• Former Justice Anthony Kennedy on political division and the state of the Supreme Court

    Former Justice Anthony Kennedy on political division and the state of the Supreme Court

    Oct 14, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    ... t swing. And so that was one of the things explained in the book. Geoff Bennett: You were the pivotal voice in cases that expanded LGBTQ rights, that preserved abortion rights at the time, but also a ruling that struck down campaign finance restrictions. How do you reconcile or explain ...

  • Dallin Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, named as new leader of Mormon church

    Dallin Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, named as new leader of Mormon church

    Oct 14, 2025 09:01 PM EST

    ... driving force in the church against same-sex marriage and in upholding a teaching that homosexuality is a sin — a position that causes uneasiness among LGBTQ+ members and their allies. He said in 2022 that social and legal pressure would not influence the church to change its posture on same ...

  • News Wrap: Texas National Guard troops arrive at training center near Chicago

    News Wrap: Texas National Guard troops arrive at training center near Chicago

    Oct 07, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... tester. Saul Zabar was 97 years old.Still to come on the "NewsHour": the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the controversial practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth; soybean farmers feel the financial pain of tariffs on China; and a new book on the growing distrust of science.

  • October 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    October 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Oct 06, 2025 11:38 PM EST

    ... courts, we hear from the governor of Oregon. After agreeing to some parts of a peace plan, Hamas negotiates with Israel for an end to the devastating war in Gaza. Plus, the Supreme Court prepares to take up a case on the controversial practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth.

  • A look at Colorado’s conversion therapy ban as it faces a Supreme Court challenge

    A look at Colorado’s conversion therapy ban as it faces a Supreme Court challenge

    Oct 06, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... such bans in the past, but as Stephanie Sy reports, this case is being heard against a backdrop of intensifying cultural and political debates around LGBTQ rights. A warning, this story discusses topics of suicide. ... Geoff Bennett: The U.S. Supreme Court began a new term today marking the first ...

  • The Supreme Court begins a new term that will examine Trump's expansive claims of presidential power

    The Supreme Court begins a new term that will examine Trump's expansive claims of presidential power

    Oct 06, 2025 09:14 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday began a new term that will have a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

    Oct 06, 2025 07:44 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to lean in favor of a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights. Listen in the player above. Kaley Chiles, with support from President Donald Trump’s administration ...

  • The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

    The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

    Oct 05, 2025 09:40 PM EST

    ... a state senator in Texas issued a list of 850 books to be removed from school shelves. And they were mainly targeting books that had LGBTQ characters, race, and sexuality. And I then learned about a small group of librarians in Texas calling themselves the Freedom Fighters, who were speaking ...

  • A look at the major cases the Supreme Court will take up in its new term

    A look at the major cases the Supreme Court will take up in its new term

    Oct 03, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... of what is speech and what is conduct, but this is also the latest in a series of cases involving religious people and speech and LGBTQ people. We had two cases earlier involving the man who didn't want to make a cake for same-sex weddings, the woman who ...

  • Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says

    Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says

    Oct 01, 2025 04:26 PM EST

    ... s "Forever" and Jennifer Niven's "Breathless," and numerous works by Sarah J. Maas and Jodi Picoult. Reasons often cited for pulling a book include LGBTQ+ themes, depictions of race and passages with violence and sexual violence. An ongoing trend that PEN finds has only intensified: Thousands of books were ...