World Jun 13 New Israeli government ousts longtime Prime Minister Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended Sunday as parliament voted in a new government by a nail-biting 60-59 margin. Former defense secretary and tech billionaire Naftali Bennett will replace Netanyahu. For more on what this means for…
World Jun 13 'America is back': Biden heads for NATO summit after a successful G-7 President Biden flew to Brussels for the NATO summit after wrapping up the G-7 in the UK. At a news conference Sunday, he talked about the G-7’s plan to donate a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally and an agreement…
Episode Jun 12 June 12, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, June 12, the latest from the G7 Summit where President Biden is pushing U.S. policy priorities in his meeting with other world leaders, commemorating the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida five years later, and…
World Jun 12 COVID-19, climate change, China: Biden reaffirms America's global role at the G7 President Joe Biden made his first foreign trip as president to the U.K. for the G-7 summit where he was welcomed by world leaders amid talk of “shared values.” In a bid to move past the Trump-era, President Biden reaffirmed…
Nation Jun 11 News Wrap: FDA orders disposal of 60 million Johnson & Johnson doses from troubled factory In our news wrap Friday, the FDA will allow 10 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory to be used, but about 60 million doses will be thrown out. Also, the U.N. warned violence…
Politics Jun 11 DOJ inspector general launches probe into secret seizure of top Democrats' phone records Following a bombshell report from The New York Times, the Justice Department's inspector general announced Friday he will open an investigation into why the Trump administration secretly subpoenaed the phone data of at least two of President Trump's critics in…
Politics Jun 11 What Texans stand to gain and lose from the redistricting battle now underway State legislatures across the U.S. eagerly await new census data that would impact the redrawing of congressional district lines. One state that has a lot at stake is Texas, which is gaining two congressional seats due to population growth largely…
Politics Jun 11 Brooks and Capehart on Biden at the G-7 summit, the Justice Department under Trump New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden at the G-7 summit, the Justice Department under the Trump administration, and how redistricting will impact…
Nation Jun 11 Honoring 5 extraordinary Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19 Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives.