PBS News Weekend full episode, May 31, 2025

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, smoke from raging Canadian wildfires drifts into the U.S. and triggers air quality warnings across the upper Midwest, a look at how lawmakers across the country are trying to rein in citizen-led ballot initiatives and we follow a group of rehabilitated seals making their way back into the sea off the coast of Rhode Island.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS
Canadian wildfires trigger air quality warnings in the U.S.
   • Raging Canadian wildfires trigger air qual...  
News Wrap: Trump's plan for steel levies draws reactions
   • News Wrap: Trump’s plan to double levies o...  
How lawmakers are restricting citizen-led ballot initiatives
   • How lawmakers are restricting citizen-led ...  
'Girl on Girl' explores pop culture's impact on women
   • 'Girl on Girl' explores pop culture's impa...  
Group of rescued gray seals heads home after rehabilitation
   • Group of rescued gray seals heads home aft...  

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00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Canadian Wildfires
07:03 - News Wrap
09:48 - Ballot Restrictions
14:56 - Pop Culture’s Impact
20:19 - Saving Seals
22:41 - Goodnight