May 15, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
PBS News Hour - Full Show
PBS NewsHour
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away on the news hour tonight. |
| 0:08.7 | President Trump's trip to China ends with few concrete deals, but many questions about Taiwan, |
| 0:14.5 | trade, and the future relationship of the two global powers. Jerome Powell wraps up his tenure as |
| 0:20.7 | chair of the Federal Reserve, |
| 0:22.5 | the legacy he leaves behind as President Trump's pick takes over. |
| 0:26.8 | And artificial intelligence supercharges financial scams |
| 0:30.7 | targeting older Americans, costing seniors billions |
| 0:34.2 | with hyper-realistic voice cloning. |
| 0:37.3 | I've always protected myself and paid attention to red flags. |
| 0:42.3 | And when I was on the phone with the scammers, my red flags did not work. Welcome to the News Hour. |
| 1:02.2 | Tonight, President Trump is returning to Washington after a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. |
| 1:07.7 | The president announced China would buy hundreds of Boeing jets, and Beijing confirmed |
| 1:12.2 | the two sides would launch a board of trade and investment. But beyond that, there are few |
| 1:16.8 | specifics. Nick Schifrin reports on the pageantry and the policy from Beijing. |
| 1:24.1 | Today in Beijing, Xi Jinping brought President Trump into the Communist Party's inner sanctum. |
| 1:30.3 | They live there. |
| 1:31.3 | The president showed admiration for the grounds and his guide. |
| 1:34.3 | I like this. |
| 1:36.3 | I like this. |
| 1:37.3 | And a summit the president proclaimed would produce deals. |
| 1:41.3 | Instead, ended with few details, even fewer Chinese concessions, and |
| 1:45.8 | an apparent U.S. endorsement for what Xi Jinping called a new era of constructive, strategic |
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