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February 17, 2025
February 16, 2025
• Sources: U.S., Russia to Start Ukraine Peace Talks Soon; European Leaders to Hold Emergency Summit on Ukraine; U.S. Secretary of State Rubio Meeting Netanyahu In Jerusalem; DOJ Formally Seeks to Dismiss NY Mayor's Case, Ends Standoff; Cleanup Underway After Mud, Floodwaters Sweep Through L.A. Aired 5-6 am ET
• Peace Plans for Ukraine; U.S., Russia to Start Ukraine Peace Talks Soon; Rubio Discussing Middle East Tensions; Protests in Tel Aviv to Release All Hostages; Israel Receives U.S. Heavy Bombs; U.S. Severe Weather; Sweeping Federal Layoffs; Hampton Dellinger Allowed to Temporarily Keep Job; Pope Francis Fights Respiratory Infection; Israel Likely To Strike Iranian Nuclear Targets This Year; "Jane Doe" Drops Rape Case Against Diddy, Jay-Z. Aired 4-5a ET
• Europe Left Out of Peace Talks With Russia; Pope Francis Cancels Appearance; Panda Twins to Make Their Debut. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• U.S.-Russia Talks to Take Place in Saudi Arabia Tuesday; Ukrainians Skeptical of Future Peace with Russia; Interview with Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA); Trump Education Department Threatens Federal Funding for Considering Race; Measles Outbreak in West Texas Doubles to 48 Cases; Pope Francis Being Treated for Bronchitis in Rome Hospital; Archeologists Discover Lavish Roman Baths at Pompeii; "Lockerbie: The Bombing of Pan Am 103" Airs Next. Aired 8- 9p ET
• U.S.-Russia Talks To Take Place In Saudi Arabia Tuesday; Netanyahu Vows To "Finish the Job Against Iran" With U.S. Support; Storm Causes Flooding Across Parts Of West Virginia; UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect Thanks People For Fan Mail; White House Bans AP Indefinitely Over The Use Of Gulf Of Mexico; Kentucky Refugees, Support Agencies Reeling Impacts Of Trump Crackdown; New Mini Tournament For All-Star Game. Aired 7-8p ET
• Top Trump Officials Meet With Russians In Saudi Arabia; Department Of Education Letter Threatens Federal Funding; At Least 9 Dead As Storms Slam Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee And Virginia; Experts Worry Russian Aggression Could Go Beyond Ukraine; Measles Outbreak In West Texas Doubles To 48 Cases; Trump Disputes Rift With Elon Musk; New Mini-Tournament Format For All-Star Game. Aired 6-7p ET
• Ukraine Not Included In Russia-U.S. Talks; European Leaders To Hold Emergency Summit On Ukraine; Netanyahu Promises To Finish The Job In Iran; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) Is Interviewed On The U.S.-Russia Talks, European Leaders Emergency Summit, DOGE, And Government Funding Deadline; U.S. Winter Storm Leaves Nine Dead; Trump Administration Seek Supreme Court Help; Trump's Push To Tighten Federal Government Happening At Breakneck Speed; Tensions Boil Over As Canada Hosts U.S. In Hockey. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Dispatches Top Aides To Saudi Arabia For Russia-Ukraine Talks; Marco Rubio Travels To Israel; Trump Makes First Supreme Court Appeal To Fire Government Ethics Watchdog; Powerful Southeast Storm; SNL Celebrates 50 Years; NBA All-Star Weekend. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Sends Top Officials Around Globe To End Wars In Ukraine, Gaza; Israeli Negotiators Heading To Cairo For Talks In Gaza; At Least Nine Killed As Powerful Overnight Storm Races East. Aired 3-4p ET
• At Least Nine Killed As Powerful Overnight Storm Races East; U.S.-Russian Officials To Begin Ukraine Peace Talks; European Leaders To Hold Emergency Summit On Ukraine; Rubio: Iran Threatens Peace And Security In The Middle East; Israeli Negotiators Heading To Cairo For Talks on Gaza; Trump Faces Mounting Legal Challenges In His Efforts To Purge Federal Agencies; Measles Outbreak In West Texas Doubles To 48 Cases; President Trump Arrives At The Daytona 500; USA And Canada Face Off In Fierce Four Nations Battle. Aired 2-3p ET
February 15, 2025
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Speaks at Munich Security Conference; IDF Says Released Hostages Now Back in Israel; Trump Officials Hire, Then Rehire Nuclear Stockpile Workers. Aired 5- 6a ET
• IDF Says Released Hostages Now Back in Israel; U.S. vice president Leaving Ukraine Options Open for POTUS; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Speaks at Munich Security Conference. Aired 4-5a ET
• Gaza Militants to Release Three Hostages Held for 498 Days; Three Israeli Hostages Now in Red Cross Custody; U.S. vice President Slams European Democracies in Munich Speech; Pope Francis Hospitalized for Bronchitis; Three Hostages Now in IDF Custody; Mt. Etna Displays Nature's Power. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Administration's Purge Of Federal Workforce Escalates; Multiple Prosecutors Quit Over Trump's Order To Drop Case Against NYC Mayor; Elon Musk Given Broad Authorities Over Hiring, Firing Of Fed Workers; Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks To Start Soon In Saudi Arabia; Flu Season In The US Is The Most Intense It's Been In At Least 15 Years; Hamas Releases Three More Hostages, Including An Israeli-American; Woman Drops Lawsuit Against Jay-Z And Sean Combs. Aired 7-8p ET
• Russia: Many Ukraine Issues Are Not Negotiable; Trump Administration's Purge Of Federal Workforce Escalates; Trump Orders Reciprocal Tariffs Despite Inflation Concerns; Hamas Releases Three More Hostages, Including An Israeli-American; Pope Francis On "Absolute Rest," Won't Lead Sunday Prayers; Anonymous Tip Helps Thwart Indiana School Shooting Plot; Parent Stars In Play About Losing His Son In School Massacre; Parkland Parents Use Viral Moments To Fight Gun Violence; NBA's Biggest Stars Gear Up For Big Games; Curry Appreciating His All-Star Moment As He Nears Retirement; Stephon Castle Kicks Off Packed Weekend, Earns Rising Stars MVP. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Administration's Purge Of Federal Workforce Escalates; Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks To Start Soon In Saudi Arabia; Zelenskyy Warns Days Of Guaranteed U.S. Support For Europe Are Over; McConnell Odd Man Out In New Republican Party; Vaccine Skeptic RFK Jr Becomes Nation's Top Health Official; Major Storm Heads East, Expected To Bring Heavy Rains, Snow. Aired 5-6p ET
• Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks To Start Soon In Saudi Arabia; Russian Foreign Minister Held Phone Call With Secretary Rubio Today; Trump Administration's Purge Of Federal Workforce Escalates; Federal Prosecutors Move To Drop Charges Against NYC Mayor Adams; Hamas Releases 3 Moore Hostages, Including An Israeli-American; Trump This Week Warned "All Hell Would Break Out" If Hamas Backed Off Of Today's Hostage Release; Torrential Rainfall Brings Mudslides, Debris Flows To L.A.; CNN Interviews Man Swallowed By Whale; NBA's Biggest Stars Gear Up For Big Games This Weekend. Aired 4-5p ET
• Secretary Rubio Speaks With Russian Counterpart On Ukraine Conflict; Top Trump Officials Travel To Saudi Arabia For Russia- Ukraine Talks; Zelenskyy Warns The Days Of U.S.-Guaranteed Support For Europe Are Over; Interview With Representative Josh Riley (D-Ny) About Legislation To Rein In DOGE; Accuser Drops Sexual Assault Case Against Jay-Z And Sean Combs; Hamas Releases 3 More Hostages Including An Israeli-American. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Administration's Russia-Ukraine Envoy Announce Europe Will Not be Party in Negotiations to End War in Ukraine; Workers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Other Federal Government Agencies Targeted for Termination; Rains in Southern California Cause Mudslides in Areas Devastated by Recent Wildfires; Department of Justice Files Motion to Dismiss Federal Corruption Charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams; President Trump Issues Executive Order Directing Economic Advisers to Devise Plans for Reciprocal Tariffs with All U.S. Trading Partners; Former Education Secretary under President Obama Interviewed on Donald Trump Calling for Department of Education to be Closed; NBA All-Star Weekend Commences in San Francisco Bay Area. Aired 2-3p ET
• Zelenskyy Calls For The Creation Of A European Army; Hamas Releases 3: More Hostages, Including An Israeli-American; Thousands Of Probationary Employees Fires As Trump Admin Directs Agencies To Carry Out Widespread Layoffs; Potentially Historic Flooding Expected As Major Storm Moves East; Trump: Reciprocal Tariffs A "Simple System," Will Reduce U.S. Debt. Trump Orders Sweeping Reciprocal Tariffs Despite Inflation Concerns; "Lockerbie: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103" Premiers Sunday at 9PM; Zelenskyy Warns The Days Of U.S. Guaranteed Support For Europe Are Over; Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuanian Minister Of National Defense, Discusses U.S. Guaranteed Support for Europe. Aired 1-2p ET
• Zelenskyy Warns The Days Of U.S. Guaranteed Support For Europe Are Over; WSJ: Vance Warns U.S. Could Use Economic, Military "Tools Of Leverage" If Russia Doesn't Negotiate In Good Faith; Vance Downplays Threat Russia Poses To Europe; Source: Trump Officials Fire Nuclear Staff Not Realizing They Oversee Country's Weapons Stockpile; Pope Receiving Treatment For Bronchitis At Hospital. Hamas Releases 3 More Hostages Including Israeli-American; Prosecutors Resign Over Order To Drop Case Against NY Mayor; Torrential Rainfall Brings Mudslides, Debris Flows Through L.A. Aired 12-1p ET
February 14, 2025
February 13, 2025
• CNN International: Trump and Modi Meets at White House; Firing at Federal Agencies Underway; Trump Announces Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs; Trump and Modi Speaking at the WH. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Unveils Reciprocal Tariffs On Trading Partners; Trump: Talks To End Ukraine Conflict Will Start "Immediately"; Judge Extends Freeze On Trump Dismantling Of USAID; Massive Solar Plant In Mojave Desert Faces Closure. Aired 3-4p ET
• Elon Musk's Role in Trump Administration?; Republicans Confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Some Education Department Employees Fired; Republicans Set to Confirm Trump Cabinet Nominees; U.S. Defense Secretary Speaks at NATO Summit. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Linda McMahon Senate Hearing; Kash Patel and RFK Jr.'s Critical Senate Votes; Hegseth to Address Reporters at NATO Summit. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Scores of New Firings at Federal Agencies as Trump, Musk Reshape Government; New York Times Reports, Elon Musk's Team Involved in At Least 19 Federal Agencies; Pivotal Morning for USAID Amid Efforts to Dismantle Aid Agency. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• CNN International: Hegseth: Must Make NATO Great Again; U.S. Defense Secy.: Five Percent Defense Spending Represents Real Investment And Real Urgency; NATA Defense Ministers Meet After Trump Holds Call With Putin To Jump Start Talks To End Conflict In Ukraine. Aired 11a-12p ET
• CNN International: NATO Defense Ministers Meeting After Trump has Call with Putin to Jump-Start Talks to end Conflict in Ukraine; Hamas: Will Release Israeli Hostages as Planned; Make America Healthy Again: The Health Advocates Who Back RFK JR; Federal Judge Allows Trump's "Buyout" Plan to Move Ahead; Heavy Rain Raises Risk of Mudslides in Southern California; Dozens Compete in Annual Snowball Fight Contest in Japan. Aired 8-9a ET
• Trump's Moves Hurt Programs that Could Cut Migration to U.S.; Pope Francis Rebukes Trump's Immigration Agenda; White House Blocks AP Reporters From Attending Events; Study: Ozempic Reduces Alcohol Cravings and Intake. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump, Putin Discuss Ukraine's Future; NATO Leaders: Ukraine Must be Included in Any Talks; Judge Let's Trump's Buyout Plan Move Forward for Now; Gabbard Sworn in as Director of National Intelligence; Indian Prime Minister Modi in U.S. to Talk Tariffs, Trade, Immigration. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Details Conversations with Russian, Ukrainian Counterparts on The Possible End of War; Indian P.M. Visits Washington; New Study Finds More Health Benefits for Ozempic; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for 2025 Revealed. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Expected To Meet With Putin; India's P.M.'s U.S. Visit; Unintended Consequences Of Gutting USAID; Pete Hegseth Joins the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels; Hegseth Says Trump Committed to Peace in Ukraine; Dozens Compete in Annual Snowball Fight Contest in Japan. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• U.S. Defense Secy.: Ukraine Joining NATO Is Unrealistic; Gabbard Sworn In As Director Of National Intelligence; Indian PM Modi In U.S. To Talk Tariffs, Trade, Immigration; Trump and Putin's Ties Back in the Spotlight; Protecting an Odd-Looking and Endangered Ocean Species; Inflation Continues to Rise Despite Trump's Promise; Up To 1,400 Possibly Killed in Bangladeshi Government Crackdown; Pope Francis Rebukes Trump's Immigration Agenda. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Might Meet Putin Soon, Possibly in Saudi Arabia; Trump's Moves Hurt Programs That Could Cut Migration to U.S.; Indian PM Modi to Meet Trump at the White House; Kremlin Weighs on Trump-Putin Phone Call; Russia Indicates Talks Possible Over Ukraine War; Musk's 4-Year- Old Son by His Side for Trump Events. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• No Significant Gas, Carbon Monoxide Leaks Found In Hackman Home; Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) Discusses Trump Tariffs On Canada, Mexico, China & Trump Defending Tariffs; Massive, Multi-Threat Storm Slamming Eastern Half Of U.S. Aired 2:30-3p ET
February 12, 2025
February 11, 2025
February 10, 2025
• CNN International: Trump's 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports; Growing Legal Challenges Against Trump Admin.; Trump Signing a Flurry of Executive Orders. Aired 6-7p ET
• Hamas Says It's Postponing Next Hostage Release, Blames Israel; Vance: Judges Can't Challenge A President's "Legitimate Power"; Trump To Announce New 25 Percent Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum Imports; U.S. Secretary Of Defense Makes First Official Overseas Trip; The Conflict In Ukraine Approaches Third Anniversary; U.S. Military Steps Up Surveillance Of Mexican Drug Cartels. Aired 3-4p ET
• USAID Employees Thrown Into Turmoil; Trump Administration Targets Department of Education; Interview With Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Is Interviewed About Judge Blocks DOGE From Accessing Treasury Payment System; Trump: Palestinians Would Not Have A Right To Return To Gaza Under Redevelopment Proposal. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• DOGE Has Access to Homeland Security Data; Judge Blocks DOGE Accessing Treasury Payment System; National Institutes of Health Slash Money for Research; Eagles Beat Chiefs. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Plans New 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports; Today, Judge Hears Arguments on Challenge to Federal Buyouts; Trump Targets Security Clearances of More Opponents. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• CNN International: Trump Plans New 25 Percent Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum Imports Into U.S.; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Shut D.C. Headquarters; Pres. Trump Attends Super Bowl, Prepares To Unveil New Tariffs. Aired 11a-12p ET
• CNN International: Macron: European Savings Finance the U.S. Economy; Trump Blasts Judge Who Blocked Musk's Access to Treasury; Taylor Swift, Donald Trump Among Notables at the Game; World Leaders and Tech Executives in Paris to Discuss AI; Trump: Spoke with Putin, Hopes Conflict will end "Fast"; Portrait Found Underneath Titian Painting. Aired 8-9a ET
• China's Tit-for-Tat Tariffs on U.S. Products Begin Today; Macron Prepared to Go Tot-to-Toe with Trump with Tariffs; Former Scammers Use Skills to Find Culprits of Costly Hoaxes; Released Thai Hostage Return Home from Gaza. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Philadelphia Eagles Dominate Kansas City Chiefs 40-22; Trump Says He Will Announce Reciprocal Tariffs this Week; Trump Doubles Down on Plans to Redevelop Gaza; Zelenskyy: Ready to Negotiate But Needs Security Guarantees. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Philadelphia Dethrones Kansas City in Super Bowl 59; Ukraine President Ready to Negotiate with Russian Counterpart to End the War; U.S. Sanctuary Cities Push Back Against Mass Deportations; Mysterious Portrait Found Hiding in a Famous Titian Painting. Aired 3-4a ET
• Philadelphia Eagles Beats the Kansas City Chiefs to Win Super Bowl LIX; Trump to Announce Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum; Trump Committed on Owning Gaza; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau HQ Closed for the Week, DOGE Gains Access to DHS; Trump Spoke With Putin to End War Fast, Zelenskyy Open to Negotiate; China Ratchets Up Trade War with the U.S.; Trump Declares Feb. 9 First-Ever "Gulf Of America Day"; Sanctuary City Advocates Push Back Against New York Memo; Young Engineers Working For DOGE Spark Controversy, Concern; Parts Of U.S. Expected To Get More Snow; Former Scammer Uses Skill To Find Culprit Of Costly Hoaxes. Aired 2-3a ET
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