Zohran Mamdani began 2025 as a little-known state legislator. In 2026, he’ll be sworn in as mayor of New York, often called the second-toughest job in America. Campaign photographer Kara McCurdy documented his rise, taking images of Mamdani since before his 2020 race for New York State Assembly.

During tonight’s episode of Washington Week with The Atlantic, moderator Jeffrey Goldberg shared an update about the show’s backdrop.

According to PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the last school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of school librarians who’ve found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

BREAKING: President Trump signs a proclamation to overhaul the H-1B visa program for high-skilled workers, including a new $100,000 annual fee.

President Trump plans to add a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications in the administration’s latest crackdown on a system it says is used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose arrest and fight to stay in the U.S. have become flashpoints in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him to Uganda. https://to.pbs.org/4mXXuIm

"We need to stop bombing children, we need to allow the humanitarian supplies into Gaza, the commercial supplies into Gaza, and we need to be allowed to do our jobs as humanitarian community to reach children who are desperately in need," said Rachael Cummings with Save the Children.

PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

The desperate search for the missing after deadly flash floods in Texas has become a race against time. The official death toll has climbed to at least 70 on Sunday, with 11 girls from a Christian camp still unaccounted for. @aliroginpbs.bsky.social reports.

Virgil Abloh was a boundary-breaker and a cultural translator – a designer who made streetwear luxurious, and luxury feel accessible. Abloh was the first Black artistic director at Louis Vuitton and the visionary behind Off-White.

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. buff.ly/g8bcD7u

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week. He was released hours later and told supporters: “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Pope Francis, the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas who became a symbol of hope and change during his papacy, died Monday at age 88. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin-American pope and the first pope from outside Europe in at least 1,000 years. to.pbs.org/3EjlyFb

Breaking News: The White House is said to be planning to ask Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media, including NPR and PBS.

One group of parents is often overlooked: the 1 in 15 with disabilities. Author Jessica Slice, who became disabled years before becoming a mother, says the experience prepared her for parenthood. Ali Rogin speaks with Slice about her new book youtu.be/LT8HTmpYFhg

According to the American Gaming Association estimate, more than $3 billion will have been bet on this year's NCAA basketball tournaments — more than February's Super Bowl. The NCAA says this has led to a distressing consequence: online abuse of players, coaches, and officials from losing bettors.

Today, across the country and around the world, tens of thousands of people turned out for what organizers say has been the single biggest day of protests against President Trump and his second-term policies and actions.

People across the country and around the world turned out on Saturday for what organizers say has been the single biggest day of protests against President Trump and his second-term actions. In the U.S., more than a thousand rallies were planned in small towns and major cities from coast to coast.

@shaneharris.bsky.social: "This is precisely why, usually, conversations like this happen in a secure facility on classified government networks. ... In 25 years of covering national security, I have never seen anything approximating this story. It is just replete with security and policy risks."

"If you have the truth, ... and you're aligned with the truth, this is a thing that happened, here's reality. You got to keep pressing it," said @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social.

Leaders from PBS and NPR appeared before the House DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday, facing questions about federal support for public broadcasting. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Top Trump admin. officials – including the VP, defense secretary and national security adviser – used Signal, a secure messaging app, that is outside of the national security apparatus to discuss plans for military strikes in Yemen that include detailed, sensitive and confidential information. (1/x)

“Children were very acutely aware of the importance of the ceasefire negotiations. They know the names of the countries involved, they're asking questions and they're talking about all that they want to do the moment that the ceasefire is there.” @unicefusa.org’s Rosalia Bollen joined us from Gaza

NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

Some tips for schools as fears over ICE raids grow from Kica Matos @nilc.org - Inform students their rights - Identify places that are private vs public - Train staffers to tell between administrative & judicial warrants - Urge families to update contact info for guardians youtu.be/a4RHUeXU6KY

“My family was afraid because I wanted to go to school.“ Students and educators tell us their growing fears over potential ICE raids in schools. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

In Germany, voters went to the polls on Sunday in a national election that saw a surge in support for the far-right AfD party and a rejection of the left-leaning coalition that had governed the country for the past four years. Malcolm Brabant reports from Berlin. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

“I fear what is happening here is that they are looking for JAGs who will essentially commit to validate and adjudicate any order coming out of the WH as a lawful order.” Eric Edleman on News Hour tonight www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

It’s the middle of winter, and while it might not feel like the season for jumping into the water, more people are finding that an icy plunge can be invigorating www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

“We're not going to wait for anyone else to prioritize this history… we’re raising our hands and volunteering our time to bring this history back into memory.” Tara Roberts on exploring shipwrecks that once carried captive Africans to the Americas www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law that allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities — namely White farmers — without compensation, as well as the country’s stance against Israel and its war in Gaza.

As the last of the deadly California fires that destroyed more than 16,000 structures are fully contained, cleanup crews work to clear debris and evaluate damage. But residents are just starting to grapple with the lingering mental health effects www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Trump’s threat of tariffs has been a bargaining tool in his attempts to get America’s neighbours to accept more migrants and curb the smuggling of fentanyl sources from Beijing into the US. Our segment dives into what this means for American consumers: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6PbK...

“The Canadian govt is going to be imposing retaliatory tariffs in key industries that they think will hurt the most because they're trying to change the course of this policy. They want to exert maximum pain.” @matinastevis.bsky.social unpacks Trump’s tariffs tonight on @pbsnews.bsky.social

Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it. It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.

President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders making sweeping changes to the immigration system. Immigration was one of voters’ top issues in the election, with many supporting Trump’s message that the current system is broken. How did we get here?

Former President Jimmy Carter, a former peanut farmer and Navy officer who went on to become the longest-living American president in history, died Sunday, according to his son. He was 100.

Last night on @pbsnews.bsky.social we look back at the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as this week marks 20 years since the tragedy www.pbs.org/newshour/?po...

Breaking News: Manmohan Singh, a former prime minister of India who helped transform the country’s economy, died at 92.

In Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, Shahu Patole pays tribute to a cuisine that has long been considered not worthy of documentation. We interviewed Patole — and are sharing some of his recipes.

Madame Pelicot: "I think of the victims, unrecognized, whose stories often remain hidden. I want you to know that we share the same struggle... By making this trial public, I wanted for society to be able to take up the debates that followed." www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Gisèle Pelicot told a crowd outside a French courthouse Thursday that she had no regrets about taking her ex-husband and 50 other men to court for raping her repeatedly without her knowledge for years.

Leaders at this year's COP29 climate change summit are being pressed to address the rising threats to environmentalists and defenders of human rights. Every year, between 40 and 45 percent of environmental defender killings are of Indigenous peoples. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

It’s been nearly two months since Hurricane Helene devastated communities across the Southeast. Experts say the storm’s effect on children might last for years to come. We spoke to Lori Peek, director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...