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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. Plus, the is Navy considering taking the name of a decorated black WWII hero off one of upcoming new supercarriers, and possibly replacing it with the President's name. Is this another case of the administration whitewashing history?
Aug 22, 2026
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 racist and a con man. Plus, what awaits the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, when they return to the U.K., from the press and public alike.
Aug 21, 2026
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 Britain. Plus, what appears to be some of the most promising news in a long time in the war on cancer. A new vaccine that can be tailor-made to fight an especially aggressive, and deadly form of skin cancer.
Aug 20, 2026
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 Trump is telling his envoys about negotiations.
Aug 19, 2026
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 with a close female aide.
Aug 18, 2026
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 unravel the mystery: Why did Ilya abruptly leave his family and his job and head for the border with laptops and cash? Why is there still no official explanation of his death? And maybe most importantly: Was Ilya a spy?
Aug 15, 2026
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 a record-long stretch at sea.
Aug 15, 2026
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, contaminated water, and living conditions reportedly so grim aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Iran war zone that mental health is suffering and sailors have been trying to jump overboard. What the Defense Secretary is saying about the reports, what the Navy is doing about the problem and the answers that lawmakers are demanding from both.
Aug 14, 2026
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.
Aug 13, 2026
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 Graham's sister. Plus, all we've been learning since news broke last night about the president's airplane switch up in the face of Iranian threats.
Aug 12, 2026






