Anderson Cooper 360

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Whitewashing Reality May 22, 2025

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Another Oval Office ambush. First it was Zelensky and now President Trump confronts South Africa’s president. His facts, however, don’t add up. Plus, it turns out Newark Airport isn’t alone with trouble in their skies. New reporting shows what appears to be a nationwide problem with old technology, stressed out controllers, and close calls in the air. Also, we check in with the guy who hated his job, quit, and is now sailing the high seas by himself.

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Lawyers Accuse Trump Admin Of Deporting Migrants To South Sudan In Violation Of Court Order May 21, 2025

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Breaking news, a judge reportedly tells the Trump administration to find the plane they placed deported migrants on and see if it can be turned around. Attorneys for Vietnamese and Burmese migrants alleged in a new emergency motion Tuesday that the Trump administration deported their clients to South Sudan in violation of a previous court order. Plus, former FBI Director James Comey speaks to AC360, just days after the Secret Service called him in for questioning about what some administration officials say was a call for President Trump's assassination.

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Trump: If Ceasefire Doesn't Happen, "I Just Back Away" May 20, 2025

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President Trump's phone calls with Putin and Zelensky were supposed to jumpstart the peace process and ultimately end the war, but now the president is signaling he could completely back away. Plus, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, on former President Biden's shocking cancer diagnosis.

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Several Inmates On The Run After 10 Escaped From New Orleans Jail May 17, 2025

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New video released tonight of a daring jail break in New Orleans. Authorities say the inmates should be considered "armed and dangerous," and that they might have had help from a guard or someone in law enforcement. Plus, a photo of the numbers "86 47", in seashells, and why President Trump is saying they add up to a call for his assassination by former FBI Director James Comey.

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Jury Views Graphic Texts Between Seam “Diddy” Combs & Cassie Ventura May 16, 2025

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Sean “Diddy” Combs's attorneys' question his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura under oath. A look at what his legal team wanted to accomplish and what she actually said. Plus, if you've ever dreamed of quitting your job and taking off on an adventure you'll want to hear from Oliver Widger. He didn't know much about sailing but he cashed in his 401K, got a boat, and is now sailing the seas. He talks to Anderson from his boat somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, with his rescue cat companion.

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Trump Supporters, Critics Unite Against Plane Deal May 15, 2025

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President Trump meets with Qatar's emir who's giving him a 747 and talks at length about why he needs it now. John Bolton, his former national security adviser has some thoughts on that and joins 360° tonight. Plus, Sean “Diddy” Combs's ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, back on the stand in his federal trial, delivering explicit testimony. CNN anchor and chief legal analyst Laura Coates was there and joins us with details from inside the court, along with criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala.

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Plane Expensive May 14, 2025

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Breaking news on that free plane from Qatar. It may cost three-quarters of a billion dollars or more, to retrofit it for the President. Plus, what a Los Angeles judge ruled in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are seeking freedom decades after they were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989.

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Israeli-American Hostage Edan Alexander Released By Hamas May 13, 2025

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Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage in Gaza, was released by Hamas and reunited with his family on Monday, ending a 19-month ordeal that began with the militant group’s October 7 attack. Plus, a group of White South Africans are the first people granted refugee status since President Trump signed an executive order effectively stopping any refugees from being allowed to come and resettle in the United States.

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University Student Released After Six Weeks At Louisiana Detention Center May 10, 2025

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Video of the Tufts University student's arrest by masked men outside her home drew global attention. Today, a judge freed the Turkish exchange student, saying the government showed no evidence to support its case. Plus, the Trump administration fires the Librarian of Congress, the first women and first black person to hold the job. Hear the justification offered for it and how it fits into the administration's larger campaign of erasing important parts of this country's history from view.

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Leo XIV Elected First American Pope May 09, 2025

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In one of the oldest of old-world ceremonies still in practice, 133 cardinals chose the next leader of the Catholic church. And though he is said to be, in many ways, a natural successor to Pope Francis, Vatican-watchers have long doubted the chances that an American would be elevated to the papacy. But for the first time in history there is an American pope. CNN Correspondents Christopher Lamb, David Culver and Brynn Gingras bring us the latest and reactions from both Rome and America.

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