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May 15, 2026
• CNN Headlines: President Donald Trump Departs Beijing After Summit With Xi Jinping; Acting AG Todd Blanche Told Last Year To Recuse From DOJ Matters Involving Trump; Rubio Goes Viral For Fascination With Great Hall Ceiling In China. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines: President Trump Departs Beijing After Summit With Xi Jinping; CDC: 41 People Are Being Monitored For Hantavirus In The United States; Supreme Court Allows Abortion Pill Access Via Telehealth And Mail. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 14, 2026
• CNN Headlines: President Trump In Beijing For High-Stakes Talks With Chinese Leader Xi Jinping; CDC: Passengers "Encouraged To Stay" For Monitoring In Omaha & Atlanta; Kouri Richins Gets Life Sentence In Husband's Murder; 11 People Rescued After Plane Crashes Off Florida. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 13, 2026
• CNN Headlines: President Trump Enroute To China, Due To Arrive This Morning; Number Of Hantavirus Cases From Cruise Ship Rises To 11; Sources: CIA Escalates War On Cartels Inside Mexico. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines. President Trump Arriving in China for High- Stakes Summit with Xi; FBI Director Kash Patel Faces Senators Amid Allegations of Misusing FBI Resources; Survivors Testify Before House Dems in Florida Hearing As Part of Epstein Probe. Aired 5-6 am ET


May 12, 2026
• CNN Headlines: 18 Passengers Under Monitoring At U.S. Medical Sites; Sources: Trump Considering Resuming Combat Operations In Iran; Accused Press Dinner Gunman Pleads Not Guilty To Attempting To Assassinate President Trump. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines: 18 Passengers Under Monitoring At U.S. Medical Sites; Trump Heads To China For Talks With Xi Amid War With Iran; Trump: Ceasefire With Iran Is On "Massive Life Support"; Suspect In Custody After Opening Fire Near Harvard University. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 11, 2026
• CNN Headlines: 17 Americans Return To U.S. After Leaving Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship; Trump: Latest Peace Proposal From Iran "Totally Unacceptable"; Plane Hits Person On Runway During Takeoff In Denver. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines: Americans Who were on Board Plagued MV Hondius Cruise Ship Back in the U.S.; Frontier Airlines Plane Strikes a Person Walking on Airport Runway; Police Arrest a Suspect After a Truck Flipped in a U-Haul Chase Near Atlanta. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 09, 2026
• "Ted Turner: The Maverick Man". Aired 10-11p ET


May 08, 2026
• CNN Headlines: Hikers Killed in Volcano Eruption, 20 Stranded Hikers Brought To Safety; Cruise Ship Heads To Canary Islands; Student Earns $5 Million In Scholarships, Accepted To 49 Colleges. Aired 5:30- 6a ET
• CNN Headlines: Officials Worldwide Race To Complete Contact Tracing For Deadly Outbreak; UAE: Defending Against Iranian Missile And Drone Attacks; Trump: Ceasefire Still In Effect Despite Exchange Of Fire. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 07, 2026
• CNN Headlines: Source: U.S. And Iran Closing In On Agreement To End War; Officials Conducting Contract Tracing For Sick Tourists From MV Hondius; Judge Unseals Purported Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines: Source: Iran Expected To Respond To U.S. Proposal Today; Officials Conducting Tracing For Sick Tourists From Cruise Ship; Judge Unseals Purported Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note; Extensive Damage At Mississippi Trailer Park Following Tornado. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 06, 2026
• CNN Headlines: Trump To Pause Effort To Guide Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz; Trump-Backed Challengers Dominate Incumbents In Indiana Primaries; NY Police: Antisemitic Graffiti Found On Synagogues And Homes. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headline: Indiana Primaries: Voters Opt For Trump-Backed Challengers; Trump To Pause Effort To Guide Ships Through Hormuz; Iranian State Media: Tehran Touts Pause Of "Project Freedom" As "U.S. Failure"; Trump Says High Oil, Gas Prices Are "Very Small Price To Pay" For Iran Change; Seven Candidates For California Governor Clash On Debate Stage. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 05, 2026
• CNN Headlines: Trump: Iran Forces Could Be "Blown Off The Face Of The Earth" As Tehran Strikes UAE; Antisemitic Graffiti Found On Several Synagogues And Homes In New York City; Secret Service Shoots Man Accused Of Firing At Agents. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines: Tensions Escalating In Strait Of Hormuz Putting Fragile Ceasefire To The Test; Gas Prices Soar In Cities Like Chicago; More Than 100 People Stranded On Cruise Ship; Widespread Storms Could Bring Threat Of Tornadoes. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• The California Governor Primary Debate. Aired 10-11p ET
• The California Governor Primary Debate. Aired 9-10p ET


May 04, 2026
• CNN Headlines: Trump: We're Having "Very Positive Discussions" With Iran; Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized In Critical But Stable Condition; Supreme Court Asked To Restore Access To Abortion Pill Through Mail. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• CNN Headlines: A United Airlines Plane Coming in for a Landing Hits a Bakery Truck on a Highway at Newark Airport; Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized; A Suspected Deadly Illness Breaks Out on a Cruise Ship Off the Coast of Cape Verde. Aired 5-5:30a ET


May 02, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Criticizes Members of Congress for Calling Iran Conflict a Quagmire; U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Voting Rights Act in Ruling on Districting in Louisiana; Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk's Widow Erika Kirk Criticizes Negative Media Narratives and Conspiracy Theories about Her; President Trump's Son Donald Trump Jr. Possibly Tapped to Host Reboot of "The Apprentice" on Amazon. Aired 10-11a ET


April 25, 2026
• Police: WHCD Shooting Suspect Believed To Be Guest At Hotel. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Trump Speaks After Being Evacuated From WHCD Shooting. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Trump Safe After Shots Fired At Correspondents' Dinner; Soon: Trump Holds News Conference After Shots Fired At Event. Aired 9-10p ET
• Soon: Trump Arrives For First Correspondents' Dinner As President; Trump Is Safe After Being Rushed From Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 8-9p ET
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump to Attend White House Correspondents' Dinner for First Time While in Office; President Trump's Polling Falls as Iran War Continues and Americans Perceive Economic Conditions Worsening; Conservatives Claim Democrats Hoping U.S. Loses Iran War to Boost Their Midterm Election Prospects; Donors to President Trump's New White House Ballroom Allowed to Remain Anonymous; Trump Administration Moves to Reduce Government Scheduling of Marijuana. Aired 10-11a ET


April 24, 2026
• CNN Premiers Political Comedy Special "America Laughs With Matt Friend." Aired 11p-12a ET


April 18, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Criticizes Pope Leo XIV for His Comments on War and Peace; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Uses Lines from Movie "Pulp Fiction" as Prayer During Military Gathering; Former Trump Supporters Now Criticize President for Iran War and Religiously Offensive Posts; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Announces Pied-a-Terre Tax on Expensive Residential Properties for Residents Not Living in City; Some Claim "DoorDash Grandma" Photo- Op with President Trump Backfired Politically; Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Criticizes Progressivism in College Lecture. Aired 10- 11a ET


April 11, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Criticized for His Rhetoric on Destroying Iranian Civilian Ahead of Ceasefire Agreement between U.S. and Iran; Former Supporters of President Trump Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Alex Jones Turn against Him over Iran War; Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy Claims U.S. Presidents Currently have Too Much Power Due to Congressional Weakness; Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Claims Baby Boomer Generation Most Selfish in U.S. History. Aired 10- 11a ET


April 05, 2026
• Money Madness, College Basketball at a Crossroads. Aired 8-9p ET


April 04, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Trump Extends War Timeline, Says It Could End In Two Or Three Weeks; Trump Slams Birthright Citizenship After Attending Arguments; President Trump Fires Pam Bondi As Attorney General; Obama Urges Virginia Voters To Support Redistricting Ballot Measure; New Poll: Slim Majority Back Virginia Redistricting Measure; "Going For All Humanity" Artemis II Mission To Moon. Aired 7-8a ET


April 01, 2026
• NASA Says Battery Issue Will Not Affect Today's Launch; NASA Gives Final Go for Artemis II Launch; Artemis II Launches on Historic Mission Around the Moon. Artemis II Launches On Historic Mission Around The Moon. Aired 6-7p ET
• Mission to the Moon Artemis II Launch; Sen. Mark Kelly, (D-AZ), is Interviewed About Astronauts Strapped Into Their Seats And Ready for Launch; NASA Tracking New Battery Problem But Countdown Continues. Aired 5-6p ET


March 28, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Higher Oil Prices Pressuring President Trump to End Conflict with Iran; U.S. Ground Forces En Route to Middle East for Possible Action in Iran; Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Says ICE Agents at Airports Good Practice for Using Them to Monitor Midterm Elections; President Trump Draws Controversy for Stating California Governor Gavin Newsom's Dyslexia Disqualifies Him for U.S. Presidency; In Potential Landmark Case, Jury Find Social Media Companies Meta and YouTube Liable for Not Warning Users about Dangers Linked to Their Platforms. Aired 10-11a ET


March 21, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five: President Trump Facing Pressure Domestically and Internationally Over Ongoing Iran Conflict; President Trump Criticizes NATO Allies for Not Contributing Military Assets to Support U.S. in Iran Conflict; Some Conservatives Claim Questioning Iran Conflict Unpatriotic; Trump Administration's Asking of Americans to Sacrifice in Short Term for Long Term Benefits Facing Backlash; President Trump's Arts Commission Approves 24-Karat Gold Coin Featuring President's Likeness. Aired 10-11a ET


March 20, 2026
• CNN "Town Hall: War With Iran." Aired 9-10p ET


March 15, 2026
• CNN Presents "CNN & Variety Red Carpet Live." Aired 5-6:30p ET
• CNN And Variety Red Carpet Live At The 98th Academy Awards. Aired 4-5p ET


February 28, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table For Five. Did Not Air 10-11a ET


February 25, 2026
• President Trump's State of the Union Address. Aired 12-12:30a ET


February 24, 2026
• Trump Delivered 2026 State of the Union Address; Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) Delivers Democratic Response. Aired 11p-12a ET
• President Donald Trump Delivers State Of The Union Address. Aired 10-11p ET
• Now: Members Of Trump Cabinet Arrive; Trump Enters House Chamber For Address To Congress; Trump Delivers State Of The Union Address. Aired 9-10p ET


February 21, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five: U.S. Supreme Court Rules President Trump's Tariffs Unconstitutional; President Trump and Vice President Vance Criticize Supreme Court Ruling against Trump Administration Tariffs; FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Investigating Talk Shows for Not Observing Equal Time Rules for Political Interviews; Members of President Trump's Cabinet Release Videos of Them Working Out; Meghan McCain Warns Republicans against Pressing Woman to have More Children as Rhetoric May Alienate Women from GOP. Aired 10-11a ET
• CNN and Variety Town Hall Event: Chalamet and McConaughey. Aired 7-8p ET


February 19, 2026
• Police Arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Aired 8:17-9a ET
• Former Prince Andrew Arrested Amid Epstein Revelations. Aired 7:24-8a ET


February 14, 2026
• Attorney General Pam Bondi Clashes with Democratic Lawmakers during House Hearing on Epstein Files; Trump Supporters Express Disappointment with Attorney General Pam Bondi's Testimony During House Hearing; FBI Raids Georgia Election Office Based on Debunked Claims about 2020 Presidential Election; Some Accuse Conservatives of being Too Sensitive about Bad Bunny Performing at Super Bowl Halftime Show; President Trump Proposes Golden Arch Monument in Washington D.C. Taller than Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Aired 10-11a ET


February 11, 2026
• The Search For Nancy Guthrie; Person Detained in Guthrie Case, FBI Searching Home in Rio Rico. Aired 12-1a ET


February 10, 2026
• Search For Nancy Guthrie Continues. Aired 11p-12a ET


February 08, 2026
• Seahawks Get Revenge On Patriots With Super Bowl Win; Latin Superstar Bad Bunny Headlines Super Bowl Halftime Show; Bad Bunny Celebrates Puerto Rican Culture During His Halftime Show. Aired 11-12p ET


February 07, 2026
• Conservative "New York Times" Columnist Ross Douthat States President Trump has Lost American Electorate One Year into His Second Term; President Trump Calls on Republicans to Nationalize Voting in U.S.; White House Scrambles to Explain Racist Post on President Trump's Truth Social Feed; Republicans Praise Nicki Minaj for Supporting President Trump While Criticizing the Grammys for Anti- Trump Political Statements by Celebrities; Conservatives Holding Alternative Half-Time Show Featuring Kid Rock During Super Bowl in Protest over Bad Bunny Performing at NFL Half-Time Show. Aired 10-11a ET.


January 31, 2026
• Trump Administration Sends Border Czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis in Possible Shift on Immigration Enforcement Policy; Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Arrested in Connection to Coverage of Anti-ICE Protest in Minneapolis Church; Amazon Buys Rights to Documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, Sparking Allegations of Corruption in Trump Administration; WNBA Star Breanna Stewart and Singer Bruce Springsteen Speak Out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Aired 10-11a ET


January 28, 2026
• State of Emergency: Confronting the Crisis in Minnesota - A CNN Townhall. Aired 8-9:30p


January 24, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Video Shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents Detain Five-Year-Old Boy; Son of Man Detained by ICE for Two Months Dies Due to Chronic Muscular Disease and Absence of His Father as Primary Caregiver; President Trump Backs Down on Threats to Invade Greenland after Claiming Framework for Agreement with Denmark for Increased U.S. Military Presence; Murder Rates in U.S. Show Largest Single Year Drop on Record in 2025 to Lowest Rate in More than a Century; President Trump Threatens to Sue Organizations that Release Polls Unfavorable to Him. Aired 10-11a ET


January 17, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Trump's Job Approval Plummets Nearly One Year Into Office; Trump Underwater On Economy, Deportations, Power, Foreign Policy; Majority Of Americans Call Trump's First Year A Failure. Trump Supports Iranian Protesters, But Slams Protests At Home; Trump: "May Be Forced" On Insurrection Act If Protests Continue; Trump Says United States "Shouldn't Even Have Election" At Midterms. Aired 7-8a ET


January 10, 2026
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Shoots and Kills Woman in Car in Minneapolis, Claiming Self-Defense; Minneapolis Mayor and Other Officials Tell ICE Agents to Leave Minneapolis in Wake of Shooting; President Trump Suggest Use of Military Force for U.S. to Take Over Greenland Whether Citizens of Greenland Want It or Not; Trump Administration Targeting Democratic Led U.S. States for Fraud Investigations; Vice President J.D. Vance Suggests Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Participated in State's Fraud Schemes; Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly Suggests Three Branches of U.S. Government No Longer Co-Equal. Aired 10-11a ET.


January 03, 2026
• U.S. Military Carries Out Large Scale Strikes on Venezuela and Captures Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and His Wife Cilia Flores; Venezuelan President and Wife being Brought to New York City to Stand Trial for Charges of Narco-Terrorism; Southern District of New York Releases Indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Wife for Narco-Terrorism; President Trump to Give News Conference on U.S. Operation that Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and His Wife. Aired 10-11a ET.


January 01, 2026
• 137th Rose Parade. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• CNN's coverage of the 137th Rose Parade. Aired 12-12.30p ET
• 137th Rose Parade. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• 137th Rose Parade. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New Year's Eve Live. Counting down to the Central time zone celebration with Sara Sidner and Cari Champion. New Year's Eve 2026. Aired 1-2:05a ET
• New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen; Celebrating New Year's in Texas, the Bahamas, Mississippi, Arizona, Florida. Aired 12-1a ET


December 31, 2025
• CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live. CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 10-11p ET
• New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen. Aired 9-10p ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Coverage; The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 8- 9p ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 7-8p ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live; Paris Rings in 2026; Luanda, Angola Rings in 2026. CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 6-7p ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 5-6p ET
• New Year's Eve Live Around the World. Aired 4-5p ET
• New Year's Eve Around the World; Moulin Rouge, Paris; New Year's in Abu Dhabi. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Celebrating New Year's Eve Around the World. 3-3:30p ET
• Great New Year's Challenge, Abu Dhabi; New Year's Eve Around the World. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Abu Dhabi's Thriving Music Scene; Cities Around the World Celebrate New Year's Eve. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Happy New Year Bangkok; Thailand Rings In The New Year; Great New Year's Challenge: Abu Dhabi. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• World Celebrates New Year. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Mahira Khan; World Celebrates New Year. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live; Tokyo and Seoul Welcome 2026; The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Comedian Zarna Garg and Her Family Join CNN; Tokyo Rings in New Year. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Khalid Khouri is Interviewed about "F1: The Movie"; Saif Rashid al Noaimi is Interviewed about the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; Tokyo Celebrates New Years. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• New Year's Eve Events from Abu Dhabi; CNN goes to Harbin for Celebrations; Marc Tuan is Interviewed about His Music. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Happy New Year From Sydney, Australia; The World Welcomes 2026. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• CNN New Year's Eve Live; The World Welcomes 2026; Ignite the New Year Fireworks at Shanghai Disney Resort. Aired 7-7:30a ET


December 27, 2025
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five; The Most Impactful Moments Of Trump's First Year Back In Power; Impactful Moment: Trump's First Day, From Orders To Oligarchs; Impactful Moment: Political Rhetoric Following Charlie Kirk's Death; Fascinating Trend: The North Korea- Style Cabinet Meetings. Aired 7-8a ET


December 21, 2025
• Rob Reiner In His Own Words: A Larry King Exclusive. Aired 9- 10p ET


December 20, 2025
• CNN Saturday Morning Table For Five. Trump's Explosive Week Suggests Political Vulnerability; Trump's Name Added To Kennedy Center Despite Legal Questions; Trump's Handpicked Board Adds His Name To "Kennedy Center"; Vance: DEI Is "Deliberate" Discrimination Against White Men. Aired 7-8a ET


December 13, 2025
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Trump's Economic Message Sounding More Like Biden And Carter; Fed Chief Blames Trump's Tariffs For Elevated Inflation. Republicans Worry Trump Is Missing The Mark On Affordability; Trump Wants To Reject Immigrants From Shithole Countries; Conservatives Warn Indiana Of Punishment Over Map; Australia Begins Ban Of Social Media For Children Under 16. Aired 7-8a ET


December 06, 2025
• CNN Heroes: An All Star-Tribute. Aired 8-9 ET
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Criticized for Comments on Military Rules of Engagement after U.S. Second Strike on Boat in Caribbean May Be Classified as War Crime; FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Admits His Previously Expressed Opinion on His Podcast Driven by Financial Interests; Suspect Arrested for Planting Pipe Bombs at Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee Headquarters in 2020; President Trump's Comments on Affordability Draw Criticism in Wake of Negative Economic Indicators; Soccer Organization FIFA Awards President Trump Peace Prize; President Trump Renames U.S. Institute of Peace After Himself. Aired 10-11a ET.


November 27, 2025
• Thanksgiving in America. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Update of Shooting of Two National Guard Members; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Aired 9:30-10a ET


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