• The 2020 Census is at risk. Here are the major consequences

    The 2020 Census is at risk. Here are the major consequences

    Oct 27, 2017 10:35 PM EDT

    ... make major decisions based on what the census says, like where to build grocery stores or new housing developments. But like any other government agency, the Census Bureau needs funding to do its job. And it's not cheap. The last census, in 2010, cost taxpayers $13 billion, with more ...

  • Does Congress stand a chance at successfully changing the Iran deal?

    Does Congress stand a chance at successfully changing the Iran deal?

    Oct 13, 2017 10:35 PM EDT

    ... s remember where we were back in 2014-15. The threat that Prime Minister Netanyahu, our own leaders, Republican and Democrats, were saying was that the existential request we faced was Iran requiring enough fissile material to build a nuclear bomb. That was what everyone was saying what we had ...

  • Houston mayor: 'Almost every home' impacted by Harvey

    Houston mayor: 'Almost every home' impacted by Harvey

    Sep 05, 2017 11:43 PM EDT

    ... than existed prior to the storm. So we're not going to be pushing people out of the Convention Center and putting them back on the street. Our goal is to place people in housing with a roof over their head, instead of being on the streets lying in the ...

  • Shields and Brooks on Hurricane Harvey unity, climate change politics

    Shields and Brooks on Hurricane Harvey unity, climate change politics

    Sep 01, 2017 11:26 PM EDT

    ... a time when they're in the wake of a hurricane. People turn -- what's the government going to do? I want it done. Even the much ridiculed -- and legitimately so -- Ted Cruz, who ran for president proclaiming he was the most unpopular man in the Senate, earned that epithet ...

  • FCC chair Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap net neutrality

    FCC chair Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap net neutrality

    Apr 27, 2017 11:57 PM EDT

    ... away regulations about who controls and polices the flow of content on the Internet. William Brangham has that. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We're talking here about what's known as net neutrality, not the easiest concept to grasp, so bear with me. Almost all of us in America get our Internet ...

  • For a ‘smart’ secure border, ‘we need some creativity,’ says Rep. McCaul

    For a ‘smart’ secure border, ‘we need some creativity,’ says Rep. McCaul

    Feb 24, 2017 12:34 AM EDT

    The Trump administration is continuing its push to increase security both along the southern border and at U.S. points of entry. Judy Woodruff speaks with Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, who has just returned from a tour of the border and launched a congressional task force focused on...

  • This sacred mountain is the focal point of a fight over a giant telescope
  • How Donald Trump equated his name with luxury and sold it to the masses

    How Donald Trump equated his name with luxury and sold it to the masses

    Nov 03, 2016 08:20 PM EDT

    Why do celebrity brands have an emotional impact on consumers?

  • South Carolina’s manufacturing revival lures new business

    South Carolina’s manufacturing revival lures new business

    Oct 29, 2016 07:14 PM EDT

    Like other states, South Carolina has seen its traditional industries decimated by automation and globalization, as low-skilled factory jobs disappeared or migrated to low-cost labor countries. Now, the state is building a robust, high-skilled factory base, returning manufacturing jobs to the state. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Patricia Sabga reports. This is part of an ongoing...

  • World’s largest Syrian refugee camp has developed its own economy

    World’s largest Syrian refugee camp has developed its own economy

    Jun 18, 2016 08:56 PM EDT

    Zataari in Jordan, the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world with 80,000 people, was supposed to provide temporary housing when the government and United Nations opened it in 2012. But since residents have not been able to leave, they have started 3,000 businesses and cities nearby have loosened employment restrictions.