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Thursday on the NewsHour, former CIA director John Brennan claims President Trump is trying to silence critics by revoking his security clearance. Also: Newspapers speak out about being labeled "fake news," what happens to unaccompanied immigrant children, the last rebel strongholds in Syria, the market for kidney donations and remembering Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.

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WATCH: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasts off for 7-year mission around the sun

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By Cat Wise

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Trump administration plans rollback of fuel standards, setting up legal fight with states

Does solar power offer a brighter future for off-the-grid Navajo residents?

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

Why U.S. lawmakers failed to act on climate change decades ago

By PBS NewsHour

High temperatures and dry conditions are helping wildfires spread

WATCH: As the longest lunar eclipse arrives, learn about blood moon myths from around the world

By Daniel Brown, The Conversation

Life on Mars? Watery new discovery raises tantalizing possibilities

By Miles O'Brien

This aquatic grass could help shellfish threatened by ocean acidification

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Educators worry students don’t know vaping health risks

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NASA scientists track climate-changing methane leaks from the air

By Miles O'Brien

Global temperatures reach extreme highs, breaking records

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Drones are revolutionizing how we study humpback whales

By Julia Griffin

How off-the-grid Navajo residents are getting running water

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

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Occupants at Casa Padre, an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors, in Brownsville, Texas, are seen in this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on June 14, 2018. Photo by ACF/HHS/Handout via Reuters

Nation Aug 16

Why the government doesn’t always know what happens to unaccompanied migrant children

By Patty Gorena Morales

Pope Francis talks with cardinals during a consistory meeting at the Vatican July 19, 2018. Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

World Aug 16

Vatican is in ‘shame and sorrow’ over abuses in Pennsylvania

By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to Capitol Hill reporters following the Democrats' weekly policy luncheon in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Allison Shelley.

Politics Aug 16

Senate Democrats say they’ll sue if they don’t get documents from Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is shown in a court room sketch, during a testimony of a longtime business associate Rick Gates (not shown), on the fifth day of his trial, on bank and tax fraud charges stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., August 6, 2018. Judge T.S. Ellis (rear C) looks on. REUTERS/Bill Hennessy

Politics Aug 16

Jury submits note with 4 questions to Manafort judge

By Associated Press

Health Aug 16

Elvis’ addiction was the perfect prescription for an early death

By Dr. Howard Markel

Aretha Franklin, 1970. Photo by Ron Howard/Redferns

Arts Aug 16

How Aretha Franklin shaped generations of music

By Gretchen Frazee, Alison Thoet, Jennifer Hijazi, Rhana Natour, Joshua Barajas

Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens as President Donald Trump addresses members of his cabinet during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Nation Aug 16

WATCH: Trump asks Sessions to file federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

Health Aug 16

FDA approves first generic rival to EpiPen

By Laura Santhanam

Politics Aug 16

WATCH LIVE: MLK’s dream in the age of Trump

By Vanessa Dennis

White House aide Omarosa Manigault speaks during a panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Omar Negrin/Reuters

Politics Aug 16

Omarosa offered $15K a month to be ‘positive’ after firing, according to tape

By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies at a hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters

Politics Aug 16

WATCH: Mike Pompeo launches Iran Action Group after nuclear deal withdrawal

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

A man prepares to smoke K2 or "Spice", a synthetic marijuana drug, along a street in East Harlem on August 5, 2015 in New York City. New York, along with other cities, is experiencing a deadly epidemic of synthetic marijuana usage including varieties known as K2 or "Spice" which can cause extreme reactions in some users. According to New York's health department, more than 120 people visited an emergency room in the city in just one week in April. While the state banned the ingredients used to make K2 in 2012, distributors have switched to other ingredients and names in an attempt to circumvent the law. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Nation Aug 16

76 people overdosed near Yale, and officials suspect a bad batch of synthetic marijuana

By Associated Press

U.S. first lady Melania Trump hosts a roundtable discussion with tech leaders on the effects of the Internet on children, at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. Photo By Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Aug 16

First Lady Melania Trump plans cyberbullying summit

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House June 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Canada to attend the G7 summit before heading to Singapore on Saturday for a planned U.S.-North Korea summit. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Nation Aug 16

Hundreds of newspapers defend press freedom against President Trump’s attacks

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Arts Aug 16

Aretha Franklin, queen of soul, dies at 76

By Mesfin Fekadu, Hillel Italie, Associated Press

A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border near Mission, Texas. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending family separation at the border. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

Nation Aug 16

Little progress made to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children, subcommittee says

By Patty Gorena Morales

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan participates in a session at the third annual Intelligence and National Security Summit in Washington, U.S., September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Politics Aug 16

Former CIA Director John Brennan says Trump is trying to silence critics

By Associated Press

Migrant children from Honduras and Mexico play at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters

World Aug 15

What happens when migrant children are deported home

By Joshua Barajas

Pregnant woman undergoes an ultrasound scan. Most women receive intensive medical care while they’re pregnant, but care drops off after childbirth. Photo by John Fedele/via Getty Images

Health Aug 15

The year after childbirth is the deadliest for addicted women

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo by Jason Cohn/Reuters

Nation Aug 15

How Catholic churches in Pennsylvania hid decades of abuse

By Joshua Barajas, Courtney Norris, Patty Gorena Morales