Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/october-23-2025-pbs-news-hour-full-episode Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Thursday on the News Hour... Thursday on the News Hour, current and former NBA stars are accused in a sprawling illegal gambling scheme that allegedly involved faked injuries, rigged poker games and ties to organized crime. Congress fails to agree on proposals to pay federal workers affected by the government shutdown. Plus, Pennsylvania's top election official responds to the DOJ's repeated efforts to obtain voter data. Segments From This Episode Arrests of current and former stars raise troubling gambling questions for NBA 7 min News Wrap: Europe follows U.S. lead and imposes new sanctions on Russia 7 min Federal workers set to miss full paycheck as government shutdown drags on 4 min East Wing of White House torn down as Trump clears space for his ballroom 6 min Pennsylvania election official responds as DOJ sues state to obtain voter data 7 min Pentagon’s attempt to ban books from base schools faces backlash from military families 8 min Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir exposes abuse by powerful men 13 min