December 4, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
December 4, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
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November 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E314 - 57m 46s
Monday on the News Hour, a group of Senate Democrats breaks with party leadership and makes a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown. During a meeting with President Trump, Syria's leader announces his country is joining an anti-ISIS coalition. Plus, we speak with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary about the agency's decision to lift warnings on hormone replacement therapy for menopause.
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November 9, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E313 - 26m 45s
November 9, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
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November 8, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E312 - 26m 44s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, air travelers cope with reduced airline schedules, while the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to withhold food benefits for tens of millions of Americans for now. How a new federal investment may help struggling rural hospitals keep their doors open. Plus, what a trending relationship test reveals about the importance of life’s little moments.
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November 7, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E311 - 56m 41s
Friday on the News Hour, flights are canceled amid the longest-ever government shutdown, while SNAP food benefits remain in legal limbo. As President Trump targets the agency in charge of jobs reports, we examine what other labor market data says about unemployment. Plus, Tucker Carlson hosts white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes on his show, causing a rift in the Republican Party.
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November 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E310 - 57m 46s
November 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
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November 5, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E309 - 57m 46s
Wednesday on the News Hour, Democrats dominate election night as economic anxieties and discontent with President Trump’s leadership weigh heavily on Republican candidates. The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case questioning whether the president overstepped his authority when he imposed tariffs on nearly every country in the world. Plus, we speak with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Extras and Features
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Trump suggests Ukraine could reclaim territory from Russia
S2025 E266 - 7m 1s
President Trump announced an extraordinary shift in policy on Ukraine. He has previously suggested Ukraine would have to give up territory to make peace, but today he said it could win back areas occupied or annexed by Russia since 2014. Trump made the announcement as he delivered the first speech to the United Nations of his second term. Nick Schifrin reports.
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American bishop emerges as a new voice of the church
S2025 E266 - 7m 59s
Bishop Michael Pham, appointed by Pope Leo as the first U.S. bishop under his papacy, has emerged as a new voice of the Catholic Church. Through his own story of survival as a child refugee from Vietnam, he’s stepped into the national spotlight, showing up at immigration courts to support families caught in the current crackdown. Amna Nawaz spoke with Pham about his mission.
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What is antifa and why Trump calls it a terrorist group
S2025 E266 - 4m 16s
President Trump is targeting the antifa movement, labeling it a “domestic terrorist organization,” even though no such designation exists under U.S. law. The move comes less than two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at a college campus event. The man accused of shooting Kirk has no publicly known link to the movement. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Luke Baumgartner.
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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on future of MAGA movement
S2025 E265 - 6m 32s
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 the pace of actions coming from President Trump eight months into his term and the future of his MAGA movement.
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Brazil’s Lula pushes for ‘civilized relationship’ with U.S.
S2025 E265 - 10m 28s
World dignitaries are gathering this week for the UN General Assembly. The first speech will come from Brazil's president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula's predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, has become an explosive issue in U.S.-Brazilian relations. President Trump levied a 50% tariff on many Brazilian goods as a penalty for the prosecution of Bolsonaro. Amna Nawaz sat down with Lula to discuss more.
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Trump escalates promises of retribution against enemies
S2025 E265 - 4m 14s
President Trump headlined the memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In front of tens of thousands of people, Trump delivered a eulogy for Kirk that was infused with his own political agenda. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports.
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News Wrap: ABC reinstating Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show
S2025 E265 - 5m 54s
In our news wrap Monday, ABC is reinstating Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, France joined a growing list of countries in recognizing a Palestinian state, Russia and Ukraine traded deadly drone strikes as world leaders get ready to discuss the ongoing war at the UN General Assembly and NASA announced its newest astronauts.
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Trump pressures Bondi to prosecute his political opponents
S2025 E265 - 6m 6s
To discuss President Trump pressuring the Justice Department to prosecute his political opponents, Geoff Bennett spoke with Mary McCord. She's a former acting assistant attorney general for national security and was a longtime prosecutor. She is now executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law.
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Head of UN nuclear watchdog on the status of Iran's program
S2025 E265 - 7m 52s
There will be a series of diplomatic meetings over Iran at the United Nations this week. Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have gone back and forth over whether UN inspectors will be allowed to examine Iran’s nuclear sites, including those attacked by Israel and the U.S. in June. Nick Schifrin discussed more with the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog.
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Health experts respond to Trump's claims on autism, vaccines
S2025 E265 - 10m 34s
President Trump tied the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism and made several other claims about vaccines. William Brangham discussed those claims and the concerns about what the president said with Alycia Halladay of the Autism Science Foundation and Jennifer Nuzzo of Brown University’s School of Public Health.
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Why the planet is rapidly drying out, according to new study
S2025 E264 - 5m 48s
According to a new study, the planet is drying at an unprecedented pace, presenting a critical threat to humanity. Researchers found that “continental drying is having profound global impacts” that “threaten water availability” across the globe. To learn more, Ali Rogin speaks with ProPublica climate investigations editor Abrahm Lustgarten for our series, Tipping Point.
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West Virginians navigate state’s new artificial food dye ban
S2025 E264 - 8m 51s
Earlier this year, West Virginia became the first of a number of politically conservative states to ban artificial food dyes. It’s part of the larger “Make America Healthy Again” effort championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. For a look at how the new law is playing out, Ali Rogin reports from the Mountain State.
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