Episode Jul 16

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, as President Biden wraps up his trip to the Middle East, we get the latest on his high-stakes meetings in Saudi Arabia. Then, with Covid cases spiking across much of the country, we take a…

Nation Jul 16

In our news wrap Saturday, the Jan. 6 panel served a subpoena to the Secret Service for records and text messages surrounding the Capitol attack, people experiencing a mental health crisis can now call or text 988 to reach the…

Health Jul 16

COVID cases are spiking in many parts of the country and hospital admissions have doubled since May. The latest surge is being driven by two new omicron subvariants. The CDC estimates that the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants represent more than…

Episode Jul 10

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, President Biden balances human rights and Middle East reality in his first trip to the region since taking office. Then, how finding accurate facts about abortion has become more difficult in post-Roe America. Plus, we…

World Jul 10

In our news wrap Sunday, Sri Lanka opposition leaders met to form a new government after the country's president and prime minister prepare to step down amid widespread protests, Japanese voters hand Shinzo Abe's political party a major victory, Russian…

Episode Jul 09

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, we explore how women on Medicaid are navigating rapidly changing rules across the United States after Roe v. Wade is overturned. Then, the plight of one Afghan refugee who fled the Taliban and the obstacles…

World Jul 09

In our news wrap Saturday, Sri Lanka's president and prime minister will resign after widespread protests in Colombo over the country's economic collapse, investigators in Japan say the man suspected of killing Shinzo Abe believed the former prime minister was…

Health Jul 09

States across the country are struggling to determine whether and how to provide the most vulnerable access to abortion through Medicaid. Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Marsha Jones of The Afiya Center, a reproductive…

World Jul 09

Wimbledon women's final was destined to be historic. Elena Rybakina on Saturday became the first ever player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam. She beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, the first woman from Africa to reach a Grand Slam final.

Episode Jul 03

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine and ramp up attacks on civilian targets. Then, nearly a year after the Taliban takeover put their lives in jeopardy, we look at the effort to help…