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Yesterday · 48 min
Trump: “I Wish” $1.8B Fund Weren’t Dead Amid Revolt Over Blanche Bid
The Justice Department is admitting that President Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was “botched,” and it is dropping the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn that accused him of vandalizing the pool, according to a new court filing from DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Plus, the White House says the president held the first-ever live, televised cabinet meeting at Camp David today. We look at the key moments over the years at the presidential retreat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Friday · 46 min
GOP Senators Dig in on Holding up Blanche Bid Over Trump's $1.8B Fund
Tonight, two Republican senators holding up Todd Blanche's confirmation as full-fledged attorney general are still at it, even after a late-day meeting with him aimed at settling their differences. Plus, what the father of one of the Idaho college murder victims has to say about the convicted killer now wanting to pull his guilty plea and face trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thursday · 48 min
CENTCOM: US Launches New Strikes Against Iran
The US military has launched more strikes against Iran tonight. In a post on social media, US Central Command described the attacks as “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks” on US forces. Plus, what new court filings reveal about the government's case against former FBI Director James Comey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wednesday · 48 min
CENTCOM: U.S. Successfully Intercepted All Iranian Missiles
The US military intercepted multiple ballistic missiles fired by Iran in an attempted “surprise attack” on US forces in the Middle East, US Central Command said this evening. The attack came roughly a day after President Trump said the US had halted strikes on Iran. Plus, the president's meeting today with Israel's prime minister, especially given their lingering differences over the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tuesday · 48 min
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Restrict Mail Voting
Tonight, President Trump wants the Supreme Court to take emergency action to let him restrict mail-in voting. Plus, after two weeks of strikes and threats of far worse from the president, it's all on hold tonight with Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 24 · 48 min
CENTCOM: U.S. Strikes Iran in 13th Consecutive Night
According to a new report, the president is weighing a massive new attack in Iran. Meanwhile, two sources say U.S. intelligence assesses the current bombing campaign is unlikely to get Iran to give in. Plus, what the Trump administration is doing in response to a report that Vice President Vance’s Secret Service detail is "fed up" with being used for personal and family travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 23 · 48 min
Trump Attends Dignified Transfer for 4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in War
Today, the part of the job President Trump says is the hardest: being on hand to welcome home America's war dead. But hours later at a political rally, the president suggests his fight with Iran isn't really big enough to be called a war. Plus, Jake Tapper's new exclusive CNN investigation - 18 Days in Minnesota: The Killings of two Americans, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by federal agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 22 · 48 min
CENTCOM Confirms 11th Consecutive Night of Strikes in Iran
Tonight, new U.S. airstrikes on Iran. This comes after America’s top defense official was asked to explain how the Iranian military he said was "destroyed and made combat ineffective" just days into the war is still a deadly threat now. Plus, it was the crash of a Pan Am flight nearly 75 years ago that led to the mandatory safety briefings we get before every takeoff. Now, that long-lost wreckage has been found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 21 · 48 min
Pentagon: Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured Over Last 2 Weeks in Iran War
The Pentagon now says that nearly 100 troops have been hurt in just the last two weeks of war with Iran. That is on top of the at least three service members killed over the weekend, and new strikes and counterstrikes are underway tonight. Plus, what authorities in New York have revealed about the Army veteran they say lit a fire, set off fireworks, and brandished a rifle outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 18 · 48 min
Trump's DHS Chief Warns Election Officials Could Face Prison Time
The Trump administration is now turning the president's words on election security into concrete action, and threatening prison time for officials who resist. Michigan's Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the chief election officer of a state President Trump singled out in his speech last night, joins. Plus, new details on the moments leading up to last week's fatal ICE shooting in Houston. An attorney for victim’s brother, who witnessed the shooting, talks about the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 17 · 52 min
President Trump Addresses the Nation
White House aides tell CNN that the speech will be forward looking and that the presentation will include newly declassified documents the president will say proves more has to be done to protect American elections. Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock is from Georgia, where the president famously called up the secretary of state and demanded he "find” him 11,780 more votes. The senator joins to talk about what is expected in the speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 16 · 47 min
Clayton Avoids Answering Whether Biden Won in 2020
Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, avoided a clear answer on who won the 2020 presidential election during a confirmation hearing Wednesday. One of the lawmakers who questioned him, Democratic Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona, joins to talk about the hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 15 · 47 min
Deadly ICE Shootings Udate
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been directed to largely suspend vehicle stops until further notice, marking a major reversal in recent tactics. Trump's border czar Tom Homan says it is just a pause in policy. John Sandweg, the former acting director of ICE, joins to talk about the updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 14 · 47 min
Deadly ICE Shooting in Maine
The Department of Homeland Security breaks nearly 12 hours of silence on a deadly ICE shooting in Maine, saying the officer was "fearing for public safety.” However, the statement did not explain why that ICE officer thought the driver was a threat. Maine Independent Senator Angus King joins to talk about what he knows about the shooting and what he hopes to see with the investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 11 · 48 min
Report: New AF1 Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Old One
According to new reporting by the New York Times, the new Air Force One does not have the same defensive countermeasures as the old one, including its advanced antimissile capabilities. Anderson gets perspective from former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 10 · 49 min
Sources: Iran has new plan to assassinate Trump, Israel tells U.S.
Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Trump, two sources familiar with matter told CNN, adding another layer of tension as a ceasefire deal between the countries comes under strain. Plus, FBI Director Kash Patel is now at the center of a congressional investigation into his alleged abuse of FBI airplanes and other perks of the office. Air date: July 9, 2026 Guests: Pamela Brown Jonathan Wackrow Andrew McCabe Rep. Jamie Raskin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 9 · 55 min
Graham Platner Drops Maine Senate Bid
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday he was suspending his campaign, taking aim at the Democratic establishment while clearing the way for the party to select a new candidate to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the most important contests of November’s midterm elections. “It’s not the false allegations though that have brought us to where we are. It’s the fact that they are being used by the political establishment to put structural pressure on us,” Platner said. Plus, growing questions about the new Air Force One, which the President Trump flew to Turkey on, but did not leave there on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 8 · 50 min
U.S. Launches New Strikes On Iran
A second woman goes on camera with her allegations against Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, as his staunchest supporters tell him to leave the race. Platner calls the allegations "categorically false" and says they come “from a person with a well-documented political agenda.” Plus, new American airstrikes on Iran. “This is punishment,” a US official told CNN. “It won’t be over for a bit.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 7 · 48 min
Woman Who Dated Graham Platner Says He Raped Her in 2021
A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship, an allegation Platner denies. The woman, Jenny Racicot, spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper and said the attack occurred in 2021, two years after she and Platner began casually dating. Jake joins Anderson with the exclusive conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
July 3 · 46 min
Trump: "Nothing Wrong" with His Crypto Profits
We begin tonight, Keeping Them Honest, with the billion-plus dollars the president made, while many investors lost nearly everything from something he himself once called a scam. Plus, the wedding festivities for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have begun. According to sources, a rehearsal dinner is happening tonight inside Madison Square Garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anderson Cooper 360

Trump: “I Wish” $1.8B Fund Weren’t Dead Amid Revolt Over Blanche Bid

GOP Senators Dig in on Holding up Blanche Bid Over Trump's $1.8B Fund

CENTCOM: US Launches New Strikes Against Iran

CENTCOM: U.S. Successfully Intercepted All Iranian Missiles

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Restrict Mail Voting

CENTCOM: U.S. Strikes Iran in 13th Consecutive Night

Trump Attends Dignified Transfer for 4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in War

CENTCOM Confirms 11th Consecutive Night of Strikes in Iran

Pentagon: Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured Over Last 2 Weeks in Iran War

Trump's DHS Chief Warns Election Officials Could Face Prison Time

President Trump Addresses the Nation

Clayton Avoids Answering Whether Biden Won in 2020

Deadly ICE Shootings Udate

Deadly ICE Shooting in Maine

Report: New AF1 Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Old One

Sources: Iran has new plan to assassinate Trump, Israel tells U.S.

Graham Platner Drops Maine Senate Bid

U.S. Launches New Strikes On Iran

Woman Who Dated Graham Platner Says He Raped Her in 2021

Trump: "Nothing Wrong" with His Crypto Profits