Anderson Cooper 360

The President and his national security team are aggressively downplaying a group chat with critical military strike plans that included a journalist. Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe also insisted today that no material shared in the chat was classified as they appeared at a heated Senate hearing. The officials shifted responsibility on the d...

The defense secretary mistakenly sends military strike plans to a reporter and is now attacking the reporter. Plus, a judge calls the deportations of alleged gang members to El Salvador unprecedented and says that Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a tense court hearing, a federal judge raised concerns about the Trump Administration’s use of an 18th century wartime act to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being criminals, saying the President’s expanded use of the Alien Enemies Act could have “frightening” implications. Then, this evening, the President told reporters he didn't even sign the proclamation himself, even though his signa...

President Trump orders the dismantling of the Education Department, but his administration gives mixes signals about what happens to funding for children in need. New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins AC360 to talk about the President's latest executive order, and Democrats' struggle to unite. Plus, the President’s trade war with Canada is already threatening the summer vacation season in the U.S....

A look at the Pentagon's purge of references to black and gay service members on their websites. Now CNN has found that articles about the Holocaust, sexual assault, and suicide prevention have also been removed. Plus, acclaimed writer Michael Lewis joins us to talk about DOGE and shares what he found while researching some of the people working for the federal government whose very jobs may be el...

A federal judge blocks the dismantling of USAID, saying Elon Musk's DOGE "likely violated” the Constitution. Plus, a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after President Trump demands Congress impeach a judge who ruled against him. And after more than 9-months in space, Suni William and Butch Wilmore are safely back on Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

A federal judge scolds the Trump administration and demands answers over an order he issued denying the deportation of migrants to El Salvador. Plus, the legendary Voice of America is silenced. President Trump is dismantling the federally funded media organization and others that give vital information to often remote parts of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

Tonight, President Trump takes a victory lap at the Department of Justice and promises more retribution against those he thinks did him wrong. CNN senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, former Republican Congressman who served on the House January 6th Select Committee Adam Kinzinger, and former US district court judge Shira Scheindlin with their take on the President's spee...

CNN has learned Tesla, the company owned by Elon Musk, said this week that retaliatory tariffs against US manufacturers could harm its operations and that the US should carefully consider its trade policies. The March 11 letter to the US Trade Representative is a break from Musk's ally President Trump. The letter is unsigned. Plus, how some regulations at the EPA designed to help poor and minority...

Two of the most powerful CEOs in America are now sharing their concerns about the new White House tariffs, as President Trump promises to respond to new tariffs from Canada and the European Union. Anderson talks about it with the hosts of the “Pivot" podcast,  Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU, and CNN contributor Kara Swisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

As markets take a tumble again, President Trump comes to the aid of his biggest donor with a White House-approved Tesla sales pitch. Plus, more on the proposed 30-day ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine's President Zelensky has agreed to it, and now the ball is in Russia's court. Anderson talks to CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad c...

President Trump sparks recession concerns and a market selloff by what he didn’t say. Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Anderson to discuss the state of the economy. Plus, former President Ronald Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, on her father's aspirations for world peace and how he'd see this moment in the Republican Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to the New York Times, Elon Musk is at the center of an "explosive meeting" at the White House with President Trump’s cabinet.  But, the President has a different take on what happened. Plus, New Mexico’s medical examiner reveals why legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife both died and when.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever made, exploded during its eighth test flight this evening, creating a massive debris cloud near populated islands in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Today’s test flight came after SpaceX waved off plans to launch earlier this week as engineers troubleshot undisclosed issues. Plus, the President in retreat, not once...

President Trump granted an exemption on auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month, issuing a major, albeit temporary, concession on a key part of his administration’s economic plan. Plus, Elon Musk met with House Republicans on Capitol Hill tonight. Some of them are telling him they want a say in what he's doing at DOGE and pointing to the Constitution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

President Donald Trump is ordering military aid to Ukraine to be paused after his Friday Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a White House official told CNN Monday. CNN’S Oren Liebermann and Kaitlan Collins have the breaking news. Plus, a special report tonight on what's happening to a crucial USAID item that helps malnourished children in Africa. Learn more about you...

New reaction from Ukrainian President Zelensky and President Trump after their heated 10-minute exchange in the Oval Office led to the end of the White House visit. Also, Russia cheers Zelensky's treatment, as America's allies are left reeling from the historic breakdown. Plus, breaking news surrounding the mysterious deaths of film icon Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs.  Learn more ab...

With America now siding with Russia at the UN, Britain's Prime Minister comes to Washington trying to shore up our alliance against President Putin's aggression. Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton, who also served as UN Ambassador in the George W. Bush Administration, joins Anderson tonight. Plus, authorities release their first autopsy findings in the shocking deaths of legendary...

Today President Trump had his first cabinet meeting, with an appearance from non-cabinet member Elon Musk. What Musk and the President said, and what the White House is now signaling about where he ranks, compared to all those Senate-confirmed cabinet secretaries. Plus, several more accidents, incidents and near-collisions, in what has already been a deadly four weeks in commercial aviation. CNN's...

The US and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, according to a Ukrainian official. The source saying that agreement was reached after "everything unacceptable was taken out of the text, and it is now more clearly spelled out how this agreement will contribute to Ukraine’s security and peace." Plus, what are Democrats to do with so much power amassed in...

Three years into Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, the United States is taking Russia’s side at the United Nations and is making our European allies nervous. Plus, a star podcaster in the MAGA movement is now the number two man at the FBI. Also, the one time leader of the Proud Boys was pardoned from his 22-year prison sentence but now gets into a new confrontation with a former police officer.  Lea...

"I think it's very, very reckless:" Former Ambassador to Japan and CNN Senior Political & Global Affairs Commentator Rahm Emanuel reacts to President Trump firing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General CQ Brown, his top military adviser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar joins Anderson to talk about why the U.S. doesn’t want to refer to “Russian aggression” in an official G7 document and why President Trump called Ukraine’s president “a dictator.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump twice today called the democratically-elected leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, a dictator. Those words are likely music to the ears of an actual dictator, Vladimir Putin, who sent his army and his missiles into Ukraine. Massachusetts Democratic Congressman and Armed Service Committee-member Seth Moulton joins Anderson to discuss. He visited Ukraine during this war. He's also...

As top U.S. officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Saudi Arabia with top diplomats from Russia, President Trump told reporters today he would "probably" meet with Russia leader Vladimir Putin before month's end. This came only moments after he blamed Ukraine for starting the war. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, talks...