World Oct 07 WATCH: As ISIS members face U.S. charges, James Foley’s mother hopes they ‘understand their crimes’ Diane Foley, James Foley’s mother and founding president of the foundation that bears her son’s name, talked to the PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin about the trial to come.
Politics Dec 01 George H.W. Bush, nation’s 41st president and WWII veteran, dies at 94 George Herbert Walker Bush, a World War II veteran who led an international coalition through the Gulf War during his time as the 41st president, and whose son's presidency furthered the family's political dynasty, died Friday. He was 94.
World Oct 02 WATCH LIVE: An interview and discussion with Vladimir Putin PBS NewsHour special correspondent Ryan Chilcote will interview Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
Politics Aug 28 From Yemen to Europe, White House foreign policy is in the spotlight Secretary of Defense James Mattis held a rare, on-camera press briefing today, fielding questions on Yemen, North Korea and the trans-Atlantic alliance. In Europe, meanwhile, top leaders voiced renewed concern about the outlook for their relationship with the U.S. Foreign…
Nation Jun 08 ‘It’s not a desert mirage’: Washington Capitals celebrate first Stanley Cup victory At the final horn of Thursday's game in Las Vegas, the Washington Capitals grabbed their first Stanley Cup title since the franchise began playing in 1974. The NewsHour’s Morgan Till reports on what the win means for a team that's…
Nation Mar 28 Remembering Bill Minor, a lion of journalism in the South A Louisianan by birth, the WWII veteran came home from the Pacific to fight new battles throughout his native South, trading the guns of a Navy destroyer for the printing presses of the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, heading its Jackson…
World Feb 25 How two New York Times reporters discovered the gruesome fate of a Syrian police officer New York Times reporters Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad stayed in touch with one of their Syrian sources via text message, until one day he went silent.
Politics Oct 13 James Risen: Government crackdown on whistleblowers bad for democracy Author and journalist James Risen bores into the many costs of the so-called “War on Terror” in his new book “Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War." The toll is a heavy one in Risen’s telling -- he weaves…
Politics Oct 01 Netanyahu, Obama are old allies navigating new challenges President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly met today, renewing their famously frosty, and occasionally tendentious relationship after a seven-month hiatus. The leaders spoke to reporters and listed a raft of pressing issues for discussion: Iran's nuclear…
World Sep 17 Kurdish drive for independence delayed by fight against Islamic State Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff to Kurdistan's regional president, spoke with Margaret Warner about the Kurds’ drive for greater autonomy and where initial steps to conduct a referendum on leaving Iraq -- and declaring independence -- stand as the…