Texas for First-ever GOP Midterm Convention; New Colon Cancer Prevention Breakthrough; NTSB Says Amazon Plane Throttles Set to Full Power Moments Before Crash; Yields Rise After Treasury Says It Will Buy Up to $6 Billion in Bonds. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Takes Questions Before Heading to GOP's Midterm Convention; OpenAI Says It Cracked 90-Year-Old Math Mystery in 88 Hours; Veterans Groups Urge Congress to Pass Take Care of America's Veterans Act. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trumps Says War with Iran "Is Going to End" After the Midterms; Soon: GOP Kicks Off First-Ever Midterm Convention in Dallas; Third Anthropic Employee Warns A.I. Could Kill All Humans 3-3:30p ET
• Two Tankers Struck by Drones in Persian Gulf; Surge in Construction at Suspected Iranian Nuclear Site; Oil Hits $100 for First Time Since July; Lindsay Clancy's Attorney Plans to File Motion to Stop a Retrial. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.N. Calls for Boost in Funding to Avert Humanitarian Crisis; Houthis Say Saudi Arabia Carries Out 30+ Airstrikes on Yemen; Iran Fires Missiles at Jordan After U.S. Hits Five IRGC Tankers; NYC Mayor Said Officials Misled City on Air Quality After 9/11; Defense Attorney Willing to Work Out Plea Deal for Clancy; Thieves Steal Paintings From Renoir Museum in France; Alcaraz, Shelton Battle in Late Night Bid for Spot in Semifinal. Aired 2-3a ET
• Donald Trump Threatens Trade Bans following Tariffs from Canada; CNN Gets Up-Close with the First A.I. Actor Tilly Norwood; Thieves Stole Four Artworks from Renoir, Two of the Four Remains Missing. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Iran Fires Missiles At Jordan After U.S. Hits Five IRGC Tankers; Report: Netanyahu Was Warned Of Hamas Attack Before October 7; Air Traffic Control Outage Disrupts Flights At U.K. Airports; Spain Expected To Declassify Reports On Ceuta Migrant Crisis. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Trump Threatens Trade Bans After Canada Imposes New Tariffs; Funeral Services Getting Underway For Norway's King Harald; Witness Who Was In Van With Man Killed By ICE Speaks Out. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Foreperson: Holdout Juror Admitted to 'Reasonable Doubt'; Republican Midterm Convention to Kick off in Dallas; How Do Schools Teach 9/11 to the Next Generation? Aired 6-6:30a ET
• White House Plan for Stay-At-Home Parents; Mamdani Rejects Giuliani's Calls; Trump's Accounts of 9/11. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Could Cause Kill All Humans; U.S. Strikes 5 Iranian Tankers After Iran Fired at U.S. Warship; Iran Fires Missiles at Jordan After U.S. Hits Iranian Tankers; Iran Threatens to Hit Oil Tankers Near Bahraini & Kuwaiti Ports; Russia Strikes Ukraine Just Days After U.S. Envoys Attempt Peace Talks. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; SAE Launches Dozens of Strikes at Houthis; Netanyahu Warned of Hamas Attack before October 7; U.K., France and Canada to Ban Imports from Israeli Settlements; First-Ever Republican Midterm Convention Kicks Off in Texas; Major U.K. Flight Disruption Continues for Second Day; Hollywood's First AI Actor. Aired 10-10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Holds Convention As Iran War Intensifies, Oil Prices Soar; New Filing: Election Officials Push Back On Trump's Mail-In Voting Plan; CNN On Front Lines Of War That Could Drive Oil Prices Even Higher. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• New CNN Poll: Jackson Voters Say They're Voting Against Collins; New CNN Poll: Half Of Michigan Voters Say El-Sayed Too Liberal; Price Of Gas Surges To $4.22 On First Day Of GOP Convention; Trump On GOP Convention: "Everybody Wants To Be There"; GOP Candidate Compared Women's Weight To "Whales", "Elephants". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Video Reveal GOP Candidate's Crude Remarks About Women; Democrats Shoulder Cash Disadvantage Two Months Before Midterms; Michigan GOP Representative Fights to Hold on in Purple District. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. and Iranian Strikes Escalate Around the Strait of Hormuz; Tensions Not Relenting More Than a Month in the Spanish Exclave of Ceuta After Mass Influx of Migrants; Anthropic Warns A.I. Could Kill Humanity by the End of the Decade. Tensions High in Spain's Ceuta a Month After Migrant Influx; Trial Begins Over Murder of American and Australian Surfers; U.N. Condemns Growing Civilian Casualties in South Lebanon; Top Anthropic Researcher Quits, Warns A.I. May Kill Humanity. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Midterm Convention Turns into Trump Show; Former Anthropic Researches Speaks Out on A.I.; Clancy Attorney Speaks Out. Aired 11p- 12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Saudi Arabia Vows Retaliation after Houthi Rebels Attack; Former Anthropic Employee: AI could Kill us all by End of Decade; Jurors in Lindsay Clancy Trial Speak Out about Deliberations; First Republican Midterm Convention Kicks Off in Texas; Witness who was in Van with Man Killed by I.C.E. Speaks Out; Blood Tests May Reveal Clues to Risk Under Age 45. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Surge in U.S. And Iranian Attacks After Weeks Of Relative Calm; Oil Prices Top $100 A Barrel For First Time Since July; CNN Poll: No Clear Leader In Maine, Michigan 22Senate Races; More Delays On Second Day Of Major U.K. Flight Disruption; Frustrated Firefighters React To 9/11 Toxic Air Quality Report; New Apple CEO Expected To Launch Foldable iPhone; New Data: The U.S. Just Had Its Hottest Summer On Record; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Apple Announces Long-Awaited Foldable iPhone Duo; U.S. Bond Yields Climb Ahead of Treasury's $6 Billion Buyback Plan; Ex-Anthropic Employee: A.I. Could Out by End of Decade; Republicans Hoping to Drive Enthusiasm with Texas Convention; U.K. Airports Scramble to Recover from Air Traffic Control Outage; All-Business Class Airline Competes for Premium Travelers; A.I. Actor Tilly Norwood Wants an Oscar. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Two-Day Republican Convention Kicking Off In Dallas; Jurors In Lindsay Clancy Trial Talk Deliberations, Holdout Juror; Hurricane Lowell Turns Deadly; NTSB: Pilots Applied Full Power Seconds Before Crash In Miami. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Clancy Attorney Signals He May Be Open To A Plea Deal; GOP Hosting Rare Midterm Convention With Weeks To Go Until Election Day; Extraordinary SEC Move Could Expel LSU From Conference. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Hits Five Iranian Tankers, Sinks One as Tensions Escalate; War, Tariffs, Affordability Weigh Heavy on Voters; Firefighters Demand Answers on Records Revealing Toxic Air After 9/11. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Iran Launches New Attacks; Trump to Headline Republican Midterm Convention; Republican Texas Congressional Candidate Under Fire; FDNY Speaks Out on 9/11 Air Quality Documents. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Foldable iPhone?; New Hope in Cancer Detection; Fight Over Medication Abortion in Court; Lindsay Clancy Jurors Speak Out; Outrage Grows Over Post-9/11 Air Quality Documents. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• "Disbelief" Over Docs Revealing Toxic Air After 9/11; How Cartels Are Using Drones As Their Eyes on the U.S. Border. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Speaks At GOP's Midterm Convention In Dallas; Trump At GOP's Midterm Convention: "I'm On The Ballot"; Ex-Anthropic Employee: AI Could "Kill Us All" By End Of Decade. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Norway: Zelenskyy's Plane Nearly Hit by Drone; U.S. and Iran Exchange Fire; IAEA Passes Resolution Reporting Iran to Security Council; Stark New Warning from A.I. Researcher; Trump Arrives in Dallas For First-Ever Midterm Convention; Tensions High in Spain's Ceuta a Month After Migrant Influx. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Touts Sold-Out Event, But Some in GOP Staying Away; Report Claims Netanyahu was Warned of Hamas Attack Before October 7th; Interview with Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Entertainment Industry Tax Incentives; Trump to Kick Off Republican Midterm Convention; NTSB: Pilots Applied Full Power Seconds Before Crash in Miami; Thieves Steal Paintings from Renoir Museum in France. Aired 12-1a ET
• Schiff: Republicans Trying To Shift Focus Away From Issues; Netanyahu Refutes Israel Was Warned Of 2023 Hamas Attack; Witness Who Was In Van With Man Killed By ICE Speaks Out; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive System for Voter Purges; Rams Face 49ers in First Regular Season Game in Australia. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• U.S.-Iran Tanker Attacks Signal A Dangerous New Phase In War; Global Oil Prices Hit $100 A Barrel, Highest Level Since July; Republicans Holding Unprecedented Midterm Convention; Anthropic Researcher Quits, Warns A.I. May Kill Humanity; Clancy Jurors: Holdout "Admitted He Had Reasonable Doubt". Aired 3-4p ET