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May 30, 2025
• Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?; Interview With Jonathan Capehart; Elon Musk Permanently Tied to Trump?; New York Police Officer Questioned in Cryptocurrency Kidnapping Plot. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection For 500k Immigrants From Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela; Trump Accuses China Of Violating Trade Agreement With U.S.; Trump Lashes Out At Judges In Response To Tariff Ruling. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Sean Combs' Ex-Assistant Back on the Stand; Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection; Trump's Tariffs Temporarily Reinstated by Appeals Court. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Americans Pulled Back on Spending in April Amid Tariff Rollout; Ex-Assistant Back on the Stand in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; DHS Posts List of 500-Plus Sanctuary Jurisdictions Online. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 29, 2025
• Wolf Blitzer's Happy Place; Benefits of Stretching; Former Assistant Testifies in Combs Trial; Interview With Former U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Harvard Pushes Back Against Trump Administration; Trump Issues More Controversial Pardons; Federal Court Blocks Trump Tariffs. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• "The Rehearsal" Examines Pilot Communication; Combs' Former Assistant "Mia" Testifying Criminal Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Federal Court Blocks Trump from Imposing the Bulk of His Tariffs; Trump Admin Begins Formal Process of Stripping Harvard of Its Ability to Host International Students; Trump Issues Slew of New Pardons and Sentence Commutation. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 28, 2025
• Manhunt For Escaped Inmates Continues; Billy Joel Diagnosed With Rare Brain Disorder; Interview With Former FBI Director James Comey. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Appeals to Supreme Court on Immigration Removals; Trump Issues More Controversial Pardons; Hamas Leader Killed?; New Visa Restrictions. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Elon Musk Says, Trump's Agenda Bill Undermines DOGE Mission; Arson Investigator Testifying in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; U.S. Embassy Ordered to Pause Student Visa Appointments. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 27, 2025
• Billy Joel Diagnosed With Rare Brain Disorder; NPR Sues Trump Administration; King Charles in Canada; Trump Targets Harvard. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Europe Lifts Weapons Restrictions on Ukraine; FBI Refocuses on Dobbs Leak, D.C. Pipe Bomb Case; Trump Goes to War on Harvard. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Controversial Aid Group Begin Operations in Gaza; U.S. Envoy Urges Hamas to Take Deal; Ten Commandants Bill; COVID Vaccine Removed from Recommended List. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Planning to Cancel All Federal Contracts With Harvard; Dozens Hurt, Including Four Children, When Driver Rams into Parade Fans; Manhunt for Two New Orleans Inmates Still At Large, Three Captured Monday. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 26, 2025
• Federal Workers Struggling to Access Benefits; Trump's War on Harvard Impacting Health Research; Crypto Kidnapping?; Former Congressman Charlie Rangel Dies; Trump Visits Arlington National Cemetery. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Trump Delays 50 Percent Tariff On European Goods Until July 9; Trump Blasts Putin After Major Russian Attack On Ukraine; Soon: President Trump Speaks At Arlington Natl. Cemetery. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Victim 3 Not Expected to Testify in Sean Combs' Trial; Operation Benjamin Corrects Grave Markers for Jewish American Troops; French Open is Now, Underway in Paris. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Says, Putin Has Gone Absolutely Crazy; Israel Orders Gaza Evacuations Ahead of Unprecedented Attack; Trump Delays 50 Percent Tariff Against European Union Goods. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 24, 2025
• Trump Pardons Todd and Julie Chrisley; SpaceX Lose Contact with Starship; GOP Won't Install Jan. 6 Plaque Honoring Police. Aired 10:30-11a ET


May 23, 2025
• MAHA Report Targets Kids' Health; Testimony Resumes Tuesday in Combs Trial; NTSB Investigates San Diego Jet Crash. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs On E.U. & Apple; DOJ Investigating Deadly Shooting As Terrorism, Hate Crime; Trump's Sweeping Legislative Agenda Faces Uncertain Senate Future. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• DOJ Investigates Jewish Museum Killings as Terrorism; Keisha Lance Bottoms Vows to Take on Trump; U.S.-Iran Underway in Rome; Memorial Day Surge to be Major Test for Air Travel. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs on E.U. and Apple; Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Ban on Enrolling International Students; DOJ Investigating Deadly Shooting as Terrorism, Hate Crime. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


May 22, 2025
• Republicans Target Medicaid Cuts; Tips to Help Lower Back Pain; Rapper Testifies in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial; Two People Killed Outside Capital Jewish Museum. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• New Book Looks at Biden Presidency; Two People Killed Outside Capital Jewish Museum; Business Jet Crashes in San Diego. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Small Jet Crashes into San Diego Neighborhood; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers killed in D.C.; Trump Attends Gala with Top Memecoin Buyers. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Small Plane Crashes in San Diego, Setting Homes and Cars on Fire; Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in D.C. Shooting; House Passes Trump Agenda Bill After Marathon All-Night Session. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


May 21, 2025
• New Details on Biden Cancer Diagnosis Released; Interview With Pinterest CEO Bill Ready; Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen; Trump Announces Plan For Missile Shield. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI); Congressional Stall?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Israel Preparing Possible Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities; DOJ Opens Investigation for Andrew Cuomo; FDA Could Limit COVID-19 Boosters; Musk to Do a Lot Less Political Spending. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Lawmakers Debate Trump Agenda Bill After All-Night Session; Special Agent in Charge of Search of Combs' Miami Home Testifies; Manhunt for Escaped New Orleans Inmates Now in Sixth Day. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


May 20, 2025
• Questions Raised Over Biden Cancer Diagnosis; Interview With Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL); Gas Prices Falling; Venezuelan Migrants at Risk of Deportation?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY); Sources Contradict Trump Claims on Qatar Jet; President Trump Visits Capitol Hill. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Sean Comb's Former Assistant Testifies; Warning from Climate Scientists; Trump Makes Case for Policy Agenda. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Pitches His Sweeping Policy Agenda to House GOP Holdouts; First Self-Deportation Flight from U.S. Lands in Honduras; Multistate Manhunt Intensifies for Six Escaped Inmates. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 19, 2025
• Trump Tariffs Raising Prices?; New Alzheimer's Test; Putin and Trump Hold Phone Call. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Biden Diagnosed With "Aggressive Form" Of Prostate Cancer; Trump & Putin Hold Phone Call Over War In Ukraine; Investigators Search For Motive In Fertility Clinic Blast. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Investigators Search for Motive in Fertility Clinic Explosion; Trump and Zelenskyy's Conversation over Ending War in Ukraine; Trump's Phone Call with Putin Begins. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Any Moment, Trump and Putin to Hold Phone Call Over War in Ukraine; Biden on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Touches Us All; Investigators Searching for Motive in Fertility Clinic Explosion. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 16, 2025
• PGA Championship Continues; West Point Scrambles to Deal With Trump Executive Orders; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Day 2 Of Cassie Ventura Cross-Examination In Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial; Trump Appears To Confirm Iran Has Received A Nuclear Deal Proposal; WSJ: Air Traffic Controller Calls For More Resources Amid Staff Shortages, Tech Outages. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Russia and Ukraine Hold First Direct Peace Talks in Three Years; Russia and Ukraine Agreed on Prisoner Swap; Global Sextortion Suspects Arrested; Eric Adams Announces New Antisemitism Office; FAA Investigating New Air Traffic Control Outage. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Holds Call With Zelenskyy and European Leaders; Cross- Exam of Cassie Ventura Resumes in Sean Diddy Trial; N.J. Transit Halted After Engineers Go on Strike. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 15, 2025
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Birthright Citizenship; Interview With Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Birthright Citizenship. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Supreme Court Hearing Arguments on Birthright Citizenship. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Birthright Citizenship Battle Heads to Supreme Court; Now, Trump in Abu Dhabi on Final Leg of His Middle East Trip; Zelenskyy to Send Delegation to Istanbul for Talks With Russia. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 14, 2025
• Interview With Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Science of Animal Organ Transplants; Trump Under Fire Over Qatar Jet; Trump Administration Targets Judge Over Obstruction Charges. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY); Qatar Signs Boeing Deal; Cassie Ventura Testifies in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Key House Committee Votes to Advance GOP Tax Bill; Hamas Leader Targeted in Strikes on Gaza Hospital; Israel and U.S. Officials Meet for Ceasefire-Hostage Talks. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Cassie Ventura Resumes Testimony in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; Trump Speaks in Qatar Amid Questions Over Luxury Jet Gift; Trump Praises Syrian President as He Considers Normalizing Relations. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 13, 2025
• Science of Animal Organ Transplants; President Trump Visits Middle East; Interview With Los Angeles, California, District Attorney Nathan Hochman. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump in Middle East; Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial Continues. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Day 2 of Testimony in Sean Combs Trial; Refugee Status for a Group of White South Africans; Trump in Saudi Arabia; House Republicans Unveil Details of Trump Tax Plans; Zelenskyy on Possible Meeting with Russia. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Today, Trump to Speak to Investors in Saudi Arabia; Day 2 of Testimony in Sean Diddy Combs Trial; U.S. Inflation Slowed More Than Expected in April. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 12, 2025
• Hamas Releases American Hostage; Trump Administration Welcomes Group of White African Migrants; Qatar Attempting to Bribe President Trump?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S. And China Agree To Suspend Most Tariffs For 90 Days; Opening Statements Underway In Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial; Trump Signs Executive Order On Prescription Drug Prices. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. and China Agree to Slash Trade Tariffs for 90 Days; Trump's Executive Order to Lower Drug Prices; Hamas to Release Last Living U.S. Hostage. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Speaks as Hamas Prepares to Release Last Living U.S. Hostage; Trump Speaks After U.S. and China Announce 90-Day Tariff Truce; Trump Signs Executive Order on Prescription Drug Prices. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 09, 2025
• Americans' Opinions on Trump Administration?; Lead Contamination Crisis in Milwaukee Schools. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Trump Touts U.K. Trade Framework As U.S. Negotiators Prepare For Talks With China; Pope Leo XIV Take Helm Of Catholic Church; Sources: Another Outage Hits Air Traffic Controllers Around Newark Intl. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Raises Idea of Hiking Taxes on Rich to Speaker Johnson; Pope Leo XIV Delivers First Homily; Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies at 85. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Leo XIV, The First American Pope, Takes Helm Of Catholic Church; U.S. And China To Hold Trade Talks In Geneva Tomorrow; Pakistan Says, India Launched Another Drone Attack On Pakistan Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 08, 2025
• Interview With Indian Ambassador to the United States Vinay Kwatra; U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• States in Court to Challenge Budget Cuts to NIH Research; Trump Announces Trade Deal with U.K. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Any Moment, Trump's Trade Announcement With the U.K.; Soon, Cardinals Resume Voting to Elect Next Pope; Pakistan Says It Has Killed 40-50 Indian Soldiers in Kashmir. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 07, 2025
• Papal Conclave Begins. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Papal Conclave Begins. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Cardinals Procession into the Sistine Chapel. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Cardinals Begin Procession into the Sistine Chapel; Nuclear Powers India and Pakistan at Risk of Wider Conflict; Federal Reserve Meets on Interest Rates. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 06, 2025
• Israel Strikes Yemen; Pete Hegseth Orders Pentagon Cut; Trump Slams Canada Before Meeting With Prime Minister. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Meets With Canadian Prime Minister; Interview With Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ); New Ground Delays at Newark Airport. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Trump to Meet with PM Carney; Trump Calls for 100 Percent Tariffs on Movies Not Made in U.S.; Mattel's Warning; Delays Continue at Newark Airport; Sen. Tillis Won't Vote for Trump's U.S. Attorney Nominee. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• FAA Imposes New Ground Delay for Newark-Bound Flights; Key Cabinet Officials on Capitol Hill as Budget Sparks Division; Soon, Trump to Meet Canadian Prime Minister Carney Amid Trade Tensions. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 05, 2025
• Fear Growing Among Migrant Community; DHS Set to Pay Undocumented Migrants to Leave Country; White House Targeting Cuts in Overdose Prevention?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Calls For 100 percent Tariffs On Movies Produced Outside U.S.; Trump Admin Starts Talks With DOJ To Reopen Alcatraz; Duffy Pledges New "State-Of-The-Art" Air Traffic Control System. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Trump Dismisses Biden Appointee from Holocaust Memorial Council; Upholding the Constitution; Student Loan Borrowers in Default. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Says "I Don't Know" If He Needs to Uphold the Constitution; Staffing Shortage Causes Historic Delays at Newark Airport; Trump Considers Stephen Miller for National Security Adviser; Court to Hear Arguments on Trump's Alien Enemies Act Case; Jury Selection Underway in Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial; Israel Releases New Plan for War in Gaza; Netanyahu Vows Retaliation for Houthi-Fired Missile Attack. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 02, 2025
• Americans' Views of Trump Administration?; Into the Amazon; Video of Police Stop of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Labor Secretary: We See No Reason That A Recession Is Near; Trump Urges Fed To Lower Rates Again, Citing Jobs Report; Intel Suggests Putin Now Looks To Hold On To Territory, Boost Russian Economy After Readjusting Goals In Ukraine. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Latest Job Report Stronger than Expected; Challenges to Trump's Military Transgender Ban; Trump's First 100 Days: DOGE. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Jobs Report Beats Expectations, 177,000 Added in April; China Says It's Considering Potential U.S. Trade Talks; Secretary of State Rubio Takes on National Security Adviser Role. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 01, 2025
• Immigration Crackdown; Interview With Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI); Mike Waltz Expected to Leave Trump Administration; Impact of Trump Trade War?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Impact of Trump Trade War?; Mike Waltz Expected to Leave Trump Administration; Ukraine Minerals Deal Signed; White House Anxious Over Lack of Trade Deals?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• 24 States and D.C. Sue Over Trump's Cuts to AmeriCorps; Steep DOGE Cuts; Trump Blames Biden for Economic Slowdown; Kamala Harris: Trump Tariffs "Clearly Inviting a Recession"; Bill Belichick Takes Aim at CBS. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources Say, White House Anxious to Close Deals, Trade Agreements; U.S. and Ukraine Sign Critical Mineral Resources Agreement; Tesla Dismisses Wall Street Journal Report of Board Plan to Replace Musk. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 30, 2025
• Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting; Atlanta Falcons Fined; Federal Judge Orders Release of Mohsen Mahdawi. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• D.C. Prosecutor Nominee Under Fire; Harvard University Facing Scrutiny; Cabinet Meeting; U.S. Economy Contracts. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Ukraine to Sign Minerals Deal with U.S. Today; Trump "Could" Bring Back Abrego Garcia to U.S.; Trump's Impact on Children's Health; Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• U.S. Economic Growth Sharply Declines in First Quarter; Soon, Live Coverage as Trump Convenes Cabinet Meeting; Trump Says He Could Bring Abrego Garcia Back to U.S. But Won't. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 29, 2025
• Americans Frustrated?; Trump Administration's Impact on Children's Health?; Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Trump's Foreign Policy Agenda. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump's Foreign Policy Agenda; House Republicans Protect Pete Hegseth; Consumer Confidence Plummets; Interview With Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA); White House Attacks Amazon. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump and El Salvador Migrant Deal-Making; Trump 100-Day Approval Rating Lowest in Seven Decades. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• White House Says, Amazon's Plan to Display Tariff Costs for Consumers is Hostile and Political; CNN Poll Shows Americans Frustrated 100 Days into Trump Term; Carney Wins Canadian Election, Vows to Never Yield to Trump Threats. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 28, 2025
• Milwaukee Schools Facing Lead Contamination; Congressman Gerry Connolly Not Running For Reelection; Has National Security Adviser Mike Waltz Lost Control?; Immigration Raid. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Power Outage Causes Chaos In Parts Of Spain & Portugal; Russia Announces Unilateral 3-Day Ceasefire In Ukraine; CNN Poll: Approval Of Trump's Handling Of Economy Sinks To 39 Percent. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Russia Announces Three-Day Ceasefire in Ukraine; Trump Marks 100 Days in Office; Polls Open in Canada; NFL Draft Prank Call. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Russia Announces Unilateral Three-Day Ceasefire in Ukraine; Border Czar Defends Deportations Including Three American Kids; Trump Compares First and Second Terms in Atlantic Interview. Aired 10-10:30a ET


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