Episode Dec 25

Tuesday on the NewsHour, Christmas celebrations around the world cite themes of hope, peace and empathy. Plus: Can President Trump fire the Fed chair, poverty plagues Iraq’s oil-rich Basra, what's behind Kevin Spacey’s surprise social media video, a new book…

World Dec 25

In our Tuesday news wrap, the number of confirmed dead in Indonesia’s weekend tsunami has risen to 429. Search teams are combing through debris as harrowing stories emerge from survivors of the catastrophe, which struck with no warning. Also, in…

World Dec 25

From the Pope in the Vatican to Queen Elizabeth in London, Christmas celebrations across the globe sounded themes of understanding and compassion. Nick Schifrin takes a look at holiday rituals around the world, from the solemn to the silly.

Economy Dec 25

President Trump's recent criticism of Jay Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has prompted questions about whether the president might try to fire Powell. But does he have the legal authority to do so? New York Times correspondent Binyamin Appelbaum…

Nation Dec 25

Actor Kevin Spacey faces charges of indecent assault and battery of a then 18-year-old boy in 2016. He hadn't spoken publicly in over a year, but Monday released a YouTube video in which he appears as Frank Underwood, his "House…

Arts Dec 25

Alice Stephens is a fiction writer. She is also an adoptee, born to a Korean mother but raised by a white American family. Stephens shares her humble opinion on “parent narratives” and how she learned to become the subject of…

Arts Dec 25

Andy Puddicombe is cofounder of the popular mindfulness app “Headspace.” In this edition of “That Moment When,” our weekly program on Facebook Watch, Puddicombe describes the tragic Christmas experience that sparked an existential reevaluation and led him to become a…

Arts Dec 25

As part of a NewsHour Christmas tradition, the military and the Defense Media Activity Agency provide a special holiday performance of military service personnel playing and singing the “Carol of the Bells.”…

Episode Dec 24

Monday on the NewsHour, rescue crews search for survivors of the tsunami that blindsided Indonesia over the weekend. Plus: A partial government shutdown remains in effect, stocks plunge on economic uncertainty, U.S. foreign policy after Jim Mattis, Politics Monday analyzes…

World Dec 24

A tsunami that struck Indonesia with no warning has resulted in tragedy. Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead, with hundreds more still missing. As rescue crews collect the bodies and recovery efforts mobilize, scientists hypothesize that a volcanic eruption caused…