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From PBS NewsHour. President Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, and the Chinese government said Xi outlined what it called China’s "principled" position on Taiwan. The self-governing democracy of 23 million has never been part of Communist China, but Beijing considers it a breakaway province. Nick Schifrin sat down with Taiwan’s deputy…
From PBS NewsHour. As the holiday season begins, food banks across the nation are still struggling to keep up with the need. That’s partly fueled by the disruption in SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, but there will also be more restrictions and cutbacks coming. William Brangham reports. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and…
From PBS NewsHour. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency operation that Elon Musk and President Trump used to target federal agencies has itself been dismantled. Reuters reported this week that the government’s top personnel official says DOGE no longer exists. That’s months ahead of its planned end date. Lisa Desjardins reports. Watch PBS News for…
From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump says there’s progress in the U.S.-backed effort to end the war in Ukraine and he’s dispatching two envoys to build on talks, Israel received another set of human remains from Gaza and the FBI is requesting interviews with Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video…
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From PBS NewsHour. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, or “Blackout Wednesday,” is a big night for friends and family to reconnect, often over alcoholic beverages. But Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, and mixing that with alcohol, can be a deadly combination. In 2023 alone, a third of the fatal…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV The Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., over a video in which he and a number of other U.S. lawmakers urged U.S. troops to refuse to follow illegal orders. Defense officials say Kelly’s comments may have interfered…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don’t break down…
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From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV It’s no secret: Americans are divided. This year, the “America at a Crossroads” team focused on communities where people are trying to bridge their differences. For this holiday season, PBS News’ Judy Woodruff shares some tips she heard from…
From PBS NewsHour. Monday on the News hour, a judge throws out the DOJ cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Ukraine and European leaders work to revise a peace plan to end the war with Russia as the origins of the plan come under question. Plus, a…
From PBS NewsHour. Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died. His family said it was from a “seizure followed by pneumonia.” The native son of Jamaica, two-time Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame helped turn his country’s signature sound into a global phenomenon. Geoff Bennett reports. Watch PBS News for…
From PBS NewsHour. A new documentary on HBO Max looks at how gun violence has led to lockdown drills in schools becoming a universal part of childhood in America. Those drills and the creation of active shooter preparedness products, now a $3 billion industry, is the focus of “Thoughts and Prayers.” Amna Nawaz discussed more…
From PBS NewsHour. Since President Trump re-entered the White House, his administration has moved to restrict rights for transgender people. Those restrictions range from transition-related medical care for youth to sports participation to identity markers on passports. William Brangham has an update on these actions, the legal challenges to them and what may come next.…
From PBS NewsHour. NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including Republicans in Congress struggling with how to deal with rising health care costs, a former key Trump ally departing Congress and the early dissolution of DOGE. Watch PBS…
From PBS NewsHour. A sweeping new investigation by the Associated Press is raising serious questions about what’s happening inside America’s immigration courts. White House Correspondent Liz Landers reports on how the administration has short-circuited the asylum process. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News…
From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Monday, the Pentagon is investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over a video urging U.S. troops to refuse to follow illegal orders, the Trump administration designated Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ as a foreign terror organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it’s ending its operations in the territory and…
From PBS NewsHour. U.S. and Ukrainian officials worked to bridge gaps in a plan designed to end the nearly four-year-long war. Both sides say the U.S. has agreed to edit the proposal that sparked bipartisan and international concern that the Americans were imposing demands sought by Russia, but impossible for Ukraine to accept. Nick Schifrin…
From PBS NewsHour. A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. In twin rulings, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie found the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney was invalid and unlawful. Halligan was picked by President Trump to bring criminal charges against his…
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From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV In northern Nigeria, 50 of the 303 children kidnapped from a Catholic school on Friday have escaped and reunited with their families. They were taken by armed gunmen from a remote community in one of the worst mass abductions…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV Two East Coast rivals turned out strong defense in the battle for the National Women’s Soccer League Championship. The match between the Gotham Football Club of New York and the Washington Spirit was scoreless until the 80th minute. That’s…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV Israel carried out an airstrike in Lebanon’s capital city Sunday — nearly one year to the day that the country agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah. The strike killed at least five people and wounded dozens of others. Israel…
From PBS NewsHour. In Geneva on Sunday, U.S. officials put the heat on Ukraine to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia or else. The author of the plan became a point of contention, while President Donald Trump said Ukrainian leadership had expressed “zero gratitude” for American efforts. Nick Schifrin reports on…
From PBS NewsHour. Correction: In the segment about the film "That Night," footage of the entrance to Tehran’s Evin prison was incorrectly dated. The video was filmed in 2022. We regret the error. Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Ukraine comes under pressure as officials meet in Geneva to discuss plans to end the war with…
From PBS NewsHour. Hundreds of miles from the U.N. conference on climate change that wrapped this weekend in Belém, Brazil, scientists are conducting a first-of-its-kind experiment that could help future policymakers address the issue. John Yang reports. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News…
From PBS NewsHour. Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab. Many spent time at the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, where a fire broke out one night. A new short film, “That Night,” shares one survivor’s account…
From PBS NewsHour. From Los Angeles to Chicago to Charlotte, federal law enforcement agents are arresting immigrants in raids unfolding in the public eye. Videos circulating online show agents pinning protesters to the ground, smashing car windows and dragging suspected undocumented immigrants away from their families. Ali Rogin speaks with Wall Street Journal immigration reporter…
From PBS NewsHour. In our news wrap Sunday, Israel carried out an airstrike in Beirut nearly a year after it agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, 50 of the 303 children kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria escaped and reunited with their families, the G20 summit in South Africa ended with little fanfare after…
From PBS NewsHour. In Geneva on Sunday, U.S. officials put the heat on Ukraine to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia or else. The author of the plan became a point of contention, while President Donald Trump said Ukrainian leadership had expressed “zero gratitude” for American efforts. Nick Schifrin reports on…
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From PBS NewsHour. Saturday on PBS News Weekend, one of Trump’s staunchest defenders and MAGA allies, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, plans to quit Congress in the wake of a bitter public feud. Deadly strikes continue along the Israel-Lebanon border despite a ceasefire that’s been in effect for nearly a year. Plus, how patients are using…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV As health insurers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to process claims, denials have been on the rise. In 2023, about 73 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans had their claims for in-network services denied, and less than 1%…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV Next week marks one year since the ceasefire that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon. During that time, fighting on the ground has continued. Just this week, Israel launched strikes in southern Lebanon that killed at least a dozen…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV In our news wrap Saturday, police arrested former Brazilian President Bolsonaro after he allegedly tried to escape house arrest, Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza despite the ongoing ceasefire, classrooms closed across parts of Nigeria after mass kidnappings at schools,…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎️ Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV The announcement by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that she’ll resign from Congress in January has sent shockwaves through Washington. It marks a dramatic break with Trump after a public falling out with him in recent months, as Greene…
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From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV President Donald Trump said Friday that he does not believe New York City’s incoming mayor is a "jihadist," a term that one of Trump’s allies has used on the campaign trail. The president’s comments came during a joint appearance…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV President Trump said he’d like to see Ukraine accept his peace plan by Thursday of next week. But the plan asks Ukraine to make concessions it’s previously rejected, and President Zelenskyy said his country has to decide whether to…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Take our 2025 PBS News audience survey: https://forms.office.com/r/0rBmB9pyrw Correction: A technical error on the graphic of Trump’s audio interview repeats the word "appropriate." It should have only been used once. We regret the error. Friday on the News Hour, President Trump welcomes New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to the White…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single 12-month period. It’s a monumental…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV Congressman James Clyburn has spent more than three decades in Congress. In his new book, he turns his attention to the trailblazing Black men who were the first to walk those halls. Geoff Bennett sat down with Rep. Clyburn…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump playing nice with Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office but calling six other Democrats…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV This week, the CDC changed its website to suggest that vaccines may cause autism, even though there’s no scientific evidence to prove such a link. It’s the latest change to vaccine guidance under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV In our news wrap Friday, the Coast Guard will again classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols, backing off a change to call those emblems "potentially divisive,” gunmen kidnapped students from a Catholic school in Nigeria, the Department…
From PBS NewsHour. 🛎 Tell us: We want your thoughts in our 2025 Audience Survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV President Trump and the future mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, met at the White House after months of trading insults. In an Oval Office meeting, they were far more civilized, with the president at times praising the…
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From PBS NewsHour. Miss Mexico was declared the winner of the 2025 Miss Universe pageant Thursday evening. Fatima Bosch, 25, of Mexico, is the fourth Mexican woman to hold the Miss Universe title. She became a fan favorite after a controversy with the pageant director went viral during a pre-pageant event. In the viral video,…
From PBS NewsHour. A Frida Kahlo painting sold for $54.7 million on Thursday, becoming the most expensive artwork by a woman to go at auction. The painting, called "El sueño (La cama)," or "The dream (The bed)" in English, is a self portrait by Kahlo. In it, she lays covered in vines on a canopy…