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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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Politics Jun 18

WATCH: White House addresses family separation

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