Episodes

  • Gaetz ends attorney general bid amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations

    Gaetz ends attorney general bid amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations
    Nov 21 2024
    Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from the running as Donald Trump's pick for attorney general. Sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz fueled intense scrutiny, threatening his chances of being confirmed. Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    6 mins
  • War crimes court issues warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister

    War crimes court issues warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister
    Nov 21 2024
    The world's top war crimes court issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court said they committed crimes against humanity for intentionally depriving Gazans of food and directing attacks against civilians. Israel called it an anti-semitic attack on democracies trying to defend themselves from terrorism. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    5 mins
  • News Wrap: Russia tests new missile to attack Ukraine

    News Wrap: Russia tests new missile to attack Ukraine
    Nov 21 2024
    In our news wrap Thursday, Vladimir Putin says Russia tested a new intermediate-range missile to strike Ukraine, police in Brazil indicted former President Bolsonaro on charges of orchestrating a failed coup following his 2022 election defeat and the Danish military is closely watching a Chinese ship in the Baltic Sea after two major underwater fiber-optic data cables were ruptured. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    7 mins
  • 'Whose side are you on?' Sen. Brown says Democrats must focus on working class to win

    'Whose side are you on?' Sen. Brown says Democrats must focus on working class to win
    Nov 21 2024
    With Republicans winning the White House and both chambers of Congress, there's been much discussion within the Democratic Party about what went wrong and what it should do to win back voters. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is one of the incumbents who came up short this year and has argued the party needs to do more to champion the issues of the working class. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    10 mins
  • How Trump's team is defying the norms of presidential transfers of power

    How Trump's team is defying the norms of presidential transfers of power
    Nov 21 2024
    As President-elect Trump prepares for a return to the White House, the aides and allies running his transition team have avoided many of the rules guiding the process. So far, the transition has not collaborated with the General Services Administration, the government agency tasked with handing power from one administration to the next. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Max Stier. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    6 mins
  • Feds push Google to sell Chrome browser to break search monopoly

    Feds push Google to sell Chrome browser to break search monopoly
    Nov 21 2024
    The Department of Justice asked a federal judge to force Google to sell off its popular web browser, Chrome. It comes after an antitrust case this past summer that found Google had illegally maintained a monopoly in online search. William Brangham discussed the potential impacts both for the company and the internet with Bobby Allyn of NPR. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    7 mins
  • Osprey aircraft back in service as families of crash victims question its safety

    Osprey aircraft back in service as families of crash victims question its safety
    Nov 21 2024
    The Osprey aircraft was grounded for three months across the military after a crash in Japan last November killed all eight airmen on board. That crash was the fourth by an Osprey in the last two years. The military says it mitigated the problem that caused these accidents, but families of those killed are not convinced. Nick Schifrin and producer Dan Sagalyn have the story. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    10 mins
  • Gaetz meets with senators as House Ethics Committee fails to agree on release of findings

    Gaetz meets with senators as House Ethics Committee fails to agree on release of findings
    Nov 20 2024
    President elect-Trump's controversial pick for attorney general, former Congressman Matt Gaetz, met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday. The meetings come amid mounting pressure on the House Ethics Committee to release a report looking into several allegations against Gaetz, including sexual misconduct. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Claudia Grisales of NPR. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    5 mins