Full Episode
Tuesday, Sep 30
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy

Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

PBS

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live
GettyImages-2200462173

Politics Aug 31

Public media stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts

By David Bauder, Associated Press

World Aug 20

Pope Leo XIV shares a festive lunch with the poor of the Diocese of Albano Laziale
An inside look at how PBS host Henry Louis Gates Jr. met Pope Leo

Gates met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after the Harvard professor and "Finding Your Roots" host published insights into the pope's ancestry.

By Dan Cooney

Politics Jul 18

Speaker Johnson Holds Weekly Press Conference On Capitol Hill
House gives final approval to Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and the White House suggested it won't be the last.

By Kevin Freking, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Politics Jul 17

U.S. House Speaker Johnson speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Watch 8:08
The programs facing funding cuts as rescissions package nears final approval

The clock is ticking for Congress to claw back more than $9 billion of federal funding for programs, including foreign aid and public media. Friday night is the final deadline for the House to pass the so-called rescissions package, which…

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Ian Couzens

Politics Jul 17

Documentary filmmaker Burns speaks about his film, The Central Park Five, at the National Press Club in Washington
Watch 7:41
Ken Burns calls public media funding cuts ‘shortsighted,’ but vows ‘we will continue’

Congress is moving toward revoking a billion dollars in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that steers funds to public media stations. William Brangham discussed the potential impact on PBS with one of the network's…

By William Brangham, Courtney Norris

Jun 12

WATCH: House approves Trump’s request to take back foreign aid, public media funding

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House narrowly voted Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump's administration looks to follow through on work by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.

Continue reading

Jun 03

Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE

By Associated Press

The process known as rescission will take funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Continue reading

May 30

PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case

By David Bauder, Associated Press

PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network.

Continue reading

May 25

WATCH: 2025 PBS National Memorial Day Concert

By News Desk

PBS is broadcasting the 36th annual National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C., this Sunday.

Continue reading

May 19

New season of ‘Sesame Street’ to stream on Netflix and air on PBS

By Associated Press

Starting later this year, new Sesame Street episodes will run on Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app on the same day.

Continue reading

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 21
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Tuesday, Sep 30
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You