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PBS News Hour

News Wrap: Israel strikes Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen

Season 2025 Episode 136 | 8m 38s

In our news wrap Friday, Israeli Defense Forces struck two Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen and launched dozens of airstrikes across Gaza, a transit strike in New Jersey forced 350,000 people to make alternative plans, group of GOP lawmakers blocked President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and New Orleans police say ten inmates who escaped from jail may have had help from the inside.

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