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July 16, 2024
• Trump Makes First Appearance After Assassination Attempt; Biden Defends Decision To Stay In Presidential Race; Biden: Not Surprised by Judge Dismissing Classified Docs Case; Interview with Former Miami- Dade Judge Jeff Swartz; Police Snipers Inside Building where Gunman Shot at Trump; Interview with Louisville, Kentucky Mayor Craig Greenberg; Biggest Moments from Night One of the RNC. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Appears at RNC After Surviving Assassination Attempt; Trump Picks J.D. Vance as Vice Presidential Running Mate; Interview with Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R-OH) about Trump's VP Pick; J.D. Vance on Previous Remarks on Trump: 'I Was Wrong'; Justice Department Vows to Appeal Judge's Decision to Drop Documents Charges on Trump; Snipers Were Inside Building from Which the Trump Shooter Fired. Aired 12-1a ET


July 15, 2024
• CNN Gives Instant Analysis And Commentary On The 2024 Republican National Convention In Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Republican National Convention; Sen. J.D. Vance Arrives At RNC, Trump Expected To Join Him Soon; Trump Arrives At Republican National Convention; Teamsters President Sean O'Brien Speaks At The Republican National Convention. Aired 10-11p ET
• Biden: Sources: Private Efforts To Nudge Biden To Step Aside Continue; "Bullseye" Comment About Trump Was Mistake; Republican National Convention; Trump Arrives At Site Of Republican National Convention. Aired 9-10p ET
• Republican National Convention; Sources: Trump To Appear With Vance Tonight At RNC; Sources: Private Efforts To Nudge Biden To Step Aside Continue. Aired 8-9p ET
• Donald Trump Wins Republican Nomination At RNC; J.D. Vance Picked As Trump's Running Mate; Biden Says Vance Is A Clone Of Trump. Aired 5-5:30p ET
• CNN Republican National Convention; Donald Trump Wins The Republican Nomination; Trump Selects JD Vance As VP. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Formally Nominated for President; Trump Picks Sen. JD Vance as Running Mate; Interview with Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA): Republican National Convention and Unity of the American People. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Picks Sen. J.D. Vance As Running Mate; Trump Formally Nominated For President. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sources: Burgum, Rubio Told They Are Not Trump's VP Pick; Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R-OH) Discusses Trump's Likely VP Pick; Vicki Drummond, Convention Secretary, Begins Roll Call. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Republican National Convention; Sen. Marco Rubio And Doug Burgum Told He Is Not Donald Trump's V.P. Pick. Aired 2-2:30p ET


July 13, 2024
• FBI Now Taking Lead In Trump Rally Shooting Investigation; Trump Rally Shooting Being Investigated As An Attempted Assassination; Secret Service: One Rally Attendee Dead, Two Critically Injured; Suspected Shooter At Trump Rally Dead; Trump Thanks Secret Service For "Rapid Response" To Shooting; Biden Returning To WH After Assassination Attempt At Trump Rally. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Sources: Shooter Was Outside Donald Trump Rally Venue; Donald Trump Rally Shooting Being Investigated As An Attempted Assassination; President Joe Biden Returning To White House After Assassination Attempt At Donald Trump Rally; FBI Now Taking Lead In Donald Trump Rally Shooting Investigation; Suspected Shooter At Donald Trump Rally Dead. Aired 10-11p ET
• Sources: Shooter Was Outside Trump Rally Venue. Aired 9-10p ET
• Trump Rally Shooting Being Investigated As An Attempted Assassination. Aired 8-9p ET


July 07, 2024
• The Last Alzheimer's Patient. Aired 8-9p ET


July 04, 2024
• CNN Covers The 4th Of July Celebration In America. Aired 11p- 12a ET
• The Fourth In America; CNN Presents "The Fourth In America", An Independence Day Special. Aired 10-11p ET
• The Fourth In America. Aired 9-10p ET
• Biden Speaks At WH Amid Questions About Campaign; Biden Speaks At White House July 4 Event; The Fourth In America. Aired 8-9p ET
• The Fourth In America. Aired 7-8p ET


July 03, 2024
• State of the Race: CNN: Biden Tells Ally Coming Days Critical To Saving Reelection Bid; Trump Could Delay VP Announcement To Let Dem Drama Play Out; British Voters Poised To End 14 Years Of Conservative Rule. Aired 3-4p ET


July 02, 2024
• State of the Race: White House: "We Understand That It Was A Bad Night" At Debate; New CNN Poll: 75 Percent of Voters Say Dems' 2024 Chances Are Better If Someone Other Than Biden Is Nominee; NYT: Biden's Lapses Are Increasingly Common, More Pronounced; Trump Sentencing In Hush Money Case Delayed Until Mid-September. Aired 3-4p ET


July 01, 2024
• CNN International: Supreme Court: Presidents Have Immunity For "Official Acts"; Biden Wages Bid To Save Reelection Campaign Following Debate; Far Right Party Leads After First Round Of Voting; Simone Bills Headed To Paris After Gymnastics Trial Win. Aired 3-4p ET
• Supreme Court: Trump Has Immunity For Official Acts. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Supreme Court: Trump Has Immunity From "Official Acts". Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Supreme Court Rules on Trump's Claim of Immunity in Election Case; Trump Has Immunity From Official Acts. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Supreme Court Releasing Opinions; Supreme Court Rules on Trump's Claim of Immunity in Election Case. Aired 10-10:30a ET


June 28, 2024
• CNN Flash Poll Results on Tonight's CNN Debate; Breaking Down the Debate Performance. Aired 12-1a ET


June 27, 2024
• CNN International: Tonight: Biden & Trump Square Off In Historic CNN Debate; Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions In Idaho; Still Waiting On Rulings For Trump's Immunity Claim, January 6, Chevron. Aired 3-4p ET
• President Joe Biden And Former President Donald Trump Face Off In Historic Presidential Debate; Anderson Cooper Interviews Vice President Kamala Harris; Daniel Dale Fact-Checks The Presidential Debate; Erin Burnett Interviews Senator Marco Rubio. Aired 11p-12a ET
• CNN Presidential Debate; CNN's Political Commentators Analyze The Presidential Debate; Democrats Concerned About Biden's Debate Performance; Trump Fact-Checked After Spewing Lies During Debate. Aired 10-11p ET
• CNN Presidential Debate. Aired 9-10p ET
• Soon: Biden & Trump Face Off In Unprecedented CNN Debate; Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) California Discusses About His Take On The Upcoming Presidential Debate Between President Joe Biden And Former President Donald Trump; Melania Trump Not Attending Tonight's Debate. Aired 8-9p ET
• Soon: Biden & Trump Face Off In Unprecedented CNN Debate. Aired 7-8p ET
• Biden, Trump Both Now In Georgia Ahead Of CNN Debate; CNN's Historic Presidential Debate Now Just Hours Away; Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions In Idaho; Now: Biden & Trump Making Final Preps For CNN Debate. Aired 6-7p ET
• Stage Is Set For Tonight's Historic CNN Presidential Debate; Mary Trump Will Be In Spin Room Tonight For Biden Campaign; Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Is Interviewed About CNN Debate; Now: Biden & Trump Making Final Preps For CNN Debate. Aired 5-6p ET
• Now: Biden & Trump Making Final Preps For CNN Debate; Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions In Idaho; CNN's Historic Presidential Debate Now Just Hours Away. Aired 4-5p ET


June 26, 2024
• State of the Race: Supreme Court Mistakenly Posts Abortion Ruling Document On Site; 1 Day Away: Biden & Trump Face Off Tomorrow Nigh In CNN Debate; Bowman Loses In Primary First Squad Member To Lose Re-Election; U.S. Reporter On Trial In Russia For Espionage. Aired 3- 4p ET


June 25, 2024
• State of the Race: New Biden Ad Slams Trump's Economic Vision Ahead of Debate; Surgeon General Declares Firearm Violence A Public Health Crisis; Arizona Community Dealing with Influx Of Migrants. Aired 3-4p ET


June 24, 2024
• CNN International: Biden & Trump Face Off In CNN Presidential Debate Thursday; Two Years Since Supreme Court Overturned Roe V. Wade; NASA: ISS Spacewalk Called Off Due To Leak In Astronaut's Spacesuit; Awaiting Ruling On President Immunity As Court Nears End Of Term. Aired 3-4p ET


June 19, 2024
• Juneteenth, Celebrating Freedom And Legacy; Victor Blackwell Hosts CNN's Juneteenth Special. Aired 10-11p ET


May 31, 2024
• Trump Airs Grievances After Being Convicted On 34 Felony Counts; Biden Campaign After Trump's Speech: "This Man Cannot Be President". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Airs Grievances After Being Convicted On 34 Felony Counts; Protesters Gather Outside Trump Tower. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Speaks After Being Convicted Of 34 Felonies; Trump Finishes Post-Conviction Speech Without Taking Questions; Trump Doubles Down On Claims Around His Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Speaks After Being Convicted Of 34 Felonies. Aired 11- 11:30a ET


May 30, 2024
• Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Felony Charges; Awaiting Manhattan D.A. News Conference On Trump Conviction; Judge Sets Trump Sentencing For July 11, Days Before GOP Convention. Aired 6-7p ET
• Jury Reaches Verdict In Trump Trial; Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Felony Charges. Aired 5-6p ET
• Now: Jury Resumes Deliberations In Trump Criminal Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Jury Continues Deliberations. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Judge Re-Read Instructions to Jury; Jury Requests Review of Pecker and Cohen's Testimony. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New, Jury Submits Additional Note in Trump Hush Money Trial; Jurors Request Review of Testimony from Pecker and Cohen; Now, Judge Re-Reading Part of His Instructions to Jury. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 29, 2024
• Trump Jury Deliberating. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Trump Jury Deliberating; Now: Trump Speaking As Jury Deliberates. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Judge Delivers Instructions to Trump Jury. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Hush Money Trial; Judge Delivering Instruction to Jury. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Judge Delivering Instructions to Trump Jury. Aired 10- 10:30a ET


May 28, 2024
• Closing Arguments Underway in the Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Prosecution Making Closing Argument. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Prosecution Making Closing Argument. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Prosecution's Burden And Closing Arguments; Key Witness Testimonies; The Judge Issues Firm Instructions In Hush Money Trial; Hush Money Trial Is An Historic One. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Prosecution Delivers Closing Arguments; Defense Calls Michael Cohen's Testimony "Lies, Pure And Simple". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Closing Arguments Continue in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Closing Arguments Resume In Donald Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Trump's Defense Making Closing Argument. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Trump's Defense Making Closing Argument; Judge Denies Request For Trump Gag Order In Classified Docs Case; Soon: Closing Arguments Resume In Trump Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Defense Team Makes Closing Arguments. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump's Hush Money Trial; Trump's Defense Makes Closing Arguments. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Trump's Defense Making Closing Argument; Trump's Attorney to Jury, Cohen Lied to You; Trump's Attorney Says, Cohen's Testimony Not Corroborated by Anything. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Closing Arguments in Trump's Hush Money Trial Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Closing Arguments in Trump's Trial Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 21, 2024
• Both Sides Rest, Trump Doesn't Testify; Later Today: Judge & Attorneys To Work On Jury Instruction. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Both Sides Rest in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump's Hush Money Trial; Both Side Rests in Hush Money Trial. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Costello Denies Trying to Intimidate Michael Cohen; Now, Defense Questioning Witness Who Angered Judge; Defense Rests in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 20, 2024
• Prosecution Rests In Donald Trump Hush Money Trial; Cohen's Former Legal Adviser Testifies For Defense. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cohen Back On Stand After Admitting He Stole From Trump Org; Defense Calls Its First Witness In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Judge Won't Let Prosecutors Bring In C-SPAN Pictures As Evidence, Prosecutors May Recall Archivist To Testify; ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Hamas & Israeli Leaders; Cohen Called Back To Stand To Testify That C-SPAN Photo Shows Schiller With Trump Minutes Before Key Phone Call. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits To Theft; Stormy Daniels Payment; The Defense May Call Robert Costello; Cohen Acted At Trump's Direction; Key Phone Call Dispute; Evidence Admissibility. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits To Stealing From Trump Organization; Iran: President Ebrahim Raisi Killed In Helicopter Crash; ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Hamas & Israeli Leaders. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Nearing End of Testimony. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Cohen Back On Stand After Admitting He Stole From Trump Org. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Defense Ends Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen; Now: Prosecutors Questioning Michael Cohen; Michael Cohen Admits To Stealing From Trump Organization; Now: Cohen Back On Stand After Admitting He Stole From Trump Org. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits To Stealing From Trump Organization; Now; Michael Cohen Back On The Stand After Admitting To Stealing From Trump Organization; Trump Defense Ends Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Michael Cohen Admits to Stealing From Trump Organization. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Defense Cross-Examines Cohen. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Now, Defense Grilling Cohen About Weeks Leading Up to 2016 Election; Now, Defense Grilling Cohen About Stealing from Trump Org. Aired 10-10:30a ET


May 16, 2024
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Defense Presses Cohen On All The Times He Lied Under Oath. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cohen Says He Has About 95 Secret Recordings On His Phone, Including "About 40" With Reporters; Trump Defense Resumes Cross- Examination Of Michael Cohen. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Shows Jury Text Exchange Between Cohen, 14- Year-Old Prankster; Cohen Acknowledges Trump's First Comment On Stormy Daniels Was That His Family Wouldn't Like It; Cohen Says He Has About 95 Secret Recordings On His Phone, Including "About 40" With Reporters. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen's Testimony Under Scrutiny; The Defense Argued That The Call Was Not About Stormy Daniels; The Prosecution Needs To Rehabilitate Cohen's Testimony; Cohen's Potential Motivations To Lie; Trump Appeared Pleased With The Defense's Cross-Examination. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Soon: Trump Defense Resumes Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen; Stunning Moment With Michael Cohen In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Testimony Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Faces Cross Examination From Trump Lawyers In New York Criminal Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Any Minute: Cohen Back On Stand For Cross-Examination; Michael Cohen Back On The Stand For Cross-Examination; Trump Lawyer Cross- Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Cross-Examination of Michael Cohen as He Returns to the Witness Stand; Michael Cohen Cross-Examined by Trump's Attorney. Aired 10:30-11a ET


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