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May 13, 2025


May 12, 2025
• Male Revue Show Manager Takes Stand in Sean Combs Trial; White House Considering Suspending Habeas Corpus; Trump Signs Executive Order on Prescription Drug Prices. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump: "Friendly" Trade Talks with China, Relationship is "Very Good"; China Trade Breakthrough May Help U.S. Avoid A Recession; U.S. & China Agree to Roll Back Tariffs for 90 Days; Israeli-American Hostage Free After 18-Month Ordeal. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Prosecutors Show Hotel Assault Video in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; Staffing Shortages, Another Equipment Outage Plague Newark Airport; Trump Defends Plan to Accept Qatari Jet as Air Force One Replacement. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Stocks Soar On 90-Day Rollback Of U.S.-China Tariffs; Witness In Combs Trial Describes Videotaped Attack On Cassie Ventura; Israeli- American Hostage Released By Hamas, Back In Israeli Territory. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Prosecution Calls First Witness in Sean Combs Trial; Interview with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman; Dems at Newark ICE Altercation Accuse Trump DOJ of Intimidation. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial Begins; Hamas Releases American Hostage; Trump Backing Down on China Tariffs?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Markets Surge at Open; Trump to Speak about Trade Truce; Edan Alexander to be Released; President Trump News Conference. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• U.S. and China Trade Truce; Plane Gift Being Worked Out; Another Equipment Outage at Newark. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Another Outage Disrupts Flights; Opening Statements Expected in Combs Trial; Hamas Announces Release of Hostage. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Meets with Media for First Time Since Becoming Pope; Interview with Kevin Hassett, Director, White House Economic Council: U.S. and China Agree to Roll Back Tariffs in Major Trade Breakthrough; Opening Statements Expected in Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Trial; Interview with Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY): U.S. and China Tariff Agreement, Trump to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Hamas Announcement Of Imminent Release Of Last Living U.S. Hostage; Opening Statements Expected In Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Trial; Newark Mayor Arrested During Protest Against Immigration Facility. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. and China Agree to Roll Back Tariffs in Major Trade Breakthrough; Opening Statements Expected in Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Trial; Pacers Build 41-Point Halftime Lead, Rout Cavs in Game 4. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 09, 2025
• Pope Leo XIV Opens First Homily with Statement in English; Trump Threatens Sanctions if Putin Doesn't Accept Ceasefire. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Makes Concession: "80 Percent On China Seems Right"; China's Exports To U.S. Plunged 21 Percent In April Amid Trump Tariffs; Ex-Girlfriend Of Sean "Diddy" Combs Could Take Stand On Monday; Final Selection Of Jury Delayed After Some Prospective Jurors Removed; Testimony Expected To Begin On Monday In Combs' Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Kushner Advising Trump Officials Ahead of Mideast Trip; Man Killed in 2021 Speaks to His Killer in Court Via AI; Answering Viewer Questions About Lead Exposure Risks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• U.S. And China To Hold Key Trade Talks Tomorrow; Trump Says 80 Percent Tariff On China Seems Right, It's Up To Bessent; Newark Controllers Lose Radar, Radio Contact Again; Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass As New Pope. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• India and Pakistan Trade Blame as Conflict Spirals; Judge Orders Immediate Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE; Migrants Waited Hours on a Bus, Expecting Deportation to Libya; Soviet-Era Spacecraft Due to Crash Back to Earth. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Another Outage Hits Newark Airport; Pope Leo Celebrates First Mass; Trump Backing Down on China Tariffs?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Victim In Road Rage Shooting Talks To His Killer In Court Via AI; Kyiv Accuses Russia Of Violating Putin's Declared Three-Day Truce; Migrants, Believed To Be Destined For Libya, Sat On A Bus For Hours Then Abruptly Returned To Detention Facility. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Jury Could Be Seated in Sean Combs' Criminal Trial; Trump Signals Possible Cut on China Tariff from 145% to 80%; Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Has Died; Leo XIV, The First American Pope, Delivers His First Homily. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Jury Could be Seated in Combs Trial; Joseph Shamie is Interviewed about Trump's Tariffs; American's Feelings on Gulf of America; Viewer Questions about Lead. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Leo XIV Begins First Homily as Pope in His Native English; Trump Signals Possible Cut on China Tariff from 145 Percent to 80 Percent; DOT Announces Plans to Build New Air Traffic Control System. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His First Mass As Pontiff; AI Video Of Slain Man Speaks To His Killer In Court; President Trump Calls For 30- Day Unconditional Ceasefire. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Began First Homily In English; U.S. And China To Hold Key Trade Talks In Switzerland This Weekend; Today, Jury Could Be Seated In Sean Diddy Combs Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 08, 2025
• Robert Prevost Elected First American Pope, Takes Name Leo XIV. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Robert Prevost Elected First American Pope, Takes Name Leo XIV; U.S. Catholics React to the First American Pope; Pope Leo XIV is a Dual U.S.-Peruvian Citizen, Former Missionary; Transportation Secy. Unveils Air Traffic Control System Overhaul; Trump, Prime Minister Starmer Announce U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal; Trump Calls U.K. Trade Agreement "First in a Series" of Deals. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Robert Prevost Elected First American Pope, Takes Name Leo XIV. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• First American Pope Takes Name of Pope Leo XIV. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• First American Pope, Leo XIV, Addresses the World. Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• First American Pope Elected. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Former Memphis Officers Acquitted; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about the U.K. Deal; Saving Venice Airs Sunday. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump to Announce U.K. Deal; Duffy to Announce Air Traffic Overhaul; Third Round of Voting for Pope; U.K. Trade Deal to Be Announced. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• James Surowiecki is Interviewed about the Trade Deal with U.K.; Gates Announces He's Giving Away his Wealth; Milwaukee Schools Face Lead Contamination Crisis; China's President in Moscow. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump to Announce Major Trade Deal with the U.K.; Interview with Ron Wyden (D-OR): Trump's Trade Deals, CIA Cuts, Reorganization; Black Smoke Billows as Third Round of Voting Brings No New Pope; United Airline CEO: We are Finally Going to Get Air Traffic Modernized and Fixed. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• No Pope Chosen, Cardinals Prepare For Another Round Of Voting; Fired Federal Workers Struggle To Get Their Jobs Back; India Confirms It Targeted Pakistani Military Installations. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Black Smoke Billows as Third Ballot Brings No New Pope; Soon, Trump to Announce Major Trade Deal With the U.K.; CIA Bracing for Significant Cuts, Reorganization. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 07, 2025
• Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan at Risk of Wider Conflict; Interview with Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL): Ford Hikes Prices on It's Made-in-Mexico Vehicles, Tariffs. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Smoke Billowing from Sistine Chapen Chimney; Black Smoke Billows from Sistine Chapel Chimney; No Pope Elected; No Pope Elected in First Round of Voting at the Conclave; Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Trump's Trade War. Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan at Risk of Wider Conflict. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FAA Announces Staffing Increases, Upgrades After Newark Meltdown; Real ID Now Required for Air Travel withing U.S.; Utah's Ban on Fluoride in Public Drinking Water Starts Today. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cardinals in Sistine Chapel to Elect the New Pope, People Expect to See the Smoke Soon; Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Trump's Trade War; U.S. And Chinese Officials to Meet This Week in Switzerland. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. and Chinese Officials to Meet this Week in Switzerland; Cardinals in Sistine Chapel to Elect New Pope; Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan at Risk of Wider Conflict. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Trade War; Federal Reserve Set to Announce Decision on Interest Rates; Papal Conclave Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Long Lines in Chicago for Real ID; Markets Open Ahead of Fed Decision; Conclave Process for Pope; Jury Not Seated in Combs Trial; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Real ID Required for Air Travel; FAA on Newark Airport Problems; Rev. Patrick Mary Briscoe is Interviewed about the Voting for a New Pope; India and Pakistan on Brink of War. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) is Interviewed about the Immigration Crackdown; Disney Announces New Theme Park; Numbers on Conclave Voting; Ken Rogoff is Interviewed about Interest Rates; Another Fighter Jet Lost off the USS Harry S. Truman. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan on the Brink of War; Cardinals Prepare for First Round of Voting to Elect New Pope; Controller: Newark Airport Outage Most Dangerous Situation; Real ID Now Required for Air Travel within U.S. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Officials To Meet With China: Signaling Openness To Trade Negotiations; Cardinals Prepare For First Round Of Voting To Elect Pope; DOT Secretary: Working To Reduce Delays, Cancellations At Newark Airport. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Cardinals Prepare for First Round of Voting to Elect New Pope; Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan on the Brink of War; Real I.D. Now Required for Air Travel Within U.S. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 06, 2025
• White House Admits No Negotiations with China, Despite Trump Assurances; DHS Begins Enforcing Real ID Rules Tomorrow; Trump Considering Limiting Payments to College Athletes. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Canadian PM in Oval Office Meeting: Canada "Wont' be for Sale Ever"; Trump: We Will Set the Price of Doing Business in America; Soon: Canadian PM Speaks After Meeting with Trump; Newark Airport Hit with More Flight Delays, Cancellations. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sen. John Fetterman Breaks Silence on New York Magazine Allegations; Appeals Court Weighs Whether Detained Tufts Student Should Be Moved; Trump Says U.S. to Stop Strikes on Houthis in Yemen. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Travelers, TSA Brace for Real Id Requirements; Trump Meets With Canadian PM Amid Historic Tensions; Canadian PM in Oval Office Meeting Says Canada Won't Be for Sale Ever; Ships With Chinese Goods Arrive Half-Full, First Since 145 Percent Tariffs. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Plans to Shut Down Money-Saving Energy Star Program; Secret Gathering to Choose Next Pope Starts Tomorrow; Global Superbug Threat Comes From Unseen Fungal Spores. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Ground Delays at Newark Airport; Interview With Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton; Trump Meets With Canadian Prime Minister. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Day Two in Combs Trial; Israel Attacks Yemen Capital; Millions Under Flood Watches. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• FAA Imposes Grand Delay at Newark; Divisions Over Budget Proposal; Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Meet. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Day Two in Combs Jury Selection; Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Real ID Enforcement Starts Tomorrow; Karen Read Retrial Testimony. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Carney to Meet at White House Amid Trade Tensions; FAA Imposes New Ground Delay for Newark-Bound Flights; Trump Orders Reopening of Alcatraz for Ruthless and Violent Offenders; Interview with Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL): Hearing on Suspected Chinese Espionage Operation in Cuba. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Mattel Plans To Raise Prices On Toys, Including Barbie Dolls; Trump, Canadian PM Carney To Meet At White House Amid Trade Tensions; Vatican To Deactivate Mobile Phone Signals Before Vote. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• FAA Imposes New Ground Delay for Newark-Bound Flights; Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Carney to Meet at White House Amid Trade Tensions; Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Cut Number of Senior Generals by 20 Percent. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 05, 2025
• Controllers Union Says Newark Delays Caused by Employees' Leave Or Absence; Trump Won't Rule Out Using Military Force to Obtain Greenland; Americans Still Don't Know How and When to Wash Their Hands. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Federal Judge To Hear Arguments On Deporting Venezuelan Migrants To El Salvador; Source: Trump Met With Actor Jon Voight At Mar-a-Lago Just Before Announcing Plan To Tariff Foreign-Made Movies; Trump Claims U.S. Movie Industry Has Been "Decimated"; Today: Government Resumes Collecting Defaulted Student Loan Payments; Trial Of Rap Mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs Begins Today; Excused Prospective Juror Called Combs Video "Damning". Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Rubio Meeting with National Security Council Staff Today; Brazilian Police Foil Alleged Plot to Attack Lady Gaga Concert; Study: Immunotherapy Helps Certain Cancer Patients Avoid Surgery. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Federal Judge to Hear Arguments on Deporting Venezuelan Migrants to El Salvador; DHS Says It Will Pay Undocumented Migrants to Leave U.S.; Trump Says I Don't Know if I Need to Uphold Constitution, Says Administration Will Obviously Follow the Supreme Court; Hollywood Shaken by Trump's Tariff Plan for Movie Industry. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Newark Airport Hit with 8th Straight Day of Flight Delays, Cancellations; Israel Approves Plan to Expand Military Operations in Gaza; Trump Administration Starts Talks with DOJ to Reopen Alcatraz. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Bessent: Trade Deals Coming "Maybe As Early As This Week"; WH Says No "Final" Decision Made After Trump Orders 100% Tariff On Foreign-Made Movies; Today: Govt Resumes Collecting Defaulted Student Loan Payments; Sean "Diddy" Combs On Trial As Jury Selection Begins. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Markets Dip at Open; Tariffs on Foreign-Made Movies; Severe Storms for the Eastern U.S. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Jury Selection Begins in Combs Trial; Trump Wants Tariffs on Foreign-Made Movies; Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) is Interviewed about Trump and Tariffs; Miller Possible NSA Contender; Israel Approves New Plan. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Immunotherapy Breakthrough for Cancer; Attack Thwarted at Lady Gaga Concert; Court Resumes in Read Retrial. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump: I Don't Know if I Have to Uphold the Constitution; Interview with Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY): Trump's Tariffs on Foreign- Made Movies, Economy; NY Budget Plan; Newark Airport Hit with Flight Delays, Cancellations for 8th Day; Government Restarts Collection of Defaulted Student Loans. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Downplays Possible Tariff-Caused Price Increases; Sources: Israel Approves New Plan For War In Gaza, Aid System; Soon: Jury Selection Begins In Sean Combs Federal Criminal Trial. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Touts New Plans For Alcatraz, Tariff On Foreign-Made Movies; Newark Airport Hit With Flight Delays, Cancellations For 8th Day; Trump: Stephen Miller Possible Contender For National Security Adviser; Curry, Hield Spark Warriors Over Rockets In Game 7. Aired 7- 7:30a ET


May 02, 2025
• White House Confirms Military Parade on Trump's Birthday; Interview with Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA): Stocks Rally After Jobs Report, Signs of China Trade Talks; Jury Selection Starts Monday in Sean Diddy Combs Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Stocks Rally After Solid Jobs Report; China Says "Door Is Open" To Begin U.S. Trade Talks; Police: 7 People Dead In Crash Near Yellowstone Natl Park; CPB Pushes Back On Trump Order To End Funding For NPR & PBS; Sources: White House Considering Labeling Suspected Gang, Cartel Members Inside U.S. As "Enemy Combatants." Aired 3-3:30p ET
• First Driverless Semis Start Running Regular Long-Haul Routes; Prince Harry Tells BBC His Father, King Charles, Won't Speak to Me; Inside the Fight to Save Florida's Manatees. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Stocks Rally After Solid Jobs Report Beats Expectations; VP Vance Says War In Ukraine Not Going To End Anytime Soon; Canada's Pm Says He'll Meet Trump Next Week, With Focus on Tariffs; China Says Door Is Open To Being U.S. Trade Talks; McDonald's Reports Worst Quarterly Sales Drop Since COVID; Casual Dining Chains Hurting As Middle-Income Families Spend Less; More Americans Using Buy Now, Pay Later Loans For Groceries; First Driverless Semis Start Running Regular Long-haul Routes. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Prince Harry Loses Appeal of Rollback on His UK Security Detail; CPB Pushes Back on Trump Order to End Funding for NPR and PBS; Tennessee Authorities Release Bodycam Video of Abrego Garcia Traffic Stop; Prince Harry Tells BBC He Wants Reconciliation with Royal Family. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Solid Jobs Report. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Waltz Ousted as National Security Adviser; Markets Open after Jobs Report; Mac Harman is Interviewed About Tariffs; Prince Harry Loses Appeal. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• U.S. Economy Added Jobs in April; Trump Ousts Waltz; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is Interviewed the Economy; Jury Selection Begins in Combs Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Strong U.S. April Jobs Number; Migrant Communities Gripped by Fear; Challenges to Trump's Military Transgender Ban. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Jobs Report to be Released Soon; Rubio Now Holds Four Top Federal Government Positions; White House Under Pressure to Cut Trade Deals as Economic Anxiety Builds; Intel Suggests Putin's Goals for Ukraine War May Have Shifted; Judge Bars Trump From Using Alien Enemies Act for Some Deportations. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) On Trump's First 100 Days In Office; Leaked White House Budget Plans Reveal Cuts To Overdose Prevention Programs; Justice Jackson: Attacks On Judges Undermine Democracy. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Fallout from Intel Shakeup in Trump Administration; China Evaluating Possible Trade Talks With U.S.; Gaza Aid Ship Catches Fire After Alleged Drone Attack. Aired 7-7:30a ET


May 01, 2025
• Plans Unveiled to Combat Shortage of Air Traffic Controllers; Trump to Deliver Graduation Speech at University of Alabama; 100 Men Versus 1 Gorilla: Who Would Win. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump: Mike Waltz to be Nominated as Ambassador to United Nations; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) Discusses About Mike Waltz's Nomination; Chamber of Commerce Asks Trump for Tariff Relief to "Save America's Small Businesses and Stave Off a Recession"; Sources: Intense Pressure on WH Officials to Produce Trade Deals. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Toy Company Execs Warn Tariffs to Bring Higher Prices, Shortages; Secretary Kennedy Falsely Claims MMR Vaccine Contains Aborted Fetus Debris; Trump Will Nominate Mike Waltz as Ambassador to United Nations. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Mike Waltz to Be Nominated as Ambassador to United Nations; Secretary of State Rubio to Be Interim National Security Advisor; Last Ships to Avoid Tariffs Arriving From China; Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Against White House on Some Deportations. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• National Security Adviser Mike Waltz Expected to Leave Post; In First-of-Its-Kind Ruling, Trump-Appointed Judge Says Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Unlawful; Attorney for Newly Freed Columbia Student of What Happens Next; HHS Review of Youth Gender Dysphoria Treatment Doesn't Name Authors. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• White House Seeking Trade Deals; Mike Waltz Out?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Markets Open After April Ended Down; Neil Irwin is Interviewed About the Markets; Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Jesse Keenen is Interviewed About a Major Climate Report; Belichick Defends Girlfriend in Interview. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Mineral Deal; VA No Longer Helping with Mortgages; Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Syracuse Hazing Suspects Surrender; Polls on Trump Being the Right Choice; Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) is Interviewed about Sanctions on Russia; CNN Dives into Misinformation Rabbit Hole. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months of Tense Talks; White House Impatience for Trade Deals Grows as Economy Anxiety Build; Interview with Mary Barra, Chair and CEO, GM; Trump Tariffs, Impact on Her Company; Interview with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR): Ukraine's Mineral Deal, Economy, Overdose Prevention Programs. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. And Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months Of Tense Talks; Trump Adminisratin Proposal Would Cut Overdose Prevention Programs; Court To Resume Friday After Two Days Of Key Witness Testimony. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal After Months of Tense Talks; White House Impatience for Trade Deals Grows as Economic Anxiety Builds; Sources Say, Trump Admin Weighs Sending Migrants to Libya and Rwanda. Aired 7-7:30a ET


April 30, 2025


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