Amna Nawaz
@amnanawaz.bsky.social
journalist @pbsnews.bsky.social
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"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."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"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."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
"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)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
(the others are Brown, Columbia, UPenn, and UVa)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"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)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
(the others are Brown, Columbia, UPenn, and UVa)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
local election in nevada.
they each received 67 votes.
so it came down to a coin toss, and a card draw.
www.wfsb.com/2025/11/07/c...
they each received 67 votes.
so it came down to a coin toss, and a card draw.
www.wfsb.com/2025/11/07/c...
Casino-style card draw used to break election tie
An elected official in Nevada was determined by a card draw on Wednesday.
www.wfsb.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
local election in nevada.
they each received 67 votes.
so it came down to a coin toss, and a card draw.
www.wfsb.com/2025/11/07/c...
they each received 67 votes.
so it came down to a coin toss, and a card draw.
www.wfsb.com/2025/11/07/c...
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...
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...
'It should be very concerning to everyone,' says partner of detained DACA recipient
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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...
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...
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* MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS "IT WON'T HAPPEN" WHEN ASKED ABOUT U.S. MILITARY ACTION INSIDE MEXICO, FOLLOWING NBC REPORT
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@reuters.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
* MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS "IT WON'T HAPPEN" WHEN ASKED ABOUT U.S. MILITARY ACTION INSIDE MEXICO, FOLLOWING NBC REPORT
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@reuters.com
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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.
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.
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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.
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.
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"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
"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."
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment
Female mayors face higher rates of politically motivated violence and harassment, a new poll finds.
www.politico.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"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."
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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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"It's heartbreaking. And there's no other way to describe it."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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...
www.pbs.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Brian Bogart of @wfp.org on the devastation in Jamaica after #HurricaneMelissa
"It's heartbreaking. And there's no other way to describe it."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
"It's heartbreaking. And there's no other way to describe it."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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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
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.
www.pbs.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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
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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.
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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.
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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.
@amnanawaz.bsky.social discussed more with Cynthia Cox, vice president and director of the Program on the Affordable Care Act for KFF.
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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.
@amnanawaz.bsky.social discussed more with Cynthia Cox, vice president and director of the Program on the Affordable Care Act for KFF.
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Great interview by @amnanawaz.bsky.social. Petro may have his reasons for condemning these murders, but that does not make them any less illegal.
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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"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."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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...
www.pbs.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great interview by @amnanawaz.bsky.social. Petro may have his reasons for condemning these murders, but that does not make them any less illegal.
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."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
"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."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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...
www.pbs.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
"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."
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
"civilly" doing a lot of work in this sentence...
The current version of the program is excellent, better than even in MacNeil and Lehrer's day. I consider @amnanawaz.bsky.social the best anchor on TV - intelligent, empathetic, but will happily (and civilly) gut an interviewee who tries to get one over on her like a freshly caught trout.
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"civilly" doing a lot of work in this sentence...
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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:
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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:
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* COLOMBIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM THE U.S., FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS, AMID DEEP DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS
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@reuters.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
* COLOMBIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM THE U.S., FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS, AMID DEEP DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS
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@reuters.com
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After a Maryland grand jury handed down an indictment of John Bolton for allegedly retaining and mishandling classified documents @amnanawaz.bsky.social
sat down with Mary McCord @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for some context. Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
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sat down with Mary McCord @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for some context. Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton indicted over handling of classified documents
A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted former national security adviser John Bolton on 18 charges of retaining and transmitting classified information to two of his relatives. Bolton served as U.N....
www.pbs.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
After a Maryland grand jury handed down an indictment of John Bolton for allegedly retaining and mishandling classified documents @amnanawaz.bsky.social
sat down with Mary McCord @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for some context. Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
sat down with Mary McCord @georgetownlaw.bsky.social for some context. Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Mid-remarks, President Trump invites Pakistan's PM Sharif to speak at Sharm El-Sheikh, who says he believes Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize - citing his intervention in recent Indo-Pak tensions and today's Middle East peace deal signing.
Trump: "wow, I didn't expect that."
Trump: "wow, I didn't expect that."
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Mid-remarks, President Trump invites Pakistan's PM Sharif to speak at Sharm El-Sheikh, who says he believes Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize - citing his intervention in recent Indo-Pak tensions and today's Middle East peace deal signing.
Trump: "wow, I didn't expect that."
Trump: "wow, I didn't expect that."
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages.
Israel has begun releasing more than 1,900 Palestinians it's been holding prisoner.
All part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Israel has begun releasing more than 1,900 Palestinians it's been holding prisoner.
All part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza
Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza, while Israel began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal.
apnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages.
Israel has begun releasing more than 1,900 Palestinians it's been holding prisoner.
All part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Israel has begun releasing more than 1,900 Palestinians it's been holding prisoner.
All part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.
apnews.com/article/gaza...
From the President’s physician:
-he remains “in exceptional health”
-his cardiac age is “14 years younger than this chronological age”
-he received his annual flu shot and updated Covid booster
-he remains “in exceptional health”
-his cardiac age is “14 years younger than this chronological age”
-he received his annual flu shot and updated Covid booster
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
From the President’s physician:
-he remains “in exceptional health”
-his cardiac age is “14 years younger than this chronological age”
-he received his annual flu shot and updated Covid booster
-he remains “in exceptional health”
-his cardiac age is “14 years younger than this chronological age”
-he received his annual flu shot and updated Covid booster
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MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀
@axios.com 🇺🇸
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October 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀
@axios.com 🇺🇸
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
@axios.com 🇺🇸
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
“more than a dozen GOP lawmakers and aides have privately noted that the Trump administration is specifically protecting some of their biggest priorities from the shutdown fallout — including deportations and tariff negotiations”
Farmers, a key GOP constituency, hit hard by shutdown
The closure of thousands of farm loan offices have top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledging the pain hitting their own constituents.
www.politico.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“more than a dozen GOP lawmakers and aides have privately noted that the Trump administration is specifically protecting some of their biggest priorities from the shutdown fallout — including deportations and tariff negotiations”