November 25, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

For the director of the Office of Management and Budget, President-elect Trump named Russell Vought as his pick. Vought previously led that office for part of Trump’s first term. He is also a co-author of Project 2025, the controversial Heritage Foundation blueprint for a second Trump term. Laura Barrón-López reports on what the pick may signal.

At the U.N. climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators struck a deal at the last moment. Wealthy nations pledged $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change and to help their transition to cleaner energy. It’s nowhere near the $1 trillion a year that many experts and analysts say is needed. William Brangham discussed more with Manish Bapna.

This year, President-elect Trump made gains across almost every demographic since the 2020 election. But one of the most notable was among young men, who shifted roughly 15 points to the right. Laura Barrón-López examines how Trump was able to court young men online by reaching out to them in spaces far beyond mainstream media outlets.

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including the major federal felony cases against President-elect Trump are dropped, Trump's success with young men and the electoral gender divide.

The Venezuelan opposition accused the Maduro government of "besieging" opposition figures who have taken shelter in the Argentine embassy in Caracas. The U.S. called the presence of Venezuelan police outside the embassy a violation of international law. Nick Schifrin looks at this summer’s disputed election and speaks with the head of the opposition, Maria Corina Machado.

President Biden took to the South Lawn of the White House Monday using his lame duck status to spare a flock of fowl from the chopping block this holiday season. Deema Zein reports.