March 12, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
Wednesday on the News Hour, the European Union and Canada announce retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., escalating President Trump's Trade war. The Trump administration takes aim at the Department of Education, firing nearly half its workforce. Plus, hundreds of thousands of Afghans who worked with America live in fear of Taliban retribution after the U.S. suspended its refugee program.
Episodes
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March 12, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E71 - 57m 46s
Wednesday on the News Hour, the European Union and Canada announce retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., escalating President Trump's Trade war. The Trump administration takes aim at the Department of Education, firing nearly half its workforce. Plus, hundreds of thousands of Afghans who worked with America live in fear of Taliban retribution after the U.S. suspended its refugee program.
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March 11, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E70 - 57m 46s
Tuesday on the News Hour, Ukraine signals it's open to a 30-day ceasefire after meeting with U.S. diplomats pushing to end the war Russia started. President Trump and his vice president pressure lawmakers on a resolution to avert a government shutdown. Plus, months after Hurricane Helene, many in western North Carolina grow increasingly frustrated with a lack of help from the federal government.
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March 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E69 - 57m 46s
Monday on the News Hour, as recession fears and trade wars rattle the markets, we speak with Ontario's premier who's hitting back with tariffs on electricity to America. The government faces a deadline to pay billions in outstanding bills for aid work as it slashes 80 percent of USAID programs. Plus, Republican leadership tries to rally votes for a bill that would avoid a government shutdown.
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March 9, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E68 - 24m 9s
March 9, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
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March 8, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E67 - 24m 9s
March 8, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
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March 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E66 - 57m 46s
Friday on the News Hour, the U.S. economy adds jobs at a solid pace but federal layoffs and rising unemployment paint an uncertain picture of the near future, a convicted murderer in South Carolina chooses to be executed by firing squad for the first time in 15 years, and we look at what science tells us about transgender athletes as Republicans try to block them from playing women's sports.
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March 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E65 - 57m 46s
March 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
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March 5, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E64 - 56m 45s
Wednesday on the News Hour, we fact check President Trump's address to Congress, where he touted the actions he's taken during his first weeks in office. Then, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins discusses the cuts to his department and those of the larger federal workforce that are sparking concerns among veterans. Plus, U.S. officials say they've suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
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March 4, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E63 - 57m 46s
Tuesday on the News Hour, businesses are hit by new tariffs that the U.S. is slapping on Mexico and Canada, Ukraine scrambles to salvage its fractured alliance with the U.S. after the White House suspends military aid, and President Trump prepares to give his first address to Congress since returning to office as he slashes the federal workforce and reshapes American foreign policy.
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March 3, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E62 - 57m 46s
Monday on the News Hour, European allies forge ahead with their own plans to bring about peace in Ukraine after President Trump's public dispute with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, our newest poll reveals that most Americans think Trump is rushing change with little regard for consequences, and journalist and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Maria Ressa discusses the state of U.S. democracy.
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March 2, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E61 - 24m 8s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, European leaders promise Ukraine’s Zelenskyy more military aid as they draft a peace plan to present to Trump. With the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in limbo, we hear from a former Saudi ambassador to the United States. What cuts in U.S. foreign aid may mean for children suffering in Haiti. Plus, how AI helped enhance some of this year’s favorite films at the Oscars.
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March 1, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E60 - 24m 8s
March 1, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
Extras and Features
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Congress struggles to keep up as Trump reshapes government
S2025 E38 - 8m 19s
Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The president promised more cuts and further political payback, even as the courts stepped in to stand in the way of big changes he began days earlier. Lisa Desjardins reports.
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Capehart and Continetti on Trump's executive power
S2025 E38 - 10m 53s
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Matthew Continetti from the American Enterprise Institute join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, President Trump and his allies making quick progress on their goal of "deconstructing the administrative state," Elon Musk gaining unprecedented access to information, Congress ceding power to the White House and the new DNC chair.
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A Brief But Spectacular take on making each day opening day
S2025 E38 - 3m 50s
Lawrence Chu is the heart and soul behind Chef Chu's, a beloved dining destination in the Bay Area for over five decades. Known for his culinary artistry and commitment to community, Lawrence reflects on the power food has to bring people together. Chef Chu shares his Brief But Spectacular take on treating each day like opening day.
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Displaced Gazans return to face uncertain future
S2025 E38 - 3m 32s
President Trump said he is in “no rush to do anything” in Gaza. Earlier this week, he talked about the need for Palestinians to leave Gaza and for the United States to take over the area and develop it. Also this week, Hamas accused Israel of delaying the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying food and other humanitarian supplies agreed to in the ceasefire deal. Stephanie Sy reports.
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Chicago Fed president on the new jobs report and economy
S2025 E38 - 6m 37s
The new jobs report shows the pace of hiring slowed slightly in January with the economy adding 143,000 jobs. The report also revised down jobs numbers between April 2023 and March of 2024 by nearly 600,000, the largest annual revision in more than 15 years. To help make sense of it all, Amna Nawaz spoke with Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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Top UN humanitarian official on the situation in Gaza
S2025 E38 - 5m 12s
One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. Its leader, Tom Fletcher, just visited Gaza and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss what he saw there.
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GOP Sen. Schmitt says 'FBI ripe for real reform'
S2025 E37 - 7m 8s
While many Trump nominees have been confirmed at a break-neck speed, FBI director nominee Kash Patel will have to wait. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee forced a delay over objections to Patel’s plans to further purge agents from the FBI who investigated Jan. 6 and President Trump’s handling of classified documents. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri.
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Democracy advocate examines Trump changes to government
S2025 E37 - 7m 22s
The first two weeks of the Trump administration have brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government. Our new series, On Democracy, is taking a step back to look at big questions about the changing laws, institutions and norms. For our first interview, Amna Nawaz spoke with Barton Gellman, a longtime journalist and senior adviser at the Brennan Center for Justice.
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Trump working to dismantle efforts to fight climate change
S2025 E37 - 5m 53s
Among the many big moves taken by the Trump administration, boosting fossil fuel development has been a priority. In a series of actions, President Trump is following through on his promise not just to ramp up oil and gas production, but to sharply curtail any effort to deal with climate change. William Brangham reports.
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Engineers turn to beavers for insights into managing water
S2025 E37 - 7m 39s
Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps with water management and the climate. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien went to see the beavers at work during their busy season and has the story for our ongoing coverage of Tipping Points.
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Funding freeze impacts community health, Head Start programs
S2025 E37 - 6m 35s
A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some Community Health and Head Start programs have sporadically been blocked from funding, forcing some to shut down. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has been investigating what’s happening and reports.
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'Poet of Havana' uses music to address pain of politics
S2025 E37 - 9m 1s
As Cuba stands to become even more isolated, many Cubans continue to leave and those who stay remain cut off from family in the United States. Carlos Varela, a singer known as “The Poet of Havana,” has been addressing the pain politics causes. Jeffrey Brown reports from Havana for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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