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CNN Announces State of the Union Coverage Plans 1

FIRST ON TKNN: CNN has announced their coverage plans for President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. Lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper will anchor the special coverage from Washington starting at 7 PM ET. Chief political correspondent Dana Bash will report from […]


Cable News Networks Prepare for Election Night

Around the nation, voters are going to the polls today for primarily local elections. However, two states are holding gubernatorial and state elections and one state has a congressional seat up for grabs tonight. The cable news networks are covering the developments with varying levels of intensity. Fox News is […]


CNN Charges Ahead with Health Care Debate

On Monday evening, Senator Susan Collins announced her opposition to the Graham-Cassidy health care reform bill. The decision effectively killed the bill in its current state with its current opposition which could have had a significant impact on CNN’s Monday night health care town hall that was supposed to focus on […]


CNN Announces Bipartisan Health Care Debate

On Thursday evening, CNN announced that it will hold a health care debate Monday night with Senators Bernie Sanders (I/D-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA). The network is advertising the debate as one on “the fight over Obamacare.” However, CNN executive director of political programming Mark […]