<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> CEO Chris Licht is reportedly set to announce that 31-year-old Kaitlan Collins has a new contract to serve as the host of the network&#8217;s 9 p.m. primetime hour, which was previously occupied for years by former CNN host Chris Cuomo.</p>
<p>Puck News <a href="https://puck.news/the-kaitlan-era-begins-tonight/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the announcement is expected to take place in the coming days and would cap off Collins&#8217; fast rise through the network from her time as a White House reporter who often got under the skin of former President Donald Trump to become a fresh face for the network&#8217;s primetime lineup.</p>
<p>Collins is set to host a town hall event tonight in New Hampshire with former President Donald Trump, who has faced criticism for agreeing to go on the network with a journalist who has <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/trump-cnn-kaitlan-collins-00095114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shown hostility</a> toward him in the past while <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/us/politics/trump-republican-primary-debates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggesting</a> that he may skip Republican Party primary debates — which critics claim is because he does not want to be compared on stage next to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.</p>
<p>This will be the first time that Trump has <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/10/trump-town-hall-cnn-heres-why-and-how-to-watch/70205770007/?taid=645c1e7e90f121000160dc85&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">allowed</a> CNN to interview him since 2016.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are rightfully desperate to get those fantastic (TRUMP!) ratings once again,&#8221; Trump wrote on social media. &#8220;They made me a deal I couldn’t refuse!!! Could be the beginning of a New &amp; Vibrant CNN, with no more Fake News, or it could turn into a disaster for all, including me. Let’s see what happens? Wednesday Night at 8:00!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>The report from Puck News said that Collins&#8217; performance tonight is not expected to impact the offer that CNN is about to make her, but cautioned that with Trump, anything is possible.</p>
<p>Trump is likely to face tough questions about the four criminal investigations that he is under, a civil court ruling that he committed battery and defamed E. Jean Carroll, claims that he has made about the 2020 election, and other controversies.</p>
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<p>CNN has also faced attacks from Left-wing media for giving a town hall event to the former president, who is currently leading in the very early GOP primary polls along with the Florida governor.</p>

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