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Anderson Cooper brings you highlights from CNN's premier nightly news program AC360.
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Kansas Emerges as Surprise Battleground for Key Senate Race
We are almost two weeks away from the midterm elections and President Trump is in Kansas tonight, a deep-red state he won by 16 points two years ago and one that has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932. Plus, how far will the president go as he increasingly turns his back on Ukraine…
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Zacharia Out as White House Press Secretary After Just 5 Days
Tonight, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is out of the job she held for just five days. Plus, President Trump visits a deep red corner of Georgia, as new signs point to the electorate possibly trending bluer in a number of districts around the country. Learn more about your ad choices....
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Police: 3 Children, 1 Teacher Killed in Oregon Elementary School Shooting
Three children, aged 5, 8, and 11, and one teacher were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to Police Chief Mike Krantz. A community member who saw the teen shooter entering Silver Rail Elementary School followed him in before engaging him in...
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Tonight: CNN Town Hall with TX Dem. Sen. Candidate James Talarico
Just days before early voting begins in Texas, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico will appear on CNN tonight at 8pm ET for a town hall moderated by Erin Burnett. Talarico now stands an essentially even chance of becoming the state's first Democratic senator since 1993, and whose victory…
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Countdown to Midterms: 3 Weeks to Go
With just three weeks left in the campaign, President Trump spent nearly 8 hours on a plane to a state that should have been safely red in the first place, while his handpicked new press secretary is being panned for her debut performance. Plus, more on Kimberly Guilfoyle's departure, and the…
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22 Days to Midterms: Trump Hits Trail Carrying Baggage for GOP
With the midterms just three weeks from tomorrow, the president rolls into Ohio carrying a ton of new political baggage, on top of the kind that has been weighing Republicans down the entire campaign.Plus, all we are learning about why federal agents searched the D.C. home of a Democratic...
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Torrential Rain, Intense Winds Pummel Gulf Coast as Hurricane Isaias Closes In
We are tracking Hurricane Isaias, the larger-than-expected, fast-moving storm which has already begun coming ashore along the coastal Florida panhandle and Alabama Gulf coast. Plus, the latest in the wake of an ICE shooting in New York that wounded a man, with a five-year-old in the car with him....
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WSJ: Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100K to Her AmEx Account
According to the Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, sought $100K to pay her American Express bill and offered access to top administration officials ahead of her confirmation. It is yet one more story about ethical questions and money-making efforts by members...
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Trump Makes Third Trip to TX in a Month Amid Tight Senate Race
Tonight the president is back in Texas for the third time in a month, which says a lot about the worries that Republicans have about their chances there, just 27 days from now. Plus, two of the president's top political advisors, and new reporting on the money they reportedly made helping a...
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Trump Campaigns in Red States as GOP Anxiety Rises
Just four weeks out from the midterm elections with new signs of trouble for Republicans. Plus, Cornell University names a former top Justice Department official to review the school's response to Jane Doe's fraternity gang rape allegations. A new report emerges about what happened after the...
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Trump in Nebraska, Vance in Alaska Defending Senate Seats at Risk
Republicans are defending territory they never expected to be at risk four weeks before Election Day. Tonight, President Trump is in Nebraska, a deep-red state he won by 20 points, and where he is campaigning says a lot about how he sees his party's chances next month. Plus, a Russian lab…
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NY Gov. Vows to Unravel Failures in Cornell Sexual Assault Investigation
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is appointing New York State Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the alleged sexual assault case at Cornell University and says she supports closing a “loophole” in state law that can make it nearly impossible for survivors to seek justice if…
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Another Trump Meme Coin Contest Promises an “Exclusive” Dinner with the President
The family of Renee Good, an American woman shot and killed during an ICE operation in Minneapolis in January, has filed two civil lawsuits against the Trump administration, alleging she posed no threat to federal agents when she was shot. The lawsuits seek damages for wrongful death, battery,...
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Hegseth to Announce 20% Cut to Senior Officer Ranks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to cut senior officer ranks by 20% in a speech to service members. Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, weighs in on the cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sen. Eric Schmitt Laughs Off His Questioning of Jack Smith That Backfired
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt laughed off the exchange earlier today where he mixed up basketball games in his interrogation of former special counsel Jack Smith. Schmitt wouldn't say if he regretted his handling of the moment, which saw him repeatedly try to cast Smith as a perjurer. Democratic...
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Malcolm Gladwell on How Both Sides of Gun Debate Traffic in Dishonesties
Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell joins Anderson to talk about his new book, "The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic”. It's a fascinating dissection of gun violence in the US and how many aspects are largely misunderstood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Nor'easter Threatens the East Coast
More than 40 million people could be impacted by an early-season nor'easter that is threatening the East Coast this weekend. There will be stretches of strong wind and coastal flooding from Boston to New York City and New Jersey. CNN teams are along the expected path with reports. Learn more…
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NVIDIA CEO on AI Warnings and Growing Calls to Regulate It
This evening the White House denied two CNN reporters and MS NOW journalists from covering Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s arrival back at the White House for a state dinner. President Xi is being honored by President Trump and many of the nation's financial and technology giants, including NVIDIA…
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Awaiting Judge's Ruling After Hearing on Trump WH Press Ban Case
A DC federal judge could weigh in anytime now, on whether the President of the United States can bar members of the press, including CNN, from the White House. District Judge Timothy Kelly promised to respond, quote, "as soon as possible," after listening to arguments this afternoon from both…
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Deadline Tonight for Justice Dept. to Respond to Media Ban Lawsuit
The Justice Department is facing a deadline tonight to answer CNN, MS NOW and Politico's lawsuit against the president, ahead of a hearing tomorrow regarding his media ban. President Trump said that while he believes his ban is warranted, the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit “probably will”...
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Major TV Networks Stand with CNN, Decline to Replace WH Pool Crew
Today, for the first time in modern memory, the one camera that's at the White House or that travels with a president almost always, was not there. The major television networks are standing with CNN by declining to replace its White House pool crew after the Trump administration barred CNN from...
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Trump Says He’s ‘Banning’ CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the WH
The President of the United States announced today, with no warning, that he has banned CNN from the White House along with MS NOW and Politico. President Trump was questioned by a group of White House reporters about how he would justify banning the news organizations. “Because they’re fake…
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Trump Seen with 'Kennedy Center Demolished' Poster
Is President Trump about to tear down the Kennedy Center because he cannot get his name on the building? Plus, OpenAI is revealing more AI models have gone rogue, and Anthropic's chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor. Anderson speaks to one of AI's godfathers…
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Trump’s Handpicked Fed Chair Defies Him by Hiking Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate as expected on Wednesday, marking a sharp policy turnaround for an economy increasingly shaped by the war in the Middle East. Plus, a new report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s long-standing fixation on what the troops at his speeches…
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Bannon, Sanders Shed Differences in Call for AI Action
A new chapter in the debate over how to make AI safe played out today between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose chips power just about everything to do with artificial intelligence. Plus, all we're learning about the shadowy Russian billionaire who bankrolled part of...
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Interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Could artificial intelligence kill us all by the end of the decade? That was the question raised last week by former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who said many at the company believe that it's possible. Then this weekend, the company's CEO Dario Amodei posted an essay in which he acknowledged...
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Remembering 9/11
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Anderson reports from ground zero and speaks with those who were on the scene, including Thomas von Essen, the New York City fire commissioner, and first responder John Feal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Anthropic Says it Blocked Possible Attempts to Use AI to Develop Bioweapons
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, says in a new paper that it blocked multiple attempts to use its AI models in ways that could potentially lead to the development of biological weapons. This comes as some industry insiders are loudly warning the technology could wipe out humanity within…
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GOP Pins Convention Hopes on Trump Magic, Some Candidates Stay Away
For the first time ever, the Republican Party is holding a national convention outside of a presidential election year. It's a gamble that President Trump, who will take the stage tonight, can rally otherwise unenthusiastic Republicans for the midterms. Plus, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial…
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Keeping Them Honest: Rewriting History
Keeping Them Honest with what appears to be another instance of the Trump administration promoting its own sanitized version of American history instead of the real thing. It centers on new reporting in The Washington Post, that the administration has removed language, on signage and a web page,...
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Judge Declares Mistrial in Clancy Case After Jury Deadlocks
A look at what comes next after a murder trial that drew national attention, divided public opinion and left 12 men and women unable to reach a verdict. A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial today in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former nurse accused of murdering her three children. Plus,...
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Courtroom Tension on Day 6 of Deliberations in Clancy Trial
Stunning new developments in what began as a profound human tragedy, and has become a riveting courtroom drama that could come down to one single juror. A deadlocked jury has been sent home after a sixth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, the Massachusetts mother accused of murder...
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Trump Vows to Hit Iran "Much Harder" if it Retaliates
The president says he's prepared to strike Iran again, in his words, "anytime we want." Even as he makes that threat, there is growing controversy surrounding the man in charge of prosecuting the war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and a new call for President Trump to fire him. Plus, after five...
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Nepal Death Toll Reaches Over 1,000; Nearly 4,00 Still Missing
At least 1,050 people are dead and nearly 4,000 remain missing after Nepal's floods. A good deal of the search effort is focused on hydropower projects along the river, where authorities believe at least 900 workers are unaccounted for in tunnels in the mountainsides. Anderson speaks to a school...
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950+ Dead, 4,400+ Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods
According to Nepali authorities, at least 900 workers at hydropower projects all along the river are unaccounted for, and there is a belief some number of them might be trapped inside tunnels connected to the facilities. Anderson visits two different sites where those rescue operations are...
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579+ Killed, 2,500 Missing After Flood Wave Hits Nepal-China Border
Rescues, reunions, remarkable survival stories, but also the sad reality they might be the exceptions not the rule in the wake of Nepal’s increasingly deadly flood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nearly 400 Killed in Nepal Flooding, 1,300+ Missing
A frantic search is underway for more than 1,300 people missing after catastrophic flooding swamped a China-Nepal border region Wednesday, dozens of Americans are among the at least 700 foreigners unaccounted for. Anderson talks with an American doctor, whose parents had traveled to the region…
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Crushing Floods Devastate Villages on Nepal-China Border
Catastrophic flash flooding hit China and Nepal on Wednesday, with more than 150 people confirmed killed and the toll is likely to rise as hundreds remain missing. They are missing after a landslide sent a wall of water and mud several stories high, sweeping through towns. Plus, Anderson's...
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Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music and Humanitarian Hero, Dead at 80
Tonight, we remember the remarkable life of Dolly Parton, who died at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer after seven remarkable decades on stage, on screens, and in recording studios. Parton captured the American experience, penning more than 3,000 songs, and her bubbly, quick-witted...
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SCOTUS Backs Trump's Order to Curb Mail Ballots
A Supreme Court ruling that could inject turmoil into the midterm elections, just over two months from now. Today's emergency ruling says President Trump can go forward with his recent executive order directing the Postal Service and Department of Homeland Security to take part in deciding who…
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Trump Campaigns for Darline Graham in SC After Debate Fumble
Tonight, the latest test of the president's political clout. He is in Myrtle Beach, SC campaigning for Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who is trying to turn her caretaker role in his former seat into a full-time job. Senator Graham faces a primary runoff next Tuesday....
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Cohen: I Believe There's "Forgiveness" Between Trump & Myself
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's onetime lawyer and fixer, whose testimony helped make his old boss a convicted felon, is now doing all he can to win back the President. This evening, Cohen released a portion of a radio interview he did with the President, the man Cohen not too long ago called a...
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Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Move Back to Britain
Tonight, a complete change of course for Britain's most famous royal exiles. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex-- Prince Harry and Meghan-- and their two young children, are ending six years of self-imposed exile from the U.K. and their royal duties, announcing they are planning to move back to...
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Key Primaries in Four States; Polls Close in Florida
It is election night in America once again, and there are key primaries and special elections in four states tonight: Alaska, California, Wyoming, and Florida, the one state where polls are now closed, and the votes are counted fast. Plus, breaking news on the war in Iran, and what President…
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Trump Threatens Oman as U.S.-Iran 60-Day Agreement Expires
President taking aim, on several fronts, at friends of the United States, and cozying up to longstanding adversaries. Plus, the feud between the President and Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff. What Ossoff said about the president's priorities including, he says, the ballroom and traveling…
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Special Bonus - Introducing: Civilian or Spy
When a Russian-born American citizen named Ilya Beloozerov is gunned down by the FBI in 2024, the authorities refuse to say why they’d killed him. CNN’s Isabelle Chapman embarks on a sprawling investigation that takes her from the Mississippi parking lot where he died to Washington, D.C. to…
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Mangione Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Today, the man accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk, admitted he did it, and described the crime in chilling detail. Plus, the president dismisses concerns about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose sailors and Marines are enduring…
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Kennedy Center Board Votes to Put Trump's Name Back on Building
Two months ago, a judge said only Congress could change the name of the Kennedy Center and ordered President Trump's name removed. But today, The Kennedy Center's board, which the president handpicked and chairs, voted to put his name back up, though in a different form. Plus, food shortages,...
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ICE Officer Pulls Gun on Woman Who Denies Almost Running Them Over
Tonight, an encounter, just outside Washington, which saw a U.S. citizen and mother of two looking down the barrel of an angry ICE officer's gun. Plus, the new challenge to the plan to charge early access to the president's social media feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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Key Primaries in Six States
It's primary night in America, and once again the Democratic Party's progressive wing could score significant gains. There are key races in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and a crowded primary in South Carolina for the state's next full Senate term featuring Sen. Darline Graham, the late Senator Lindsay...
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