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PBS News Hour full episode, April 7, 2026
GeopoliticsMiddle East ConflictUS Foreign Policy

PBS News Hour full episode, April 7, 2026

President Trump announces a two-week cease-fire with Iran, temporarily halting widespread conflict, while a humanitarian crisis deepens in Lebanon, and domestic issues like TBI in soldiers and menopause treatment shortages highlight ongoing challenges.

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PBS News Hour full episode, March 25, 2026
International RelationsMiddle East ConflictU.S. Foreign Policy

PBS News Hour full episode, March 25, 2026

This episode covers Iran's rejection of a U.S. cease-fire proposal amid ongoing strikes, landmark legal verdicts against Meta and YouTube for platform design and child exploitation, Australia's pioneering social media ban for teens, and the controversial deportation of an asylum seeker to a country she had never visited.

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PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 13, 2026
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PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 13, 2026

European leaders grapple with a shifting world order and U.S. reliability at the Munich Security Conference, while domestic reports expose alleged abuses by U.S. immigration authorities and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

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PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 5, 2026
Immigration PolicyPublic OpinionHomeland Security Funding

PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 5, 2026

This episode of PBS NewsHour reports on critical current events including shifting public opinion on ICE, a major measles outbreak in South Carolina, the resurgence of 'zombie mortgages' from the 2008 crisis, the escalating famine in Sudan, and the complex challenges of rehabilitating sex workers in India.

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PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 2, 2026
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PBS News Hour full episode, Feb. 2, 2026

This episode unpacks the political and legal fallout from newly released Epstein files, the limited reopening of the Rafah crossing in Gaza, a former hostage's harrowing account, and the politicization of the Kennedy Center, alongside other critical national and international headlines.

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