2025Talks - June 13, 2025

Democrats demand answers on CA Sen. Padilla's handcuffing and removal from a DHS news conference. Defense Secretary Hegseth defends the administration's protest response as preventative, and Trump vows protests of Saturday's military parade will be met with "heavy" force.

The Yonder Report - June 12, 2025

EV charging stations are harder to find in rural America, improving the mental health of children and teachers is the goal of a new partnership in seven rural states, and a once segregated Mississippi movie theater is born again.

PNS Daily Newscast: June 12, 2025

RFK Jr. taps eight new members for CDC's vaccine advisory panel; CO communities to join national 'No Kings' protests Saturday; End of hospital emergency abortion care rule will affect rural KY women; LIHEAP cuts could put lives at risk in rural AL, advocates warn.

2025Talks - June 11, 2025

Military deployments in L.A. spark debates over federal overreach, with echoes of Kent State. Protests seem to be spreading, and critics warn that Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - June 11, 2025

Military parade marches into political maelstrom as troops deploy to L.A.; CA makers of compostable packaging call for state, federal policy changes; Hog feces detected in NC homes near large farming operations; Could FPL's $9B rate hike deepen FL energy affordability crisis?

PNS Daily Newscast: June 10, 2025

Marines being mobilized for L.A. protests as California sues Trump administration; Judge restores AmeriCorps funding in 24 states, but not Montana; New report shows gains and gaps for Indiana kids; and county leader works to change the way Michigan handles trash.

2025Talks - June 9, 2025

Protestors and authorities clash over immigration enforcement in California. Democratic infighting complicates the leader's role in unifying the party, and new survey shows businesses fear a recession.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - June 9, 2025

Newsom formally asks Trump to pull National Guard out of L.A.; Experts examine ethics of lethal animal population control in CA; MA ranks high in child well-being but prices limit families' success; Dissecting MN's budget for climate change fighting funds.

PNS Daily Newscast: June 6, 2025

Trump Musk feud explodes with claim president is named in Epstein files; Disaster recovery workshops slated for eastern KY small business owners; As trans rights roll back, gender-diverse Virginians face job market barriers; Federal budget bill would mean big cuts for NY state.

The Yonder Report - June 5, 2025

The USPS wants to abandon service to residents in North Carolina's Swannanoa after Hurricane Helene damaged the post office, cost-cutting could end federal safety efforts on issues like black lung, and wood-firing potters carry the torch in rural North Carolina.

PNS Daily Newscast: June 5, 2025

Elon Musk continues to blast Trump spending with 'Kill the Bill'; AR summer food programs prepare to feed students; Study: Blacks and Latinos burdened by being 'superusers' of gasoline; NYC midwives union approves strike authorization.

2025Talks - June 4, 2025

Immigration policies draw criticism from sheriffs, and Medicaid cuts from disability advocates. NPR warns of rural impacts of dismantling public broadcasting, and Elon Musk slams Trump's policy and spending bill.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - June 4, 2025

Trump ratchets up steel tariffs to 50%; ME clean energy backers press ahead, despite federal setbacks; Harm reduction efforts led to drop in overdose deaths among black Kentuckians; Arts group revitalizes century-old rural Iowa school building.

PNS Daily Newscast: June 3, 2025

Supreme Court turns down challenge to ban on semiautomatic rifles; Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' sets sights on clean energy in Colorado; Corporate practices jack up Mississippi's egg prices.

PNS Daily Newscast: June 2, 2025

Multiple injuries, evacuations after 'terror attack' on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall; PA climate advocates criticize possible partnership between U.S. Steel, Nippon; Survey: Americans support LGBTQ products during Pride Month; CA Senate to consider extension of Habitat Conservation Fund.

2025Talks - May 30, 2025

Students' advocates call for free speech protections on campus. States consider funding for rape survivors and investigations and Trump administration's tariff, immigration and education policies face legal pushback.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - May 30, 2025

Trump makes a new push to 'decouple' U.S. from China; 'Get ready now' for active hurricane season; Third Ohio city joins global pact to strengthen food systems; Funding cuts risk care for 816,000 at PA community health centers.

2025Talks - May 29, 2025

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says he feels optimistic about a Gaza ceasefire. Clean energy tax credits are in jeopardy in Congress' big budget and policy bill. And Trump administration pauses new student visa interviews.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - May 29, 2025

Stocks, dollar rally as Trump tariffs hit court roadblock; Federal, state laws pull back and forth on immigration policies in Maryland; NY bill would force drugmakers to report delays in offering generics.

PNS Daily Newscast: May 28, 2025

Trump pardons reality show couple convicted of bank fraud, tax crimes; Medicaid cuts may threaten solvency of NY Community Health Centers; Oil and gas companies fail to disclose toxic chemicals at Colorado well sites; Notre Dame rallies leaders to shape social media; Lawsuits filed against National Park Service over Yellowstone bison plan.

2025Talks - May 27, 2025

President Trump remembers fallen soldiers, touts his achievements. Israeli nationalists show disdain for Arabs in the streets, but a possible Gaza ceasefire may be on the table. Pro-democracy advocates call for civility, tolerance in politics.

PNS Daily Newscast: Afternoon Update - May 27, 2025

Trump administration seeks to end all federal contracts with Harvard; NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House; Civil rights groups step up as DOJ reduces police oversight in MS; Expert: Ohio pension funds resistant to tariff-related market volatility; WV law changes standards for plugging abandoned oil wells.

PNS Daily Newscast: May 26, 2025

U.S. citizen arrested after he allegedly planned to bomb office of U.S. Embassy in Israel; Top Republicans threaten to block Trump's spending bill if the national debt is not reduced; NY groups push state lawmakers to protect families from deportation; Alabama's prison medical fees raise barriers to care, burden families; Maine's elusive Canada lynx can't hide from climate change.

2025Talks - May 23, 2025

A deadlocked Supreme Court prevents nation's first publicly funded religious school, House Republicans celebrate passage of their domestic policy bill, and Trump administration sues states for taking climate action.