• Pentagon's attempt to ban books from base schools faces backlash from military families

    Pentagon's attempt to ban books from base schools faces backlash from military families

    Oct 23, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... country. Jessica Henninger: My children have the same rights to freedom of education as every other student in this country. Just because their father is in the military doesn't make their rights any less important. Nick Schifrin: For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin in Clarksville, Tennessee.

  • Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as his efforts to end Ukraine war falter

    Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as his efforts to end Ukraine war falter

    Oct 22, 2025 10:56 PM EDT

    ... administration has lifted restrictions so that that intelligence can go to Ukraine, so Ukraine can use those British weapons, as they did just yesterday to fire at targets inside Russia. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, our thanks to you for this late-breaking reporting. We appreciate it. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Trump's push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks

    Trump's push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks

    Oct 21, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... process, trying to get some kind of reconstruction and foreign forces into Gaza, U.S. officials tell me there is no agreement from any country to actually send any of those troops into Gaza yet. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, our thanks to you for this reporting.Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • How European leaders are responding as Trump urges Ukraine to cede territory to Russia

    How European leaders are responding as Trump urges Ukraine to cede territory to Russia

    Oct 20, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Ukraine wants to try and end the war on their terms." But they need President Trump to put pressure on Russia in order to do that. And, so far, that's not what they're seeing. Amna Nawaz: All right, Nick Schifrin, thank you very much. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Relief organizations ready to surge aid to Gaza as ceasefire takes hold

    Relief organizations ready to surge aid to Gaza as ceasefire takes hold

    Oct 11, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... area that was most at risk? You have 400,000 people that are being trapped and there's no more assistance that is reaching them. Nick Schifrin: So explain that shift over the last month. How many more trucks are being allowed in and are they reaching the people who ...

  • Displaced Gazans begin returning to shattered communities as ceasefire takes effect

    Displaced Gazans begin returning to shattered communities as ceasefire takes effect

    Oct 10, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Hamas doesn't demilitarize. But, bottom line, Geoff, certainly, on both sides, Israelis and Palestinians tonight hoping the cease-fire holds and this is the end of the war. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, grateful, as always, for your reporting, this past week in particular. Thank you. Nick Schifrin: Thanks, Geoff.

  • News Wrap: 19 missing and feared dead after blast at Tennessee explosives plant

    News Wrap: 19 missing and feared dead after blast at Tennessee explosives plant

    Oct 10, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    Geoff Bennett: Machado said she was humbled and grateful when she was reached by phone earlier today. She's been in hiding since last year after she was barred from running against President Nicolas Maduro for the presidency. Machado spoke to the "News Hour"'s Nick Schifrin after last year ...

  • Gazans and Israelis celebrate ceasefire deal with hopes for lasting peace

    Gazans and Israelis celebrate ceasefire deal with hopes for lasting peace

    Oct 09, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... one that hit a residential building. And so very much hope tonight in Gaza that this war is actually over, and the hope is in Israel as well, but it's not quite over yet. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, our thanks to you for that reporting. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of deal to end Gaza war

    Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of deal to end Gaza war

    Oct 08, 2025 11:00 PM EDT

    ... put pressure on Hamas. They were clearly willing to make that phase one deal, leaving phase two to the future. Amna Nawaz: We will see what happens next, but a remarkable first step, hopefully with peace ahead.Nick Schifrin breaking news with us tonight, thank you. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Palestinians in Gaza share stories of loss and suffering after 2 years of war

    Palestinians in Gaza share stories of loss and suffering after 2 years of war

    Oct 08, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    Shams Odeh: There's a lot of people killed here in this place in Rafah. Nick Schifrin: Destruction. Shams Odeh: This is the last home that our -- my family owned in all Gaza Strip. Nick Schifrin: But also hope. Shams Odeh: My dream was that everyone, Israelis, Palestinians, lived near ...