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Tonight, after two courts ruled against it and some Republican lawmakers all-but-mutinied over it, the DOJ is hitting pause on the president's so-called "anti-weaponization fund.” Plus, exclusive reporting from CNN's Clarissa Ward, who gained extraordinary access to the so-called "red zone" at a hospital in Bunia, the epicenter of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, a string of legal setbacks for the president on two things he holds dear: his name on buildings, and money. Plus, CNN's Will Ripley is exclusively reporting from the scene as the first man rescued from a flooded cave in Laos sees the light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US and Iran reached a tentative agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and start nuclear talks, according to US officials,  though President Trump has not signed off on it yet. Vice President JD Vance said “a couple of language points” are still under discussion. Plus, all the details of the president's Ultimate Fighting Championship match at the White House as part of America's 250th celebration, as well as his own 80th birthday on June 14th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exclusive CNN reporting that the Justice Department is now investigating former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president. Plus, five out of seven people who've been stuck in a flooded Laos cave for more than a week are located alive. Now there's the challenge of getting them out and finding the two missing people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is primary election night in America, and the focus is on Texas where the outcome of a single Republican runoff tonight could reshape the Senate this fall. Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn faces Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The winner will advance and take on Democratic nominee James Talarico in one of the country's highest-profile Senate races. Plus, Iran is now threatening retaliation for American strikes and Israel is deepening its action in Lebanon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The president is standing by his nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," which even the administration admits could give money to violent January 6th offenders. Plus, more on the president's endorsement of Republican challenger Ken Paxton over the party's incumbent Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas primary runoff. A move that some worry could backfire in November, perhaps even turning the seat and the Senate blue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Backlash is growing to President Trump's so-called "anti-weaponization" fund and a critical piece of it is coming from Republican lawmakers, one of whom today called it "stupid on stilts.” Plus, Stephen Colbert is signing off tonight after nearly 11 years as host of the CBS “Late Show.” Anderson looks back at some of their favorite conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first-known legal challenge to the president's so-called anti-weaponization fund. What many Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling a "slush fund". The challenge is being brought by two police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6th, and one of those officers, Harry Dunn, speaks to Anderson. Plus, could central Africa's Ebola outbreak travel elsewhere? Dr. Sanjay Gupta on what makes this virus spread and kill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Americans in six states are voting today: Oregon, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Georgia, and all eyes are on Kentucky, where CNN projects that incumbent Republican Congressman Thomas Massie will lose to Trump-backed primary challenger, retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein. Plus, a new revelation about the already stunning agreement between the president and his IRS, which could send hundreds of millions of dollars to January 6th insurrectionists. Now, the deal includes potentially huge tax relief for the president and his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three people, including a security guard, were killed in a shooting today at San Diego's largest mosque, authorities said. Two teen suspects also were found dead in a car near the scene. One of the suspects took a firearm from their parents' home and left a suicide note that contained writings about racial pride, law enforcement officials told CNN. Hate speech was also scrawled on one of the weapons, they said. Plus, a shocking settlement to the president's $10 billion lawsuit against the government he runs, the nearly $1.8 billion of your money the deal contains, and the January 6th insurrectionists who'll likely be getting it. We're Keeping Them Honest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump has returned after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In a Fox interview, Trump said Taiwan was the “most important” issue for Xi during their talks. As for Iran, China's foreign minister today simply restated his country's desire to see the conflict ended through negotiations, and the Strait of Hormuz reopened. Plus, a new report on a plan the administration is considering to turn $1.7 billion of your money into a fund for paying the president's allies, including hundreds of people, whom the president pardoned, charged or were convicted in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are awaiting a second day of critical talks in Beijing between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. President Trump, speaking to Fox's Sean Hannity, said President Xi would like to see a deal made with Iran. Tump also said Xi told him "if he can be of any help at all" he would. China's foreign ministry did say that the Middle East was among the topics the two leaders discussed and that Beijing's policy on the Strait of Hormuz has been quote, "consistent and clear." However, there was no indication that Xi had made any commitments of the kind the president described. Also, tech titans, including Elon Musk, are traveling with the president. We look at the role they are playing and what they might hope to gain by their presence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is in China and will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a summit where he's expected to discuss a range of issues, including Iran, tech and Taiwan. It was delayed by the war with Iran and now could end up dominated by it, with the political and economic consequences growing, for a president who cannot seem to find a way out on his own. Plus, a stunning development in the Alex Murdaugh saga. Why a court threw out his murder convictions in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, Anderson's exclusive interview with former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Driscoll had a front row seat to what happened inside the FBI when President Trump took office last January, and long-serving FBI agents and prosecutors at the Department of Justice began to get fired or forced into retirement. Driscoll himself was fired a little more than six months following the inauguration, after 21 years in public service, nearly 18 of them at the FBI. Now Brian Driscoll is speaking out, and along with two other former senior FBI officials is suing Director Patel, the FBI, Justice Department and the administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, there are two new confirmed cases of hantavirus and more expected, but top health officials say there's no indication that this outbreak, which has already taken three lives, will turn catastrophic. Plus, in the wake of a string of antisemitic attacks in Europe, CNN investigates possible links to Iran.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six cases of hantavirus have now been confirmed and two more suspected, while the ship at the center of the deadly outbreak travels to Spain's Canary Islands. Plus, we're learning about the cyberattack on a cloud-based digital hub used by millions of students around the world and just in time for finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have breaking news on the deadly hantavirus outbreak on board a cruise ship. Health officials now say they are working to track more than two dozen passengers who left the vessel almost two weeks ago.  Plus, Secretary of State Marco Rubio's meeting with Pope Leo, and the ongoing antagonism by his boss, the president, against the pontiff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran is expected to respond tomorrow regarding the U.S. proposal to end the war. The one-page memorandum would declare an end to the conflict and trigger a 30-day period resolving nuclear demands, unfreezing of Iranian assets and negotiating security in the Strait of Hormuz, one person familiar told CNN. We'll go live to Islamabad, Pakistan, where this could all come together, or fall apart, in the days ahead. Plus, remembering CNN founder Ted Turner, who died today at the age of 87.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just hours after his Secretary of State flat out said the initial mission against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, was over, President Trump said the operation that replaced it is on pause. The president said the US will pause “Project Freedom,” a naval effort aimed at guiding commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, to see whether a deal with Iran can be finalized.  Also, a major test tonight of the president's grip on his own party. We have results from Indiana where the president is seeking revenge on seven Republican state senators who defied him and helped defeat his redistricting effort there late last year. Plus, a look ahead at tonight's CNN debate between the seven top contenders in a crowded and consequential race to become California's next governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, how to square the president's initiative for securing the Strait of Hormuz with how relatively easy it is to shut it down with mines. Plus, is Vladimir Putin bracing for a coup attempt? What a new intelligence report, obtained by CNN, says about that, and the steps he seems to be taking to reduce the risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump, late tonight, claiming those who say the United States is not winning the war with Iran, are guilty of treason, which is an offense that can be punishable by death. The president also said today he's not satisfied with Iran's latest peace proposal and cast doubt on the country's ability to ever make a deal. Plus, Anderson's conversation today with the Artemis II crew back from their history-making mission around the moon that captured the world's attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New footage has been released, showing the moments before the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that President Donald Trump and administration officials attended at the Washington Hilton hotel in DC on Saturday night. Prosecutors filed the video, along with other images of the alleged attacker, his hotel room, and the other weapons and gear the suspect allegedly had, including a pistol, knives and tape. Plus, a new report tonight on a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein that's been kept hidden for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran is expected to submit a revised peace proposal soon, sources say, and President Trump and Russian President Vladimir discussed the Iran ceasefire and other topics in a 90-minute phone call. The President told reporters Putin said he'd “like to be involved” in helping settle the issue of Iranian nuclear enrichment. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee in his first testimony since the war began, describing lawmakers who criticize the effort as “the biggest adversary.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration's second attempt to prosecute one of his biggest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. An arrest warrant has now been issued for Comey, but it's unclear whether he will be taken into custody by law enforcement or turn himself in and tonight, Mr. Comey responded to the charges. Plus, an historic day in Washington, as King Charles becomes only the second British royal ever to address a joint meeting of Congress.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The alleged attacker at the White House Correspondents' Dinner is charged with attempted assassination of the president. Plus, CNN's investigative team takes a deep dive into the alleged gunman's social media accounts that show a turn from video gaming to political anger. And, Anderson speaks to mentalist Oz Pearlman about how he found himself face-to-face with the President on the ground after the gunshots rang out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking news tonight, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan tomorrow for talks with Iran, according to the White House. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Pakistan to meet with mediators, but his spokesman denied a direct meeting is planned with the U.S., marking the latest conflicting messages from Washington and Tehran. Plus, the far-reaching impact from not only the war in Iran but also fighting on the Israeli-Lebanon border. Vast amounts of food, oil, and supplies stuck on ships, and threatening the global supply chain.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump says “don't rush me" when asked how long he'd wait for a "unified response" from the Iranians, and tells Americans to anticipate spending more money on gasoline “for a little while.”  Plus, a U.S. special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, winning him $400,000 in profits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House says President Trump has not set a “firm deadline to receive an Iranian proposal” to end the war. Plus, the New York Times is reporting tonight that the FBI began investigating one of their reporters last month after she wrote an article about Director Kash Patel's girlfriend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump extends the Iran ceasefire with the deadline looming. And Iran calls that a “ploy to buy time for a surprise strike.” Plus, Virginia voters will approve a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats, CNN's Decision Desk projects, in a major boost to the party's effort to win House control in the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A tenuous ceasefire with a deadline pushed back by President Trump, planned peace talks on shaky ground and Iran vowing retaliation for what it calls "U.S. armed piracy." Plus, the community of Shreveport, Louisiana is grieving tonight after the unthinkable. A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iranian sources tell CNN a new round of peace talks with U.S. negotiators is expected to take place on Monday in Islamabad, Pakistan. We talk it over with U.S. Army Lieutenant General Karen Gibson, who previously served as director of intelligence for U.S. Central Command and Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, and Kuwait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier today, Defense Secretary Hegseth's warned Iran that the U.S. is "locked and loaded" to target "critical dual-use infrastructure," meaning equipment or buildings or technology that has both military and civilian applications. His message to Tehran: “Choose wisely” on the next step. John Bolton, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration and U.N. ambassador under President George W. Bush, joins Anderson to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump continues his AI relationship with Jesus and his critique of Pope Leo. The President re-posts an AI image of himself being embraced by the son of God. That's after he claimed the Jesus-like AI image he posted earlier this week was meant to depict him as a doctor. We get reaction to all this from Andrew Sullivan, Catholic writer and editor of The Daily Dish.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump said “something could be happening” over the next two days as the U.S. and Iran try to come back to the negotiating table. Anderson Cooper speaks to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman on what she's hearing from Trump world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump launches a feud with the Pope and posts a Jesus-like image of himself but says "I thought it was me as a doctor.” And with the president vowing to sink Iranian military ships in the Strait of Hormuz and talks with Iran ending in Islamabad over the weekend without an agreement, a group of Democratic senators are pushing to rein in his war powers. Anderson talks with one of them, Senator Cory Booker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Concluding a monumental and risky 10-day journey around the moon, the crew of Artemis II have successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego. A special edition of AC360 brings you all the latest details of the mission that took astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Concluding a monumental and risky 10-day journey around the moon, the crew of Artemis II have successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego. A special edition of AC360 brings you all the latest details of the mission that took astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, new strikes by Israel on Lebanon and a flurry of new threats from President Trump against Iran. Posting on Truth Social he wrote, "There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!" Plus, the surprising statement from First Lady Melania Trump talking about Jeffrey Epstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is a truce in the war with Iran that the public has yet to see in writing, the details of which both sides are disputing, right down to whether all the parties have to cease all their firing. Beirut suffered heavy damage today, as Israel launched what its military officials called the largest coordinated strike on Lebanon since the war began. Plus, Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, is declining to release its latest model to the general public out of concern over what it's capable of doing in the wrong hands. Instead, it's letting several top tech companies test it first. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman joins us to talk about what this new step in AI means for the world and the darker side of its new capabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Trump's bellicose threats, which rattled markets and shocked and consciences, a ceasefire has been announced with Iran. Trump said the ceasefire agreement was made on the condition that Iran agree to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz. Anderson talks with House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries about the ceasefire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump tells Iran to strike deal by 8pm ET Tuesday or bridges and power will be “decimated” and claims the country could be “taken out in one night.”  Plus, the crew of Artemis II has just traveled farther from Earth than any humans ever have, and they've seen places on the moon that no one has seen in person before. We'll check in on their historic mission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran shoots down one U.S. Air Force jet, hits and damages another, and reportedly fires on an American rescue helicopter as well. An American airman is missing and being searched for by both sides. Plus, details on a picture-perfect day for the crew of Artemis II, the first humans speeding to the moon in more than 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices