• WATCH: Nick Schifrin on how U.S. foreign policy is shifting | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

    WATCH: Nick Schifrin on how U.S. foreign policy is shifting | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

    Apr 23, 2025 05:38 PM EDT

    PBS News’ Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin will address the fourth annual James C. Lehrer Lecture on April 24 at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. In conversation with William J. Antholis, director and CEO of UVA's Miller Center of Public Affairs, Schifrin will discuss his ...

  • WATCH: Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

    WATCH: Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

    Nov 23, 2019 06:00 PM EDT

    NewsHour Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien at the annual Halifax International Security Forum. Amid ongoing global foreign policy challenges, and with a White House embroiled in an impeachment inquiry, Schifrin discusses with O’Brien how he handles coordinating national security policy ...

  • Iran-backed Houthis capture Red Sea port, putting more pressure on oil markets

    Iran-backed Houthis capture Red Sea port, putting more pressure on oil markets

    Sep 10, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... forces south, and they were able obviously to take the port city. And it looks like they're going to continue to advance farther south. Nick Schifrin: We heard the U.N. today warn that Yemen is headed towards civil war. At what point do the Saudis reenter this war ...

  • Fighter pilot reflects on order to sacrifice herself to stop Flight 93 on 9/11

    Fighter pilot reflects on order to sacrifice herself to stop Flight 93 on 9/11

    Sep 08, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... a suicide mission. John Penney, Father of Heather Penney: It's an honor to be here this evening as a father of a fighter pilot. Nick Schifrin: And Heather and her father John have even spoken together about their careers in aviation and how their paths could have crossed on ...

  • European countries confront Russian sabotage and shadow warfare

    European countries confront Russian sabotage and shadow warfare

    Sep 03, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... it's no big deal. But there have been longstanding allegations about Russian activities conducted from those facilities, signals intelligence, human intelligence collection, influence operations.  Nick Schifrin:  But even does -- forgive me for interrupting. David Cattler:  Sure. Go ahead. Nick Schifrin:  But does kicking out some intelligence agents really deter ...

  • Army secretary's resignation adds to turmoil at Pentagon under Hegseth

    Army secretary's resignation adds to turmoil at Pentagon under Hegseth

    Sep 01, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... a man of character. Nick Schifrin: Driscoll is a friend and one-time aide to Vice President Vance, a former Army lieutenant deployed to Iraq and son and grandson of a soldier, none of which was enough to save his job. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin.

  • Analyst breaks down challenges U.S. will face to unlock Venezuela's oil

    Analyst breaks down challenges U.S. will face to unlock Venezuela's oil

    Aug 31, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: Delcy Rodriguez, as I mentioned, called it a win-win. Venezuela, of course, needs investment. The U.S. needs more energy. So is it a win-win? Francisco Monaldi: Well, depending on the details, it could be, in the sense that the presence of the U.S. government ...

  • Latvia's foreign minister warns of Russian sabotage acts in Europe

    Latvia's foreign minister warns of Russian sabotage acts in Europe

    Aug 27, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... constantly pushing various messages that, why are you supporting Ukraine, that support has to go to your own countries, and so on and so forth. Nick Schifrin: Inside of Russia, we have seen Putin under domestic pressure. We have seen elites breaking with him over the war in Ukraine. We ...

  • Gaza's traumatized youth search for glimmers of hope in devastated homeland

    Gaza's traumatized youth search for glimmers of hope in devastated homeland

    Aug 27, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... our stolen freedom. This one talks about the occupation and that we dream of living in peace. Nick Schifrin: Peace might be out of reach, but art can help the traumatized cope. And stealing moments of joy can help the healing.For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin.

  • A look at the new U.S. sanctions on Iran and threats against its trading partners

    A look at the new U.S. sanctions on Iran and threats against its trading partners

    Aug 24, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: You and I have talking -- have been talking about maximum economic pressure on Iran for many years. You were the author of some of the sanctions. But, bottom line, there are experts who say this isn't going to change Iranian behavior, that Iran can take the pain ...