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April 13, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode

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April 13, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode

Episodes

  • March 19, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 19, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    S2025 E78 - 57m 46s

    Wednesday on the News Hour, Ukraine and Russia agree to a pause in attacks on energy infrastructure in the years-long conflict. The Trump administration ramps up attacks on the federal judiciary despite a rebuke from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Plus, as Congressional Democrats clash over how to oppose the president's agenda, we speak to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

  • March 18, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 18, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    S2025 E77 - 56m 44s

    Tuesday on the News Hour, President Trump and Russian President Putin agree to a limited ceasefire in Ukraine. After delays in negotiations, Israel renews attacks on Gaza, killing hundreds and shattering the ceasefire with Hamas. Plus, how the Trump administration's pushback on judges challenges the system of checks and balances.

  • March 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    S2025 E76 - 57m 46s

    Monday on the News Hour, the Trump administration invokes wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The President dismantles Voice of America and the news and information it provided to people in autocratic countries. Plus, despite an increase in autism diagnoses, law enforcement often lacks training to respond effectively to people with developmental disabilities.

  • President Donald Trump's 2025 address to Congress: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    President Donald Trump's 2025 address to Congress

    2h 26m

    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.

Extras and Features

  • Exhibit showcases struggles and triumphs of Black travel: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Exhibit showcases struggles and triumphs of Black travel

    S2025 E52 - 6m 11s

    The “Negro Motorist Green Book,” a guide for African Americans first published in 1936, was a valued resource at a time when travel held the promise of adventure but was also perilous. It is now the subject of an exhibit showcasing the history, struggles and triumphs of Black travel in America. Communities correspondent Gabrielle Hays reports for our series, Race Matters.

  • Cimafunk on bringing Cuban music to the world: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Cimafunk on bringing Cuban music to the world

    S2025 E51 - 8m 9s

    Cimafunk, a 35-year-old musician dubbed a "global ambassador" for Cuban music, has earned Grammy nominations three years in a row. Blending genres from Latin rock to Afro-Cuban funk, he creates his own unique sound. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown and senior arts producer Anne Azzi Davenport report the final piece in their series from Havana for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Bodies of youngest kidnapped Israelis returned by Hamas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bodies of youngest kidnapped Israelis returned by Hamas

    S2025 E51 - 5m 37s

    Near Tel Aviv, three buses exploded in a parking lot in a suspected attack that further rattled Israel after the return of the remains of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. A U.N. official called the taunting display during the handover "abhorrent and cruel." While it sparked outrage in Israel and beyond, the emotions of many are tempered by the return of hostages still alive. Geoff Bennett reports.

  • How Musk gained so much power in the Trump administration: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Musk gained so much power in the Trump administration

    S2025 E51 - 10m 14s

    President Trump has tasked Elon Musk with an enormous job of searching the federal government and rooting out inefficiencies and waste. But Musk’s initial, often chaotic, infiltration of various departments has set off alarm bells. It’s also put the tech entrepreneur at center stage of the conservative movement. William Brangham looks at the history of the man behind this effort.

  • Michael Knowles on Trump's power and conservative movement: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Michael Knowles on Trump's power and conservative movement

    S2025 E51 - 11m 16s

    During its first month, the Trump administration has brought dramatic proposals and unprecedented changes to the government, including an effort to remake the executive branch. Amna Nawaz discussed that with conservative commentator Michael Knowles for our series, On Democracy, looking at questions about laws, institutions and norms that have shaped America and the challenges they face today.

  • TRUMP AGENDA: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A look at Trump's first month in office

    S2025 E51 - 9m 24s

    President Trump has been on the job for one month and the pace of his administration has been unrelenting. Thursday, a federal judge ruled the administration could continue firing federal workers by the thousands and the Senate confirmed one of the president's most polarizing nominees to lead the FBI. Lisa Desjardins reports.

  • Epidemiologist looks at Trump strategies against bird flu: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Epidemiologist looks at Trump strategies against bird flu

    S2025 E50 - 5m 54s

    The Trump administration plans to roll out a new strategy against the bird flu. There are few details, but to bring egg prices down, the plan is aimed at trying to minimize the slaughter of chickens when the flu strikes a flock. More than 150 million poultry have been affected since 2022 and 58 people have been sickened by it. Geoff Bennett discussed more with epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina.

  • Robert Putnam on how U.S. became polarized and how to fix it: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Robert Putnam on how U.S. became polarized and how to fix it

    S2025 E50 - 9m 36s

    For over two years, Judy Woodruff has traveled the country exploring the roots of America’s divisions over race, religion, culture, wealth and more for America at a Crossroads. The series returns with political scientist Robert Putnam, who has spent decades studying these divides and how we might find our way back to a more unified nation.

  • Judge in Eric Adams case asks DOJ why it's dropping charges: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Judge in Eric Adams case asks DOJ why it's dropping charges

    S2025 E50 - 3m 21s

    The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a hearing Wednesday about the Trump Justice Department's sudden decision to drop the case. That reversal prompted seven federal prosecutors to resign in protest and has further plunged the mayor’s administration into turmoil. William Brangham was in the courtroom and reports on the developments.

  • Navy commander fights Trump's trans military ban: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Navy commander fights Trump's trans military ban

    S2025 E50 - 6m 59s

    The Trump administration’s efforts to ban transgender people from serving in the military has come under hostile fire. One of those who could be affected by Trump's ban is Commander Emily Shilling, a decorated Navy pilot with over 60 combat missions and high-risk work as a test pilot. Lisa Desjardins spoke with Shilling about her legal challenge to Trump's executive order.

  • Fired inspectors general issue warning about oversight void: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fired inspectors general issue warning about oversight void

    S2025 E50 - 8m 30s

    The Trump administration's first weeks saw a wave of firings, including more than 17 inspectors general, independent watchdogs overseeing government waste, fraud and abuse. These actions have already prompted a lawsuit challenging their legality and ongoing protests outside federal buildings. Laura Barrón-López speaks with two of the fired inspectors general, Christi Grimm and Robert Storch.

  • Reality of Panama Canal control as Trump threatens action: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Reality of Panama Canal control as Trump threatens action

    S2025 E50 - 7m 51s

    Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999. Economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the canal’s history and the facts surrounding its operation.

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    Apr 14

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    Apr 14

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 15

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Tuesday
    Apr 15

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 15

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 15

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 15

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 15

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 16

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 16

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 16

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    Apr 16

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 16

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 17

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    Co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and correspondents offer in-depth analysis of current events.
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    Apr 17

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