Politics Jan 26 White House floats import tax amid tensions with Mexico President Trump's push for a wall on the border has opened a diplomatic rift with Mexico. After Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced he was canceling a visit to Washington, Mr. Trump gave no ground at a GOP retreat in…
Politics Jan 26 News Wrap: Russia sends Trump a warning on setting up Syrian refugee safe zones In our news wrap Thursday, a Kremlin spokesman warned that the U.S. should "thoroughly calculate all possible consequences" of setting up refugee safe zones in Syria. That came after President Trump in an interview said he favors the idea. Also,…
Economy Jan 26 Are you hanging off a financial cliff? Here's how to cope Elizabeth White was once comfortably middle class, but recently she has been severely underemployed. Now as she approaches the traditional age for retirement, she is struggling to make ends meet, and her story is not uncommon. Economics correspondent Paul Solman…
Jan 26 Men who grew up in prison find the strength to be vulnerable At California's San Quentin prison, men who committed crimes when they were teenagers and are currently serving long or life sentences give their Brief But Spectacular takes on their crimes, the early traumas that affected their actions and how they're…
Arts Jan 25 TV pioneer Mary Tyler Moore was a modern woman's role model She had an iconic smile and laugh, but actress and comedian Mary Tyler Moore was also a revolutionary. The Oscar-nominated actress famously played a single career woman next door and a quirky housewife, changing how women were portrayed. Jeffrey Brown…
Episode Jan 25 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 25, 2017 Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trumps orders a border wall and moves to crack down on illegal immigration. Also: The president's unsubstantiated claims that millions voted illegally, silencing federal agencies' public communications, a meeting to outline the GOP agenda, using…
Politics Jan 25 News Wrap: Trump takes steps on border wall, immigration crackdown In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump signed two executive orders at the Department of Homeland Security, ordering construction of a Mexican border wall, and taking other actions aimed at illegal immigration. Also, the White House distanced itself from reports…
Politics Jan 25 Will Trump talk of voter fraud threaten legitimate voter rights? President Trump made the issue of voter fraud a rallying cry during his campaign. Now President Trump is still claiming -- with zero evidence and GOP resistance -- that millions of illegal votes were cast for Hillary Clinton and announcing…
Politics Jan 25 GOP meets to strategize on Trump priorities like health care Republican lawmakers are attending an annual retreat to outline an ambitious agenda to accomplish in the next 200 days, and to set the tone for collaboration with President Trump. Judy Woodruff talks with Lisa Desjardins, reporting from Philadelphia, on possible…
Politics Jan 25 What do Trump's new orders on immigration really do? President Trump is tackling one of his election promises by ordering a border wall and cracking down on illegal immigration by stripping funding from “sanctuary cities” and ending a policy of releasing undocumented immigrants. Judy Woodruff gets views on what…