Dec 06 Math a concern for U.S. teens; science, reading flat on test By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — American students have a math problem. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 7:56 Tony Blair on why he's advocating for a global policy 'center ground' By PBS News Hour Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, believes the populist wave coursing across the globe is dangerous -- and likely to exacerbate, rather than ease, tensions and instability. He sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss Brexit, the… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 7:42 Egypt envisions 'strengthening' of U.S. relationship under Trump By PBS News Hour Egypt has experienced turbulent relations with the U.S. under the Obama administration, but President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the first foreign leader to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump on his victory. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Egyptian foreign minister… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 53:26 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump chooses Ben Carson for housing secretary. Also: a mistrial in a fatal police shooting in South Carolina, more deaths in the Oakland warehouse fire, Tony Blair urges a policy ‘center ground,’ the political… Continue watching
Dec 05 Tony Blair on Trump: 'Let's wait and see' what happens By Larisa Epatko When it comes to U.S. foreign policy under President-elect Donald Trump, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking a wait-and-see approach. Continue reading
Dec 05 Carter's Asia trip spotlights issues for next Pentagon head By Robert Burns, Associated Press TOKYO — Ash Carter's final swing across Asia as Pentagon chief shines a spotlight on tough issues to be inherited by his successor, from concern in Tokyo and Seoul about being forced to pay more for U.S. military protection to… Continue reading
Dec 05 Trump renews defense of his call with Taiwan leader By Jonathan Lemire and Gillian Wong, Associated Press NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is using Twitter to renew his defense of his engagement with the leader of Taiwan, a breach of diplomatic protocol as the U.S. shifted recognition from Taiwan to China nearly 40 years ago. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 22:25 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 4, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday. Dec. 4, people mourn the death of Cuban communist leader Fidel Castro in the city of Santiago at his funeral. Later, a new documentary recounts how Rwanda was the first country to prosecute mass rape… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 5:01 Fidel Castro interred in Cuban ceremony By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin Fidel Castro was laid to rest on Sunday during a private ceremony that capped nine days of mourning in Cuba. Castro ruled the island nation for 49 years before he stepped down in 2008. His remains were carried in a… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 8:01 Rwanda was first to prosecute mass rape as war crime By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A new documentary takes an in-depth look at the difficulties of prosecuting mass rape in international courts. “The Uncondemned,” in theaters this month, reviews the landmark case in Rwanda that changed how mass rape could be prosecuted as an act… Continue watching