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April 25, 2025
• What Are Americans Saying About State of the Country?; New Measles Study; Luigi Mangione to Enter Plea. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump's Ukraine Blame Game & Concessions To Russia; U.S. Consumer Sentiment Plummets 8 Percent From Last Month; FBI Director: Wisconsin Judge Arrested For Allegedly Obstructing ICE. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Trump Frustrated On Not Ending Russia-Ukraine War Quickly; Trump Sticking With Hegseth; Remembering Murdered 6M Plus Jews. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Witkoff Meets With Putin In Moscow; DOJ And Khalil's Lawyers Spar Over Arrest Warrant; George Santos To Be Sentenced For Fraud. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 24, 2025
• Protecting Vaccines; New Jersey Man Arrested on Arson Charges; Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Immigration Showdown; Trump Administration Seeks to Ban Transgender Service Members; China Rebuffs Trump Trade Overtures; Trump Issues Rare Criticism of Putin; Pete Hegseth Under Fire. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• DNC Gives Vice-Chair David Hogg Ultimatum; Trump Admin. Baby Boom Incentives. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Secretary Hegseth, NATO Chief in Critical Meeting at Pentagon; Trump Not Happy With Russian Strikes on Kyiv; Trump Says, Global Tariffs Could Return in Two-Three Weeks. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 23, 2025
• Banning Food Dyes?; Trump Administration Targets Anti-Christian Activity; Senator Dick Durbin Announces Retirement; Interview With State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce; Setback in Russia-Ukraine Talks; Trump Backing Down on Tariffs?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Deporting Legal U.S. Residents Without Criminal Charges; Trump Admin. Stonewalling in Abrego Garcia Case; Paying Final Respects to Pope Francis; Sentencing of Highland Park Shooter; Rubio Unveils First State of State Dept. Overhaul. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Dow Rebounds After Talk of De-Escalating China Trade War; Sources Say, Trump Softened Tone on Fed Chair After Advisers' Warnings; Columbia Student's Lawyers Accuse Government of Setting Up Citizenship Interview as a Trap to Detain Him. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 22, 2025
• Interview With Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR); Interview With Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA); Interview With Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ); Interview With Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL); Banning Food Dyes?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Harvard Sues Trump Administration; Supreme Court Hears Case on Religious Freedom; U.S. Economic Forecast Slashed. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Plan to Ban Food Dyes; Pope Francis Funeral Plans; Pope Francis' Funeral Set for Saturday. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• U.S. Economic Forecast Slashed; Hegseth Says, Leakers are Trying to Sabotage Trump Agenda and Me; Pope Francis' Funeral to Be Held Saturday in St. Peter's Square. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 21, 2025
• Interview With Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL); Attorney For Kilmar Abrego Garcia Speaks Out; Dow Drops; Pope Francis Remembered. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Catholics Begin 9 Days Of Mourning For Pope Francis; Dow Tumbles As Trump Continues To Attack Fed Chairman; Cardinals To Elect New Pope After Francis' Funeral. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Pope Francis Dies at 88; The Life and Legacy of Pope Francis; Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff for Pope Francis; Hegseth Addresses Second Signal Chat. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Pope Francis Dies at Age 88; Pope's Final Days Spent in Service of the Church; Cardinals to Elect New Pope After Francis' Funeral. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 18, 2025
• Americans' Opinions on Trump Economy?; New Info Emerges on FSU Shooting Suspect; Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Sen. Van Hollen Meets Mistakenly Deported Man In El Salvador; U.S. And Iran To Hold Second Round Of Nuclear Talks Tomorrow; Some Children Left To Navigate Immigration Court Alone. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• FSU Cancels Classes While School Heals Following Deadly Incident; Wrongfully Deported Man in El Salvador Visited by Sen. Van Hollen; RFK Jr.'s Push to Remove Fluoride; Several States Reported More Than 650 Measles Cases, Including Three Fatalities. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Rubio Says, U.S. Needs To Move On If Peace Not Possible In Ukraine; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Meets Mistakenly Deported Man In El Salvador; Classes Canceled At FSU As Campus Recovers From Mass Shooting. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 17, 2025
• Life on Another Planet?; Judge Rules Against Google in Antitrust Case; Top NIH Scientist Quits; Frontier Airlines Plane Makes Hard Landing. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Interview With Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI); Tufts Student Remains in ICE Custody; Trump Escalates Threats Against Harvard; Trump Lashes Out at Federal Reserve Chairman. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Judge Boasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Admin in Contempt; Sen. Van Hollen Denied a Meeting with Abrego Garcia; Carmakers Handling Tariff Uncertainty; Trump Threatens the Fed. Chair Jerome Powell with Termination. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Stocks Sink as Rattled Investors Weigh Fed Chair's Warning; Internal Trump Administration Memo Details Plans for Massive HHS Cuts; ICE Defends Agent Who Smashed Car Window of Undocumented Man. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 16, 2025
• Deportation Controversy Intensifies; President Biden Speaks Out; CDC Issues Report on Autism. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Bondi Says Abrego Garcia Not Coming Back to Our Country; Two Top Pentagon Officials on Leave; Hamas Lost Contact with Militants Holding Edan Alexander. Aired 11-12p ET
• Children's Mattresses and Bedding Face Scrutiny; Retail Sales Surge; Interview With Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA). Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Attorney General Says, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is Not Coming Back to Our Country; Lawmakers Face Frustrated Crowds at Town Halls Across U.S.; Trump Doubles Down on Threat to Deport U.S. Criminals. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


April 15, 2025
• Meta Facing Antitrust Case; Trump Trade War Escalates; Ukraine- Russia Peace Talks Stalled?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Federal Hearing on DOGE; Trump Administration Defying Supreme Court?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Tariffs on Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical; Tariff Exemptions on Electronics, Smartphones are Temporary; Hearing Today for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Palestinian Student Detained Just Before Citizenship Interview; Laying Out the Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Harvard Rejects White House's Policy Change Demands. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 14, 2025
• D.C. Attorney Nominee Under Fire; President of El Salvador Meets With Trump; Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Soon: Trump Meets With Salvadoran President Amid Court Battle Over Mistakenly Deported Man. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• China Halts Exports of Critical Rare Earths to U.S.; Trump Admin. Pushes Back on Court Order Over Deported Man; Russia Attacks Ukraine in Palm Sunday; Blue Origin's All-Female Space Flight Returns; Rory McIlroy Wins Masters. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder, Terrorism, and Arson for Attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D-PA) Residence; Trump Says, New Tariffs on Semiconductor are Coming Soon; China Chokes Off Critical Supply of Rare Earth Minerals to U.S. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 11, 2025
• Judge to Rule on Fate of Menendez Brothers; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Consumer Sentiment Plummets to Second-Lowest Level Since 1952; NTSB, FAA Investigating Deadly NYC Tourist Helicopter Crash; "Make America Healthy Again" Moms Flex Influence Online. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs to 125 Percent; Witkoff to Meet with Putin in Russia; Helicopter Crash Investigation; Trump to Head to Walter Reed. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Wholesale Inflation Eases, Before Trump's Tariffs; China Raising Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125 Percent; NTSB, FAA Investigating Deadly New York City Tourist Helicopter Crash. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


April 10, 2025
• Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Speaks Out; Republicans Pass Budget Agreement; Impact on Farmers of Trade War?. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET
• Interview With Ontario, Canada, Premier Doug Ford; Republicans Pass Budget Agreement; Trump Escalates China Trade War; Markets Sink. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• China Imposes 84 Percent Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods; House Votes on Key Budget Blueprint; Rivers Overflooding in Kentucky; Investigating the Rise of Extremism in America. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Any Moment, House Votes on Key Budget Blueprint; Today, China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs of 84 Percent on U.S. Goods; U.S. Inflation Cools to Six-Month Low in March. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 09, 2025
• Trump Administration Cutting Funding For Alzheimer's Research?; Interview With Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO); Interview With Frankfort, Kentucky, Mayor Layne Wilkerson. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• Interview With Frankfort, Kentucky, Mayor Layne Wilkerson; Wife of Man Mistakenly Deported to El Salvador Speaks Out; Republican Budget Battle; E.U. and China Escalate Trump Trade War. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Canada Hits Back with Counter-Tariffs; China Retaliates with 84 Percent Tariffs Against U.S.; Escalating Tension Over the Panama Canal. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• China Retaliates Against U.S., Increasing Tariffs to 84 Percent; .Trump Claims Countries are Kissing My A** to Get a Trade Deal; Trump Says, It is More Important Now Than Ever to Pass Budget Resolution. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 08, 2025
• Did Scientists Really Bring Back Dire Wolf?; Interview With Former U.S. Envoy to Middle East Dennis Ross; Iran Nuclear Talks; Dangers of Online Gambling. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ); U.S. Trade Representative Testifies Before Congress; China and Trump Escalating Trade War. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. Trade Official Defends Trump's Tariffs; Treasury Secretary Urging Trump to Focus on Tariff Endgame; Musk Calls for "Zero-Tariff Situation" with Europe; China Accuses U.S. of Economic Bullying; Tariff Impacts on Tourism. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Treasury Secretary Says, China's Tariff Escalation a Big Mistake; Supreme Court Considering Case of Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man; Source Says,, White House Envoy Steve Witkoff Will Lead Nuclear Talks With Iran. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 07, 2025
• UConn Wins NCAA Women's Basketball Championship; Interview With Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL); Trump Threatens More China Tariffs; Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Wall Street Volatile Global Market Sink As Recession Fears Grow; Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Is Interviewed About Deadly Flooding; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Block Order Requiring U.S. To Bring Back Man Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Rumors that Trump May Pause Tariffs; Trump to Meet with PM Netanyahu; Fears of Global Recession. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Wall Street, Global Markets Sink as Recession Fears Grow; Rising Rivers Prompt Evacuations and Rescues in Kentucky; U.S. Markets Rebounding Amid Global Trade War. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 04, 2025
• March Madness Continues; Trump Tariff Impact on Car Prices?; Hearing For Maryland Man Mistakenly Deported to El Salvador; Trump Pressures Federal Reserve Chair to Cut Interest Rates; Interview With Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Stocks Plunge Again As China Slaps U.S. With 34 Percent Tariffs; Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Is Interviewed About Trump Firing Director And Deputy Dir. Of Natl. Security Agency. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. Stocks Plunging Further; China Slaps U.S. with 34 Percent Tariffs; Obama and Harris Slams Trump's Second Term Actions; Fight Over Deportation Flights. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Stocks Tumble, China Retaliates, Strong-Than-Expected Jobs Report; Trump Fires Director and Deputy Director of National Security Agency; Violent Storms, Tornadoes Slam Central U.S. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 03, 2025
• Interview With Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Canada Responds to Trump Tariffs; Interview With U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; Three National Security Council Staffers Fired; Stocks Nosedive. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Temporary Layoffs at Auto Plants; Dollar Weakens as Recession Fears Grip Wall Street; Deadly Tornado Outbreak in South and Midwest; Rubio Meets with NATO Allies. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Stocks Tumble, Dollar Weakens as Recession Fears Grip Wall Street; Trump Remains Defiant Amid Fallout from Widespread Tariffs; Trump's 25 Percent Tariff on All Imported Vehicles Takes Effect. Aired 10-10:30a ET


April 02, 2025
• Val Kilmer Dies; Impact of Cell Phone Bans in Schools?; GOP Infighting Erupts Over Proxy Voting; Supreme Court Hears Planned Parenthood Case. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI); U.S. Welcomes Senior Russian Envoy; World Bracing For Trump Tariffs. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump to Announce Global Trade Plan; Israel Expands Military Operation in Gaza; Republicans Brace for Tariff Backlash; GOP Wins Both Elections in Florida. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• World Bracing for Trump's Sweeping New Tariffs; Judge Dismisses Mayor Eric Adams (D-New York City, NY) Corruption Case; Mexican President on Tariffs, We Don't Believe in an eye-for-an-Eye. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


April 01, 2025
• Trump Administration Seeking Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione; Interview With Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Will TikTok Go Dark?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Trump Administration Mistakenly Deports Man to El Salvador; Interview With Former Mexican Ambassador to the United States Martha Barcena Coqui; Key Elections in Wisconsin and Florida. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Top Tech Officials at the IRS Sidelined; European Leaders Warns Striking Back Against Trump's Tariffs. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Major Staff Cuts at Federal Health Agencies Now Underway; Sources Say, Many Trump Adviser in Dark on Impending New Tariffs; Trump Faces Two Tests, Special Elections, New Job Numbers. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


March 31, 2025
• Cherry Blossoms Bloom; Final Four Teams Set; Trump Administration Continues Arresting College Students; Mexican President Meets With Kristi Noem; Aluminum Tariffs Hit North Carolina. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Prepares to Escalate Trade War with Sweeping New Tariffs; Kremlin Responds to Trump Saying He's "Very Angry" With Putin; Supreme Court Taking Up Major Religion Cases. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Canada to Retaliate Against New Tariffs; Key Elections in Wisconsin and Florida. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Set to Escalate Trade War With New Tariffs; New Mexico GOP Calls Fire at Headquarters Deliberate Act of Arson; Key Elections Tomorrow in Wisconsin and Florida. Aired 10-10:30a ET


March 28, 2025
• Baseball Season Starts; Activist Detained by ICE Appears in Court; Utah Bans Fluoride in Drinking Water. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• This Morning: Trump Holds Call With Canadian Prime Minister; Israel Strikes Southern Beirut For The First Time Since Ceasefire; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Is Interviewed About Washington Post Report Saying Internal WH Draft Document Details Huge Fed Cuts. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. and Canada's Strained Relationship; Trump Brings Fight Over Alien Enemies Act to Supreme Court; Trump Ends Collective Bargaining to Many Federal Workers. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Trump to Hold Call With Canadian Prime Minister; Deadly 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Thailand and China; Judge Orders Trump Administration to Preserve Signal Messages. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


March 27, 2025
• Major League Baseball Opening Day Arrives; Interview With Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE); Interview With Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY). Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY); DHS Secretary Visits Notorious Prison in El Salvador; Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Trump's New Auto Tariffs; Signal Lawsuit. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Tufts Student Detained by Federal Agents; Senate Hearing Underway on Mid-Air Collision in D.C.; Hidden Notes to Luigi Mangione. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• HHS to Cut 10,000 Employees in Major Overhaul; Trump Announces New Auto Tariffs in Trade War Escalation; Today, Hearing on Lawsuit Saying Group Chat Flouts Fed Record Laws. Aired 10-10:30a ET


March 26, 2025
• Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Firestorm Over Leaked Trump Administration Signal Chat Grows. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
• More Trump Administration Signal Chat Texts Released. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• House Intelligence Committee hearing Underway; Intel Officials Testify as Group Chat Fallout Grows. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Group Chat Strike Plans Released; Intel Officials Testify As Group Chat Fallout Grows; New, U.S. Defense Official Says, Details from Group Chat Were Classified. Aired 10-10:30a ET


March 25, 2025
• Top U.S. Intel Officials Testify on War Plans Leak. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Top Intel Officials Testify on War Plans Leak. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Top Intel Officials Testify on War Plans Leak. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Soon, Top Intel Officials Testify Amid War Plans Group Chat Fallout; Top Senate Intel Democrat Says, Highly Sensitive and Likely Classified Information Shared in Group Chat Included Name of Active CIA Agent. Aired 10-10:30a ET


March 24, 2025
• March Madness Continues; Interview With Rep. Pete Sessions (R- TX); Judge Blocks Use of Alien Enemies Act; Education Department Employees Given 30 Minutes to Collect Belongings. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Is Interviewed About Appeals Court Holds Hearing On Trump's "Alien Enemies" Flights; Hostage Talks In Limbo As Israeli Offensive In Gaza Intensifies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Israeli Cabinet Approves Gaza Emigration Proposal; U.S. Meets with Russian Officials; D.C. Appeals Court Holds Hearing on Alien Enemies Act; Trump Meets with Cabinet and Musk. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Admin Files New Accusations Against Mahmoud Khalil; New Round of Talks Underway Between U.S. and Russia; NAACP Among Several Groups Suing to Stop Education Department Closure. Aired 10-10:30a ET


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