April 15, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
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.
Episodes
-
April 3, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E93 - 57m 46s
April 3, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
April 2, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E92 - 57m 46s
Wednesday on the News Hour, President Trump announces sweeping new tariffs that could shake up the U.S. and global economies. As Republicans hold two key seats in the House and Democrats best Elon Musk's chosen candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a look at what the elections say about voter sentiment. Plus, how private equity's increasing role in health care is affecting patients.
-
April 1, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E91 - 56m 15s
Tuesday on the News Hour, mass firings begin at government health agencies, including people in key leadership positions. As the window narrows to find survivors of the Myanmar quake, aid groups warn of the overwhelming need for food, water and health care. Plus, how an effort to provide cheap rice to Haiti has made it difficult for the nation to produce its own.
-
March 31, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E90 - 57m 46s
Monday on the News Hour, days after a deadly earthquake hit Myanmar, USAID's absence leaves a vacuum that China is quickly filling. The Trump administration sends more alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court orders. Plus, with another round of tariffs on major trading partners set to take effect, we examine whether they could revitalize American industries.
-
March 30, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E89 - 26m 45s
March 30, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
-
March 29, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E88 - 26m 45s
March 29, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
-
March 28, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E87 - 57m 46s
March 28, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
March 27, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E86 - 56m 45s
March 27, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
-
March 26, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E85 - 57m 46s
Wednesday on the News Hour, U.S. intelligence officials are questioned about newly revealed details from their group chat discussing military strikes. The Supreme Court upholds a Biden administration regulation that aims to make ghost guns easier to trace. Five years on, Judy Woodruff sits down with two people with very different views of the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
March 25, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E84 - 57m 46s
Tuesday on the News Hour, Democrats push Trump administration intelligence officials for answers on why they used a commercial messaging app to discuss war plans. The Wall Street veteran nominated to lead the Social Security Administration is questioned about potential cuts at the agency. Plus, we speak with Finland's president about efforts to end the war Russia started in Ukraine.
-
March 24, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
S2025 E83 - 57m 46s
Monday on the News Hour, the balance of power comes into focus as President Trump calls for a federal judge to be disbarred. Top Trump officials appear to accidentally share war plans via a commercial messaging app with Atlantic editor and Washington Week moderator Jeffrey Goldberg. Plus, farmers across the country feel the impact of federal funding cuts.
-
March 23, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2025 E82 - 26m 45s
March 23, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
Extras and Features
-
Trump meets with British PM amid tensions with Europe
S2025 E58 - 4m 20s
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer continued a week of Oval Office diplomacy, arriving at the White House for meetings with President Trump and his team. Starmer is the second of three critical European allies to meet with the president this week. On the agenda is the brutal war in Ukraine and Trump's efforts to make a deal with the invader, Russia's Vladimir Putin. Lisa Desjardins reports.
-
Doctor who survived Ebola highlights risks of funding cuts
S2025 E58 - 7m 27s
In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Dr. Craig Spencer, who survived Ebola after treating patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders in 2014.
-
Preview: President Donald Trump's 2025 address to Congress
30s
President Donald Trump on March 4, 2025, will address a joint session of Congress, laying out his vision for the country and his administration. PBS News will have special coverage of the address beginning at 6 p.m. ET.
-
Black women serving in Senate reflect on making an impact
S2025 E58 - 10m 34s
For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two Black women are serving simultaneously. Geoff Bennett sat down with Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware for a conversation about breaking barriers, shaping history and how Democrats aim to meet the current political moment.
-
Health experts concerned as FDA cancels flu vaccine meeting
S2025 E58 - 6m 45s
The FDA canceled a critical meeting of flu vaccine experts where officials decide which strains to target in the next vaccine. It comes amid one of the worst flu seasons in 15 years, according to the CDC. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Dr. Paul Offit, one of the FDA committee advisors and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
-
Black men's fashion in the spotlight at upcoming Met Gala
S2025 E57 - 7m 21s
This spring, the Met Gala in New York, one of the bigger fashion events of the year, will highlight the indelible style of Black men. The Met’s 2025 exhibition, titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” opens in May and explores the emergence and significance of the Black dandy. Geoff Bennett looked into the complicated historical style and its relevance today for our series, Race Matters.
-
Advocacy groups respond to Trump's ban on refugees
S2025 E57 - 5m 54s
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order halting the admission of refugees into the United States. The judge said the administration had likely exceeded its authority by freezing the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which was established by Congress in 1980. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Mark Hetfield of HIAS, the country’s oldest refugee resettlement agency.
-
A look at the errors on DOGE's 'wall of receipts'
S2025 E57 - 5m 50s
Elon Musk claims his campaign to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and cancel government contracts is in the name of rooting out “fraud” and “waste.” A website claims they’ve saved billions by cutting certain federal contracts, but reports and government documents prove that these so-called savings are either misleading or incorrect. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.
-
Panama official on his country's role in U.S. deportations
S2025 E57 - 8m 44s
Panama is serving as a stopover for unauthorized migrants being removed from the U.S. by the Trump administration. To discuss the country's role in receiving hundreds of migrants, Amna Nawaz spoke with Carlos Ruiz-Hernández, Panama’s vice minister for foreign affairs.
-
Arrington defends plan that slashes spending, cuts taxes
S2025 E57 - 8m 36s
When the House passed the Republican budget Tuesday night, it was an important step towards funding President Trump’s agenda. Their bill includes tax cuts totaling $4.5 trillion, spending cuts amounting to $1.5 to $2 trillion and about $3 trillion added to the deficit over the next ten years. Rep. Jodey Arrington is chair of the House Budget Committee and joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the plan.
-
Trump and Musk preview more cuts to federal workforce
S2025 E57 - 3m 58s
At the White House Wednesday morning, President Trump convened the very first Cabinet meeting of his second administration. In an hour-plus question and answer with reporters, Trump did most of the talking. But there was one figure there who didn’t have a seat at the table whose influence was undeniable. Lisa Desjardins reports.
-
U.S. deporting migrants to Central American stopovers
S2025 E57 - 5m 25s
President Trump made carrying out the “largest mass deportation” in U.S. history a cornerstone of his 2024 campaign. But there are reports he's unhappy with the pace of that effort so far. William Brangham reports on a new, controversial tactic to carry out the administration's crackdown on unlawful migration.
Schedule
-
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
Apr 15
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
Apr 15
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
Apr 15
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
Apr 15
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
Apr 15
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Tuesday
Apr 15
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Apr 16
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Thursday
Apr 17
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Thursday
Apr 17
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Thursday
Apr 17
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Thursday
Apr 17
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Thursday
Apr 17
1 Hour
Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events. -
Image
PBS News Hour
Thursday
Apr 17
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
Too Soon to Forget: The Journey of Younger Onset Alzheimer's Disease
News and Public Affairs
Losing Lambert: A Journey Through Survival and Hope
News and Public Affairs
Day One
News and Public Affairs
Need To Know
News and Public Affairs
Zelenskyy: The Man Who Took On Putin
News and Public Affairs
The Chavis Chronicles
News and Public Affairs
Dismantling Democracy
News and Public Affairs
The Real Story of Mr Bates vs The Post Office
News and Public Affairs
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
News and Public Affairs
The Medicine Game
News and Public Affairs