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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• White House Closes Case On Signal And Stands By Waltz, With Key Questions Still Unanswered; Interview With Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); After Two Law Firms Cave To Trump, Others Vow To Fight; Judge Blocks Trump Admin. From Ending Deportation Protections For Venezuelans; Rubio: 17 Alleged Gang Members Deported To El Salvador; Columbia Univ. Student Ran From Homeland Security, But She Still Doesn't Know Why They Came For Her; NASA Astronauts Speak For The First Time After Unexpected 9-Month Mission To Space; Death Toll Rises To At Least 2,056. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with BFMTV Senior International Correspondent Thierry Arnaud; Interview with Director of the Instituto Affari Internazionali and Foreign Policy Adviser Nathalie Tocci; Interview with The Vaccine Alliance Gavi CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar; Interview with Geopolitical Strategist Tina Fordham, Interview with "Chokepoints" Author Edward Fishman. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Dow Closes Up But Tariff Fears Stocks In Red For Quarter; Trump: "Not Joking" About Third Term, Despite Constitution; White House Says "Case Has Been Closed" On Signalgate. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Pushing Presidential Boundaries; Tariffs On Foreign-Made Cars; Smithsonian Institute Now The Target Of Trump; Cas Closed On Group Chat Controversy Says White House; WH Press Secretary On Group Chat Controversy: "Case Has Been Closed"; Death Toll Passes 2,000 Amid Frantic Search For Survivors; Elon Musk Invited To CIA To Discuss "Technology". Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says New Reciprocal Tariffs Will Target All Countries; Trump Promises Reciprocal Tariffs To Take Effect Wednesday; Trump Administration's Immigration Enforcement On Campuses; Close Call Between Delta Plane, Air Force Jet Near DC Airport; MLB Debates Impact Of The Torpedo Bat. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Democrats Stage Protest On Senate Floor, U.S. In Crisis; Eve Of Electoral Test For Trump And MAGA With Special Elections; Trump Says, Not Joking About Unconstitutional Third Term; Trump Soon Marks What He Calls "Liberation Day"; "NewsNight" Tackles Due Process Of Law For Illegal Migrants. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Says New Tariffs This Week Will Target All Countries; Trump Says, Not Joking About Running for a Third Term; Investigating Probe Fire at New Mexico GOP Headquarters. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Auto Jobs Could Take a Hit to Tariffs on Imported Cars, Parts; Interview with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC): Trump Plans to Impose Sweeping New Tariffs This Week; Myanmar Death Toll at Least 1,700 Following Massive Quake; FDA's Top Vaccine Official Begins Final Week After Being Forced Out. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Key Races in Wisconsin, Florida Test Power of Trump and Musk; Global Stock Markets Slump in Response to Trump Tariffs; University of Minnesota Graduate Student Detained by ICE; House GOP Leaders to Hold Off on Push to Impeach Judges. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Florida's Special Election; Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is Interviewed about Critical Elections Tomorrow; White House Plans Briefing Room Shakeup; Couple Deported to Colombia. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Escalates Trade War; Bryan Barnett is Interviewed about Tariffs; Probe into a Fire at GOP Headquarters; More than 2,000 Dead in Myanmar Earthquake. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• U.S. Markets Open Amid Tariff Talks; Dr. Ashish Jha is Interviewed about FDA Vaccine Official Forced Out; Fight at Timberwolves-Piston Game. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Trump Teases Third Term; Chances of Recession Rising?; Trump Tariffs Worry Markets. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Voters Hit Polls Tomorrow In Crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court Election; Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) Discusses Musk CIA Visit At Invitation of Director, Trump Not Firing People Amid Signal Chat Leaks, Trump "Not Joking" About 3rd Term; Rescue Window Closing After Deadly 7.7 Myanmar Quake. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• WSJ Reports Waltz is Losing Support Inside the White House After Signal Group Chat Fallout; NASA Astronauts, Butch and Suni, to Speak After Nine-month Stay in Space; Kremlin Says Working on Implementing Ideas on Ukrainian Settlement; Trump's Sweeping New Tariffs to Take Effect This Week. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NASA Astronauts Discuss Unexpected 9-Month Stay In Space; Immigration Officials Silent After Minnesota Grad Student Detained. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WH: Trump Deciding Final Tariff Details After Advisers Present Plans; Auto Sector Could Lose Jobs Despite Union's Support For Tariffs; Trump: "Not Joking" About Third Term, Says "There Are Methods"; Key Races In WI, FL Are First Political Test Of Trump's New Term; Report: CDC Buried Measles Forecast That Stresses Need For Vaccine. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FDA Top Vaccine Official Forced Out, Cites RFK Jr.'s Lies; Astronauts Speak About 9-Month Delay in Space; 2000 Plus Confirmed Dead in Myanmar After 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Stock Futures Down Ahead Of Trump's Imposition Of More Tariffs; Rescuers Race To Find Quake Survivors In Myanmar; Citizens' Parents Deported After 35 Years In U.S.; Sentebale Chair: Prince Harry's Exit an 'Attack' on Charity; Using A.I. Drones to Detect Wildfires Sooner Than Ever. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump Plans To Impose Sweeping New Tariffs This Week; Trump Threatens Secondary Tariffs On Russian Oil If No Deal On Ukraine; Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Passes 1,700 As Rescuers Race To Find Survivors; Verdict Expected For French Far Right Leader Marine Le Pen; Prince Harry Accused Of Harassment And Bullying By Charity Chairwoman; Rescuers Race To Find Quake Survivors In Myanmar; Hamas Agrees To Egyptian Ceasefire Proposal, Israel Counters; Trump: U.S. Will Buy "Badly Needed" Icebreakers From Finland; Using A.I. Drones To Detect Wildfires Sooner Than Ever. Aired 1-2a ET
• Global Markets Slump on Trump's Tariffs; Third Day of Rescue Efforts Continue, Military Still Bombing Towns; Hamas Agrees to Egyptian Ceasefire Proposal, Israel Gives Counter-offer; Trump Threatens Bombing Iran; Le Pen Awaits Verdict; Prince Harry Accused of Harassment and Bullying. Trump Considering Third Term; Trump "Pissed Off" At Putin, Threatens Additional Tariffs; Citizens' Parents Deported After 35 Years In U.S.; Muslims Around The World Mark The End Of Ramadan. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Global Markets in the Red as Trump's Sweeping Tariffs Take Effect on Liberation Day; 1700 People Died in the Powerful 7.7 Earthquake in Myanmar; German Company Demonstrates Prototype Drone to Detect Wildfires; All Top-Seeded Teams Battle for NCAA's Final Four. Aired 3-4a ET
• Marine Le Pen Banned From 2027 Race In Embezzlement Verdict; Trump Plans To Unveil Sweeping New Tariffs This Week; Rescuers Race To Find Survivors In Myanmar; Trump Criticizes Kremlin, Threatens More Oil Tariffs; U.S. Stocks Fall In Q1, Recession Risks Rise Amid Tariff Fears. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Trump Still Deciding On The Details Of Tariffs; Trump Answers Questions In Oval Office; Mahmoud Khalil Fights To Block His Deportation; Trump Seeking A Third Term; Tornado Bats Stealing The Spotlight. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Iran Rejects Trump's Demand for Direct Nuclear Talks; Coffee Prices Reach Highest in Decades. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Donna Shalala is Interviewed about Chanes to HHS; Duffy Prioritizes Areas with High Birth and Marriage Rates; Wall Street Eyes Trump Tariff Threat; A Third Trump Term. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Bodies of Missing Aid Workers Found in "Mass Grave"; Rescuers Race to Find Survivors in Myanmar, 2,000 Plus Dead; Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran if Nuclear Deal isn't Reached; Trump: "There are Methods" for Seeking a Third Term; Historic Tree to be Removed from White House Entrance. Aired 9- 10a ET
• Benjamin Netanyahu's Standoff With Court Intensifies; France's Marine Le Pen Banned From Running In 2027 Election; President Donald Trump Plans To Announce Sweeping New Tariffs This Week; Rescuers Race To Find Survivors In Myanmar; ICE Detains International Grad Student At University Of Minnesota; Trump Slams Putin, Threatens New Tariffs On Russia; Greenland's Prime Minister: We Do Not Belong To Anyone; Using A.I. Drones To Detect Wildfires Sooner Than Ever. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Bragging About Massive Tariffs: "Rebirth Of Our Country"; Walt Under Fire By Maga Loyalists After Security Breach; Trump Triples Down: "There's A Way" To Get A Third Term; State Attorneys General Take Lavish Trips. Who's Paying? Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Plans to Impose Sweeping New Tariffs This Week; Marine Le Pen Found Guilty in Embezzlement Trial; Rescuers Race to Find Quake Survivors in Myanmar; 1,700 Plus Dead; Hamas Agrees to Egyptian Ceasefire Proposal, Israel Counters; Astronauts to Hold News Conference After Extended Space Trip. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill to Limit Protection for Children; Musk Awards Million Dollar Checks to Some Wisconsin Voters; Marine Le Pen Barred from Running for Political Office in France. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• World Bracing for Impact of New Trump Tariffs This Week; Trump Gambles Economy on New "Reciprocal" Tariffs; Trump: New Tariffs Coming Wednesday, Will Mark "Liberation Day"; Musk Gives Out 1$ Million Payments after Court Declines to Stop Him; Gov. Newsom: "The Democratic Brand is Toxic Right Now". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Potential 2028 Candidate Jockey For Position; Democrats Call Their Party Brand "Toxic", "Problematic"; Trump Won't Rule Out Military Force To "Get Greenland"; Trump: There are "Methods" Where I Could Serve A Third Term. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran; Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Speak About Their Time in Space. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Elections On Trump's Second Term Are Hours Away; Booker Gives Marathon Speech Protesting Trump; White House Says Signal Case Is Closed; Trump Says He's Not Joking About Potential Third Term; Laura Coates Interviews A Farmer, A Car Dealer, And A Home Builder. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Marine Le Pen Banned From Running For Office For Five Years; Trump says "There Are Methods" To Serve A Third Term; Bodies Of Three U.S. Soldiers Recovered From Bog In Lithuania; Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Attracts National Attention; Aluminum Tariffs Threaten Craft Breweries In United States; New Jersey Kebab Restaurant Reopens With Celebration. Aired 12-1p ET
• CNN International: Trump Prepares To Escalate Trade War With Sweeping New Tariffs; Trump's 25 Percent Tariffs On Imported Cars To Take Effect Later This Week; Rescuers Race To Find Survivors In Myanmar. Aired 11a-12p ET


Quest Means Business
• Le Pen Banned From Seeking Public Office For Five Years; White House: Trump Deciding On Final Tariff Details; Rescuers Race To Find Survivors In Myanmar; Boeing Under Scrutiny After Troubled Starliner Mission; IAG CEO Reacts To Heathrow Airport Chaos; Bringing Uganda's Gorillas Back From The Brink; Elon Musk Sells X To His Won A.I. Firm In Deal Valuing X A T $33 Billion. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• 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
• Canada to Retaliate Against New Tariffs; Key Elections in Wisconsin and Florida. Aired 10:30-11a 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
• 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


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump On Tariffs: "We Are Going To Be Very Nice"; Trump Signs Order Next To Kid Rock Against Ticket Price Gouging; Sen. Booker Nearly Three Hours Into Marathon Speech Protesting Trump. Aired 9-10p ET