Amna Nawaz

Japanese American veteran built bridges between cultures after WWII On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime b...

This #VeteransDay, the story of Yukio Kawamoto.
Who served overseas during WWII, even as his parents were imprisoned back home. His children say he always believed in his country & the goodness of most Americans.

Here's to that belief, and his memory.

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Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public bro...

How Bob Ross Inc is helping to close the public media funding gap

via @deema_zein

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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the deal to end the government shutdown NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the Senate voting to clear a path to end the longest-e...

"Dems were in total array last week when they were winning and now they are back in disarray this week."

@tamarakeithNPR and @CookPolitical 's Amy Walter

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FDA head explains decision to drop 'black box' warnings from menopause hormone treatment The FDA announced it would begin asking drug companies to remove so-called “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The FDA says the warning has dissuaded generatio...

The FDA will ask drug companies to remove “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause.

@AliRogin talks to @MartyMakary

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with President Trump on Monday. It's the first White House visit by a Syrian leader since the country became independent nearly 80 years ago.

@nickschifrin explains...

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Trump pardons dozens of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden As President Trump continues to push the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, he’s taken a new step to protect former administration officials and allies who have been accused of working to overturn...

President Trump has taken a new step to protect former administration officials and allies who have been accused of working to overturn the 2020 election that Joe Biden won.

Watch this @ElizLanders report...

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Trump 'likely to be emboldened' by 8 Democrats voting to end shutdown, Sen. Murphy says Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is one of the 40 Democrats who voted against the deal to end the shutdown. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest.

"I think we actually lose leverage in our fight for Americans now that we have capitulated Donald Trump without any real protections for people's health care or our democracy,"
- @ChrisMurphyCT to me on @NewsHour

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'We needed to change the equation,' Sen. Kaine says on his vote to end shutdown The vote to end the government shutdown has divided Senate Democrats. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is one of the eight who voted to end the stalemate. He joined Geoff Bennett to explain his vote to end the...

"If the Republicans don't fix this problem of their own creation, the midterm election next November will be a lot worse even than the November 2025 elections in Virginia and New Jersey."
- @timkaine to @GeoffRBennett on @NewsHour

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Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting

“The agreement prompted a backlash within the party, not only against the Democratic defectors who supported it, but against Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader who did not.”

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Thank you!

Trump 'likely to be emboldened' by 8 Democrats voting to end shutdown, Sen. Murphy says Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is one of the 40 Democrats who voted against the deal to end the shutdown. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest.

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The Kennedy Center Crackup

"Internal sales figures obtained by The New York Times showed ticket sales down by about 50 percent from the same period last year during one typical week in October. Dozens of employees, many with decades of experience, have been fired or quit."
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Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds

"The agreement with Cornell is the fifth that the administration has announced since early July in connection with its pressure campaign against top schools."

(the others are Brown, Columbia, UPenn, and UVa)

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Casino-style card draw used to break election tie An elected official in Nevada was determined by a card draw on Wednesday.

local election in nevada.
they each received 67 votes.
so it came down to a coin toss, and a card draw.

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YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 'It should be very concerning to everyone,' says partner of detained DACA recipient

In September we reported on Catalina Santiago - a 28-year-old who was detained by ICE despite having legal DACA status.

Santiago was released after 2 months in custody, after a judge ordered she be freed.

Our story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Vt...
Update: www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

* MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS "IT WON'T HAPPEN" WHEN ASKED ABOUT U.S. MILITARY ACTION INSIDE MEXICO, FOLLOWING NBC REPORT

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Photograph of Dick Cheney with a serious expression, wearing a dark coat and blue tie. Text overlay in this PBS News graphic includes his name and the years 1941-2025.

Dick Cheney, who served as one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history, has died. He was 84.

Cheney was at the center of controversial debates over U.S. national security policy sparked by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the global war on terror and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico

ICE officials "mistakenly expelled Mr. Juarez from the United States, placing him on the wrong plane and erroneously dispatching him across a port of entry to Mexico instead of sending him to a detention center in Arizona"

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Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment Female mayors face higher rates of politically motivated violence and harassment, a new poll finds.

"Eighty-four percent of female candidates were harassed while campaigning, compared to 64 percent of male candidates...Nearly twice as many female mayors also reported threats to their family as male mayors."
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A look at the destruction in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa's landfall as a Category 5 Initial estimates show Hurricane Melissa may have killed dozens across Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa is one of the strongest storms the region has ever seen, leaving widespread destruction in multiple Ca...

Brian Bogart of @wfp.org on the devastation in Jamaica after #HurricaneMelissa

"It's heartbreaking. And there's no other way to describe it."

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I’m humbled to be honored at the 10th Annual Multicultural Media Correspondents Dinner . Thank you @mmcadc! See you on Monday, October 27th!
#MMCD2025 #MMCA

Who’s paying for Trump’s $300 million ballroom? The president has maintained that the multi-million-dollar project will be paid by private donations — and not by taxpayers.

Private donors to President Trump’s planned White House ballroom include tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Apple, as well as the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the cofounders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, according to a list provided to PBS News. https://to.pbs.org/48KQ73o

Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for a significant hike in their 2026 health insurance premiums without the subsidies at the center of the government shutdown battle. It comes as insurance costs are rising significantly throughout the country.

A KFF survey found the average annual premium for a family increased 6% from the previous year.

@amnanawaz.bsky.social discussed more with Cynthia Cox, vice president and director of the Program on the Affordable Care Act for KFF.

Great interview by @amnanawaz.bsky.social. Petro may have his reasons for condemning these murders, but that does not make them any less illegal.

Trump clashes with Colombian president over Caribbean boat strikes Colombia recalled its ambassador to the U.S. amid rising tensions after strikes against boats the Trump administration claimed were drug traffickers. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Presiden...

Colombia's former President Iván Duque:
"I think this is just an excuse that Petro is trying to find in order to break the relationship with the United States, which is just reckless."

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"civilly" doing a lot of work in this sentence...

From left: Judy Woodruff, Robin MacNeil, Jim Lehrer, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Today marks the 50th birthday of one of the last sources on American TV for real news: the PBS NewsHour. It is also the only news broadcast with a complete, searchable archive open to the public online, a real treasure trove:

* COLOMBIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM THE U.S., FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS, AMID DEEP DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS

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