Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/august-21-2026-pbs-news-hour-full-episode Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Friday on the News Hour... Friday on the News Hour, the White House ballroom project gets a boost from the Supreme Court, and the nation's capital prepares for the president's latest spectacle, an IndyCar race. A big merger and economic winds could blow a Hollywood icon out of California. Plus, we investigate the U.S. Forest Service's widespread use of the controversial herbicide Roundup. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode Poorna Jagannathan and Amna Nawaz discuss representation in Hollywood on 'Settle In' 4 min U.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of glyphosate in California 9 min Brooks and Capehart on how economic concerns defined the primaries 12 min U.S. ambassador responds to rising tensions between Israel, Turkey and Syria 8 min Paramount's Warner Bros. bid and threat to leave California divide Hollywood 7 min News Wrap: Defense rests in murder trial of Lindsay Clancy 6 min From White House ballroom to IndyCar race, Trump's spectacles take center stage in D.C. 6 min