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Saturday and Sunday
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Saturday
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7 a.m. — WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):
Matt Gertz, senior fellow at Media Matters; and Tim
Graham, director of media analysis at the Media Research Center,
discuss “media coverage of the Trump administration.”
Aissa Canchola Banez, policy director at the Student
Borrower Protection Center, discusses “the future of student
loans.”
8 a.m. — THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):
The guests are: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.); Rep. Pramila
Jayapal (D-Wash.); former CIA director John Brennan; and
Democratic attorney Marc Elias.
10 a.m. — VELSHI (MSNBC):
The guests are: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.); Rep.
Adam Smith (D-Wash.); Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and former
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner Rebecca Kelly
Slaughter (D).
5 p.m. — POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):
The guests are: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.); Rep.
Adam Smith (D-Wash.); and Josh Weil, a Democratic candidate for
Florida’s 6th Congressional District.
6 p.m. — THE SATURDAY SHOW (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.).
9 p.m. — MY VIEW WITH LARA TRUMP (FOX NEWS):
A taped interview with White House chief of staff Susie
Wiles. [For videoclips, go to:
and
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370646382112]
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Sunday
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7 a.m. — WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):
Republican pollster B.J. Martino and Democratic pollster
Nancy Zdunkewicz discuss “political news of the day.”
Martha Miller of George Mason University’s National
Security Institute discusses “the fallout from the leaked Signal
group chat.”
8 a.m. — INSIDE POLITICS SUNDAY WITH MANU RAJU (CNN):
An interview with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.).
An interview with author/TV personality Bill Nye.
A political roundtable with Politico White House bureau
chief Dasha Burns; New York Times national politics reporter
Astead Herndon; Semafor national political reporter David
Weigel; and Amie Parnes, senior political correspondent at The
Hill.
8 a.m. — THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):
The guests are: Rep. Dave Min (D-Calif.); and Ben
Wikler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.
9 a.m. — THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC):
An interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), ranking
Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
An interview with Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), former
chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
An interview with retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis,
former NATO Supreme Commander and author of “The Admiral’s
Bookshelf.”
An interview with former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.).
ABC News senior national correspondent Terry Moran
reports on Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Greenland. ABC
News chief investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky reports on
“the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown
targeting foreign students on college campuses.”
A political roundtable with former DNC chair Donna
Brazile; former RNC chairman Reince Priebus, former White House
chief of staff; and New York Times White House and national
security correspondent David Sanger.
9 a.m. — FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH SHANNON BREAM (FOX):
An interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), ranking
Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
An interview with Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge
Brad Schimel, a candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
A political roundtable with Wall Street Journal White
House reporter Annie Linskey; Washington Post columnist Marc
Thiessen, former chief speechwriter for President George W.
Bush; Howard Kurtz, host of FNC’s “Media Buzz”; and FOX News
senior political analyst Juan Williams.
A look at the 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival.
9 a.m. — STATE OF THE UNION WITH JAKE TAPPER AND DANA
BASH (CNN):
An interview with Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), author
of “Turnaround: America’s Revival.”
An interview with Gov. Wes Moore (D-Md.).
Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow (D), author of,
“Hate Won’t Win: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better
Than You Found It”; Chris Meagher, former chief Pentagon
spokesperson and former White House deputy press secretary;
Scott Jennings, former special assistant to President George
Bush and former senior adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.);
and Shermichael Singleton, former aide to the Newt Gingrich,
Mitt Romney, and Ben Carson presidential campaigns.
10 a.m. — THE HILL SUNDAY WITH CHRIS STIREWALT (NEWS
NATION):
An interview with Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas),
chairman of the House Budget Committee, who discusses “the
budget reconciliation process, taxing the rich, social security,
tariffs and more.”
An interview with Rep. Dave Min (D-Calif.) who discusses
“the fallout over the Singal/Atlantic attack plans, new tariffs,
the debt limit and more.”
Democratic strategist Michael Meehan, CEO at Squared
Communications and Republican strategist Lisa Camooso Miller,
host of The Friday Reporter podcast, discuss “the upcoming
special elections in Florida and the Supreme Court race in
Wisconsin and more.”
A political roundtable with Thomas Chatterton Williams,
a staff writer at The Atlantic; Burgess Everett, congressional
bureau chief at Semafor; Reuters White House correspondent Jeff
Mason; and NewsNation White House correspondent Kellie Meyer.
10 a.m. — SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WITH MARIA BARTIROMO
(FOX NEWS):
An interview with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).
An interview with Kevin Hassett, director of the
National Economic Council.
An interview with Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
An interview with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).
An interview with Alex Marlow, editor-in-chief at
Breitbart News.
10 a.m. — FAREED ZAKARIA GPS (CNN):
An interview with Elisabeth Kendall, president of
Cambridge University’s Girton College.
An interview with Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin,
author of “The Trump Revolution: A New Order of Great Powers.”
An interview with former U.S. trade representative
Michael Froman, president of Council on Foreign Relations.
An interview with former Danish prime minister Helle
Thorning-Schmidt.
10 a.m. — VELSHI (MSNBC):
The guests are: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Rep.
Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).
10:30 a.m. — MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER (NBC):
An interview with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).
An interview with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).
An interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief at
The Atlantic.
Former Trump White House communications director Michael
Dubke; NBC News senior national politics reporter Jonathan
Allen; NBC News chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign
affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell; and MSNBC host Symone
Sanders Townsend, former chief spokesperson for Vice President
Kamala Harris.
10:30 a.m. — FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN
(CBS):
An interview with Shawn Fain, president of the United
Automobile Workers.
An interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), ranking
Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
An interview with Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas),
chairman of the House Budget Committee.
An interview with Sue Gordon, former principal deputy
director of national intelligence (DNI).
An interview with retired Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie,
former commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM).
CBS News executive director of elections and surveys
Anthony Salvanto discusses new CBS News polling.
11 a.m. — MEDIA BUZZ (FOX NEWS):
The guests are: Meghan Hays, director of message
planning in the Biden White House; Robby Soave, senior editor at
Reason magazine; Washington Times reporter Susan Ferrechio; and
Wall Street Journal reporter Olivia Beavers.
12Noon — INSIDE WITH JEN PSAKI (MSNBC):
An interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).
An interview with Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.).
An interview with Michigan state senator Mallory
McMorrow (D), author of “Hate Won’t Win: Find Your Power and
Leave This Place Better Than You Found It.”
An interview with Kara Swisher, podcast co-host of
“Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.”
5 p.m. — POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):
The guests are: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.); Nikki
Fried, chair of the Florida Democratic Party; and Jessica
Mackler, president EMILYs List – a Political Action Committee
which supports Democratic women candidates who support abortion
rights.
6 p.m. — THE SUNDAY SHOW (MSNBC):
An interview with Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.).
7 p.m. — 60 MINUTES (CBS):
Former hostages Yarden Bibas and Keith Siegel –
abducted during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel – discuss
“their experiences in captivity and what they witnessed at the
hands of Hamas.”
A report on the Voice of America (VOA) and how “the
storied U.S. government-funded international broadcaster with an
83-year history, is now off the air thanks to a Trump
administration executive order and lockout of hundreds of its
employees placed on suspended leave.”
A report on the initial cleanup efforts in the wake of
the California wildfires which “tore through the Pacific
Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods of Los Angeles three months
ago,” leaving behind “9 billion pounds of toxic ash and debris.”
8 p.m. — Q&A (C-SPAN):
Author and columnist George Will discusses “his life and
career in the opinion business” and “the impact of his work on
U.S. politics over the past 50 years.”
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