• July 25, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    July 25, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Jul 25, 2025 11:39 PM EDT

    Friday on the News Hour, the president signs an executive order to combat homelessness by making it easier to forcibly place people in mental health facilities. The politics behind the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger approved by the FCC. Plus, private companies that run immigration detention centers could soon cash ...

  • What Trump's order on clearing encampments, forced hospitalization means for the unhoused

    What Trump's order on clearing encampments, forced hospitalization means for the unhoused

    Jul 25, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... and not just locking them away sort of indefinitely. Lisa Desjardins: You know, I spoke to a man who's almost 80 who's experiencing homelessness now, has for a long time. He is one of those roughly one-third in that population. He's also dealt with serious mental ...

  • Study says Trump's proposed time limit for low-income housing most likely to affect working families and children

    Study says Trump's proposed time limit for low-income housing most likely to affect working families and children

    Jul 17, 2025 04:49 PM EDT

    ... would have to evict all of these households and identify new households to replace them." Defining temporary assistance Amid a worsening national affordable housing and homelessness crisis, President Donald Trump's administration is determined to reshape HUD's expansive role providing stable housing for low-income people, which has been ...

  • Agencies accused of rushing adoptions before mothers can change their minds

    Agencies accused of rushing adoptions before mothers can change their minds

    Jul 10, 2025 10:35 PM EDT

    ... So, in my head, it's like, OK, winter is coming around. I don't want to be outside with her. Julia Lurie: Now facing homelessness, Goins and her 3-month-old baby on the same day they were evicted boarded a flight to Utah paid for by Brighter Adoptions ...

  • California's homeless encampment crackdown draws criticism from health experts

    California's homeless encampment crackdown draws criticism from health experts

    Jul 08, 2025 10:35 PM EDT

    ... public camping is made illegal. Dr. Salmaan Kamal, UCLA National Clinician Scholar: I can sympathize with a lot of people who want to address the homelessness issue in California, but criminalizing homelessness and banning encampments is going to make the problem worse. Stephanie Sy: Dr. Salmaan Kamal researches the health ...

  • The long-term health risks as extreme heat becomes a new normal

    The long-term health risks as extreme heat becomes a new normal

    Jul 04, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... a deep burn when exposed to that. Stephanie Sy: While heat-related illness and injury can hit anyone in these extreme summer months, people experiencing homelessness and substance users are at particularly high risk, accounting for a disproportionate number of heat-related deaths in recent years. Perla Puebla: Morning. Circle ...

  • The power of stories helps young people overcome differences

    The power of stories helps young people overcome differences

    Jun 30, 2025 10:25 PM EDT

    Jeffrey Brown: Santa Fe is known for its beauty, Indian market, and other features that make it a tourist mecca. But it's also rife with homelessness, disparities of wealth, and tensions around immigration, all reflected in the experiences and stories of students from different high schools in different parts ...

  • 46 programs Trump wants to eliminate, according to his proposed budget

    46 programs Trump wants to eliminate, according to his proposed budget

    Jun 05, 2025 08:14 PM EDT

    ... with making sure there is no discrimination in contracting. $111 million. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. $14 million. Health and living programs Administration for Community Living, which supports older and disabled Americans' ability to live independently. More than $2.4 billion. U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. $4 million.

  • How Democratic and Republican mayors are teaming up to address the housing crisis

    How Democratic and Republican mayors are teaming up to address the housing crisis

    Jun 03, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    A bipartisan group of mayors and business leaders are teaming up to tackle housing and homelessness issues nationwide. They’re meeting as the Trump administration looks to slash assistance programs amid record-high homelessness. Amna Nawaz spoke with two mayors leading the effort, Long Beach, California, Mayor Rex Richardson, a ...

  • How likely 2028 Democratic contenders are using podcasts to reshape their image

    How likely 2028 Democratic contenders are using podcasts to reshape their image

    May 26, 2025 09:56 PM EDT

    ... been chummy. Newsom — who has in recent weeks broken with California's legislature and faced liberal criticism for his positioning on trans issues, immigration and homelessness — has fielded backlash for giving a platform to some of his party's biggest critics. Newsom has also drawn criticism for opposing the participation ...