Politics Jan 20

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the latest on President Biden's classified documents investigation and the debt ceiling debate in Congress.

Episode Jan 19

Thursday on the NewsHour, the U.S. hits its borrowing limit, forcing the Treasury to take measures to avoid default while Congress wrangles over raising the debt ceiling. A new program allows American citizens to sponsor people fleeing violence and oppression.

Nation Jan 19

In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden got an up-close look at the ravages of storms that have swept California, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued an urgent appeal to Western nations today for tanks and air defense systems and more…

Health Jan 19

Amy Stelly is an urban planner, designer and artist in New Orleans where her family has lived for four generations. She has been fighting to remove the Claiborne Expressway, a highway that the Biden administration has called “an example of…

Episode Jan 18

Wednesday on the NewsHour, investigations are underway after Ukraine's interior minister is killed in a helicopter crash near Kyiv. Microsoft lays off 10,000 employees in a potential harbinger of a global economic slowdown. Plus, in the aftermath of devastating floods,…

Nation Jan 18

In our news wrap Wednesday, there are fresh signs that inflation is easing as U.S. wholesale prices slowed again, some major California roadways remained closed after weeks of storms and flooding and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition suffered…

Episode Jan 17

Tuesday on the NewsHour, China's population decreases for the first time in 60 years, highlighting a demographic crisis that could alter the global economy. A Republican candidate who lost his election is arrested for orchestrating shootings targeting Democratic officials in…

Nation Jan 17

In our news wrap Tuesday, much of California caught a break from the rain but communities are still facing flooding and mudslide dangers, the White House rejected criticism that it's been slow to answer questions about classified documents being found…

Episode Jan 16

Monday on the NewsHour, the death toll of one of Russia's deadliest attacks rises as Western nations pledge more military aid to Ukraine. President Biden faces intensifying Republican scrutiny over the classified documents found at his home. Plus, the Greek…

Nation Jan 16

In our news wrap Monday, search teams in Nepal retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the site of a plane crash that killed at least 69 people, President Biden marked this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by…