Sara Just

Sara Just

@sarajust.bsky.social

Senior Executive Producer and SVP, PBS News and WETA. PBS NewsHour, Washington Week with the Atlantic PBS News Weekend.

970 Followers 301 Following 13 Posts Joined Nov 2024
4 months ago
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Dick Cheney, one of America's most powerful and polarizing vice presidents, dies at 84 Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family.

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. https://to.pbs.org/3JhM1Wd

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7 months ago
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Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry | CNN While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, the two officials affected led the investigation into whether NOAA’s scientific integrity policies were violated during the so-called Sharpiegate scan...

SCOOP: Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/w...

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8 months ago
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The president's agenda, and one of the largest bills in U.S. history, is in the hands of the Senate tonight.

@lisad.bsky.social explains the part of the bill that deals with immigration policy.

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8 months ago
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Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means The president told me he was optimistic about ending foreign wars—then he ended our conversation to take a call from Putin.

Exclusive: This morning on a call with @michaelscherer.bsky.social, Trump claimed that Iran still wants “to make a deal”—then he ended the conversation to take a call from Putin.

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9 months ago
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If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price Much of the country has little access to local news, with public media filling the void – and serving as a lifeline

"If there’s a more balanced and thoughtful news report on TV than the nightly PBS NewsHour, I don’t know what it is." - Thank you @sulliview.bsky.social !
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9 months ago
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Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

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10 months ago
A bar chart image from an April 2025 PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. The title reads, "How would you grade Trump's first 100 days in office. 23% of respondents said A, 17% said B, 8% said C, 7% said D and 45% said F.

As President Donald Trump celebrates his first 100 days in office, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds that a plurality of Americans give him a failing grade. buff.ly/Tg09GnQ

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11 months ago
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Huge congratulations to Marcia Biggs, Andre Paultre and Eric O’Connor for being honored by the George Polk Award among such an incredible array of winners today. Their work covering Haiti for PBS News Hour makes our whole team so proud

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11 months ago

Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.

Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.

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"The secretary is still in denial he did anything wrong and i think that's even worse than the incident" Bacon says.

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11 months ago

"It's clearly classified, they're digging themselves an even bigger hole, they should just say they screwed up," says Republican Rep. Don Bacon tells @amnanawaz.bsky.social @newshour.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump's 2025 address to Congress | PBS News Special YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Watch President Trump's Address to Congress here and join us for analysis post-speech with
@IAmAmnaNawaz @GeoffRBennett @LisaDNews @lbarronlopez @amyewalter @nytdavidbrooks @CapehartJ @SmileyforWA www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1oC...

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1 year ago
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How Americans feel about Trump after his first month back in office Americans are divided about President Donald Trump’s job performance, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Yet support for him is higher than at any point during his first term.

NEW poll numbers out today from PBSNews/NPR/Marist www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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WATCH: Adrien Brody, 'Brutalist' star, on appetite for longer film, art YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

For more on Oscar winner Adrien Brody #oscars

youtu.be/l83C27WBFBM?...

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'Wicked' costume designer Paul Tazewell on the vision behind his Oscar-nominated work YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Learn more about Oscar winner Paul Tazewell here
#oscars @pbsnews.org

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1 year ago
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5 facts about the federal workforce that may surprise you Federal data paints a varied portrait of the people who make up the U.S. civil service.

While about 454,000 federal employees do work in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, more than 80% of the federal workforce lived elsewhere in the U.S. or abroad in 2024.

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1 year ago

Just yesterday while on PBS News Hour I said that I will have confidence that federal vaccine policy is uncompromised as long as the external advisory committees continue to meet. Now meetings for both VRBPAC and ACIP have been cancelled. I don't like this.

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1 year ago
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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1 year ago
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Alton Brown brings his humor to the page in book of essays, 'Food for Thought' Fusing cooking, chemistry and comedy, Alton Brown has made a name for himself as a TV host and Food Network fixture. His creative eye and quick wit captivated audiences of "Good Eats," "Cutthroat…

Geoff Bennett asks Alton Brown: What's a tool that every home cook should have?

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1 year ago
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What Trump voters think about his first weeks in office There's new insight into a group of voters that helped swing the 2024 presidential race, those who voted for Democrats in prior elections but for Donald Trump this November. The analysis comes from…

Recent focus groups conducted by Republican strategist Sarah Longwell are providing insight into a group of voters that helped swing the 2024 presidential race — those who voted for Democrats in prior elections, but for Donald Trump this past November.

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1 year ago
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PBS News Hour’s Coverage of Gang Violence in Haiti Named George Polk Award Recipient Arlington, VA (February 17, 2025)—Long Island University today announced that “Haiti in Crisis,” PBS News Hour’s coverage of the brutal gang violence in Haiti, has received a George Polk Award for For...

All of us @pbsnews.bsky.social are so thrilled that the George Polk awards have selected courageous and gripping reporting from Haiti by Marcia Biggs, Eric OConnor, Andre Paultre and @mtill50.bsky.social for this year's foreign reporting on television award. www.pbs.org/newshour/pre... watch here

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1 year ago

Thank you for spreading the @hankgreen.bsky.social ! @pbsnews.bsky.social

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WATCH LIVE: Funeral service for Jimmy Carter held at Washington National Cathedral | Direct Feed YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Please join @pbsnews.bsky.social coverage NOW LIVE of the funeral of President Jimmy Carter on your @pbs.org station or here www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Hp...

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5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.

The virus is less deadly than it was in the pandemic’s early days and it no longer tops the list of leading causes of death. But the virus is evolving, meaning scientists must track it closely.

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1 year ago
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Read the full Matt Gaetz House Ethics report alleging he paid for sex with minor, used illicit drugs as Congress member The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was…

The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while the Florida Republican was a member of Congress.

Read the full report below.

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1 year ago

Make time for this today and your Monday will be improved…

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I’m following news and events in #Syria #Aleppo with this curated List and will add more sources in the next few days bsky.app/profile/did:...

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