• 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 ...

  • Trump’s Asia tour takes him to Japan ahead of pivotal meeting with China’s Xi

    Trump’s Asia tour takes him to Japan ahead of pivotal meeting with China’s Xi

    Oct 27, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... U.S. demands for greater defense expenditures, she's very willing and prepared to spend more because that's been her stance to begin with. Nick Schifrin: On the trade side, the U.S.-Japan trade agreement from earlier this year has Japan pledging to spend $550 billion in the ...

  • U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour

    U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour

    Oct 25, 2025 09:50 PM EDT

    ... to get out of two years of war, I think the international community or to the people in Gaza not to face a conflict anymore. Nick Schifrin: Antoine Renard, country director for the World Food Programme, thank you very much. Antoine Renard: Thanks to you, Nick.Nick Schifrin: Tonight, President ...

  • News Wrap: Rapidly intensifying Melissa becomes a hurricane in the Caribbean

    News Wrap: Rapidly intensifying Melissa becomes a hurricane in the Caribbean

    Oct 25, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... early voting began in New York and New Jersey, and Trump denied reports that he plans to name the new White House ballroom after himself. ... Nick Schifrin: In tonight's other headlines, Melissa is now a hurricane in the northern Caribbean. The storm is rapidly intensifying and the National Hurricane ...

  • China’s Xi launches largest crackdown on country’s Christians in years

    China’s Xi launches largest crackdown on country’s Christians in years

    Oct 25, 2025 09:40 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: How are you holding up? Grace Jin Drexel: My mother and I and my two brothers, we're all in the U.S. and we feel generally pretty safe that we are protected by our government's. At the same time, to know that our loved ones are ...

  • Experimental treatment offers hope to people struggling with chronic pain

    Experimental treatment offers hope to people struggling with chronic pain

    Oct 25, 2025 09:35 PM EDT

    ... a recent study could provide a glimmer of hope. Ali Rogin speaks with New York Times health and science reporter Pam Belluck to learn more. ... Nick Schifrin: The CDC says chronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans. Persistent pain that lasts beyond a typical recovery period can be debilitating ...

  • Meet the nurse in Uganda who climbs a 1,000-foot ladder to save lives

    Meet the nurse in Uganda who climbs a 1,000-foot ladder to save lives

    Oct 25, 2025 09:30 PM EDT

    To reach the isolated eastern Uganda mountain communities that need her help, nurse Agnes Nambozo scales a treacherous 1,000-foot ladder that is too steep for small children, mothers carrying babies and the sick to climb down. John Yang reports. ... Nick Schifrin: Finally tonight, the lengths and heights one ...

  • U.S. deploys aircraft carrier to Caribbean as strikes on suspected drug boats intensify

    U.S. deploys aircraft carrier to Caribbean as strikes on suspected drug boats intensify

    Oct 24, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Congress in the vast majority of instances where he's utilized force. Therefore, President Trump does not need to get congressional authorization to utilize force here. Nick Schifrin: Nicholas Creel, Rachel VanLandingham, thank you very much to you both. Nicholas Creel: Thank you. Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham: Thank you, Nick.

  • A look at 50 years of the News Hour

    A look at 50 years of the News Hour

    Oct 24, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    Lisa Desjardins: Judy, there are protesters. Protesters have now broken into the U.S. Capitol. Stephanie Sy: This continues to be a dangerous situation. Almost everyone has either evacuated or lost a home in this fire. And around the world. Nick Schifrin: This is the impact site for one of ...