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April 3, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

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April 3, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

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  • How food aid made it hard for Haiti to produce its own: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How food aid made it hard for Haiti to produce its own

    S2025 E91 - 10m 42s

    As the U.S. sees new tariffs, we look at how they can make or break an economy. In Haiti, U.S. policies forced the government to bring down tariffs on foreign goods, allowing American farmers to export crops cheaply. That made it expensive for Haitians to eat food grown domestically, leading to dependence on foreign aid. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor report.

  • Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts

    S2025 E91 - 6m 15s

    It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries and the Trump administration has placed roughly 80 percent of IMLS staff on administrative leave. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • News Wrap: Bondi seeks death penalty for Luigi Mangione: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Bondi seeks death penalty for Luigi Mangione

    S2025 E91 - 5m 51s

    In our news wrap Tuesday, Attorney General Bondi directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the body of a fourth Army soldier who died in Lithuania has been found and Israel struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut for the second time since a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect last November.

  • Professor explains why he's leaving Yale amid Trump threats: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Professor explains why he's leaving Yale amid Trump threats

    S2025 E91 - 6m 42s

    Princeton University said several dozen of its federal grants have been halted. It's just the latest Trump administration move targeting colleges. Partly in response, Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley announced he’s leaving not only his school, but the country, to teach at the University of Toronto. Stanley joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his decision.

  • Trump's Joint Chiefs pick faces questions from senators: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump's Joint Chiefs pick faces questions from senators

    S2025 E91 - 4m 27s

    President Trump’s pick to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told senators during his confirmation hearing that he would give the president candid guidance and stay out of politics. But he also said he was willing to push back if asked to do something unconstitutional and suggested concern about recent messages sent by senior national security leaders over Signal. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • Businesses brace for Trump’s tariffs as Democrats push back: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Businesses brace for Trump’s tariffs as Democrats push back

    S2025 E91 - 2m 44s

    The American public and U.S. trading partners are waiting for President Trump’s new set of tariffs, a plan he says is finalized and will be revealed on Wednesday. Trump's first two months back in office have seen him implement tariffs on countries like Canada and Mexico, only to reverse course days later. It’s not yet clear which countries will be taxed hardest. Geoff Bennett reports.

  • Examining claims tariffs will revitalize U.S. manufacturing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Examining claims tariffs will revitalize U.S. manufacturing

    S2025 E90 - 7m 42s

    The impact of tariffs is starting to become real and more are on the way. One of the biggest questions around President Trump's approach is whether it can help revitalize American manufacturing. Economics correspondent Paul Solman breaks that down.

  • Trump deports more immigrants amid battle with judiciary: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump deports more immigrants amid battle with judiciary

    S2025 E90 - 7m 56s

    The State Department deported more immigrants to El Salvador over the weekend. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the removals a “successful counter-terrorism operation.” It comes after a federal judge had blocked the administration from invoking a rare wartime authority to deport hundreds of migrants without due process. William Brangham discussed more with Deborah Pearlstine.

  • Scientists sound alarm on Trump's research funding cuts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Scientists sound alarm on Trump's research funding cuts

    S2025 E90 - 6m 44s

    The Trump administration is waging a ‘wholesale assault on U.S. science’ that threatens the country’s health, economic development, national security and scientific preeminence. That's according to an open letter published by nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists and researchers. William Brangham discussed the letter with Dr. Steven Woolf, one of its authors.

  • After Myanmar earthquake, China fills vacuum left by USAID: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    After Myanmar earthquake, China fills vacuum left by USAID

    S2025 E90 - 9m 34s

    The true impact of the massive earthquake in Myanmar is starting to reveal itself. The military government says the official death toll is more than 2,000 people and hundreds are still missing. Thousands more are injured and homeless. Nick Schifrin reports on the latest and talks with Chris Milligan, a former USAID mission director to Myanmar.

  • News Wrap: Le Pen banned from public office after conviction: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Le Pen banned from public office after conviction

    S2025 E90 - 4m 20s

    In our news wrap Monday, a court in France found far-right politician Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement and barred her from running for office for the next five years, the Israeli military ordered sweeping evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and three U.S. have been found dead in Lithuania after four went missing during a training exercise.

  • Wisconsin Supreme Court election highlights political divide: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Wisconsin Supreme Court election highlights political divide

    S2025 E90 - 6m 50s

    As President Trump escalates fights with federal judges, he's also bolstering a judicial candidate in the battleground state of Wisconsin. The loud and expensive race has become a fight over Trump's agenda and it's testing the limits of presidential advisor and billionaire Elon Musk's money and popularity. Deema Zein reports.

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    Apr 4

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    Apr 5

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    Apr 7

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    PBS News Hour

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    Apr 7

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 7

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 7

    1 Hour

    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 8

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    Apr 8

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    Apr 8

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    Apr 8

    1 Hour

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