May 2, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
Friday on the News Hour, the jobs market again defies expectations despite fears that tariffs could soon spur an economic downturn. As President Trump signs an executive order to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR, a legal fight lies ahead. Plus, we speak with Yemen's vice foreign minister as the U.S. extends its military campaigns against Houthi rebels.
Episodes
-
April 20, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E110 - 26m 45s
April 20, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
-
April 19, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E109 - 26m 44s
April 19, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
-
April 18, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E108 - 57m 46s
Friday on the News Hour, President Trump moves forward with plans to make it easier to fire thousands of federal workers if they disagree with his policies. A lawyer for the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador speaks out about the refusals to return him to the U.S. Plus, the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that could eliminate free access to dozens of preventive health care treatments.
-
April 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E107 - 57m 46s
April 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
April 16, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E106 - 57m 46s
April 16, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
April 15, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E105 - 57m 46s
Tuesday on the News Hour, a judge again presses the Trump administration for answers on why it hasn't tried to bring back a man wrongfully deported to El Salvador. The federal government freezes billions in grants to Harvard after it refuses to give in to President Trump's demands. Plus, China cuts off exports of rare earth minerals used in critical technology as the global trade war escalates.
-
April 14, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E104 - 57m 46s
Monday on the News Hour, both President Trump and El Salvador's president indicate they have no intention of returning a man mistakenly deported. On-again, off-again tariffs on electronics imported to the U.S. from China add to the confusion for companies around the world. Plus, the scientific efforts to reduce methane emissions on cattle farms by changing the animals' diet.
-
April 13, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E103 - 26m 44s
April 13, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
-
April 12, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E102 - 26m 45s
April 12, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
-
April 11, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E101 - 57m 46s
April 11, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
April 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E100 - 57m 46s
April 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
April 9, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E99 - 57m 46s
Wednesday on the News Hour, as President Trump hits pause on many of his tariffs, we look at the global response and how the back and forth is affecting American business and consumers. How the trade wars could affect personal finances. Plus, Judy Woodruff goes underground to explore some of the little-known and sometimes life-saving work done by government employees who are now being fired.
Extras and Features
-
Children who are citizens deported with mothers, lawyers say
S2025 E118 - 4m 47s
Nearing 100 days in office, the Trump administration continues to push further on its immigration crackdown by deporting families and targeting sanctuary cities. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports on three deported American citizens.
-
News Wrap: Police rule out terrorism in Vancouver car attack
S2025 E117 - 2m 23s
In our news wrap Sunday, Vancouver police ruled out terrorism after a man plowed his car into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival, Israeli jets struck Beirut’s southern suburbs, Pakistani security forces killed dozens of militants they say tried to sneak into the country from Afghanistan, and Pope Francis’ tomb at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major opened to the public.
-
Key moments from the first 100 days of Trump’s second term
S2025 E117 - 5m 32s
Tuesday marks the end of the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. Since Franklin Roosevelt’s first term, it’s been a traditional time to take stock of a new administration. Matthew Dallek, a political historian and professor at George Washington University, joins John Yang to discuss.
-
What’s on voters’ minds as Canada elects new prime minister
S2025 E117 - 4m 28s
Monday is the end of voting in Canada to elect a new prime minister. The big issue in this campaign has been U.S.-Canadian relations, especially Trump’s tariffs. Since the beginning of the year, opinion polls have gone from showing a commanding Conservative Party lead to a narrower but consistent Liberal Party lead. John Yang speaks with David Frum, a writer for The Atlantic, for more.
-
How a warming Arctic may be eroding Indigenous history
S2025 E117 - 5m 54s
In a remote part of Alaska, global warming is being blamed for endangering a treasure trove of Indigenous artifacts. Archaeologists at one dig site near the Bering Sea say they’re in a race against time. Nelufar Hedayat reports for the nonprofit news organization Evident Media.
-
Russia strikes Ukraine after Trump questions Putin’s goals
S2025 E117 - 5m
Russia continues its deadly assault on Ukraine, launching a sweeping drone attack a day after President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the Vatican before Pope Francis’ funeral. Trump criticized Russian President Putin on social media after that meeting, raising doubts about Putin’s desire for peace. John Yang speaks with William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, for more.
-
News Wrap: Iranian port rocked by massive, deadly explosion
S2025 E116 - 3m 4s
In our news wrap Saturday, there was a deadly explosion at a Persian Gulf port in southern Iran, India said Pakistani soldiers shot at Indian posts for a second straight night in the disputed Kashmir region, a federal judge wants the Trump administration to explain why a 2-year-old U.S. citizen was deported, and Virginia Giuffre, a key figure in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, has died.
-
What to expect as cardinals prepare to elect a new pope
S2025 E116 - 4m 44s
Saturday’s funeral and burial of Pope Francis mark the beginning of nine days of official mourning at the Vatican, with cardinals leading masses each day. The words of their homilies will be closely examined and analyzed for clues about what’s on their minds as they prepare to elect a new pope. John Yang speaks with John Allen, editor of Crux, for more.
-
How NIH staffing cuts may delay a promising cancer treatment
S2025 E116 - 6m 18s
Earlier in April, doctors at the National Institutes of Health made a promising step in the fight against cancer, announcing an immunotherapy treatment was able to shrink gastrointestinal tumors for about a quarter of patients. But NIH staffing shortages, layoffs and cuts are threatening to delay the rollout of this promising development. William Brangham speaks with Dr. Steven Rosenberg for more.
-
Faithful mourners bid solemn farewell to Pope Francis
S2025 E116 - 5m 54s
Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday after a solemn Requiem Mass outside Saint Peter’s Basilica. On the same day, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy met at the Vatican to discuss hopes for lasting peace. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Rome.
-
Coral bleaching is affecting nearly all reefs, report says
S2025 E116 - 3m 21s
Coral reefs are a crucial part of the marine ecosystem, providing habitats for all sorts of marine life and protecting coastlines from storm damage. But scientists say rising ocean temperatures are posing a grave threat to the future of the world’s reefs. Ali Rogin reports.
-
News Wrap: U.S. envoy meets with Putin for talks to end war
S2025 E115 - 4m 15s
In our news wrap Friday, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff sat down with Vladimir Putin for talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine, Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire across the border of Kashmir, Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and George Santos was sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft.
Schedule
-
Image
PBS News Hour
Saturday
May 3
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Saturday
May 3
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Saturday
May 3
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Monday
May 5
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Monday
May 5
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Monday
May 5
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Monday
May 5
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
May 6
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
May 7
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
May 7
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
May 7
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
May 7
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
May 7
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
May 7
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
WETA Passport
Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.
Similar Shows
Washington Week with The Atlantic
News and Public Affairs
Hope Road
News and Public Affairs
FRONTLINE
News and Public Affairs
Crash Course Government and Politics
News and Public Affairs
Aspen Ideas Festival
News and Public Affairs