Poetry Jun 25 Donald Hall, 89, saw poetry as 'school for feeling' Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a…
Episode Jun 24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 24, 2018 On this edition for Sunday, June 24, the Trump administration says it has a plan to reunite separated immigrant families, and violence in Nicaragua as citizens demand the president's resignation. Later, Tony Hawk reflects on a half-century of skateboarding. Hari…
Politics Jun 24 Amid outrage at family separations, Trump supporters dig in As thousands of children were separated from their parents at the Mexican border, President Trump and his supporters doubled down, advancing his Republican approval rating to the highest in history. Many in his base came together to either deny the…
World Jun 24 Violence interrupts peace talks in Nicaragua More than 180 people have died in violent clashes between citizens and pro-government forces over the last two months in Nicaragua. People are demanding the resignation of President Daniel Ortega, who has dominated Nicaraguan politics for nearly 40 years, and…
World Jun 23 Rivals challenge Erdogan's iron grip on eve of Turkey's election Even though Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has acquired a fervent voter base since he became prime minister in 2003 and then president in 2014, opponents ahead of the election on Sunday are proving that his victory is no longer a…
Episode Jun 23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 23, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, June 23, lawyers and advocates across the country are tracking down migrant children who were separated from their parents at the Mexico border. Later, school safety on campuses in Philadelphia has improved since police reversed…
Nation Jun 23 Process of reunification 'incredibly frustrating' for immigrant families President Trump’s executive order on Wednesday halts his policy of family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, but 2,300 children have already been separated from their families since May. Lawyers who are working frantically to track down the children now say…
Episode Jun 22 PBS NewsHour full episode June 22, 2018 Friday on the NewsHour, questions remain about the fate of minors separated from their families after the Trump administration reverses its policy. Also: The Supreme Court rules the government tracking you through your phone, Saudi Arabia prepares to lift its…
Politics Jun 22 Democrats urge Trump to rescind 'zero tolerance' as GOP delays immigration vote President Trump tried to shift the focus from families separated at the border to families of people killed by undocumented immigrants. But Trump's "zero tolerance" policy continues to be the subject of fierce criticism. Of more than 2,300, 500 migrant…
World Jun 22 News Wrap: 200 migrants stranded on a Mediterranean rescue ship In our news wrap Wednesday, more than 200 migrants waited onboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean hoping for a place to dock. Italy refused to accept the vessel, the second time that's happened this month. Also, the European Union…