PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 10, 2025

Wednesday on the News Hour, Wednesday on the News Hour, the U.S. seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela and escalates tensions with the Maduro regime, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again amid mixed economic data and more divisions within its own ranks and we look at one woman's journey to return home to Syria after the fall of the decades-long Assad dictatorship.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
   • U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Ve...  
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data
   • Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid m...  
News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard deployments in LA
   • News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard depl...  
Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant on immigrants
   • Trump’s affordability speech turns into a ...  
Syrian filmmaker returns home after the fall of Assad regime
   • Syrian filmmaker gives an inside look at h...  
Education Department ends student loan repayment plan
   • What the end of a Biden-era student loan p...  
How political divisions are impacting people across the U.S.
   • Reconnecting with people in the U.S. to se...  


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00:00 - Intro
02:33 - Rising Tensions
08:33 - Cutting Rates
14:20 - News Wrap
20:11 - Trump’s Message
28:50 - Going Home
37:05 - Student Loans
43:58 - Crossroads
54:21 - Online + Goodnight