• WATCH: Nick Schifrin on how U.S. foreign policy is shifting | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

    WATCH: Nick Schifrin on how U.S. foreign policy is shifting | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

    Apr 23, 2025 05:38 PM EDT

    PBS News’ Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin will address the fourth annual James C. Lehrer Lecture on April 24 at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. In conversation with William J. Antholis, director and CEO of UVA's Miller Center of Public Affairs, Schifrin will discuss his ...

  • WATCH: Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

    WATCH: Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

    Nov 23, 2019 06:00 PM EDT

    NewsHour Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien at the annual Halifax International Security Forum. Amid ongoing global foreign policy challenges, and with a White House embroiled in an impeachment inquiry, Schifrin discusses with O’Brien how he handles coordinating national security policy ...

  • Trump rejects Iran’s latest proposal as he reviews new military options to relaunch war

    Trump rejects Iran’s latest proposal as he reviews new military options to relaunch war

    May 01, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    ... chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, Merz criticizing the president for not having an exit plan, the president criticizing those comments. And here you go, 5,000 troop withdraw over the next six to 12 months. Amna Nawaz: Nick Schifrin beginning our coverage tonight. Nick, thank you. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Oil prices surge again as Trump weighs options to end Iran war and Hegseth faces lawmakers

    Oil prices surge again as Trump weighs options to end Iran war and Hegseth faces lawmakers

    Apr 30, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: Hegseth urged critics to wait. Pete Hegseth: And I would remind you and this group that we're two months in to an effort. And many congressional Democrats, as I pointed out, want to declare defeat two months in. Nick Schifrin: To discuss the blockade and the possibility ...

  • Hegseth’s contentious hearing in Congress reveals partisan divide over Iran war

    Hegseth’s contentious hearing in Congress reveals partisan divide over Iran war

    Apr 29, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... We needed new leadership. That's my answer. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan: And so your answer is a very immature way of responding to my request. Nick Schifrin: Today's hearing was actually called to discuss the administration's record $1.45 trillion budget request, which goes well beyond replenishing munitions ...

  • King Charles calls for unity in rare royal address to Congress

    King Charles calls for unity in rare royal address to Congress

    Apr 28, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    King Charles III: Whatever our differences, whatever disagreements we may have, we stand united in our commitment to uphold democracy, to protect all our people from harm and to salute the courage of those who daily risk their lives in the service of our countries. Nick Schifrin: That line an ...

  • U.S.-Iran talks at impasse over nuclear program and Strait of Hormuz

    U.S.-Iran talks at impasse over nuclear program and Strait of Hormuz

    Apr 27, 2026 10:43 PM EDT

    Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary: The proposal was being discussed. Nick Schifrin: Today, at the White House, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt did not reject the deal out of hand. Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State: They're very good negotiators. Nick Schifrin: But Secretary of State Marco Rubio told ...

  • How Palestinian Christians marked Easter against the backdrop of war

    How Palestinian Christians marked Easter against the backdrop of war

    Apr 10, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Sami Helou: Everybody loses in the war. Genia Helou-Raad: Nobody wins out of war. Nick Schifrin: Holy days during war can be a test of faith. And so they struggle to preserve their traditions, to keep and nurture that faith. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin.

  • Israelis mark Passover in shadow of war: 'We cannot celebrate together'

    Israelis mark Passover in shadow of war: 'We cannot celebrate together'

    Apr 09, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: We first met Pachter two years ago when he and his wife, Sara, were evacuated following the October 7 terrorist attacks in the 2023 war between Israel and Hezbollah. Rabbi Israel Pachter: Part of the winning is to keep our morality up. Nick Schifrin: Today, Israel has invaded ...

  • U.S.-Iran ceasefire tested by Strait of Hormuz tension and Israel’s war in Lebanon

    U.S.-Iran ceasefire tested by Strait of Hormuz tension and Israel’s war in Lebanon

    Apr 08, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: Vance will lead negotiations with Iran beginning this weekend in Pakistan, alongside Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, dispatched by President Trump. J.D. Vance: He's told us to come to the negotiating table. But if the Iranians don't do the exact same thing, they're going ...