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The 2nd Inauguration of Donald J. Trump | PBS News Special

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The 2nd Inauguration of Donald J. Trump | PBS News Special

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  • The power of presidential executive orders and their limits: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The power of presidential executive orders and their limits

    S2025 E20 - 4m 29s

    President Trump promised a record number of executive orders on his first day in office. For a closer look at the power of these orders and their limits, Amna Nawaz spoke with Andrew Rudalevige, professor of government at Bowdoin College and author of "The New Imperial Presidency.”

  • Stoltenberg on how the world is responding to Trump's return: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Stoltenberg on how the world is responding to Trump's return

    S2025 E20 - 6m 6s

    President Trump vowed that the State Department will have an "America first" foreign policy. Nick Schifrin discussed how the world is responding to Trump's inauguration with Jens Stoltenberg, the most recent secretary general of NATO who will become the chairman of the Munich Security Conference next month.

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump changed Washington: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump changed Washington

    S2025 E20 - 6m 2s

    NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including how the perception of President Trump has changed over four years, who Trump has surrounded himself with for his second term in office and how much Congress has changed since 2016.

  • 'New Prize for These Eyes' details 2nd civil rights movement: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    'New Prize for These Eyes' details 2nd civil rights movement

    S2025 E20 - 7m 31s

    In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a groundbreaking book that brought history to life and became an essential chronicle of the fight for racial equality. Nearly four decades later, he returns with "New Prize for These Eyes," a powerful update looking at the 21st-century movement. Geoff Bennett discussed the work with Williams.

  • Biden issues preemptive pardons on his way out of office: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Biden issues preemptive pardons on his way out of office

    S2025 E20 - 6m 11s

    President Trump is reportedly planning to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. That's as Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated Jan. 6. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Mary McCord.

  • News Wrap: 3 Israeli hostages released as ceasefire holds: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: 3 Israeli hostages released as ceasefire holds

    S2025 E20 - 4m 18s

    In our news wrap Monday, Israeli hostages have been reuniting with loved ones as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding, humanitarian aid trucks are flowing into Gaza as part of the agreement, a British teen pleaded guilty to murdering three girls at a Taylor-Swift-themed dance class in England and rare winter storm warnings are in place along a large part of the Gulf Coast.

  • Trump returns to office and kickstarts ambitious agenda: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump returns to office and kickstarts ambitious agenda

    S2025 E20 - 16m 52s

    Donald Trump has returned to office as the 47th president of the United States. His second term kickstarts an ambitious, and controversial, agenda that will bring mass deportations, aggressive tariffs on imports from competitors and allies alike, and a promise of 'retribution' against political foes that led to last-minute pardons from outgoing President Biden. Laura Barrón-López reports.

  • The history and tradition of presidential transition letters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The history and tradition of presidential transition letters

    S2025 E19 - 4m 20s

    Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice. John Yang speaks with Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, to learn more about this tradition.

  • News Wrap: Biden thanks supporters on last day of his term: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Biden thanks supporters on last day of his term

    S2025 E19 - 2m 18s

    In our news wrap Sunday, Biden spent the final full day of his presidency visiting supporters in South Carolina, Trump laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, TikTok restored service to U.S. users after temporarily going dark due to a federal ban, a polar vortex is bringing dangerously cold conditions south from the Arctic, and Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey.

  • Sen. Wyden offers way forward for progressives in new book: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sen. Wyden offers way forward for progressives in new book

    S2025 E19 - 5m 30s

    As Trump returns to the White House with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate, Democrats are searching for a way forward. Ron Wyden, the second-most senior Senate Democrat, offers strategies in a new book, “It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change.” Amna Nawaz recently sat down with Wyden.

  • Father of U.S. hostage hopeful for son’s release by Hamas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Father of U.S. hostage hopeful for son’s release by Hamas

    S2025 E19 - 5m 29s

    Three women are back on Israeli soil for the first time in 15 months since they were kidnapped in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and held captive in Gaza, as a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect Sunday. Two U.S. citizens are on Hamas’ list of hostages to be released in the deal’s first phase. John Yang speaks with the father of one American hostage who is not on that list.

  • Tech and AI leaders make big donations to Trump inauguration: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tech and AI leaders make big donations to Trump inauguration

    S2025 E19 - 5m 42s

    President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee has smashed fundraising records, racking up more than $200 million in pledges. Donations have come from some of the world’s biggest companies, and top tech CEOs will be front and center at the festivities. Ali Rogin speaks with ethics and campaign finance expert Craig Holman and New York Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang for more.

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