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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• First Major Elections Of Trump's Second Term; Sen. Booker's Protest Speech Breaks Senate Floor Record; Soon: Polls Close In Wisconsin As GOP Seeks Clean Sweep Tonight; WI Officials: Some Ballot Shortages Due To "Historic Turnout". Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Attorney General and Former White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales; Interview with Mother of Hostage Alon Ohel Idit Ohel; Interview with Loyola Law School Professor and Biden Administration Former Senior Policy Adviser for Democracy and Voting Rights Justin Levitt; Interview with "Operation Mincemeat" Author Ben Macintyre. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Final Hours Of Voting In Key Elections In Florida & Wisconsin; WaPo: Waltz & Staff Used Personal Gmail For Government Business; Now: Senator Booker's Marathon Anti-Trump Speech Tops 21 Hours; GOP Rebels Tank Johnson's Effort Aimed At Killing Proxy Voting. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Final Hours Of Voting In High-Stakes Florida, Wisconsin Elections; Trump Admin. Admits "Error" In Deporting MD Father To Mega Prison; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Is Interviewed About Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, Deportation; White House: Trump "Perfecting" Tariff Plan With Advisers; Democrats Hope To Flip House Seat In FL Special Election; AG Pam Bondi Seeks Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione. Aired 5-6p ET
• Tonight, First Major Elections Of Trump's Second Term; Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) Nears Record For Longest Speech In Senate History; Senior Russian Official Expected To Visit D.C. For Talks With Trump Admin. This Week; Tonight: First Major Elections Of Trump's Second Term. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Liberal Judge Leads Wisconsin Supreme Court Race; CNN Projects Liberals Keep Majority On Wisconsin Supreme Court; Conservative Judge Concedes Wisconsin Race, Tells Upset Supporters, You've Got To Accept the Results. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN's Laura Coates Reports On Special Elections; Trump White House Admits It Mistakenly Deported Man To El Salvador. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN News Central
• Key Races in Florida, Wisconsin Test Power of Trump and Musk; Trump White House Closes Case on Signal, Stands By Waltz; Harvard Says University Will Work With Anti-Semitism Task Force. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Gears Up for Most Aggressive Tariff Move Yet; Interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): Democrat Sen. Booker Makes Marathon Floor Speech to Protest Trump Actions, Tariffs, Elections; Karen Read's Murder Retrial to Begin Later Today; Rescued Astronauts Speak for First Time Since Return to Earth. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• High-Stakes Races in Florida and Wisconsin Test Trump's Power; Up to 50 Senior IT Professionals Sidelined Inside IRS; Columbia University Student Ran from Homeland Security, But She Still Doesn't Know Why They Came for Her. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Polls for the Special Election Day; Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) is Interviewed about the Special Elections; DOGE Cuts Target HHS; New Storm Threatens Central U.S.; USAID Team Traveling to Myanmar. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• High-Stakes Races in Florida and Wisconsin; Many in Dark over Tariff Plans; Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) is Interviewed about the Race in Wisconsin; Trump Administration Admits Deportation Mistake. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Market Open as Investors Wait for Tariffs; Sen. Ed Markey (D- MA) is Interviewed about Tariffs; Read's Murder Retrial Begins; TikTok Running Out of Time. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Detroit-Area Mayor: Auto Tariffs to Have "Devastating Effect" on Jobs; Election to Decide Balance of Wisconsin Supreme Court; Trump Admin. Mistakenly Deports Maryland Man to Salvadoran Mega Prison. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mass Layoffs, Reorganization Underway Across U.S. Health Agencies; Richard Sherman: Gunmen Invade Home With Wife & Kids Inside; State Dept: USAID Team Headed To Myanmar. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• On Eve of Tariff Announcement, Mystery Surrounds Trump Plan; GOP Outrage Grows Over Remote Voting for New Parents in Congress; High-stakes Races in Florida and Wisconsin Test Trump Support; House GOP Hopes to Preserve Slim Majority With Florida Special Elections. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Admin To Review Billions In Funding For Harvard; Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) Discusses Dems Calling For Probe Into Signal Chat & Trump Admin. Mistakenly Deporting Maryland Man To Salvadorean Mega Prison. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• White House: Trump "Perfecting" His Tariff Plan With Advisers; Europe To Trump: Ready For "Strong" Retaliation Against Tariffs; On Eve Of Tariff Announcement, Mystery Surrounds Trump Plan; Trump Admin Mistakenly Deports Maryland Man To Salvadoran Mega-Prison; GOP Reps Lash Out At "Rogue" Judges As Dems Blast Trump Overreach; Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) Discusses About Proxy Voting For New Parents; GOP Rebels Tank Johnson's Effort To Kill Push For Remote Voting For Lawmakers Who Are New Parents. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL): GOP Holds Hearing on Judges Amid Claims They're Blocking Trump Agenda; Retrial Begins for Woman Accused of Killing Police Officer Boyfriend; Controversy Around Torpedo Bats Ignites Widespread Discussion. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Set Liberation Day For Tariff To Take Effect Wednesday; French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Slams Public Office Ban; Frantic Rescue Efforts In Myanmar Following Quake; China Launches Military Exercises Around Taiwan; Trump: Ukraine Trying To Back Out Of Minerals Deal; U.S. State Elections Seen As Referendum On Trump So Far. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Trump's Tariff Announcement Remains Largely A Mystery; Marine Le Pen Slams Court Ruling Barring Her From Election; Burst Gas Pipe Sparks Colossal Fire In Malaysia; 72-Hour Golden Window For Finding Trapped Survivors Ends; China Launches Military Exercises Around Taiwan; Trump: Ukraine Trying To back Out Of Minerals Deal; Bodies Of Missing Aid Workers Found In Gaza Mass Grave; Columbia Student Targeted By ICE, Not Charged With A Crime; Astronauts Speak For First Time Since Unexpected Space Stay. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump's Tariff Announcement Remains Largely A Mystery; Donald Trump And Elon Musk Focus On Wisconsin Supreme Court Race; China Launches Military Exercise Around Taiwan; Frantic Recuse Efforts In Myanmar Following Quake; Le Pen Slams Public Office Ban as Political Decision; Ukraine Says Russia Has Committed More Than 183,000 War Crimes; Trump Wants Putin to Make a Deal to End the War; Israel's Latest Strike Tests the Fragile Ceasefire With Hezbollah; Study Links Lack of Deep Sleep With Alzheimer's; Williams and Wilmore Both Willing to Fly Boeing Starliner After Rocky Test Flight. Aired 2- 3a ET
• China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan; Special Elections Taking Place Today for Florida's Two Congressional Districts and Wisconsin Supreme Court; French Far-Right Leader Slams Court Ruling; Indian Student at Columbia Targeted by ICE Shares to CNN. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump To Announce Tariffs From Rose Garden Wednesday; Key Races In Wisconsin and Florida to Test Trump Agenda; Defense Slams Decision to Seek Death Penalty for Mangione; Job Cuts Begin At U.S. Government Health Agencies. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: U.S. Warns China Over Taiwan Drills; Canada's Last-Minute Tariff Plea; Florida Holds Special Elections; Trump's First Election Test Of His New Term; Trump To Unveil Liberation Day Tariffs; Canada To Respond To Trump's Tariffs; Justice Dept. Seeks Death Penalty For Mangione; Gen Z Candidate Runs For Office; Democrat Marathon Senate Floor Speech. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Soon: Polls Open in Florida & Wisconsin for Critical Elections; Trump Prepares to Unveil Reciprocal Tariffs on U.S. Partners. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Democrats Conduct All-Night Protest Speech; Gay Valimont is Interviewed about the Florida Special Election; Joe Gruters is Interviewed about the Florida Special Election; Trump Administration Deports Maryland Father. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Wisconsin Vote will Determine Balance of State Supreme Court; Stock Markets Jittery as Trump's "Liberation Day" Nears; 72-Hour "Golden Window" for Finding Trapped Survivors Ends; U.S. Trading Partners Bracing for Trump's Tariffs; Trump: Ukraine Trying to Back Out of Minerals Deal. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• U.S. Partners Bracing for "Liberation Day"; Key State Races Test Musk and Trump; Trump Administration Admits Deportation of Maryland Father; Missing Gaza Aid Workers Found in Mass Grave; Columbia Student Targeted by ICE, Not Charged; Call to Earth: Uganda's Mountain Gorillas; TikTok Almost out of Time. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Tonight: First Major Elections Of Trump's Second Term; Senator Booker's Protest Speech Breaks Senate Floor Record. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• U.S. State Elections Seen As Referendum On Trump So Far; Trump's Tariff Announcement Remains Largely A Mystery; China Launches Military Exercises Around Taiwan; Le Pen Slams 5-Year Ban As "Political Decision"; Booker Protests Trump In Marathon Senate Floor Speech. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Astronauts Speak for First Time Since Unexpected Space Stay; Mega Donors Intensify Wisconsin Supreme Court Race; U.S. State Elections Seen as Referendum on Trump So Far; Karen Read Murder Retrial to Begin Later Today. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Key Race Today will Decide Balance of Wisconsin Supreme Court; Key Races in Florida & Wisconsin Test Trump's 2nd Term; Democrats Hope to Make Waves with Florida Special Elections; Senator Booker Holds Marathon Senate Floor Speech in Protest Over Trump Administration's Actions; Rogan: "Horrific" that Non-Gang Members Deported, Sent to Prison. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Planning Rose Garden Rollout For "Liberation Day"; Several GOP Senators Voice Concern On Impact Of Trump's New Tariffs; Trump Orders Smithsonian To Remove "Improper Ideology" From Museums; Staff Cuts Underway At Federal Health Agencies. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• World Braces For President Trump's Liberation Day Tariffs; Voting Underway In Critical Special Elections In Florida And Wisconsin; Some Researchers Cite The Trump Administration Is Waging A War On Science; Maryland Father Mistakenly Deported To El Salvador; Trump Admin. Reviews Harvard's Grants; U.S. Justice Dept. Seeks Death Penalty For Mangione; Job Cuts At U.S. Health Agencies. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• President Gears Up For Most Aggressive Tariff Move Yet; Expanded Tariffs On Canada, Mexico Go Into Effect This Week; Florida Voters To Fill Two Vacant Congressional Seats. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Voters In Two States To Deliver Referendums On Trump; Voters To Fill Crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat; Trump Gears Up For Most Aggressive Tariff Move Yet; White House Holds Press Briefing; U.S. Trading partners Bracing For Trump's Tariffs; Former NFL Star Says Home was Robbed By Gunmen; Cast Revealed For "The Beatles A Four-Film Cinematic Event. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• President Set To Unveil Sweeping New Tariffs On Wednesday; Florida Voters To Fill Vacant U.S. House Seats; U.S. Justice Department To Seek Death Penalty For Mangione; Trump Set To Unveil Sweeping New Tariffs On Wednesday; China Launches Joint Exercises Around Taiwan; Candidates Make Their Case To Lead U.N. Tourism Body. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• 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
• Top Tech Officials at the IRS Sidelined; European Leaders Warns Striking Back Against Trump's Tariffs. Aired 10:30-11a 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
• Trump Administration Seeking Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione; Interview With Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Will TikTok Go Dark?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• First Votes Coming In From Wisconsin Supreme Court Race; Sen. Booker Breaks Record For Longest Speech In Senate History; Liberal Judge Leads Wisconsin Supreme Court Race. Aired 9-10p ET