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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump And Texas Senate Candidate Talarico Both In Lubbock; RFK, Jr. Faces Backlash Over His Anti-Arab Remarks; Sources: DOJ Fails To Indict Former WH Aide Cassidy Hutchinson; Trump Calls Dem. Senate Candidate In Mississippi "A Disaster"; El-Sayed Campaign Condemns "Race-Baiting" Remarks From RFK Jr.; Trump Again Boasts U.S. Is "Making A Fortune" Off The War In Iran; Acton Says She's "Stunned" By What She's Learned In Wake Of Controversial Ad; Rep. Beatty Seeks Dozens Of Messages That Allegedly Show Scope Of Trump's Influence Over Kennedy Center Management. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with The New Yorker Staff Writer Susan Glasser; Interview with "Redemption: Faith, Justice and Sisterhood on Death Row" Author Lawrence Wright; Interview with The New York Times Reporter Lisa Lehr. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Now: Polls Closed In Israel As Netanyahu Fights To Keep Power; Trump Returns To Texas Amid GOP Anxiety Over Senate Race; Poll: Voters Say GOP Would Produce More Corruption Than Dems. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump In Texas, Where Dems Hope To Snap Losing Streak In Key Races; Ramaswamy Tells Voters "Relax" In New Ohio Governor's Race Ad; GOP Ads Target Dem. Nominee's Relationship In Maine Senate Race; Alex Pretti's Parents Speak With CNN 9 Months After Son's Killing; Sources: DOJ Fails To Indict Fmr. WH Aide Cassidy Hutchinson; Netanyahu And Rival Lack Majority Needed To Win, Exit Polls Show. Aired 5-6p ET
• Midterm Sprint Hits Final Week With Control Of Congress At Stake; Trump Says, I'll Respect Election Results If They're Honest; Pennsylvania Voters Sound Off On Election Issues; Now: Judge Hears Arguments In DOJ's Attempt To Set Aside California Ballots; Exit Polls: Netanyahu's Support Plunges. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Lays Groundwork To Sow Doubt In Midterm Results; Trump Campaigns In Texas With One Week Until Election; Democrat Stars Debate Whether Party Needs To Be In Center Or Left; Anthropic Lists Possible Risks Ahead Of IPO; Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Suffering Rebuke As No Clear Winner Yet In Israel's Critical Polls. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Midterms Enter Final Week With Control of Congress at Stake; DOJ Charges Former FBI Director James Comey for Third Time; Hegseth's Faith Adviser Shared Racist and Homophobic Posts. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Today: Trump In Texas For Third Time This Month To Bolster Republicans; Israel Heads To The Polls As Netanyahu Seeks To Stay In Power; Brewers On The Brink After 10-1 Rout Of Rays In Game 3. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): Trump Offers $1 Million for Voter Fraud Tips, But Experts Say It's Rare; Midterms Enter Final Week with Control of Congress at Stake; DOJ Charges Former FBI Director James Comey for Third Time; Posts Reveal Extremist Views of Hegseth's Key Adviser. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• A look at the Michigan Sente Polls; Obama Campaigns in Georgia Tomorrow; Two Former South Carolina Governors Back Democrat in Senate Race; New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez is Interviewed about Election Monitors; Georgia Attorney General Candidate Tanya Miller is Interviewed about Election Monitors. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Ramps up Election Doubt; DOJ to Send Election Monitors; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is Interviewed about Election Monitors; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about Pete Hegseth's Faith Adviser. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• GOP Fights to Hold South Carolina Senate Seat; Polls on Gas Prices and Trump; Actor Timothy Simons is Interviewed about "Nobody Wants This." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Democrats Set For Blue Wave?; Interview With Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX); Trump Campaigns in Texas. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• FBI Searches Beverly Hills Mansion Tied to Former Rep. Eric Swalwell; Ohio Becomes Unexpected Battleground After Years of GOP Wins; Voting Underway in Israeli National Elections; Two British Men Charged With Helping Iran Over Fairford Airbase Incident; CDC Issues New Travel Order Over Ebola Fears. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• CDC Issues New Travel Order Over Ebola Fears; Midterms Enter Final Week With Control of Congress at Stake; Alex Pretti's Parents Demanding Answers; Candidates Lean Into A.I. Models for Election Messaging; DOJ Charges Former FBI Director, James Comey for Third Time. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Texas Early Vote Suggests Democratic, Latino Enthusiasm; Former Texas Chief Justice, A Republican, Backs Talarico for Senate; Republican Texas State Rep is Not Voting for Ken Paxton; President Trump's Approval Numbers are Historically Low; Alex Pretti's Family Accuses Feds of Stonewalling. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Trump Stumps For Paxton As Dems Eye Senate Upset; Trump Ramps Up Efforts To Sow Election Doubt With One Week To Go; Trump Offers $1M For Voter Fraud Tips, But Experts Say It's Rare; FBI Searches Beverly Hills Mansion Tied To Former Rep. Eric Swalwell; Sources: Bolsonaro Flees Brazil, Heads To U.S. After Election Loss. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump's Promises Not Enough in Nevada as Voters Face Rising Costs; Polls Close at 4:00 p.m. Eastern in Israeli National Election; Israel Voting on Whether to Oust Netanyahu After 3 Years of War; Judge Puts New Limits on Trump's DC Golf Course Renovation. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Israelis Vote In First Election Since October 7 Hamas Attack; Donald Trump Speaks In Mississippi On Final Leg Of Red State Blitz; Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Celebrates Historic Reelection; Sources Says U.S. Ready For Major Iran Strikes If Donald Trump Chooses; Iran Hosts Top Officials From Mecca Alliance for Talks; U.N. Inquiry Finds Israel Committed Genocide in Gaza After Truce; Venezuela's Machado Returns From Exile to Cheering Crowds; Pope Leo's South America Trip Next Month to Go Ahead; DOJ Accuses Former FBI Director, James Comey of 2016 Info Leak; Investors Brace for Expected Record-Breaking Anthropic IPO. Aired 2-3a ET
• Israel Votes for the First Time Since October 7 Attacks Three Years Ago; Trump Hits Back Obama Ahead of the Final Campaign Week Before the Midterms. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• CNN International: Israelis Vote In First Election Since October 7 Hamas Attack; Trump Speaks In Mississippi On Final leg Of Red State Blitz; U.N. Panel Accuses Russia Of War Crimes In Ukraine; Iran Hosts Top Officials From Mecca Alliance For Talks. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Lula Da Silva Celebrates Historic Reelection; Graham And Andrews Locked In South Carolina Senate Shutdown; Investors Brace For Expected Record-Breaking Anthropic IPO. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Fraud v. Corruption: Trump, Dems Push Competing Midterm Messages; Trump on Higher Gas Prices: 'I Don't Give a Damn'; Israeli Elections: A Referendum on Netanyahu? Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Two Former South Carolina Governors Back Democrat in Senate Race; Some Dems in Red States Shift on Transgender Issue; El-Sayed Campaign Disavows a Super PAC Ad; Vance Campaigns in Montana. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Israel Holds First General Election Since October 7 Attack; U.S. Justice Department Charges Comey Over Alleged Classified Leak; Localized Ceasefire Brokered by Melania Trump Takes Effect; Flavio Bolsonaro Says Police Have Asked for His Passports; Investors Brace for Expected Record- breaking Anthropic IPO. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Voting Underway as Netanyahu Fights for His Political Survival; U.S. midterms Countdown; Russia's War on Ukraine; Russian Diesel Deal Investigation; Former FBI Director James Comey Charged for Third Time. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Special Edition Of OutFront: Countdown To The Election. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Campaigns In Multiple Red States To Get Out Of Vote; More Than 32 Million Americans Have Already Voted; Texas Latinos Make Up Nearly A Quarter Of Early Vote; Elon Musk Pours $158M Into Texas Senate Rate; DOJ Plans To Send 1,000 Election Monitors To All 50 States; Trump Admin. Challenging Limits Of Federal Role In Midterm Voting; Polls: No Clear Leader In Michigan Senate Race. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• El-Sayed, Rogers Are Deadlocked In Crucial Michigan Senate Race; Polls: No Clear Leader In Michigan Senate Race; Trump To Return To SC Thursday To Boost Darline Graham; GOP Rep. Ralph Norman Bashes Trump And Graham; Obama's "Cheesecake Factory" Dig Roils White House; Locals Priced Out As Affordability Shapes NC House Battleground. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Israelis Head To The Polls In The First Elections Since October 7th Attack; Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Corina Machado Returns To Venezuela; President Donald Trump Heads To Texas As Republicans Try To Win Voters With Just One Week Until The Midterm Elections; Venezuela's Machado Returns From Exile To Cheering Crowds; Record Voter Turnout In Israel; Gadi Eisenkot Emerges As Netanyahu's Main Challenger; Melania Trump: Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire has Expanded. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• More Prominent Republicans Ditch Paxton, Endorse Talarico; Trump Makes New Push to Cast Doubt on Midterm Results; Trump Touts MAGA Approval but Ignores All Other Polling; GOP's Bet on Redistricting Texas at Risk of Backfiring. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israelis Vote in First Election Since October 7th Attack; One Week to Midterms as Control of Congress Hangs in Balance; Leaders of Finland, Norway Call Putin ahead of Peace Talks; Arab Voters Could be Crucial in Israeli Elections; Affordability a Key Issue in Nevada Ahead of Midterms; Jay-Z to Headline Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Israelis Vote In First Election Since October 7 Attack; Countdown To The U.S. Midterm Elections; Michigan Senate Nominees Seek To Convince Black Voters; Defeated Bolsonaro Will Not Challenge Result; Many Israeli Expats Flew Home To Vote; CNN Asks Anthropic's Own Chatbot, Claude, To Explain The IPO; Calls For British Apology, Reparations For Slave Trade; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Exit Polls Suggest No Clear Winner in Israeli Elections; Counting Underway in Israeli General Election. Aired 4:15-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Senate Control In Focus With Midterms 1 Week Away; Trump Campaigns In Mississippi On Final Leg Of Red-State Blitz; Trump Targets Obama Over White House Jab; Justice Department Accuses Former FBI Director James Comey of 2016 Info Leak. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Trump Campaigns In Mississippi On Final Leg Of Red-State Blitz; Justice Department Accuses Former FBI Director James Comey Of 2016 Info Leak; Sources: U.S. Ready For Major Iran Strike If Trump Decides To Move Forward. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• 31 Million-Plus Early Votes Already Cast in Midterm Elections; DOJ Dispatching 1,000 Election Monitors Across All 50 States; Israel Votes in First Nationwide Election Since Oct. 7 Attack. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• FBI Continues Eric Swalwell Investigation; Will Blue Wave Happen?. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Interview With Kansas Republican Party Chairwoman Danedri Herbert; Interview With Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Notable Senators Stump for Graham in Competitive SC Race; Trump Takes Questions Before Heading to Texas for Midterm Rallies; Appeals Court Rejects DOJ Bid to Block 20,000 California Ballots. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Rallies In Texas One Week Before Election Day; Trump Suggests Oil-Rich Venezuela Could Become 51st State; Source: Trump Approved Allowing Flavio Bolsonaro To Enter U.S. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Exit Polls Suggest No Clear Winner in Israeli Elections; Donald Trump Endorses Netanyahu; Massive Turnout for Israeli Elections; Sources: Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for U.S.; Palestinians Protest Displacements in Occupied West Bank; Election Day in U.S. Just One Week Away. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Israelis to Vote in First Election Since October 7th Hamas Attack; Court Rejects DOJ Demand to Set Aside Some California Ballots; Federal Judge Fast Tracks DOJ's Alaska Election Lawsuit; Gadi Eisenkot Emerges as Netanyahu's Main Challenger; Trump Claims Brazil's Presidential Election Looked "Rigged"; Rep. Omar Appears at Event with Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker; Obama & Trump Hit Campaign Trail Ahead of Midterms; Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Lays Out Her Vision for L.A. Aired 12-1a ET
• Israelis Vote In First Election Since October 7 Attacks; Trump Stumps For Republicans In Deep-Red Mississippi; Court Blocks Bid By Trump DOJ To Stop California From Counting Mail-In Ballots; Anthropic Warns AI may Pose "Existential Risks To Humanity" In IPO Filing; Catholic Bishops Apologize after Video of Praying Over Trump; Republicans Fear Low Evangelical Turnout in Midterms; Affordability a Key Issue in Nevada Ahead of Midterms; Actor Walter Koenig, Best Known for "Star Trek" Dies at 90; "Looney Tunes" Voice Actor Eric Bauza Dies at 46. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Netanyahu, Eisenkot Seeking Last-Minute Votes Just Before Polls Close In Israeli Election; U.S. Official: Flavio Bolsonaro Flying To Florida After Defeat; One Week To Go: Trump Campaigns Today In Texas. Aired 3-4p ET