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CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.

A curfew will soon begin for a second night in parts of downtown Los Angeles as the city is reeling from a sixth straight day of clashes over President Trump’s ICE raids. Moments ago, the LAPD declared an unlawful protest outside of city hall. We are seeing similar protests across the United States.
Jun 12, 2025
As Los Angeles enters its fifth day of unrest, a curfew has been declared from 8pm to 6am local time and will cover one square mile of the entire Los Angeles area. President Trump has mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the city to quell the demonstrations against his immigration raids.
Jun 11, 2025
A fourth night of protests is unfolding right now in Los Angeles as President Trump deploys the United States military on American soil. It is an extraordinary show of his executive power, triggered by days of unrest over his administration’s immigration raids.
Jun 10, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, has been returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges. For months, the Trump administration has been locked in an intense standoff with the federal judiciary over court orders for the government to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador, where he was mistakenly deported in mid-March.
Jun 7, 2025
An intense public feud erupted on Thursday between President Donald Trump and his one-time ally, billionaire Elon Musk, with an argument about Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill raging across social media and in the Oval Office.
Jun 6, 2025
Travel ban 2.0. The President goes bigger in the sequel and bans travelers from twelve countries after an antisemitic attack. Plus, which side will Republicans choose in Elon Musk’s war against Trump’s spending agenda?
Jun 5, 2025
Mr. Mars goes scorched earth. The man who Trump considers a genius calls the “big, beautiful bill” disgusting. Plus, at the start of Pride Month, Pete Hegseth erases a gay rights icon from a ship and considers throwing more of history’s heroes overboard.
Jun 4, 2025
A 45-year-old Egyptian national left an iPhone with messages to his wife and five children in his house, drove to downtown Boulder with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails and attacked demonstrators at a peaceful Jewish event to support hostages in Gaza, according to federal hate crime charging documents. Plus, policing in secret. A look at the growing trend of masking up when cracking down. Also, if big brands are supporting Pride Month, it’s somewhere over, under, and around the rainbow due to the right’s ridicule.
Jun 3, 2025
As Elon Musk bids adieu to his DOGE rollercoaster, an explosive new report suggests he’s been on a ride of his own. Plus, a fiery GOP senator confronts a fiery town hall and may have inadvertently cut a new ad for Democrats.
May 31, 2025
Questions emerge of justice or judicial tyranny as a lot of what Donald Trump does gets undone. Plus, do foreigners have a right to free speech in America? A move in the administration gives Cold War flashbacks. Also, FBI rookies get on the wrong side of MAGA as they find government jobs aren’t that easy.
May 30, 2025