PBS News Hour - Segments

The Brazilian film “I’m Still Here,” based on a true story, will be vying for the Academy Awards for Best International Film and Best Picture. Its star, Fernanda Torres, is also competing for an Oscar. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with Torres and her role for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Thursday, social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, arrived in Florida after a travel ban was lifted, Mexico is sending an infamous drug lord and more than two dozen other prisoners to the U.S. as requested by the government and the Pentagon is ordering transgender troops to be removed from the military within 60 days. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman is dead at the age of 95. Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday. Authorities are still investigating the cause, but a search warrant affidavit described their deaths as "suspicious." As John Yang reports, Hackman was one of the great actors of his generation. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Trump administration has threatened to pull federal funding from K-12 schools and universities that consider race in any way. The Education Department argues the Supreme Court’s ruling outlawing race in college admissions applies more broadly on campus. It is sparking confusion and legal challenges. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Angel Perez and David Law for our series, Race Matters. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among women who lost their pregnancies in the second trimester. That’s according to a new investigation by ProPublica. Stephanie Sy discussed more with Lizzie Presser, a health reporter at ProPublica.

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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. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders