• WATCH: PBS NewsHour 2018 Midterm Election coverage

    WATCH: PBS NewsHour 2018 Midterm Election coverage

    Nov 05, 2018 10:59 PM EST

    ... dozen seats to seize the House majority and two seats to control the Senate. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin in West Virginia and Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin won re-election. And in New Jersey, Democrats re-elected embattled Sen. Bob Menendez, who, less than a year ago, stood trial for federal ...

  • November 2, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    November 2, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Nov 03, 2018 12:07 AM EST

    Friday on the NewsHour, new jobs numbers signal a strong economy as voters head to the polls for the Midterm elections. Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss how both parties are trying to bolster their bases. And Jeffrey Brown visits a festival in Wisconsin aimed at bridging the rural-urban ...

  • September 25, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    September 25, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Sep 25, 2018 11:40 PM EST

    ... she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh. Also: Trump addresses the world at the United Nations, Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, counteracting the mounting plastics problem, how the Trump administration is affecting rising prescription drug prices and why education has become a key issue in the Wisconsin governor's race.

  • September 6, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    September 6, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Sep 06, 2018 11:43 PM EST

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the fallout from the scathing essay by an anonymous senior Trump administration official describing acts of resistance to the president. Also: Highlights from the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing, how companies in Wisconsin are filling jobs in a tight labor market and remembering Burt Reynolds.

  • How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage

    How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage

    Sep 06, 2018 10:25 PM EST

    ... Erik Anderson is raising them. Three years ago, new hires made $9 an hour here. This fall, he plans to raise their starting wage to $15, and, within a year, they will make in the upper teens. For the "PBS NewsHour," this is economics correspondent Paul Solman in Southern Wisconsin.

  • PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 1, 2018

    PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 1, 2018

    Jul 01, 2018 10:21 PM EST

    On this edition for Sunday, July 1, Mexico heads to the polls in its largest election in history and comedian Cameron Esposito tackles sexual violence in new stand-up special. Also, a reunion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison chronicles protests against the Vietnam War. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New ...

  • Did district lines rig Wisconsin elections? Supreme Court case could reshape politics

    Did district lines rig Wisconsin elections? Supreme Court case could reshape politics

    Oct 04, 2017 12:03 AM EST

    ... the arguments. The case centers on a redistricting map in Wisconsin. And that's where special correspondent Jeff Greenfield begins. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Hello, Wisconsin! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JEFF GREENFIELD, Special Correspondent: The 2012 elections brought good news to Wisconsin Democrats. President Obama carried the state for a second ...

  • Hillary Clinton on losing in Wisconsin, getting universal health care

    Hillary Clinton on losing in Wisconsin, getting universal health care

    Sep 19, 2017 02:51 AM EST

    ... your campaign was negligent, or whatever word you want to use, in not raising enough warning signs about the perils that could lie ahead in Wisconsin and Michigan? Those states, of course, turned out to be crucial to the outcome. HILLARY CLINTON, Author, "What Happened": Well, when you're in ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 18, 2017

    PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 18, 2017

    Sep 19, 2017 02:51 AM EST

    ... spurs four days of protests in St. Louis. Also: An interview with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, a judge's take on the growing backlog of immigration cases, Hillary Clinton on why she lost Wisconsin and a grandma sets weightlifting records.

  • These undocumented Wisconsin parents 'live with fear every day'

    These undocumented Wisconsin parents 'live with fear every day'

    Jul 03, 2017 11:40 PM EST

    ... permit, but that is all. Neither I nor my family are criminals, and there are many like me who are not criminals. PORTIA YOUNG: It's a message the Flores family hopes will resonate with lawmakers and around the country. For PBS NewsHour, I'm Portia Young in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.