The BEST episodes of NBC Nightly News season 2025
Every episode of NBC Nightly News season 2025, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NBC Nightly News season 2025!
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#3 - Aug 15 Fri
Season 2025 - Episode 221 - Aired 8/15/2025
Trump and Putin do not announce ceasefire after summit; Man rescued after being trapped in California waterfall for two days; Ohio man etches wedding proposal in corn maze; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#4 - Jul 27 Sun
Season 2025 - Episode 202 - Aired 7/27/2025
Trump outlines preliminary trade deal with European Union; Walmart stabbing suspect could face terrorism charge, officials say; Israel pauses fighting as outrage grows over crisis in Gaza; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#5 - Aug 14 Thur
Season 2025 - Episode 220 - Aired 8/14/2025
President Trump and Russian Leader Putin to meet in high-stakes summit Friday; Ukrainians skeptical fair deal will be reached during Trump-Putin meeting; More federal agents and National Guard troops patrolling DC; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#6 - Aug 13 Wed
Season 2025 - Episode 219 - Aired 8/13/2025
Trump speaks with European leaders ahead of Putin meeting in Alaska; Deadly flooding and severe storms hammer parts of the U.S.; Trump announces he will host Kennedy Center Honors, hand-picked nominees; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#7 - Aug 12 Tue
Season 2025 - Episode 218 - Aired 8/12/2025
Target shooting suspect faces murder charges; WH: Trump-Putin meeting will be a ‘listening exercise’; National Guard members report for duty in DC under President Trump’s orders; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#8 - Aug 11 Mon
Season 2025 - Episode 217 - Aired 8/11/2025
Emergency workers search for missing after plant explosion; Three dead after shooting in Target store parking lot; Sweeping flash floods devastate Midwest; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#9 - Aug 9 Sat
Season 2025 - Episode 215 - Aired 8/9/2025
Officer killed, suspect dead after shooting near CDC in Atlanta; Zelenskyy rejects Trump land swap proposal for Ukraine; Israel faces growing international backlash for Gaza takeover plan; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#10 - Aug 8 Fri
Season 2025 - Episode 214 - Aired 8/8/2025
Suspect in Montana bar shooting in custody after week-long manhunt; New wildfire prompts evacuations in Los Angeles as dozens rage out west; Police release first images inside home where University of Idaho students were killed; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#11 - Aug 7 Thur
Season 2025 - Episode 213 - Aired 8/7/2025
U.S. businesses feeling impact of Trump’s new tariffs; Helicopter crashes into barge on Mississippi River killing two people; Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel intends to take over Gaza; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#12 - Aug 6 Wed
Season 2025 - Episode 212 - Aired 8/6/2025
Army Sergeant in custody after shooting five soldiers at Fort Stewart; Extreme weather continues across the U.S. with wildfires, torrential rain and record heat; Bomb threat at Illinois hotel where dozens of Texas Democrats are staying; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#13 - Aug 5 Tue
Season 2025 - Episode 211 - Aired 8/5/2025
Wildfires raging across multiple states; Tennessee suspected killer in custody after manhunt; Maxwell opposes release of Epstein grand jury testimony; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#14 - Aug 4 Mon
Season 2025 - Episode 210 - Aired 8/4/2025
Texas Republicans threaten to arrest Democrats who left state to block redistricting bill; Severe weather impacting tens of millions across the country; White House on defense over President Trump’s firing of official responsible for jobs data; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#15 - Aug 3 Sun
Season 2025 - Episode 209 - Aired 8/3/2025
Massive wildfires burn out west as Canadian smoke moves east; Search underway for Montana bar mass shooting suspect; Texas Democrats leave state to fight Republican redistricting effort; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#16 - Aug 2 Sat
Season 2025 - Episode 208 - Aired 8/2/2025
Massive wildfires prompt evacuations across western U.S.; Authorities search for Montana bar shooting suspect; Federal officials launch investigation into former Trump prosecutor; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#17 - Aug 1 Fri
Season 2025 - Episode 207 - Aired 8/1/2025
Ghislaine Maxwell moved to prison camp in Texas; President Trump fires labor statistics boss after weak jobs report; Trump officials make rare trip inside Gaza; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#18 - Jul 31 Thur
Season 2025 - Episode 206 - Aired 7/31/2025
East Coast slammed with heavy rains and flooding; Teacher arrested for double murder of couple hiking in Arkansas state park with their kids; Local officials grilled over response to deadly Texas flooding; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#19 - Jul 30 Wed
Season 2025 - Episode 205 - Aired 7/30/2025
Massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warnings; Danville, Virginia, city councilman set on fire during attack; Father and two children killed in Nebraska plant explosion; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#20 - Jul 29 Tue
Season 2025 - Episode 204 - Aired 7/29/2025
Suspect may have targeted NFL headquarters in Manhattan shooting; Investigation underway in Miami sailing camp accident; Trump: Epstein ‘stole’ young female employees from Mar-a-Lago; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#21 - Jul 28 Mon
Season 2025 - Episode 203 - Aired 7/28/2025
A shooter opens fire in a New York City office building; Two children are dead after Miami boat collision; Bystander who intervened in Walmart stabbing spree speaks out; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#22 - Sept 5 Fri
Season 2025 - Episode 241 - Aired 9/5/2025
WSJ: HHS report to make potential link between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy; 22,000 jobs added in weak jobs report; South Korean workers arrested during immigration raid at Hyundai site; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#23 - Aug 27 Wed
Season 2025 - Episode 232 - Aired 8/27/2025
2 children killed in Minneapolis school shooting; Minneapolis mayor calls for action after deadly church shooting; CDC director Susan Monarez out after nearly a month on the job; and more on tonight's broadcast.
#24 - Jun 18 Wed
Season 2025 - Episode 163 - Aired 6/18/2025
Karen Read found not guilty of murder in retrial; Trump on potential Iran strike: ‘I may do it. I may not do it.’; Destructive tornado outbreak rips across Midwest; and more on tonight’s broadcast.
#25 - Sept 4 Thur
Season 2025 - Episode 240 - Aired 9/4/2025
HHS Sec RFK Jr grilled over CDC turmoil, vaccines; Trump administration drops plan to require airlines to pay passengers for delays; U.S. Department of Justice sues utility company over California fires and more on tonight’s broadcast.