Episode Dec 06

Monday on the NewsHour, omicron appears in more states in the United States, even as health officials battle a surge of delta COVID cases. Then, the U.S. declares a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming winter Olympics in China, inflaming a…

Nation Dec 06

In our news wrap Monday, U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine are running high ahead of Tuesday's video call between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Three more members of a U.S. missionary group were freed in Haiti, after being held hostage…

World Dec 06

The Biden administration will not send an official delegation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Administration officials say the diplomatic boycott aims to protest China's human rights abuses. To break down what this means for U.S.-China relations, Amna Nawaz is…

Politics Dec 06

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the passing of former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, the gubernatorial race in Georgia, and the current…

Episode Dec 05

On this edition for Sunday, December 5, tributes and honors pour in for Bob Dole, former Republican Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate, who died today. Also, communities pull together to help America's newest Afghan refugees amid a sky-high housing…

Nation Dec 05

Robert “Bob” Dole, who led the Republican party in the Senate for decades and was its presidential candidate, died on Sunday at 98. A veteran who was injured in World War II, and a politician for more than 50 years,…

Nation Dec 04

Healing wounds over and violence from years past can be an extremely difficult endeavor. South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission was the most famous attempt of its kind—but now, Maryland is the first U.S. state using the resolution model to…

Episode Dec 04

On this edition for Saturday, December 4th: the Michigan school shooter's parents are arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter; the latest on the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron; In Maryland, a first-of-its-kind reckoning with the state's brutal history…

Episode Dec 03

Friday on the NewsHour, the parents of a student who killed four at a Michigan high school are charged with involuntary manslaughter, the National Institutes of Health director weighs in on the omicron variant, a look at the nation's busiest…

Nation Dec 03

In our news wrap Friday, President Biden signed a short-term spending bill that averts a government shutdown, the latest jobs report shows fewer Americans were hired in November, a Virginia recount confirmed a Republican sweep in major races in the…