From PBS NewsHour.

Friday on the News Hour, the president signs an executive order to combat homelessness by making it easier to forcibly place people in mental health facilities. The politics behind the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger approved by the FCC. Plus, private companies that run immigration detention centers could soon cash in from the GOP’s budget bill and the Trump administration’s deportations.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
News Wrap: Israel considering alternatives to Gaza ceasefire

The politics behind the $8B Paramount-Skydance merger

What Trump’s order on forced treatment means for unhoused

How private companies could cash in on Trump’s deportations

Kagan criticizes justices over lack of explanation

Brooks and Capehart on the Epstein files and Trump’s base

Ruth Asawa exhibit celebrates her influential art and life

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00:00 – Intro
02:19 – News Wrap
07:14 – Media Merger
14:49 – Homeless in America
20:43 – Trump Agenda: Immigration
26:33 – Shadow Docket
33:21 – Brooks & Capehart
46:59 – Pioneering Artist
54:43 – Online + Goodnight