• U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer meets Chinese President Xi, welcomes condemnation of Hamas attacks

    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer meets Chinese President Xi, welcomes condemnation of Hamas attacks

    Oct 09, 2023 09:59 PM EDT

    ... level playing field" for American businesses in China, and urged China to take measures to prevent the export of chemicals used to make the drug fentanyl, which has fueled a deadly wave of addictions. “Both sides, the Chinese and us, said unless we have sincere conversations about our differences and ...

  • October 8, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    October 8, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    Oct 08, 2023 10:29 PM EDT

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Israel formally declares war on Hamas as it pummels Gaza in retaliation and the death toll mounts on both sides. We get two perspectives on this weekend’s violence and what it means for the Middle East. Plus, a look at the global fentanyl trade ...

  • News Wrap: Desperate search for survivors continues after Afghan earthquakes

    News Wrap: Desperate search for survivors continues after Afghan earthquakes

    Oct 08, 2023 09:45 PM EDT

    ... record 37 medals and World Championship and Olympic competition. Two days ago, she won a record six all-around title. Still to come on PBS News Weekend, two perspectives on the war in Israel and the U.S. crackdown on the global fentanyl trade and China's role in it.

  • News Wrap: Deadly earthquakes strike villages in western Afghanistan

    News Wrap: Deadly earthquakes strike villages in western Afghanistan

    Oct 07, 2023 09:45 PM EDT

    ... the first American lawmakers to visit China in four years. They met with Chinese Communist Party officials and discussed how to stop the flow of fentanyl into Mexico and how American businesses could better compete in China. Still to come on PBS News Weekend, treating alcoholism with medication and what ...

  • Biden administration will soon resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, officials say

    Biden administration will soon resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, officials say

    Oct 05, 2023 10:12 PM EDT

    ... an international response.” Blinken and other top American officials are visiting Mexico to discuss shared security issues, foremost among them trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, but also arms trafficking and increasing migration. In August, the U.S. Border Patrol made 181,509 arrests at the Mexican border, up 37 ...

  • National Zoo’s giant pandas to return to China in December, leaving only a handful in America

    National Zoo’s giant pandas to return to China in December, leaving only a handful in America

    Oct 03, 2023 06:40 PM EDT

    Wilder said the Chinese possibly could be "trying to send a signal." He cited a litany of Chinese-American flashpoints: sanctions imposed by the U.S. government on prominent Chinese citizens and officials; restrictions on the import of Chinese semiconductors; accusations that Chinese-made fentanyl is flooding American cities; suspicion ...

  • Mexico's president slams U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

    Mexico's president slams U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

    Sep 29, 2023 09:30 PM EDT

    ... concentrated on expanded trade and economic ties, hailing new cooperation on those fronts, and stressed their commitment to fight the surge of synthetic opioids like fentanyl into the U.S. from Mexico. “By creating the right incentives and business environments and harnessing our two nations’ respective strengths, we have a ...

  • Live updates: 2nd GOP debate in the 2024 presidential race

    Live updates: 2nd GOP debate in the 2024 presidential race

    Sep 27, 2023 09:07 PM EDT

    ... 500,000 Venezuelans already in the United States eligible for temporary work permits. Discussion of immigration in the first debate largely focused on building more border wall and, to varying degrees, supporting deployment of U.S. troops to Mexico to combat fentanyl trafficking. A broadcasting first for a Republican debate

  • Why deaths in Louisiana prisons are on the rise

    Why deaths in Louisiana prisons are on the rise

    Sep 11, 2023 09:22 PM EDT

    ... obligation to provide the care doesn't depend on the types of needs that are presented.” As for drug overdose and violent deaths, Lavespere said “fentanyl is a big problem [for] the free world, and it's a problem within the prison setting.”He said 75 percent of overdose deaths ...

  • McCarthy faces government shutdown, pushes for Biden impeachment inquiry with Congress back in session

    McCarthy faces government shutdown, pushes for Biden impeachment inquiry with Congress back in session

    Sep 11, 2023 05:43 PM EDT

    ... it battles the Russian invasion; $12 billion to replenish federal disaster aids after floods, fires and other problems, including to curb the flow of deadly fentanyl at the southern U.S. border with Mexico. McCarthy has vowed there won’t be any “blank check” for Ukraine as he works to ...