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Hampshire College to Close, Highlighting Financial Crisis at Small Liberal Arts Schools
Hampshire College, a liberal arts school in Massachusetts, announced it will close at the end of the year after years of financial decline. The closure reflects a broader crisis: a new estimate projects nearly 450 of the...
Trump Family Members Expand Business Ventures Amid Conflict-of-Interest Concerns
In Trump's second term, family members including Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. are expanding their business ventures and earning hundreds of millions of dollars. The activity is raising fresh concerns a...
Trump Nominates Erica Schwartz as CDC Director
President Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Atlanta-based agency has been in turmoil since Trump returned to office, cycling ...
Dave Chappelle Invests Millions in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Backs Local Public Radio
Comedian Dave Chappelle, who has called the small Ohio village of Yellow Springs home for more than 25 years, has invested millions of dollars into the local community. Chappelle told PBS NewsHour that he believes the to...
RFK Jr. faces grilling from House members in first congressional hearings of 2026
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the House Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees Thursday, his first congressional hearings of 2026. Kennedy defended his leadership of the health agency while De...
Jeffries signals opposition to FISA renewal without new privacy protections
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday he is 'deeply skeptical' of extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without added privacy safeguards. He stopped short of an outright veto th...
Trump Says He Is 'OK' with Public Hearings for Epstein Survivors
President Trump told PBS News he supports holding public hearings for Jeffrey Epstein survivors, saying 'I'm OK with it.' He added that he understands the women did not want to testify under oath, suggesting that concern...
Cuba's President Says Island Is Ready to Fight If U.S. Aggresses
Cuba's president declared that the island does not seek confrontation with the United States but is prepared to defend itself if necessary. The statement came after President Trump said his administration could turn its ...
Sen. Graham warns against Israel-Lebanon ceasefire 'throwing Hezbollah a lifeline'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reacted cautiously Thursday to a new short-term ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, warning against giving Hezbollah breathing room. Graham acknowledged diplomatic efforts but said the U.S. m...
Georgia's Fulton County jail uses drones to intercept contraband deliveries to inmates
The Fulton County jail in Georgia has deployed drones to block dangerous contraband from being delivered to inmates. The drones are manufactured by Flock, a surveillance technology company that has faced scrutiny over th...
House Votes to Extend Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians
The House of Representatives voted to extend Temporary Protected Status for nearly 350,000 Haitians living in the United States, with ten Republicans joining Democrats to pass the measure in a rebuke of the Trump adminis...
First candidate announces bid for Wisconsin Supreme Court seat
Clark County Circuit Court Judge Lyndsey Brunette announced her candidacy for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, becoming the first to enter the race just one week after the state held a separate high court election....
Trump Pushes Back at Pope, Says Iran Cannot Have a Nuclear Weapon
President Trump said Thursday that he must 'do what's right' in response to criticism from Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war. Trump argued that the pope needs to understand that Iran cannot be allowed to acquire a nuclear w...
Judge Limits White House Ballroom Construction to Below-Ground Work
A federal judge allowed only below-ground construction to continue at the site of a proposed $400 million White House ballroom, permitting work on a bunker and other 'national security facilities' while blocking above-gr...
Analysis: Who benefits from the $5 trillion in annual U.S. tax revenues?
An Al Jazeera analysis examines how U.S. federal budget decisions — from military spending to proposed healthcare cuts — affect ordinary Americans and questions whose interests the current tax system serves....
Senate Votes 50-49 to Repeal Biden-Era Boundary Waters Mining Protections
The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn Biden administration protections that blocked mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, sending the measure to President Trump's desk. Trump is expected to sign the...
Budget Director Vought Refuses to Disclose Cost of Iran War to Congress
White House budget director Russell Vought declined to tell the Senate Budget Committee how much the U.S. has spent on the war with Iran, saying the figures are unavailable because costs are fluctuating day to day. Sen. ...
Gallup: Young Men More Likely Than Young Women to Call Religion Important
A Gallup poll released Thursday found that 42 percent of men aged 18 to 29 describe religion as 'very important' in their lives, outpacing women in the same age group — a reversal of a historically consistent trend of ...
France Demands US Release 86-Year-Old Widow of American G.I. Held by ICE
The French government has formally called on the United States to release Marie-Therese Ross, an 86-year-old widow of an American soldier, who is being held in Department of Homeland Security detention. France's consul g...
Democrats Dominate First-Quarter Fundraising in Key Midterm Races
Democrats posted significant fundraising gains in high-stakes House and Senate races during the first quarter, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings. PBS NewsHour notes the totals offer only a snaps...