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Jonathan Martin, senior political columnist at Politico and the co-author of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future (Simon & Schuster, 2022), breaks down the results of Saturday’s Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, where Nikki Haley lost to Donald Trump, plus previews President Joe Biden’s primary in Michigan, where opposition…

Coming up on today’s show: Jonathan Martin, politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at Politico, breaks down the results of Saturday’s Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, where Nikki Haley faces off against Donald Trump, plus previews President Joe Biden’s primary in Michigan, where opposition to his policies on Gaza are facing pushback in…

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we look at the state of health care for children of low-income families in Florida, and what a federal lawsuit could mean there and the rest of the country. Then, how vaccine hesitancy and misinformation are playing into rising rates of measles and COVID. Plus, the story of a Black…

Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about. A family sits down to discuss one thing. But then the true purpose of the meeting emerges. (9 ½ minutes)Act 1: For one kibbutz-dwelling family in Israel, the decision of where to land after the October 7th attacks goes back and forth… and…

President Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion Show more President Zelensky says 31,000 troops and tens of thousands of civilians have been killed since Russia invaded. His defence minister, Rustem Umerov, added that the slow delivery of arms and ammunition was causing a loss of life and land. We hear from Brazil…

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more Nikki Haley, freshly defeated by Donald Trump in the South Carolina Republican primary, says she’ll fight on regardless. With his fourth consecutive primary victory, Mr Trump sounded confident of securing the Republican nomination. Also in the programme: The food crisis in Gaza – we…

The death of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo last year, has devastated New York City’s birding community. The Wildlife Conservation Society reported that Flaco appeared to have collided with a building on West 89th Street. And it has raised questions, once again, about what we can do to try…

On-air challenge: This week’s puzzle celebrates Black History Month. Each answer is the last name of a notable Black American, past or present, hidden inside a two-word phrase. For example, if I gave you the phrase SWELLING TONGUE you would give me the name ELLINGTON, as in Duke Ellington, the famous musician and composer. The…

Cillian Murphy accepts the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for “Oppenheimer” during the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer dominated at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday,…

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, it’s primary day for Republicans in South Carolina — how will the results affect Nikki Haley’s fight for the presidential nomination? Then, as Ukraine marks the second anniversary of the war with Russia, we look at the effect of the conflict on its people and what lies ahead. Plus, the…