PBS News Hour - Segments

Texas Democrats left the state to block a vote on a mid-decade redistricting plan that would benefit Republicans. Geoff Bennett discussed the move with Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, who is currently in Illinois. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Monday, at least 40 Gazans were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, over 3,000 Boeing workers who build fighter jets and weapons went on strike, a suspected killer is still at large days after police said he gunned down four people in Montana and wildfires in California, Arizona, Colorado and Utah are fueled by dry conditions and high temperatures. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

President Trump is expected to nominate a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week, days after firing Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following the release of a disappointing jobs report. The president dismissed the data as “rigged” and “manipulated for political purposes.” Geoff Bennett discussed more with William Beach, the commissioner of labor statistics during the first Trump term. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Jasmine Wright of NOTUS join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump fires the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report and Texas Democrats risk arrest as they flee the state to block GOP-led redistricting. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Five years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, nor was it war. It was caused by issues that have plagued Lebanon for years, and still do: municipal incompetence and government corruption. Leila Molana-Allen reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration system. In recent months, ICE agents have been arresting migrants outside courtrooms and courthouses. William Brangham spoke with Father Brian Strassberger, a Jesuit Priest who serves migrants on both sides of the border, about what he saw at an immigration court hearing in Harlingen, Texas. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The Gates Foundation has announced a new $2.5 billion pledge through 2030 for women’s health initiatives worldwide. It comes at a time when the Trump administration is cutting major research and aid directed at women and maternal health. Amna Nawaz discussed the goals of this new funding with Dr. Anita Zaidi, president of the Gates Foundation's Gender Equality division. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Sunday marks one week since Israel began daily “tactical pauses” of fighting in parts of Gaza to allow more aid into the territory. But humanitarian groups say supplies are only trickling in, with violence continuing to kill aid-seekers as the hunger crisis worsens. Ali Rogin speaks with United Nations humanitarian office spokesperson Olga Cherevko about what she’s been seeing inside Gaza. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Sunday, Russia and Ukraine traded strikes while Zelenskyy announced the countries agreed to a large prisoner exchange, the Senate left D.C. for the summer, the Smithsonian said the administration did not ask them to remove mentions of Trump’s impeachments from an exhibit, former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is under investigation, and Pope Leo XIV led Mass at the Jubilee of Youth. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The next time you purchase an airline ticket online, there’s a chance the price was influenced by artificial intelligence. Delta Airlines is the first major carrier to begin using AI to set ticket fares, the latest development in an industry that’s been experimenting with different ways to adjust ticket prices in real time. Ali Rogin speaks with Reuters reporter David Shepardson to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy