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March 8, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

Mar 8, 2018 8:25 PM EDT

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Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump raises the stakes in a potential trade war amid warnings from his own party and threats of global retaliation. Also: America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist sketches the faces of homelessness, a small women's college basketball team plays for more than wins and more.

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Smoke billows from fire following an explosion at the pesticide plant owned by Tianjiayi Chemical, in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China on March 21, 2019. Picture taken March 21, 2019. Photo by Reuters

World Mar 22

China chemical plant blast kills at least 47, injures hundreds

By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press

President Donald Trump departs on travel to Ohio from the White House on March 20, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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Trump steps up effort to discredit Mueller’s Russia report

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army soldiers walk back to their base after a patrol in Arghandab Valley, north of Kandahar on April 12, 2011. Four American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year. Photo by Bob Strong/Reuters

Nation Mar 22

2 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan

By Amir Shah, Associated Press

People comfort each other before the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters

World Mar 22

New Zealanders pray together one week after mosque attacks

By Nick Perry, Juliet Williams, Associated Press

The inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex is seen in this picture taken from the Dora observatory near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, on April 24, 2018. The two countries opened a liaison office in Kaesong last September but North Korea abruptly removed its staff from the office Friday. Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

World Mar 22

North Korea withdraws staff from liaison office with South Korea

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World Mar 21

Marines cut training to cover costs of hurricane damage, border mission

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Nation Mar 21

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump critics

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U.S. abruptly endorses Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights in big shift

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Across genetic studies, most research has been done with people of European descent. Researchers argue that leaving diversity out hurts everyone. Image by olly/via Adobe Stock

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An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Los Angeles approaches for landing at Reagan National Airport shortly after an announcement was made by the FAA that the planes were being grounded by the United States over safety issues in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Nation Mar 21

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Facebook says millions of passwords stored in readable format

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Phil Bryant, governor of Mississippi, speaks during an election night party for Republican U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 27, 2018. Bryant is set to sign a law that would ban abortions after a heartbeat can be detected. Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

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President Donald Trump applauds as he takes the stage while touring the Lima Army Tank Plant (LATP) Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, the country's only remaining tank manufacturing plant, in Lima, Ohio, on March 20, 2019. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

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AP fact check: Trump takes credit for law named after McCain

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Brazil's President Michel Temer reacts during a presentation ceremony for the Order of Medical Merit in Brasilia, Brazil, March 27, 2018. Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

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Arrest order issued for Brazil’s ex-president Michel Temer

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A trader watches U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on a screen during a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting, on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 20, 2019. Stock investors are one of the main beneficiaries of the Fed's decision to hold raise interest rates steady. Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh rings the opening bell on New York Stock Exchange during the company's IPO in New York on March 21, 2019. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

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Levi Strauss goes public for the second time at $17 per share

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People enjoy a sunnny day at the Esplanade in Helsinki, Finland, which earned the highest ranking in the World Happiness Report for the second year in a row. Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters

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Finland again tops list of happiest nations, U.S. ranking drops

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General view of the scene where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq on March, 21,2019. Photo via Reuters

World Mar 21

Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing at least 83

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