• June 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    June 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Jun 06, 2025 11:36 PM EST

    Friday on the News Hour, the potential fallout for the country amid the dramatic war of words between President Trump and Elon Musk. The Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is being brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges. Plus, we speak with two transgender service ...

  • 'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service

    'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service

    Jun 06, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... is part of a larger fight to serve in any capacity. And I would like to continue to advocate for transgender service members and also transgender Americans. 2nd Lt. Nicolas Talbott: I think there are a lot of very strong opinions out there in the world about transgender people and ...

  • World Pride celebrations in nation’s capital bring mix of joy and anxiety

    World Pride celebrations in nation’s capital bring mix of joy and anxiety

    Jun 01, 2025 09:35 PM EST

    John Yang: Some people who are planning to come from foreign countries, sort of outsiders looking in, have expressed concern about personal safety, particularly transgender people. Three European nations have issued travel advisories. The Canadian LGBTQ rights group Eagle Canada cancelled its particular participation. We have a bit of tape ...

  • News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

    News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

    May 27, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... did not violate the student's free speech. Local school officials had argued that the wearing of the shirt would have a negative impact on transgender and gender non-conforming students. Separately, the justices also declined to hear an appeal from a Native American group to stop a copper mining ...

  • WATCH: Trump delivers commencement speech to West Point graduating class of 2025

    WATCH: Trump delivers commencement speech to West Point graduating class of 2025

    May 24, 2025 05:03 PM EST

    ... s football quarterback, Bryson Daily, to the lectern, praising his “steel”-like shoulder. He later used Daily as an example to make a case against transgender women participating in women's athletics. In a nod to presidential tradition, Trump also pardoned about half a dozen cadets who had faced disciplinary ...

  • News Wrap: Deadly storms rip through Kentucky and Missouri

    News Wrap: Deadly storms rip through Kentucky and Missouri

    May 17, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... LGBTQ community. On the National Mall, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups unveiled a massive collection of quilts. The panels were handmade by transgender people and their families.Previous World Pride events have been a boon for the host nation's tourism, but this year several countries, including ...

  • What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said

    What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said

    May 16, 2025 08:53 PM EST

    ... is the world I am bringing kids into?” she said. Binta Wold, 31, who identifies as nonbinary, fears that if they had a nonbinary or transgender child, they would be targeted by rising anti-transgender rhetoric, legislation and violence. They say “it’s scary” to think about their child not ...

  • Trans troops facing removal from U.S. military wrestle with uncertain future

    Trans troops facing removal from U.S. military wrestle with uncertain future

    May 14, 2025 08:11 PM EST

    ... just an open expression of animosity,” Minter said. “It’s all over the face of the policy itself and Hegseth is openly voicing hostility towards transgender people at every opportunity.” In the Supreme Court order that allowed the ban to move forward, the three liberal justices signaled they would have ...

  • Pentagon orders military to pull library books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

    Pentagon orders military to pull library books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

    May 09, 2025 09:37 PM EST

    ... books to be pulled and reviewed. The search terms include: affirmative action, anti-racism, critical race theory, discrimination, diversity, gender dysphoria, gender identity and transition, transgender, transsexual and white privilege. Early last month the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, removed nearly 400 books from its library after being ...

  • WATCH: 'Judicial independence is crucial,' Chief Justice Roberts says

    WATCH: 'Judicial independence is crucial,' Chief Justice Roberts says

    May 08, 2025 02:16 PM EST

    ... president has a mixed record in front of the justices so far. On Tuesday, the court’s conservative majority revived the administration’s ban on transgender military service members while court challenges to the policy continue. The three liberal justices dissented.But the court also has temporarily halted some deportations ...