• Missile fired by Houthis halts flights in Israel ahead of Cabinet vote on intensifying Gaza war

    Missile fired by Houthis halts flights in Israel ahead of Cabinet vote on intensifying Gaza war

    May 04, 2025 05:50 PM EST

    Houthi rebels have been firing at Israel since the war with Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023. The missiles have mostly been intercepted, although some have penetrated Israel's missile defense systems, causing damage. Israel has struck back against the rebels in Yemen, and the U.S., Israel's top ...

  • May 2, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    May 2, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    May 02, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    Friday on the News Hour, the jobs market again defies expectations despite fears that tariffs could soon spur an economic downturn. As President Trump signs an executive order to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR, a legal fight lies ahead. Plus, we speak with Yemen's vice foreign minister ...

  • Waltz ousted as national security adviser, nominated for UN role in White House shakeup

    Waltz ousted as national security adviser, nominated for UN role in White House shakeup

    May 01, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... That is when the national security adviser created a group of Cabinet secretaries in their aides on the messaging app Signal to discuss policy on Yemen and inadvertently added editor in chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg, who published the messages. And, as an aside, Waltz was photographed using Signal ...

  • Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after U.S.-Iran nuclear talks postponed

    Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after U.S.-Iran nuclear talks postponed

    May 01, 2025 08:53 PM EST

    ... over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues an airstrike campaign, called “Operation Rough Rider,” that has been targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, who long have been backed by Iran. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth early Thursday warned Iran over the rebels. “Message ...

  • National security adviser Mike Waltz is tapped for UN in shakeup

    National security adviser Mike Waltz is tapped for UN in shakeup

    May 01, 2025 03:57 PM EST

    ... both positions from 1973 to 1975. Waltz came under searing scrutiny in March after revelations that he added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a private text chain on the encrypted messaging app Signal, which was used to discuss planning for a sensitive March 15 military operation against Houthi militants in Yemen.

  • As U.S. foreign aid drops, United Nations agencies that provide aid worldwide slash jobs or cut costs

    As U.S. foreign aid drops, United Nations agencies that provide aid worldwide slash jobs or cut costs

    Apr 29, 2025 10:14 PM EST

    ... funding for WFP emergency programs in more than a dozen countries. The terminations were reversed days later in several countries but maintained in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world's poorest and most war-ravaged countries. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees The U.N.'s top refugee agency ...

  • News Wrap: Massive power outage disrupts daily life in Spain and Portugal

    News Wrap: Massive power outage disrupts daily life in Spain and Portugal

    Apr 28, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... consensus on a candidate. Once the conclave starts, the College of Cardinals will sequester themselves inside the Sistine Chapel to elect the new pope. In Yemen, Houthi rebels say at least 68 people are dead after an alleged U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants. The detention center ...

  • Hegseth reportedly has unsecured internet line in Pentagon office for Signal

    Hegseth reportedly has unsecured internet line in Pentagon office for Signal

    Apr 24, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... month that included his wife, brother and lawyer, in addition to top national security officials, hours before a mission was launched against Houthi forces in Yemen. All of this is unfolding as chaos is mounting at the Pentagon with the firings of top Hegseth aides. We're joined now by ...

  • Hegseth allegedly pulled airstrike info shared on second Signal post from secure military channel

    Hegseth allegedly pulled airstrike info shared on second Signal post from secure military channel

    Apr 22, 2025 10:29 PM EST

    ... S. Central Command. NBC News first reported that the launch times and bomb drop times of U.S. warplanes about to strike Houthi targets in Yemen — details multiple officials have said are highly classified — came from the secure channel. WATCH: White House reiterates support for Hegseth and slams dismissed employees ...

  • News Wrap: Russia resumes fighting in Ukraine after 30-hour 'Easter truce'

    News Wrap: Russia resumes fighting in Ukraine after 30-hour 'Easter truce'

    Apr 21, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    In our news wrap Monday, Russian President Putin says fighting has resumed in its war against Ukraine after a 30-hour Easter truce ended, U.S. airstrikes in Yemen's capital city killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 more and four House Democrats are in El Salvador to ...