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May 12, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

57m 46s

Monday on the News Hour, global markets surge as the United States and China announce a deal to roll back steep tariffs, for now. Hamas releases the last living American hostage held in Gaza in what's being described as a gesture of goodwill toward the Trump administration. Plus, the president signs an executive order attempting to lower drug prices in line with what other countries pay.

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    Family planning clinics lose funding over support for DEI

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    For more than 50 years, millions of federal dollars in Title X grants have funded clinics that offer free or discounted family planning services to mostly low-income Americans. In April, the Trump administration froze more than $65 million in grants, forcing some providers to shut their doors. Brittni Frederiksen, associate director for Women's Health Policy at KFF, joins Ali Rogin to discuss.

  • How vaccine hesitancy may be driving pediatric flu deaths: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How vaccine hesitancy may be driving pediatric flu deaths

    S2025 E123 - 4m 37s

    The CDC reported 12 seasonal flu-related deaths of children this week, bringing the total number of pediatric flu deaths this season to 216 — the most in 15 years. Experts say one reason for this new record could be the plummeting flu vaccination rate among American children. John Yang speaks with Dr. Peter Hotez at Baylor College of Medicine to learn more.

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    How this Utah studio supports artists with disabilities

    S2025 E123 - 5m 32s

    Artists with different physical and developmental abilities sometimes have to be creative not just with the content of their art, but also with how they make it. One studio in Utah is trying to do just that, customizing tools for each individual’s unique needs and talents. Ali Rogin reports for our ongoing look at the intersection of health and arts, and our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.

  • News Wrap: Warren Buffett criticizes using trade as a weapon: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Warren Buffett criticizes using trade as a weapon

    S2025 E123 - 2m 59s

    In our news wrap Saturday, investor Warren Buffet said at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting that the U.S. should not use trade as a weapon, Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts kicked in with changes meant to blunt the impact on U.S. automakers, a Russian drone strike injured dozens in Ukraine, and an AI-generated image of Trump as the pope posted by the White House is drawing criticism.

  • How NWS staffing shortages could put lives at risk: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How NWS staffing shortages could put lives at risk

    S2025 E123 - 4m 48s

    The Trump administration’s dismissals of hundreds of experts compiling a key report on climate change is only the latest in a series of science-related rollbacks and cuts. That includes job cuts at the National Weather Service, where an Associated Press analysis found a 20 percent vacancy rate in nearly half its forecast offices. John Yang speaks with AP science writer Seth Borenstein for more.

  • NYT finds no link between many deportees and Tren de Aragua: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    NYT finds no link between many deportees and Tren de Aragua

    S2025 E123 - 5m 45s

    In March, in order to speedily deport 238 Venezuelan men under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, Trump claimed they were members of a transnational criminal organization called Tren de Aragua. But an investigation by the New York Times couldn’t find any evidence linking many of the men to that gang. Ali Rogin speaks with Julie Turkewitz, the lead reporter on that investigation, for more.

  • Jobs market defies expectations amid tariff fears: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jobs market defies expectations amid tariff fears

    S2025 E122 - 4m 51s

    The U.S. labor market beat expectations last month, adding 177,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent. But the April jobs number was lower than the March tally and some economists are concerned that cracks in the economy are beginning to show as the effects of President Trump’s tariffs become clearer. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Julia Coronado of MacroPolicy Perspectives.

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    Conservative perspective on Trump's authority over history

    S2025 E122 - 6m 26s

    President Trump has accused the Smithsonian and other museums of promoting “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.” Previously, Jeffrey Brown spoke with a historian critical of the president’s moves. Now, he has a different view from conservative Christopher Scalia. It's part of our series, Art in Action, and our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.

  • A look at Trump's order targeting public media funding: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A look at Trump's order targeting public media funding

    S2025 E122 - 5m 56s

    President Trump issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt all funding for PBS and NPR. It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. William Brangham reports.

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    Brooks and Capehart on reaction to Trump's first 100 days

    S2025 E122 - 10m 46s

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including what voters think about President Trump's performance in his first 100 days in office, the issues Democrats are leaning into to counter the administration and Trump's order threatening federal funds for public media.

  • Yemeni diplomat asks U.S. for more support fighting Houthis: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Yemeni diplomat asks U.S. for more support fighting Houthis

    S2025 E122 - 9m 33s

    The Houthis are an Iranian-backed rebel group that controls parts of western Yemen. Most of the rest of the country is controlled by the internationally recognized government, which has fought the Houthis with support from a Saudi-led coalition. In March, the U.S. started a campaign targeting Houthi leadership. Nick Schifrin discussed the latest with Yemeni Vice Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman.

  • News Wrap: Army plans anniversary parade on Trump's birthday: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Army plans anniversary parade on Trump's birthday

    S2025 E122 - 6m 53s

    In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Army plans to host a massive parade for its 250th anniversary that happens to be on President Trump's birthday, organizers of an aid shipment bound for Gaza say drones attacked their vessel in international waters and an Illinois man was sentenced to 53 years in prison for killing a Palestinian American boy.

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